Author: Steve Schaeffler

2020 MMO Report Card: Michael Wacha, RHP

Michael Wacha Player Data: Age 29, B/T R/R Primary Stats: 8 G, 7 GS, 1-4, 34 IP, 6.62ERA, 9.8 K/9, 1.9 BB/9, 1.559 WHIP Advanced Stats: 64 ERA+, 5.25 FIP, -0.2 WAR Free Agent: 2021 2020 Salary: $3 M Grade: F 2020 Review In what was a mostly disappointing 2020 campaign for the New York Mets, the poor play of Michael Wacha, for the most part, went vastly unnoticed. While abysmal, his seven starts...

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MMO Top 5 Prospects: Shortstop

No 5. William Lugo Bats/Throws: R/R Age: 18 Acquired: Signed as international free agent in 2018 2019 Stats: 176 PA, .158/.280/.219, 6 2B, 1 HR, 14 RBI, 1 SB, 4 CS, 21 BB, 46 K Signed in 2018 out of the Dominican Republic, Lugo spent the 2019 season with the GCL Mets after the team aggressively decided to bring him to the states. Playing against competition around two years older than him, he...

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MMO Top 5 Prospects: Vientos Powers Third Basemen

No. 5 Will Toffey B/T: L/R Age:25 ( 12/31/1994) Height: 6’2’’ Weight: 205 Acquired: Via trade with the Oakland Athletics with Bobby Wahl in exchange for Jeurys Familia 2019 Stats  (Binghamton): .219/.347/.349, 5 HR, 27 RBI, 111 wRC+ If you have ever seen the movie “Moneyball” you know the Oakland A’s like players who can generate a free pass via the walk. Unfortunately for Toffey, that might be...

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MMO 2020 Top 30 Prospects: No. 8 Shervyen Newton, INF

No. 8 Shervyen Newton  Infielder  B/T: S/R   Age: 20 (4/24/1999) Height: 6’4”  Weight: 180 lbs Acquired: Signed as International Free Agent in 2015 ($50,000 out of Netherlands) ETA: 2022  Previous Rank: 10 2019 Stats: .209 AVG, .283 OBP, .330 SLG, 15 2B, 9 HR, 8.7 BB%, 32.9 K%, 81 wRC+ The infielder began his Mets career with the DSL Mets in 2016 at the age of 17. Newton would go on to struggle...

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MMO 2020 Top 30 Prospects: No. 9 Thomas Szapucki, LHP

No. 9 Thomas Szapucki, LHP B/T: R/L  Age: 23 ( 6/12/1996) Height: 6’2’’  Weight:  181 lbs Acquired: Drafted in 5th round of 2015 MLB Amateur Draft (Palm Beach, FL) ETA: 2021 Previous Rank: 8 2019 Stars: 3 levels, 1-3 , 2.63 ERA, 61.2 IP, 72 K, 26 BB, 10.5 So/9, 1.216 WHIP Drafted in the fifth round of the 2015 MLB amateur draft out of William T. Dwyer High School of Palm Beach, Florida, Thomas...

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