Potential Options For Mets With No.19 Pick

With Major League Baseball’s amateur player draft set to take place in only two short weeks, prospect pundits have begun releasing their mock drafts. This year, the opinion on which player the Mets will select has been quite varied. Over the last several weeks, the Mets have been connected to virtually every player expected to be taken in the middle of the first round. This is due to a...

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Simply Amazin’: As The Baseball World Turns…

In the latest episode of Simply Amazin, Tim is joined by Metsmerized’s Jacob Resnick to discuss a wide spectrum of baseball news. Between ongoing negotiations between MLB and the MLBPA, the decimation of minor league systems across the league, and the upcoming heavily-truncates draft, there was plenty to talk about. And we’d be remiss to ignore the four-year anniversary of Terry...

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Reliving the 2000 Mets: An October Preview in May

By late May, the Mets had led the league in frequent flyer miles. Beginning on May 22 and continuing through the Memorial Day weekend, Bobby Valentine’s group jettisoned to San Diego, then east to St. Louis before u-turning to Los Angeles. The Padres team that welcomed the New Yorkers into Qualcomm Stadium was a lethargic 17-26 and already 10 games off the pace in the NL West. But the...

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Morning Briefing: Mets Among Teams To Make Minor League Cuts

Good Morning, Mets fans! Happy Friday! The Mets, along with several other Major League teams, made significant cuts to their minor league systems in preparation for losing multiple minor league teams. Latest Mets News Mets former second round draft pick Andrew Church, who was one of the many minor leaguers released on Thursday, aired his grievances on the Mets organization. Mike Puma of the New...

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Travis Taijeron, Andrew Church Among Mets’ Minor Leaguers Released

Thursday was a rough one for Major League Baseball with multiple teams releasing a significant amount of minor leaguers. Jeff Passan of ESPN reports that there could be upwards of 1,000 minor leaguers released over the week. The Mets released 39 players on Thursday according to Mike Mayer of MMO. One of those players is pitcher Andrew Church and he shared his thoughts about the Mets system on...

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Mets to Pay Minor Leaguers Through June, But Will Release Many

The Mets have committed to paying their minor leaguers a $400 stipend through the end of June, according to multiple reports. All teams have been paying the stipend in lieu of player salaries since professional baseball shut down in March, though the original agreement only covered players through the end of May. The news comes on the heels of the announcement that the Mets (as well as other...

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