Major League Baseball is currently in a lockout, I’m freezing my ass off (-1o when I woke up this morning), and there’s still a few days until the NFL playoffs get back underway, so let’s watch (and listen) one of the Mets top prospects hit baseballs. Mark Vientos hits baseballs very hard (michaelelwellperformance IG) pic.twitter.com/LPZ7vFTDw3 — John Flanigan...
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It’s that time of year folks! Prospects lists have started to trickle out for the 2022 season and I finally had the chance to put mine together. The Mets farm system has three top 100 prospects (the top 3 on my list) according to the recently released Baseball America list, though both Mark Vientos and Mattew Allan saw time on their previous top 100 list well. The Mets farm system saw...
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Baseball America reports that the Mets have Alex Claudio to a minor league deal in their latest roundup of transactions. Claudio, 29, pitched to a 5.51 ERA and 1.59 WHIP in 32 2/3 innings for the Angels during the 2021 season. He also had a career-worst 4.1 walks per nine innings and gave up six home runs in that span. His expected stats were a bit better in 2021 with a 4.76 expected ERA. The...
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Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that Reds’ game planning and outfield coach Jeff Pickler is a candidate for the Mets’ bench coach position. Rosenthal notes that there’s other candidates and the Mets are still going through the process. Pickler, 45, has been with the Reds organization since 2019 in his current role. The former 11th round pick of the Brewers spent the 2017...
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All four of the Mets full season affiliates announced their coaching staffs for the upcoming season, and while there’s a new manager at each stop, most of the coaches are familiar with the organization. Triple-A Syracuse Mets manager – Kevin Boles hitting coach – Joel Chimelis pitching coach – Steve Schrenk bench coach – Jay Pecci development coach – Chris...
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