According to Jonathan Mayo of MLB Pipeline, the Mets have agreed to terms with outfielder Isaiah Greene, the 69th pick in last week’s first-year player draft. The 18-year-old from Corona, California, was ranked as the 49th-best player available in this year’s draft. Scouts love his collection of tools, particularly his speed and feel to hit. Perhaps surprisingly, Mayo relays that...
The MLB Draft is about a month or so away. The Mets will pick sixth overall, the highest pick they have had since 2010. Mock drafts are now starting to come out and the Mets will have a plethora of options to pick from. Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com has the Mets picking catcher, Joey Bart. Bart has legit power and should be able to stick behind the plate. He also has a strong arm behind the dish and...
Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Mike Rosenbaum of MLB.com released on Tuesday their list of NL East breakout prospects, selecting one player from each team. Outfield prospect, Desmond Lindsay, got the nod for the Mets as a bounce back candidate after having a rough 2017 season where he hit just .220 over 251 at-bats at Single-A Columbia. “He looks healthy, ready to go,” Mets farm...
Jonathan Mayo of MLB Pipeline has released the site’s Top 30 prospects in the Mets farm system. Like others, Mayo is down on the Mets farm system citing both health issues and what in his opinion is a farm system devoid of Rookie of the Year type prospects. Ultimately, MLB Pipeline’s Top 30 list is: No. 1 SS Andres Gimenez MMN Rank: 1 No. 2 LHP David Peterson MMN Rank: 2 No. 3...
MLB Pipeline released their annual preseason top 100 prospect list on MLB Network Saturday night, and Mets fans hoping to see one of their own on the list didn’t need to hold their breath long. There were no Mets on the list, which was compiled by Pipeline’s prospect gurus Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo. It was unreasonable to think there were any shoe-ins to make the list after Baseball America...
Tonight I talk about the Mets 2017 draft with Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com and MLBPipeline.com. Hear his thoughts on top pick David Peterson, how Mark Vientos could be a huge steal in the second round and whether there are any “sleepers” picked by Sandy Alderson. Meanwhile, the Mets announced they signed 20 draft picks on Sunday, including fourth-round pick RHP Tony Dibrell from Kennesaw...
‘Tis the season of prospect rankings! In the latest release, Jonathan Mayo and the MLB Pipeline staff published their top 30 Mets prospects this afternoon. To no one’s surprise, Steven Matz topped the list (he was also ranked 15th on the MLB-wide list) and was actually the only pitcher in the top eight. Mayo had great things to say about Matz, citing his two plus pitches, his...
A high-ranking Mets executive told Kevin Kernan of the New York Post, that lefthanded pitching prospect Steven Matz could very easily make his big-league debut in 2015. “I think Matz will be up before the year is out,” he told Kernan. Last week, Mets Triple-A pitching coach Frank Viola, compared Matz to San Francisco ace Madison Bumgarner, in an interview with John Harper of the Daily...
Mets starter Gabriel Ynoa has been ranked as a best sleeper prospect in baseball by Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com. Mayo is very confident in Ynoa’s talent, praising him for his control and maturity on the mound. Mayo believes that the only way that Ynoa doesn’t appear on the top 100 list next year is if he advances to the majors and is no longer eligible as a prospect. Here is what Mayo...
The Dallas Morning News quoted Texas Rangers GM Jon Daniels who spoke about the logjam in their middle infield and specifically about shortstop prospect Jurickson Profar who garnered a lot of interest during this season’s deadline. Daniels expects plenty of teams to inquire on Profar this winter. “I feel like everyone on our staff and in our group felt as though this is going to be a...
BYRON BUXTON WOWED THEM ALL IN 2013 Who were the top performers in the prospect world in 2013? Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo picked their “All-Prospect Teams” — one player for each position — as well as the top overall position player and pitcher. As an added bonus this year, they also chose prospects they think made the biggest jumps on the prospect landscape, those whose...
According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, the Mets and Pirates have agreed on Vic Black as the player to be named late in the trade that sent Marlon Byrd and John Buck to the Pirates. The Mets sent cash to Pittsburgh as well in exchange for Dilson Herrera,who we profiled yesterday, and Black, who will either join the team once he clears waivers tomorrow or after the season if he is claimed by...
