MLB Pipeline released their 2018 Prospect Team of the Year today with the New York Mets being the only organization with two players selected to the first team. Mets prospect Peter Alonso was chosen to be MLB’s first baseman and Mets infielder (lost his prospect status recently) Jeff McNeil was taken as the second baseman. Alonso, 23, hit .285/.395/.579 with 36 homers (tied for most in...
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Co-Position Player of the Month – Peter Alonso, 1B Level: Las Vegas Season Stats: .285/.395/.579, 31 2B, 3B, 36 HR, 119 RBI August Stats: .308/.392/.731, 11 2B, 11 HR, 27 RBI Alonso finished this season leading the minors in homers partially because of his 11 homers this month. Those 11 homers were the most he has hit in any month since he was drafted by the Mets. During the month, Alonso...
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Brandon Nimmo has been the New York Mets best hitter from the start of the season when he posted a 1.051 in March/April and his current .897 OPS is by far the top number on the team. So why the heck is he batting seventh and eighth? Here’s where Nimmo has placed in the lineup over the last eight games: 8th: Three times 7th: Three times 6th: Once Bench: Once (Game-winning pinch hit homer)...
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The New York Mets now have three stud pitchers healthy and dominating in what has been one of baseball’s best rotations since the All-Star break. Jacob deGrom (front-runner for NL Cy Young), Noah Syndergaard and Zack Wheeler have pitched liked three aces atop the Mets staff giving them three of the top six National League starters ranked by fWAR. Mets pitching coach Dave Eiland told Mike...
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The New York Mets acquired cash considerations from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for minor league outfielder Patrick Kivlehan on Thursday, the teams announced. The 28-year-old journeyman will report to Arizona’s major league club. Kivlehan wrapped up a strong season with the Las Vegas 51s, after being signed by the organization in early May. The Nyack, NY, native had been outrighted off...
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Last week, I introduced you to part 1 of the New York Mets all-obscure team which focused on the starting lineup and bench players. Now I will look at the obscure pitchers that conjured up memories for me (good and bad) as well as ones that were mentioned numerous times on Twitter last week during the discussion. I needed criteria for the article so I decided on less than 100 games and 250...
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