Spring Training is an exciting time of year. It marks the beginning of a long baseball season, a team’s core players get to mingle with the new offseason additions, prospects get a chance to experience a taste of the big league lifestyle, and some guys come in just looking for a chance to prove themselves and end up being pleasant surprises. Pitchers and catchers report to the Mets Spring...
New York Mets minor league pitcher Harol Gonzalez is coming off a solid season in 2019 between Double and Triple-A. Gonzalez caught up with Metsmerized in a phone interview over the weekend to discuss the uncertainty surrounding the minor league season among other topics. “All I can do is continue to work hard everyday even though I have no idea when the next time I can pitch in a live...
As we inch closer to the Mets pitchers and catchers reporting next month, the big group of us at MMO/MMN got our heads together to vote on the Mets 30 prospects heading into the 2020 season. A group of 12 writers submitted their top 50 Mets prospects and from those sheets – with lots of discussion – came up with our top 30. We are lucky enough at MMO/MMN to have writers that covered...
Level: St.Lucie/Binghamton Age: May 13, 1997 (22) Stats: 8-7, 3.15 ERA, 23 G, 23 GS, 117.0 IP, 1.256 WHIP, 3.0 BB/9, 10.0 K/9 Despite not being ranked among the top of the pitching prospects in the Mets farm system, Kevin Smith turned in the top performance by any starting pitcher the system had to offer. While pitching his way to Double-A Binghamton, the lefty went from relatively unknown to...
By Christopher Soto Arizona Fall League (AFL) Scottsdale Scorpions (10-11) 2, Salt River Rafters (12-9) 1 Box Score C Patrick Mazeika: 1-for-3 | .207 AVG/.448 OPS 1B Ali Sanchez: 0-for-4, K | .185 AVG/.525 OPS LHP Blake Taylor: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 K, 0 BB, Save(2) | 0-1, 2.25 ERA, 0.63 WHIP Blake Taylor continued his string of excellent performances in the Arizona Fall League with another...
