Author: Jorge Eckardt

Mets’ Top IFA Signees to Begin Pro Careers Next Week

On June 1, the Dominican Summer League begins. With it, dozens of Mets prospects will make their professional baseball debuts. As always, it’s important to remember that predicting who will play well in the Dominican Summer League is almost impossible. Even the signing bonuses that players receive don’t tell much. For example, the close-to-consensus new No. 1 prospect in baseball is...

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Is It Time For The Mets to Turn to The Next Generation?

The New York Mets are bad. Not the entire team — but most of it. The pitching, aside from a weak link in the rotation, has generally been pretty good. The offense has been a glaring problem. At this point, it’s time to cut bait and move on to the next generation of Mets. The Outfield It all starts with A.J. Ewing. With Luis Robert Jr. injured and without a timetable to return, Ewing should...

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Mets Minor League Players of the Month: April 2026

Can you believe the baseball season is already a month in? That means only one thing; time for the Mets minor league players of the month. Triple-A: Syracuse Mets Hitter of the Month: Cristian Pache Statistics: 23 G, .309/.349/.494/.843, 2 HR, 5 2B, 2 3B, 11 RBI, 5 BB, 23 SO Can A.J. Ewing be the Triple-A player of the month with just three games played? For this exercise we opted to go with...

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A.J. Ewing Might Be the Mets’ New Best Prospect

Heading into 2026, MMO named Nolan McLean, Carson Benge and Jonah Tong as the New York Mets’ top three prospects. Now a month into the season, McLean and Benge are big-leaguers, and Tong has faltered a bit. That arguably leaves A.J. Ewing as the Mets’ best prospect. In Double-A, he proved why. Ewing was nothing short of fantastic, and for the second year in a row, earned himself a promotion...

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Checking in on Scott, Tong and Wenninger in Syracuse

On Sunday, the Mets opted to use Tobias Myers to open in front of David Peterson. While this was likely intended as a way to circumvent the issues Peterson has had early in games — which worked — it did also signal a potential loss of faith in Peterson by the Mets. That, coupled with the Mets not naming a starter for Thursday’s game, on Kodai Senga’s day to pitch, raises the...

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