Author: Robert Colonna

MLB Proposes Changes to MLB Draft

Major League Baseball had proposed completely overhauling the draft in its most recent proposal. Below is a breakdown of the biggest changes. High School Eligibility In MLB’s proposal, high school players will no longer be eligible to be drafted. Recent Met high school draftees include A.J. Ewing, Jonah Tong, Brett Baty, and Mark Vientos. Currently, a player must be in their junior year...

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ESPN Predicts the Mets’ Trade Deadline

Kiley McDaniel and Jeff Passan of ESPN put out their top 100 trade deadline candidates, and it should be no surprise that many Mets players were listed. Who could the Mets sell? Freddy Peralta – 11 Freddy Peralta is probably the Mets’ best trade asset. His low salary would not push any teams into the next level of the competitive luxury tax, like Tarik Skubal would, which could help...

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Mets Minors Recap: St. Lucie Offense Dominates

Outside of Binghamton, the Mets minor league offenses played well today, even in games they lost. St. Lucie was the star of the day scoring ten runs while Syracuse had the best pitching performance. Triple-A Syracuse (35-35) 6, Norfolk (26-44) 3 Box Score CF Nick Morabito: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB 1B Ryan Clifford: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI SS Grae Kessinger: 1-for-4, HR, R, RBI The Syracuse Mets did not lay...

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Has Sean Manaea Turned a Corner?

Through April Sean Manaea averaged 89.7 miles per hour on his four seam fastball and was running a 6.55 ERA and 1.64 WHIP. He followed that up with an appearance in Coors Field where he tried to combat the park factors by only throwing his sinker and sweeper and struggled to get even one out. He lost his rotation spot going into the season and it looked like he was trending to becoming truly a...

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Morning Briefing: Kodai Senga to Throw Rehab Start in Binghamton

Good morning, Mets fans! Per Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, the Mets have announced that Kodai Senga will make a rehab start for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies today, June 11. After he was scratched earlier in the week Senga said, “Obviously, the performance hasn’t been great on the field. Been practicing a little bit more and with that comes a little bit more fatigue. I got some treatment...

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