Had the Top 25 prospect list already to go last week until Sandy Alderson happily put a pretty big wrench into my plans and list. Four of the five players traded were going to be on my list with Michael Fulmer leading the group at #4, Casey Meisner at #9, Luis Cessa at #16, and Robert Whalen at #22. That combined with Noah Syndergaard, Kevin Plawecki, Dilson Herrera, and Rafael Montero all...
Read More
Las Vegas (64-49) 3, Salt Lake 2 Brandon Nimmo wasn’t in the starting lineup, however he still managed to make his presence felt walking in the the 9th inning and coming around to score the game-winning run on a single by Wilfredo Tovar. Here is the GW single. Dario Alvarez picked up his 2nd AAA win pitching a perfect 8th inning with one strikeout. With the injury news of Jerry Blevins,...
Read More
Gavin Cecchini has had a breakout year with the bat for the Binghamton Mets that has put him on the prospect map including ranking #69 on John Sickels mid-season top 75 prospect list. Baseball America recently chose a 13 player All-Prospect team for July including eight position players and five pitchers with Cecchini being their selection at shortstop. The Mets drafted him in the first round...
Read More
Las Vegas (63-49) 9, Salt Lake 3 Brandon Nimmo fell to the 9th spot in the order for the first time, he responded by going 3-4 with a walk and his first AAA homerun. Here is video of the blast. Nimmo is now 7-11 with two walks, two stolen bases, and three runs scored in his last three games. Zach Lutz was 2-4 with a double and his first blast since returning to Las Vegas. Wilfredo Tovar...
Read More
Injury Update Mets pitching prospect Marcos Molina is making his return to the mound today at 12 PM for the GCL Mets as the starting pitcher. He has been out with “elbow soreness” since May 13th with most believing he would end up needing TJS. He was MMO’s #9 rated prospect prior to this season and with Michael Fulmer gone is clearly the best Mets pitching prospect if healthy....
Read More
