Good Morning, Mets fans! Michael Wacha threw 6.1 innings of no-hit baseball during an intra-squad game for Team White in a win against Team Blue. Latest Mets News Jacob deGrom played catch today and still expects to start on Opening Day, per manager Luis Rojas. Latest MLB News The Royals and Padres swapped reliever Tim Hill and Franchy Cordero, per Jeff Passan of ESPN. Austin Meadows has tested...
Good Morning, Mets fans! The quarterfinals of MLB’s Players League started on Friday night with Jeff McNeil and the Mets facing off against Dwight Smith Jr. and the Baltimore Orioles. McNeil’s Mets are moving on to the semifinals! Game one: J.D. Davis hits a walk-off pinch-hit two-run home run to win the game in extras! A 3-2 win for the virtual Mets at Citi Field gave McNeil a 1-0...
With the 2010s coming to a close, it’s time to acknowledge some of the greatest achievements of the decade. In this article, I will look at the top 15 games of the decade. Truth be told, there were so many to pick from in this article. For me, personally, these games basically cover my teenage years into my young adult life thus far (11-21 years old). Here is my list of the top 15 games...
With Opening Day this Thursday, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies have released their 2018 Opening Day roster: Coaching Staff Manager: Luis Rojas Hitting Coach: Val Pascucci Pitching Coach: Frank Viola Bench Coach: Luis Rivera Athletic Trainer: Bob Grimes Strength Coach: Kory Wan Pitchers Tyler Bashlor (MMN Rank: 14) – Bashlor has tremendous stuff, and he made strides last year to harness it....
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...
It’s that time of the year when we start seeing publications release their top prospects list and the first one this offseason is by Baseball Prospectus. Mets Top 10 Prospects (preseason rankings in parentheses): 1. Amed Rosario, SS (2) 2. Robert Gsellman, RHP (9) 3. Thomas Szapucki, LHP (NA) 4. Dominic Smith, 1B (5) 5. Desmond Lindsay, OF (7) 6. Justin Dunn, RHP (NA) 7. Andres Gimenez, SS...
The Baseball America archives go all the way back to 1983 for their annual Top 10 prospect lists and I thought it would be fun to take a look at what those players became. We will first look at the Mets Top 10 from 1983, seeing where BA missed and the ones they were right about. Here is the Mets Top 1-5 Prospects from 1983 according to BA: 1.) Darryl Strawberry – The Mets selected...
With the Major League roster pretty close to being set minus 2nd lefty and possibly the last bench spot, lets take a look at what could be the opening day roster for the Las Vegas 51’s. Starting Rotation Noah Syndergaard – Ace in Vegas until the Super Two cutoff. Steven Matz – Started last year in St. Lucie but he is rising fast. Rafael Montero – Seems like most the...
Baseball America released their Mets Top 10 Prospects today and they project a bright future for the Mets. All seven of the Mets’ domestic affiliates finished at .500 or better in 2014, giving New York a cumulative .568 winning percentage that led all organizations. They point out that the system has finally begun to see some position players move up to the higher levels and closer to an MLB...
Jason Parks of Baseball Prospectus released their Top 10 Mets Prospects this morning, which included a couple of interesting surprises. RHP Noah Syndergaard C Travis d’Arnaud 3B Wilmer Flores RHP Rafael Montero SS Amed Rosario 1B Dominic Smith OF Cesar Puello C Kevin Plawecki CF Brandon Nimmo RHP Marcos Molina Marcos Molina jumps right out as he’s one player I’ve yet to see on...
4. Dominic Smith, 1B Height: 6’0” Weight: 185 lbs. Age: 18 Bats/Throws: Left/Left The Mets drafted a 17 year old Dominic Smith with the 11th overall pick of last year’s draft and he didn’t waste any time showing off his skills. In 173 AB’s across the Gulf Coast League and Appalachian League, Smith slashed .301/.398/.439 with 3 HR’s, 26 BB’s, and 37 K’s. He has quite the advanced approach for an...
No. 6 Wilmer Flores Height: 6’3” Weight: 190 lbs. Age: 22 Bats/Throws: Right/Right Wilmer Flores is a bit of a mystery. He was signed as a free agent out of Venezuela in 2007 and we’ve been hearing about him ever since. Earlier in his career, he drew comparisons to Miguel Cabrera, but those have since came back down to earth. He is similar to Cabrera in that his below average speed and slow...
