No. 11 Colin Houck, SS/3B B/T: R/R Age: 19 (9/30/2004) Height: 6’2 Weight: 190 lbs Acquired: 1st round of 2023 Draft from Parkview HS (Lilburn, GA) Previous Rank: 2023 Stats (FCL Mets): 9 G, .241 BA, .699 OPS, 1 3B, 4 RBI, 6 R, 7 BB Colin Houck was the Mets’ lone first-round pick of the 2023 Draft, selected 32nd overall given the Mets’ draft position penalty for exceeding the luxury tax. Houck...
Wednesday was not a winning day in the Mets organization, as the four affiliates combined to go 1-4 in the five games that were played, scoring a combined 15 runs. That said, some of the top 2023 picks (Nolan McLean and Colin Houck) had strong games at the plate, and St. Lucie’s starter reached a career-high in strikeouts. Check out more on what else happened in the organization. Triple-A...
The Syracuse Mets pitching staff combined to throw a one-hitter on Wednesday, and J.D. Martinez had two hits and drove in two runs. Binghamton won behind the long ball, and Brooklyn walked 11 times in their blowout win. Right-hander Douglas Orellana tossed five perfect innings of relief for Brooklyn. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (12-9) 4, Columbus Clippers (8-14) 0 BOX SCORE DH J.D. Martinez: 2-for-4,...
The Mets’ affiliates played just three games on Sunday, as Syracuse had a rainout. A day after each of the affiliates won, it was another successful day where two of the Mets’ three minor league teams won their games on Sunday. Only Binghamton couldn’t grab the win, losing by just one run. Two of the performances of note on Sunday were by a couple of the Mets’ top...
Friday night was Opening Day for three of the New York Mets full-season affiliates. The Low-A St. Lucie Mets were the only team to come away with a victory. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (2-3) 4, Scranton/Wilkes Barre RailRiders (3-2) 8 BOX SCORE LF Ben Gamel: 3-for-3, 2 R, HR(1), 2 RBI, BB CF Drew Gilbert: 2-for-4, BB, K C Austin Allen: 1-for-4, 2 RBI, HR (1) 3B Mark Vientos: 1-for-5, 2 K SS Luisangel...
During the 2023 MLB draft the Mets selected a total of 23 players, including seven within the first four rounds. The Mets agreed to deals with their first 14 draft selections and 20 overall, with college pitchers Brady Kirtner and Christian Little, and prep pitcher Gavyn Jones choosing to forgo signing with the team. Most, but not all, of the draft choices who elected to sign made their brief...
The FCL Mets had a great regular season as they finished with the best win percentage in the league (32-18, .640). However, their season came to an abrupt end on Thursday when they lost in the FCL semifinals to the Braves, 7-1 at Clover Park. It was rough day for the defense as the team made five errors, which resulted in only three of the seven runs being earned. Even though the team look the...
Late on Thursday evening, MLB Pipeline updated their top-100 prospect rankings and team-specific top-30 lists. This following Baseball America’s update earlier in the day. In the most recent edition of Pipeline’s rankings, the New York Mets have five prospects. This is the third most of any team in the league, only the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates, each with six, have...
Triple-A Worcester Red Sox (58-48) 6, Syracuse Mets (43-62) 3 In 10 Innings BOX SCORE 2B Luke Ritter: 2-for-5, 2B, RBI (25), K (.783 OPS) DH Carlos Cortes: 2-for-4, BB, K (.812 OPS) LF Ronny Mauricio: 1-for-5, RBI (58), 2 SB, K (.818 OPS) CF Brandon McIlwain: 1-for-2, 2 BB (.944 OPS) Before extra innings, the Mets scored their lone two runs on non-base hits. However, they got a pair of...
Mets fans, an all-new episode is here! This week we are joined by MLB Pipeline reporter Sam Dykstra to give his grade on the Mets 2023 draft class, discuss some of his favorite late-round picks, which of the many arms taken by the Amazin’s could be a future impact player, Sam fill us in on some of what the evaluations process is like, and much more! Did the Mets have a successful draft...
According to Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline, the Mets have signed first round pick Colin Houck. The prep shortstop will get a signing bonus of $2.75 million, slightly above the slot value of $2,607,500 for the 32nd overall pick. Callis also reports that the Mets have signed second rounder Brandon Sproat a year after they will unable to sign the hard-throwing right-hander from Florida. Sproat’s...
The New York Mets finished the first half of the 2023 season 42-48, six games below .500. As such, tensions are high both in the clubhouse and among fans. In response to the team’s poor first half, Mets owner Steven Cohen met with the media in July. He expressed his frustrations with the team’s performance and also discussed the importance of what the Mets are doing in the farm system to...
