In an interview with Justin Toscano of The Record, New York Mets director of player development Kevin Howard detailed how he is going to help revamp and improve the organization’s player development. In terms of his plan and philosophy, Howard said, “I think the one thing that you can focus on is having a good process and attacking every day with a lot of focus and a lot of...
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Arguably, the biggest x-factor for the New York Mets in 2020 is Yoenis Cespedes. As we have seen, when Cespedes is Cespedes, he is a Gold Glove caliber outfielder who can ignite the Mets offense. That was a key factor in the Mets making consecutive postseasons in 2015 and 2016. However, Cespedes had a similar double heel surgery to the one which effectively ended Troy Tulowitzki’s career....
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In 2019, Drew Smith entered Spring Training hoping to build off a promising 2018 debut to earn a spot in the Opening Day bullpen. He’d pitch in just four Spring Training games before being diagnosed with a torn UCL necessitating Tommy John surgery. With the typical Tommy John surgery being around 18 months, this mean Smith was going to be away from baseball for a long time. As we have...
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In ranking all of the farm systems, Baseball America has rated the Mets 25th putting them in the bottom six in the league. This is the fourth straight year the Mets have dropped in these rankings. If you want a more optimistic view, this is up three spots from where the Mets were at the 2019 midseason rankings. The Mets drop in these rankings is multi-faceted. Since 2015, we have seen players...
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3 Up 1. Mets Are Good While many correctly site the Mets could have and should have done more this offseason, the Mets have a team capable of winning the National League East in 2020. In fact, PECOTA rates them as the top team in the division. While this is far from a complete team, the bullpen should be better with Dellin Betances, and overall, the pitching staff may very well benefit from...
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