The 2024 International Free Agency period is officially here, and the New York Mets have signed three of the top 50 players according to MLB Pipeline’s rankings. Ben Badler of Baseball America wrote about the top 50 players ranked by the size of their bonuses. The Mets expected to give out the fifth-highest to catcher Yovanny Rodriguez ($2.85 million bonus) and the 43rd-highest to...
MLB Pipeline’s Jim Callis reported Saturday afternoon that the 11th overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, Kevin Parada, signed with the New York Mets. The slot value for the 11th selection was $4,780,700. Parada and the Mets agreed to a $5,019,735 bonus, the largest bonus outside the top 10 picks in baseball history. The Mets already have the best catching prospect in baseball in Francisco...
We’re just under one week away from the July 30 trade deadline, and yet, there haven’t been many notable trades up to this point, meaning these next few days could prove to be fairly eventful across the entire majors. Despite sitting at the top of the National League East Division, the New York Mets could benefit from making some upgrades to multiple areas on their roster, including...
Coming into this season, the New York Mets were expected to feature one of the deepest starting rotations in the major leagues, which would’ve been a drastic change from last season, although injuries have caused this team to rely on someone who probably wasn’t on anyone’s radar before 2021. With starters like Jacob deGrom (forearm tightness), David Peterson (oblique strain),...
Brandon Nimmo is coming off an injury-plagued 2019 season that saw him appear in only 69 games due to a bulging cervical disk in his neck. While Nimmo has admitted in the past that he will probably deal with this the remainder of his career, the left-handed hitter is optimistic about his ability to help the Mets in 2020. “The goal is to be ready for every game that they call my number and...
No. 11 RHP Logan Verrett Ht: 6’2″ Wt: 190 Age: 6/19/1990 (25) 2015 Level: MLB New York Mets/Texas Rangers, Triple-A Las Vegas 51s MLB Statistics: 18 G, 4 GS, 47.2 IP, 1-2 W-L, 3.59 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, .202 BAA, 39/15 K/BB, 6 HR MiLB Statistics: 18 G, 11 GS, 64.2 IP, 5-3 W-L, 4.59 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, .278 BAA, 53/19 K/BB, 1 HR The key to success for any major league team is depth. Whether it’s a...
Earlier this offseason I was able to talk to New York Mets shortstop prospect Luis Guillorme who has a fantastic season for the Savannah Sand Gnats in their final year of being affiliated with the Mets. In 122 games this year he hit .318/.354/.391 while scoring 67 runs, knocking in 55 and stealing 18 bases. He was very good in the clutch this year slashing .353/.416/.383 in 62 plate appearances...
Update: MLB Pipeline released their Top 100 Prospects last night with four Mets on the list: Gavin Cecchini #87, Amed Rosario #79, Dominic Smith #51, and Steven Matz at #15. Full write up to come. The following is an interview I conducted with the great Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline who you can follow on Twitter at @JimCallisMLB. Jim was kind enough to answer a number of questions about the Mets...
Next in our breakout candidates is a relatively new face, 3rd Baseman David Thompson. Our first prospect in the series was fellow third baseman Jhoan Urena. Profile: Before Thompson was a 4th rounder for the Mets, he was an offensive star in the Miami area. As a Westminster Christian Alumni, (Same high school as Alex Rodriguez), he the record for homeruns in a season (19) and career (55) for the...
This is part three of our series recognizing the Mets minor leaguers that had the best statistical years during the 2015 season. These players were chosen on the numbers and not their prospect value. The eight position players chosen as the starters on this 25-man all-star team were Patrick Mazeika, Dominic Smith, Dilson Herrera, Gavin Cecchini, Eudor Garcia, Wuilmer Becerra, Kevin Kaczmarski,...
This is the second part of our four part series in which we choose our best 25-man roster from the Mets minor leagues based on their 2015 statistics. This group took a major hit with the Mets trades during the deadline which included starters Michael Fulmer, Luis Cessa, Robert Whalen, John Gant, and Miller Diaz. Missing from the list is also Steven Matz (7-4, 2.19 ERA with 51’s) who didn’t pitch...
Wuilmer Becerra had his hitting streak snapped at seven games last night but extended his RBI streak to five games after going 0 for 3 with a sacrifice fly. He did get moved up to the seventh spot in the lineup for the game after hitting out of the eighth and ninth hole most of the winter ball season for the Tigres de Aragua in the Venezuelan League. He is now hitting .405/.409/.500 with seven...
