The Major League Baseball draft begins one month from today on MLB Network with coverage beginning at 6:00 p.m. on June 3. The Mets have the 12th overall selection and a total bonus pool of $8,224,600. Rounds three through 10 will be on June 4 and rounds 11 through 40 on June 5, both days can be seen on MLB TV. In a previous mock by Baseball America, the outlet projected the New York Mets would...
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3 UP 1. The Young Core Entering this season, the Mets had a young exciting core of position players 27 and younger. So far this season, they are all contributing at a fairly high level. The Mets said Pete Alonso was ready to contribute from day one, and Alonso has proven them right. So far, Alonso is hitting .292/.382/.642. His 181 wRC+ is second best among Major League first baseman putting him...
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Every so often, teams sign a player to be organizational depth, and that player eventually emerges to be something much more than that. There are several results like this in Mets history. In 1999, Pat Mahomes became a valuable part of the Mets bullpen. Of course, we saw R.A. Dickey go from organizational arm to Cy Young Award winner. What separates each of these players from Drew Gagnon is they...
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After the first month of the season, three of the Mets four full season affiliates are over .500, and it is in large part due to some outstanding performances this month. Here are some of the more outstanding players in the Month of April: Position Player of the Month – Quinn Brodey, OF Affiliate: St. Lucie Mets Stats: .319/.365/.418, 7 2B, 3B, 16 RBI, 3 SB With the 2017 third round pick...
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With the first month of the season coming to a close, three of the four Mets affiliates have above .500 records. There are starting pitchers who are in the beginnings of what promises to be real breakout seasons. There are also position players who are showing they may contribute more than originally believed. These factors were present over the past week: Syracuse Mets – Gregor Blanco...
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