After a month of February where just about nothing happened on the baseball front, there was finally movement at spring training complexes around baseball. Sadly, that movement didn’t come from major-league players as players on teams 40-man rosters are still locked out by MLB owners. Once MLB players, hit camp, it’ll no longer be the offseason, and we’ll stop doing these! But...
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The next position in the Mets Organizational Depth Chart is first base! Mojo Hill started the depth chart off with catcher, and now we roll over to the first corner position. Big League Starter This job has belonged to Pete Alonso since the start of 2019. The 2019 Rookie of the Year, and Rookie home run record holder, has made his mark quickly in the Mets organization. Alonso had a solid 2021...
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The Athletic’s Keith Law joined Sal, Mike and me on the latest episode of the Get Metsmerized podcast. We talked about the burgeoning stardom of Francisco Álvarez, the ceilings and floors of other top Mets prospects, Keith’s evaluation strategy, who from the farm may impact the MLB Mets in 2022 and high-upside candidates in the Mets prospect pool, like Mike Vasil and Alex Ramirez. Within the...
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Good morning Mets fans! It was another quiet day on the news front as with the stall in the CBT and discussions between MLB and the MLBPA continue. The couple pieces of news we did get are from Mets pitching prospect Matt Allan and Mets hitting coach Eric Chavez, who spoke to the media at the major league-less spring training. Latest Mets News According to Tim Healey of Newsday Sports, Mets top...
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Mets hitting coach Eric Chavez described himself as a “filter” on Saturday, saying that he wants to “simplify things” with the players. The Mets have had disconnect with some of their recent hitting coaches, which has led to poor results. Chavez wants to get numbers and analytics out of their heads and just let them hit. “We want them going up to the plate with as...
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Mets pitching prospect Matt Allan said on Saturday that after having Tommy John surgery in May, he had another operation in January to repair a nerve issue, as Tim Healey of Newsday reported. Mike Puma of the New York Post clarified that it was ulnar transposition. Allan said that he’ll begin throwing in March. The likelihood of him pitching in games this season is small — in fact, as Puma...
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