The MLB Rule 5 draft is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, December 10, at 2 p.m. EST during the Winter Meetings in Orlando, Florida. In the 2024 Rule V draft, the Mets selected nobody but lost two players—Mike Vasil to the Phillies and Nate Lavender to the Rays. Vasil would wind up playing for the White Sox and pitched in 47 games, striking out 82 in 101 innings while walking 52 to the tune...
Arguably the biggest takeaway to emerge from the Pirates series is the fact that the New York Mets just played really fundamentally sound baseball. They also got the basics right and handled their business on the way to clinching their first series sweep of the year. And, just like that, the Mets have won 10 of 13 and now have four consecutive series wins. New York will head to LA riding a...
Pitching prospect Calvin Ziegler, a 21-year-old who struck out 13 in 6 hitless innings at Single-A Brooklyn to start the season, needs Tommy John surgery, sources told Mike Mayer of MetsMerized Online. Daniel Wexler was the first to report Ziegler was missing the 2024 season. The right-hander missed nearly all of last season due to elbow and quadriceps injuries. The Canadian was selected in the...
The Mets’ minor league affiliates struggled on Sunday as each team lost. Among the highlights were Calvin Ziegler (High-A) and Jonah Tong (Low-A) pitching phenomenally, recording 20 strikeouts in 8 1/3 shutout innings between the two. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (4-4) 2, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (4-4) 7 Box Score DH Ben Gamel: 2-for-4, R, HR (2), RBI, 2K 3B Luke Ritter: 1-for-4, R, HR...
The 2023 season was a tale of two halves for the Brooklyn Cyclones. They finished as the worst team in their division in the first half of the year before posting the joint best record in their division in the second half of the year. It wasn’t enough to earn them a postseason berth, but the Cyclones enter the 2024 season with a strong roster and clear aspirations. Here is a look at how the...
Counting down towards baseball season, Metsmerized and Mets Minors are counting down our list of the Mets’ Top 35 prospects. This is the third edition of the series, breaking down the prospects ranked between 25 through 21 in the Mets’ system. Read: No. 35-31 No. 30-26 25. José Butto, RHP B/T: R/R Age: 3/19/1998 (25) Ht: 6’1″ Weight: 202 lbs Acquired: Signed as an...
With just ten days until Opening Day, the final days of spring training are nearing. However, that doesn’t mean that some players are slowing down. Instead, certain members of the Mets are heating up at just the right time. Take a look at a few great photographs by MMO photographer Ed Delaney taken this past week in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Make sure to follow us on Twitter,...
The inaugural Spring Breakout event was a huge hit with fans and players alike on Friday at Clover Park. The Mets won the game 4-2 behind high-octane pitching and run-scoring hits from two players acquired at the trade deadline last year. Dom Hamel got the start on the mound for the Mets, and he showed off an exciting repertoire of pitches. He allowed one run in two innings and struck out two....
Ryan Clifford doubled in a run and three other prospects added run-scoring singles to help a team of New York Mets prospects to a 4-2 victory over Washington Nationals prospects at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The game was part of MLB’s inaugural Spring Breakout event, which is a series of 16 games that will feature minor-league stars from all 30 teams. A 1985 Mets promo would...
With spring training approaching in 2024, now is a good time to check in on some homegrown talent. Many prospects hope to make an impact during Major League Spring Training, while others hope to do so as backups in the major league games. Several players, however, are simply looking to return to the field. While most of the prospects below have been injured, that won’t diminish their hopes...
TYLER GLASNOW Position: RHP Bats/Throws: L/R Age: 30 (08/23/1993) 2023 Traditional Stats: 21 G, 120 IP, 3.53 ERA, 1.083 WHIP, 10-7, 162 K, 37 BB 2023 Advanced Stats: 118 ERA+, 33.4% K%, 7.6% BB%, 3.63 xERA, 2.91 FIP, 2.75 xFIP, 3.2 fWAR, 2.0 bWAR Rundown When Tyler Glasnow was on the field in 2023, he delivered strong results. The towering righty racked up a career-high 162 strikeouts, punching...
Triple-A Syracuse Mets (55-78) 2, Rochester Red Wings (61-72) 1 In 7 Innings BOX SCORE 2B Wyatt Young: 3-for-4 (.607 OPS) SS Danny Mendick: 2-for-3, BB (.797 OPS) CF Brandon McIlwain: 1-for-2, BB, K (.902 OPS) RF Joe Suozzi: 1-for-2, 2 R, BB (.790 OPS) In what was a rain-shortened game, the Mets did not have a single extra-base hit, but they got the runs that mattered. Jaylen Palmer had a...
