With the 2016 year coming to an end we will take a look at the top minor league players from the New York Mets system over the past season. We based our choices on how they did statistically and not prospect ranking. Starters Catcher: Tomas Nido (St. Lucie Mets) – The only full season catcher to hit at least .320 and throw out at least 40% of basestealers. The 22-year old was the FSL batting...
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The New York Mets’ 2016 season was full of highlights despite ending short of its goal in the wild card round. Let’s take a look at a few of the memorable moments from the playoff season. Bartolo Colon provided the biggest highlight of the season on May 7 when he slugged his first career home run. He did so in Petco Park against the San Diego Padres with James Shields on the mound...
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New York Mets infielder Asdrubal Cabrera has now played ten games in the Venezuelan Winter League for the Leones del Caracas and eight of them have come at second base. He’s played only one game at shortstop with former Met Wilfredo Tovar seeing the bulk of the action at the position. Earlier this month, Cabrera did tell Team Venezuelan World Baseball Classic manager Omar Vizquel that he...
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New York Mets right-handed pitching prospect Kevin McGowan had a breakout season after switching to a reliever. McGowan, 25, pitched to a 2.35 ERA and 1.091 WHIP in 84.1 innings over three levels. As a reliever he held opponents to a .222/.269/.349 slash line in 2016. McGowan made 42 appearances including four spot starts after working almost exclusively as start starter the previous three...
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The New York Mets remain in need of bullpen help with their only additions so far being righties Ben Rowen and Cory Burns on minor league deals. Closer Jeurys Familia could still be suspended by Major League Baseball despite the charges against him being dropped. The Mets also have two holes in their bullpen with Jerry Blevins and Fernando Salas being free agents after playing important roles...
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