Minor league baseball is back, with each of the Mets’ affiliates underway in their seasons. The Brooklyn Cyclones are the early team to watch this year as they steamrolled their way through the first week. Meanwhile, Syracuse, Binghamton, and St. Lucie either tied or lost their respective series as they’ve mostly struggled out of the gate. There have been great performances from Mets...
Sunday in the Mets’ minor leagues featured several fantastic performances, headlined by two struggling prospects, Luisangel Acuña and Kevin Parada. Acuña and Parada are considered top prospects for a reason, but they haven’t lived up to that while part of the Mets organization. On Sunday, though, they flashed their ability in their respective games. While Acuña and the Syracuse Mets...
Sunday was an underwhelming day for the Mets’ minor league affiliates. The Rumble Ponies didn’t play due to inclement weather, and the Mets’ other three affiliates went 1-2, with the three teams combining for just six runs scored. Brooklyn scored five of those runs, the lone affiliate to win. Despite the lack of offensive production, there were a couple of standout...
The second week of the season was a success for the likes of Syracuse and Brooklyn, who won their series, but not so much for Binghamton and St. Lucie, who lost their series. There were several offensive players, such as Rylan Bannon and Alex Ramírez, who shined for their respective teams, but it was really a week dominated by the pitchers, as it was during the first week of the season. Blade...
During the 2023 MLB draft the Mets selected a total of 23 players, including seven within the first four rounds. The Mets agreed to deals with their first 14 draft selections and 20 overall, with college pitchers Brady Kirtner and Christian Little, and prep pitcher Gavyn Jones choosing to forgo signing with the team. Most, but not all, of the draft choices who elected to sign made their brief...
Following a 2022 season in which the Syracuse Mets posted a disappointing 64-85 record, there was hope that they would be able to turn things around in 2023. Unfortunately, things didn’t work out that way. In fact, the team arguably experienced an even worse season in Dick Scott’s first year managing the club. Posting the second-worst record in the International League at 61-85, the...
Good morning, Mets fans! On Friday, Buck Showalter indicated that Ronny Mauricio could start to see more playing time at different defensive positions including first base, third base, and the outfield. This came on the same night that Mauricio started at second base for Triple-A Syracuse, the first game in his minor league career that he started at a position other than shortstop. If Mauricio...
Minor league players in the Major League Baseball Players’ Association have reached a tentative agreement with the league on its first collective bargaining agreement, according to a report from ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The deal is for five years and includes at least two times the pay at all minor league levels, according to Passan. While the deal is tentatively agreed to, it still needs...
Updated Post, 3/23/2023, 4:31 p.m. Continuing on the “Nimmo is trending well for Opening Day” trend, the center fielder played in a minor league game on Thursday at Port St. Lucie. He tripled and knocked in two runs. Original Post, 3/22/2023, 10:07 a.m. When Brandon Nimmo suffered a low-grade sprain on his right ankle and knee in a spring training game last week, Billy Eppler...
The next round of collective bargaining agreement negotiations between Major Leaguer Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players’ Association will need to produce an agreement before the 2027 season to prevent an interruption of play. While that seems like the distant future, especially with the Mets set to embark on what should be an exciting season, the storm clouds are...
The New York Mets have announced their 2023 minor league coaching staffs for all of their affiliates. These are the staffs who will be entrusted in developing the Mets prospects into Major League players: Syracuse Mets Dick Scott, Manager J.P Arencibia, Bench Coach Kyle Driscoll, Pitching Coach Collin Hetzler, Hitting Coach Jordan Kraus, Development/Bullpen Coach Hiroto Kawamura, Athletic...
The official World Baseball Classic rosters have been announced, and there will be a heavy New York Mets presence. In total, there will be at least one member of the Mets organization in eight different countries. It would have been nine, but Kodai Senga has opted to sit out this year’s WBC. The Mets participation goes well beyond the nine Major Leaguers they will have at the event,...
