When Keith Law publishes his annual preseason Top 100, it serves as a measure not only to the state of an organization’s farm system, but also how a particular prospect is developing. This year, that rang true of a now much maligned Mets farm system that didn’t see their top prospects develop the way everyone believed they would. For proof of this, we need not look any further than...
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Rumors over the past few weeks indicate the biggest trade chip the Mets have is former first round pick Brandon Nimmo. The interest in Nimmo is quite understandable with him proving he is a Major League caliber player in 2017 as he hit .260/.379/.418 in 69 games last year. It is also understandable the Mets would want to hold onto Nimmo. As of today, Nimmo is only one of five outfielders on the...
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No. 5 LHP Thomas Szapucki Ht: 6’2″ Wt: 205 Level: Columbia B/T: R/L Age: 06/12/1996 (21) Age Dif: -0.9 Acquired: Drafted by the Mets in the 5th Round of the 2015 MLB Draft (149th overall pick) 2017 Stats: 1-2, 2.79 ERA, 6 G, 6 GS, 29.0 IP, 1.172 WHIP, 3.1 BB/9, 8.4 K/9 Previous Rank: 6 Arguably, Szapucki has the best stuff out of any pitcher in the Mets farm system. He has a sweeping curveball...
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The baseball offseason hasn’t ended, which means the Mets still have time to address the second base position before the season begins. The problem is that while there is conceivably plenty of time left to add a second baseman, the reality of the situation is the Mets options have been dwindling. Ian Kinsler rejected a trade to the Mets. The Mets rejected a trade for Jason Kipnis. The team...
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Both Keith Law of ESPN and Baseball America released their preseason lists of the Top 100 prospects in baseball. While Baseball America published their entire list, Law only published the bottom half (51 -100) of his own. As is usual, the two talent evalutors had very different views of the prospects in the Mets farm system: LHP David Peterson 2017 Level: Brooklyn 2017 Stats: 0-0, 2.45 ERA, 3...
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