Author: John Sheridan

MMO Prospect Profile: Carlos Cortes Flashing Power

With the MLB Draft just having wrapped up, it remains to be seen if the Mets are able to get their guy signed and make them a part of their organization. If they don’t, there’s always the chance the Mets can draft that player later and reap the rewards of that player now being a more polished baseball player ready to make more of an immediate impact on the organization. As many are...

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Neon Moment of the Week: Jason Vargas Goes the Distance

Sometimes, the stage is set for complete and utter disaster. The media was demanding Mickey Callaway be fired for using Seth Lugo instead of allowing Noah Syndergaard face one more batter. The Mets eventually lost that game, and it seemed like there was going to be a downward spiral leading to another horrific June. After all, the Mets had lost six of their last eight games with some pretty epic...

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Anthony Kay Moves Into Baseball America’s Top 100

So far this season, the development and performance of Anthony Kay has been the story of the Mets minor league system. With him getting better control of his pitches which now have more movement since when he was drafted, Kay has been laying waste to the Eastern League. Through 11 starts for Binghamton, he is 6-3 with a 1.62 ERA, 0.918 WHIP, 3.1 BB/9, and a 9.0 K/9. He is second int the Eastern...

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3 Up, 3 Down: Mets Pull Out Giant Series Win

3 UP 1. Vargas’ Turnaround Complete For most of the season, fans pointed out how Jason Vargas had been terrible since the 2017 All Star Break, and they wanted him out of the rotation. A very large portion of the fan base wanted him off the team. Well, Vargas has responded and FINALLY, he has put together a stretch of good starts. He now has three straight starts of over five innings. More...

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Mets Select Intriguing Prep Prospects In Day 3 Of Draft

With the Mets drafting Bretty Baty, Josh Wolf, and Matthew Allan with their first three picks of the draft, we knew the Mets were going to have to go heavy on college seniors in order to make sure the team could allocate their budget to sign their top three picks. We would see more of the same in the final 30 rounds of the draft with the team also picking a few players to try to sign in the...

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