Good Morning, Mets fans! Last night, Michael Wacha made his third start of the season against the Miami Marlins at Citi Field. While Wacha struck out a surprising nine in five innings, the Mets ultimately faltered, falling 4-3 to the red-hot Marlins. Tonight at 7:10 PM, LHP David Peterson (1-1, 3.86 ERA) will take the mound for the second game of the series against whomever the Marlins decide is...
On Monday, we wrapped up MMO’s 2020 Top 30 Prospects with shortstop Ronny Mauricio leading a group that most outlets have in the bottom half as a farm system overall. There’s certainly upside in the Mets system, but most of it comes from younger players in the lower levels of system that has been weakened with trades over the last 16 months. Here’s the Top 30 ranking that the...
MLB Pipeline has compiled a list of the best minor league players for each organization during the 2019 season. It should be noted these lists reflect not prospect status, but rather, performance on the field. That is why the Mets All-Stars include both a 36-year-old catcher and an 18-year-old shortstop: C Rene Rivera 1B Travis Taijeron 2B Luis Carpio 3B Mark Vientos SS Ronny Mauricio OF...
By Christopher Soto Arizona Fall League (AFL) Surprise Saguaros (17-11) 10, Scottsdale Scorpions (12-16) 2 Box Score C Ali Sanchez: 1-for-4, R, 2B, K | .262 AVG/.657 OPS 1B Patrick Mazeika: 2-for-3, 3B, 2 RBI(6), BB | .174 AVG/.447 OPS 3B Luis Carpio: 0-for-3, R, BB | .179 AVG/.531 OPS Mazeika broke out of a 2-for-his-last-30 slump to provide all the offense in this game for the Scorpions. In...
By Christopher Soto Arizona Fall League (AFL) Scottsdale Scorpions (9-11) 6, Salt River Rafters (12-8) 5 Box Score SS Andres Gimenez: 2-for-5, R, K | .340 AVG/.920 OPS 2B Luis Carpio: 0-for-3, R, BB, 2 K | .238 AVG/.666 OPS C Ali Sanchez: 2-for-3, R, 2B, RBI(3) | .217 AVG/606 OPS LHP David Peterson: 2.2 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 K, 3 BB | 0-1, 3.46 ERA, 2.00 WHIP It was an extremely rough...
By Christopher Soto Arizona Fall League (AFL) Peoria Javelinas (9-7) 3, Scottsdale Scorpions (8-8) 2 Box Score SS Andres Gimenez: 1-for-3, 3B, 2 BB | .317 AVG/.928 OPS 2B Luis Carpio: 0-for-3, BB, K | .278 AVG/.739 OPS PR/C Ali Sanchez: 0-for-0, BB | .188 AVG/.569 OPS Scorpions’ manager, Cesar Martin, continues to be impressed by Gimenez. Enough for him to use Gimenez in the lead-off spot...
By Joe D. Good Morning, everyone. I wanted to put together an offseason planner for your convenience. I also included important offseason dates to remember. Essentially what follows is a summary I compiled of our 2020 Payroll Commitments, our own exclusive Arbitration Projections and Key Departures. Guaranteed Contracts Yoenis Cespedes – $29,500,000 Jacob deGrom – $25,500,000...
By Christopher Soto Arizona Fall League (AFL) Scottsdale Scorpions (5-4) 2, Surprise Saguaros (7-2) 0 Box Score 2B Luis Carpio: 1-for-4, R, K | .364 AVG/.872 OPS C Ali Sanchez: 0-for-4 | .200 AVG/.533 OPS SS Andres Gimenez: 1-for-4, 2 K | .333 AVG/.915 OPS LHP David Peterson: 3.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 K, 3 BB | 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.42 WHIP RHP Jordan Humphreys: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB, Win...
Arizona Fall League (AFL) Mesa Solar Sox (3-3) 8, Scottsdale Scorpions (3-3) 4 Box Score 2B Luis Carpio: 2-for-4, R, 2B, K | .333 AVG/.833 OPS SS Andres Gimenez: 2-for-4, 3 RBI(4), K | .286 AVG/.804 OPS RHP Ryley Gilliam: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB | 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.90 WHIP The middle infield duo of Carpio and Gimenez made their first start together in the Arizona Fall League, a tandem...
Arizona Fall League (AFL) Scottsdale Scorpions (3-0) 3, Glendale Desert Dogs (0-3) 2 Box Score DH Luis Carpio: 1-for-3, BB, K | .333 AVG/.833 OPS C Ali Sanchez: 1-for-4, K | .250 AVG/.500 OPS SS Andres Gimenez: 1-for-4, R | .286 AVG/.804 OPS With Mets prospects comprising one-third of the line-up, the Scorpions racked up thirteen hits in the game. However, they could only muster three runs on...
It’s been a rough year to be a Mets prospect with the likes of Jarred Kelenic, Anthony Kay, Simeon Woods Richardson, and Justin Dunn all being traded. All four guys would be in the Mets top 10 prospects and three of them have been in Top 100 lists for all of baseball. The trading of prospects goes beyond that group as well. Bobby Wahl, Luis Santana, Scott Manea, Ross Adolph, Felix Valerio,...
Every year some of the MLB’s best young talent, and potential future superstars, gather together in Arizona to play a short season’s worth of baseball to prepare themselves for the next step in their professional careers. The Arizona Fall League, owned and operated by the MLB, mostly consists of players who finished the year in (AA) or (AAA) and is considered to be a final polishing...
