For the second straight year, the Mets were able to infuse a weak farm system with high upside talent through the draft. They got outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong in the first round, a consensus Top 25 talent in the 2020 draft. First round talent in the second round with right-handed pitcher J.T. Ginn, and tremendous upside when they used the No. 69 pick (comp for Phillies signing Zack Wheeler) on...
MLB Pipeline writer and draft analyst Jim Callis spoke with Metsmerized in a phone interview this week, giving his thoughts on the Mets’ draft class this year. “Like last year, they went big on their first three picks,” Callis told Metsmerized. “I thought Pete Crow-Armstrong was an interesting value at 19 as his stock has been a little up and down.” “He was the best high school player...
This year’s MLB draft was very different than drafts from years past. But regardless, the Mets still added some high-end talent to their farm system. The Mets 2020 draft class is as follow: No. 19: CF Pete Crow-Armstrong, Harvard-Westlake (CA) No. 52: RHP J.T. Ginn, Mississippi State No. 69: CF Isaiah Greene, Corona (CA) No. 91: SS Anthony Walter, SDSU No. 120: C/UT Matthew Dyer, Arizona...
In ranking all of the farm systems, Baseball America has rated the Mets 25th putting them in the bottom six in the league. This is the fourth straight year the Mets have dropped in these rankings. If you want a more optimistic view, this is up three spots from where the Mets were at the 2019 midseason rankings. The Mets drop in these rankings is multi-faceted. Since 2015, we have seen players...
The New York Mets are reportedly trying to build a team on a budget this offseason as it appears that they are trying to avoid crossing the luxury tax threshold of $208 million. That would leave the team with roughly $16.5 million to spend if no other moves were made to clear some money as detailed by MMO’s own Christopher Soto. While the Mets’ front office should be willing to go...
If it’s one thing Mets’ general manager Brodie Van Wagenen has been notorious for in his tenure at the helm, it’s been trading high end prospects in an attempt to bolster the big league roster. Well perhaps no more. At the general manager meetings this past week, Van Wagenen said that he is inclined to hold on to his prospects this winter, unless he receives an offer he...
3 UP 1. CyGrom Times Two No, we don’t know how the voting will go, but with Jacob deGrom pitching seven shutout innings against the Marlins, he extended his scoreless streak to 23 innings, and he may extended his streak of winning the Cy Young award to two. When you break down the numbers, it certainly appears to be the case. He now leads the league in bWAR, strikeouts, WHIP, opponents OBP...
With the Mets farm system not being well regarded entering the 2018 season, and with the team trading away big prospects like Jarred Kelenic, it left many to wonder how the Mets position player prospects compared to the others in the game. It may come as a surprise the Mets are a farm system on the rise. MiLB.com has ranked the Mets position player prospects as the 13th best in baseball due to...
Good morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News The bus destined for Port St.Lucie left Citi Field yesterday. The bus will arrive in Florida in a week and contains all of the baseball gear that’s needed for the Mets to start their spring training schedule promptly. The Mets came in as No.14 on Keith Law’s updated farm system rankings. Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com calls Brandon Nimmo the...
Good Morning Mets Fans! Latest Mets News The Mets announced that they have officially released David Wright from their 40-man roster. He will soon join the Mets’ front office as a special advisor to the Chief Operating Officer (Jeff Wilpon) and GM (Brodie Van Wagenen). Here’s to hoping he can convince Van Wagenen that blowing up the farm system is a bad idea. Jeff Wilpon issued a...
Matt Eddy of Baseball America chatted about the list of the Mets top 10 prospects, a list which changed after the Mets traded Justin Dunn and Jarred Kelenic to the Mariners. One thing which was consistently highlighted throughout not just Baseball America’s rankings, but also the chat is the strength of the Mets farm system lies in the infield. First Base Eddy believes Peter Alonso could...
J.T. Realmuto Position: C Hits/Throws: R/R Age: March 18, 1991 (27) Traditional Stats: .277/.340/.484, 30 2B, 3 3B, 21 HR, 74 RBI, 3 SB, 2 CS Advanced Stats: 4.3 bWAR, 4.8 bWAR, 131 OPS+, 126 wRC+ Defensive Stats: -15.2 RAA, 4.2 FRAA Free Agent: 2021 Realmuto is definitively the best hitting catcher in all of baseball. Last year, he led all MLB catchers in wRC+, and over the past three years he...
