Author: John Sheridan

Billy Eppler’s Analysis Of Marco Vargas, Ronald Hernandez

The New York Mets unofficially announced they have begun selling at the trade deadline by trading closer David Robertson to the Miami Marlins for prospects INF Marco Vargas and C Ronald Hernandez. Both of the prospects acquired are teenagers playing rookie ball this season. Obtaining prospects at this level is a bit unprecedented for the Mets organization. As has been noted, we discovered back...

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Baseball America Names Ronny Mauricio Mets’ Top Prospect

Baseball America has released their updated midseason 2023 top 30 prospects for each Major League team. With Francisco Álvarez, Brett Baty, and Kodai Senga having graduated from prospect status, the New York Mets top 30 looks almost radically different from the pre-season. In their re-evaluation of the Mets farm system, Baseball America apparently did not include players from the June 2023...

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Ronny Mauricio Rises in Baseball America’s Latest Top 100

Baseball America has updated its top 100 prospect rankings, and the New York Mets noticeably have fewer players in the prospect rankings. They started the season with seven, and for a few reasons, they are now down to three. First and foremost, it should be noted Brett Baty and Kodai Senga have graduated from prospect status. There was always the expectation that was going to happen with Senga...

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3 Up, 3 Down: Mets Winning Streak Gone In Windy City

3 UP Cookie Doesn’t Crumble The New York Mets’ biggest issue this season has been their starting pitching. In particular, Carlos Carrasco was a problem because he struggled to adapt to the pitch clock, and then he went on the IL with elbow inflammation. There was legitimate concern if the rule changes and/or the injury would spell the end of his career. In his second start coming off...

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Tommy Pham Not Catching On With Mets

Bottom four. Mets trailing 4-1 after Pete Alonso homered in the top half of the inning to get the New York Mets back into the game. Tylor Megill toes the rubber looking to build off a strong third after a very difficult second inning. Michael Tauchman hits a soft liner right at Tommy Pham. It’s as routine as a play gets. Except, Pham can’t catch a ball hit directly into his mitt, and...

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