Looking to find the form that prompted Baseball America to label him the Met prospect with the “best control” in January, Irving Cota struck out six and walked one in two scoreless innings Friday in the Surprise Saguaros’ 10-4 loss to the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League. (Box score) Cota, 22, of Mexico had an excellent start to the season at High-A Brooklyn,...
Peyton Prescott recorded five outs for the win, Cole Mathis went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a walk, and Bruin Agbayani made a pair of errors at second base Saturday in the Surprise Saguaros’ 9-3 victory over the Scottsdale Scorpions in an Arizona Fall League opener. A full box score can be referenced here. Prescott, in an opener role, allowed no runs on two hits, two walks, and struck out one...
The Arizona Fall League begins on Saturday October 3, and the New York Mets have a strong cohort of players attending. Teams will use the Arizona Fall League for a number of reasons. From getting players who spent most of the year on the injured list more work, to getting a look at potential 40-man adds, and even giving players more run to work through late season mechanical changes. Here are...
More than any other sport, baseball’s draft is just a series of dart throws. Plenty of first-round picks never even play a game in the majors, and plenty of late-round, unheralded picks go on to have great MLB careers. Even from last year’s draft, Will Watson (seventh round), Ryan Lambert (eighth), Brendan Girton (10th) and R.J. Gordon (13th) are looking like legitimate possible...
