Entering the 2018 season, the New York Mets lone representative on Baseball America’s Top 100 list was SS Andres Gimenez, and he was ranked just 94th overall. Well, with the Mets prospects performing and developing better than expected, Gimenez has not only jumped more than a few spots, but he also joined by 1B Peter Alonso and OF Jarred Kelenic on Baseball America’s midseason Top...
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At the Major League level, with Jose Reyes playing every day, there has been debate over whether Dominic Smith should be sent down to Triple-A to get the at-bats he needs to develop. It’s a debate the Mets were having not too long ago with respect to Luis Guillorme. Entering the 2018 season, the Mets added Guillorme to the 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 Draft. It was an...
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Based upon how great deGrom has pitched this season, it should come as no surprise Jacob deGrom was an All Star this season. After all, he has established himself as the best pitcher in baseball this season. However, if you go all the way back to 2010 draft, this was hardly the prognostication for the then Mets ninth round draft pick. At the time he was drafted, deGrom was a converted...
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In what is a new and hopefully long running feature for MMO, we are going to look at the top minor league performances at each level for over the past week. In doing so, we hope to provide insight as to which minor leaguers are improving and making strong cases for promotion. Ideally, we hope to shed light on some of the minor leaguers who are doing great things to bring them to the forefront....
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3 UP 1. Terrific Starting Pitching There was much to like about the Mets starting pitching lately, and especially in this series. Steven Matz went toe-to-toe with Max Scherzer. Noah Syndergaard returned from the disabled list, and he flashed signs he is close to being his brilliant self again. Zack Wheeler was magnificent for seven. Corey Oswalt showed why he was the top MLB ready starting...
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