Today Baseball America released their Top 20 Prospects for the 2014 New York-Penn League Season, and wouldn’t you know it, four Mets topped the list. Marcos Molina, Amed Rosario, Michael Conforto and Jhoan Urena came in respectively at numbers One, Three, Seven and Ten, showing how formidable and talented the Cyclones squad was this season. Here is what they had to say about each: #1 Marcos...
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A year and a half ago, my first article after joining MMO was about shortstop Gavin Cecchini, saying that he wasn’t as bad as people say, I wasn’t wrong, but it didn’t exactly show until this season. Cecchini wasn’t really a player that jumped off the page when he was selected, especially as a first round pick who was looking for an offensive threat, which quite frankly, Gavin did not seem to...
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The Mets have signed 16-year old Venezuelan shortstop Kenny Hernandez out of Carlos Guillen’s Baseball Academy for 1 million dollars today. Hernandez, who had to wait until he turned 16 years old, was one of the top 30 players on the board for Major League Baseball’s July 2nd international free agent signing period. He was the 13th best player in the class, according to Baseball...
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VolvosNRodeos asks: What’s the chance we see Dilson Herrera called up to the big leagues before the end of the season? Originally, I was fine with him possibly coming up next season, but the way he’s torn through PSL & Binghamton this season is making him hard to keep down. Keep in mind, the Mets wanted a SS to supplant Ruben Tejada, and with Herrera getting the reps at SS, it...
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Kingsport Mets had their photo day, which is covered by Allen Greene photography, and was released for the fans to see. It is filled with head shots, team photos, and always gives people an idea of what the full roster for Kingsport will be. You can check out the photos by clicking here. Here is the full roster for the 2014 Kingsport Mets, just in time for Opening Day: Pitchers: RHP Gaby Almonte...
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