The Brooklyn Cyclones closed out this decade of Mets minor league baseball by becoming the third affiliate to win a league championship in the 2010s, joining the 2014 Binghamton Mets and 2013 Savannah Sand Gnats. Between one name change, two new franchises, and one Tim Tebow, it was quite the ten years in the organization. While the Mets’ system produced major league stars like Jacob...
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With the 2019 World Series complete and free agency underway, the next notable date on the transaction calendar is November 20, the day by which Rule 5 draft-eligible minor leaguers must be added to the 40-man roster to protect them from being selected. Last November, a dearth of worthy players resulted in a quiet deadline for the Mets. This year’s date is shaping up to look very different....
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With the 2019 regular season complete, the Mets front office has turned its attention to building the best team possible for 2020. One item on the checklist is handling arbitration cases among eligible team-controlled players. Any player with more than three, but fewer than six years of major league service time is eligible for salary arbitration, but both the player and his team can avoid the...
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By Jacob Resnick One of the best parts of Pete Alonso’s record-smashing rookie season was watching him light up the Statcast leaderboards on a nightly basis. Every other day it seemed like Alonso was breaking another “Statcast era” record or coming close to it. Either way, many baseballs were harmed in the making of this superstar. Thanks to the magic of Baseball Savant,...
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17-year-old Mets catching prospect Francisco Alvarez capped off a standout first year of professional baseball by being added to Baseball America’s top 100 list on Friday. Alvarez slotted in at number 98, where he joined incumbents Ronny Mauricio (55) and Andres Gimenez (79) “The Mets’ top international signing last year, Alvarez’s defense and power improved dramatically...
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