Four Mets prospects were ranked in the top-100 list that FanGraphs published on Thursday: Drew Gilbert, Jett Williams, Jeremy Rodriguez and Christian Scott. Two of the four were acquired at last season’s trade deadline. All four received future value grades of 50. The Mets’ highest-ranked prospects were Gilbert and Williams at No. 52 and 54, respectively — contrary to MLB Pipeline,...
Prior to each season, Fangraphs releases projections for every ballplayer around the major leagues. With those, the baseball sabermetrics website is then able to project specifically how each position group on each team should fair. What are these said projections saying about the 2024 Mets? Which positions are sources of projected strength? How about weaknesses? Strengths The Mets’...
Third base has functioned as somewhat of a revolving door for the New York Mets this season. The position group has slashed just .210/.270/.332 while putting up -2.3 fWAR and -9 Outs Above Average, making it crystal clear that a pick-me-up is necessary. Brett Baty and Eduardo Escobar got the initial crack at cementing their roles as regulars at the position, but neither player seized the...
As the season gets closer to beginning, we have another Top 100 prospect list that was just released on Wednesday. Eric Longenhagen and Tess Taruskin unveiled their list of the Top 100 Prospects in the game on FanGraphs and the Mets were well-represented on the list. In total, the Mets had five prospects and had a chance at six on the list. Catcher Francisco Álvarez was the highest on the list...
Baseball projections wait for no one—not even Carlos Correa. Dan Szymborski of FanGraphs released the ZiPS projections for the 2023 Mets. Given the uncertainty of the Correa situation but reports that the Mets are still his most likely destination (at the time ZiPS was published), ZiPS has included Correa as a “maybe” member of the Mets’ lineup. Though you can read the entire...
Bullpen arms are often considered to be the most volatile position in baseball. Most relievers never experience long-term dominance, and aside from the great ones, most see their success come in bursts. Relievers seldom see love on top prospect lists, top 100 lists, or anything of that nature. Even more to their unpredictability, most of the bests were failed starters. Just look at the Mets:...
Earlier this offseason, the New York Mets installed former 2000s staple Tony Tarasco as the team’s first-base coach with a separate focus on improving the Mets’ baserunning and outfield defense. Needless to say, there is plenty of room for improvement in both areas for this team. Let’s focus on the basepaths. Last season, per FanGraphs’ baserunning metric BsR (an...
The New York Mets made headlines on Thursday as they acquired one of the most talented young stars in baseball today in Francisco Lindor. The blockbuster deal gives the Mets a new face of the franchise, and the potential of a stalwart at shortstop for years to come — contingent on him signing a long term extension, of course. However, the Mets also acquired veteran right-handed pitcher Carlos...
When the Mets acquired Edwin Diaz along with Robinson Cano from the Seattle Mariners in December 2018, there were a lot of fans that were frustrated with the package of prospects sent to Seattle, but at the same time excited about the potential Diaz brought to the back-end of the Mets bullpen. He had an incredible 2018 season in Seattle, when he led the league with 57 saves while also posting a...
Flashback to 2016 for a second. A 22-year-old Tomas Nido just hit .320/.357/.459 in St. Lucie and got added to the 40-man roster because the Mets believed him enough to make sure he did not leave the organization. I went back to the 2017 Top Mets Prospects list from Fangraphs just to see what the makeup of his profile was. Nido was eighth on the list, ahead of Brandon Nimmo and Pete Alonso...
Good Morning, Mets fans! The Mets handily defeated the Nationals on Thursday by a score of 8-2, splitting the four-game series. Tonight they travel to Philadelphia to take on the 5-9 Phillies, with none other than Jacob DeGrom on the mound. Latest Mets News Former Mets farmhand Matt Purke rejoined his alma mater TCU’s baseball staff. Newsday sat down and talked to former Met ace Dwight...
On this day in 2015, the Mets’ southpaw had a day for the ages on the mound and at the plate. June 28, 2015 is a day that will live on in history, but for reasons outside of the expected. It was on this day that Steven Matz made his debut. And it was on this day he won his Major League debut. It was on this day that Matz made his biggest impact…at the plate. What’s more, it wasn’t a...
