While the New York Mets have become a win-now team in recent years, they have done a good job in making sure that hasn’t hurt the prospect depth in their farm system. In his latest organizational rankings for The Athletic (subscription required), Keith Law has the Mets ranked as the 15th-best farm system in baseball. This comes after Law had five Mets prospects ranked inside his Top 100 prospect...
MLB Network continued their series of Top Ten Right Now on Wednesday night by ranking the top ten best-starting pitchers in MLB. On the list were Mets of the past and present, filling four total spots. Jacob deGrom was ranked ninth on the list despite starting 26 games in the last two seasons and posting a 3.08 ERA in 2022. Zack Wheeler was ranked after deGrom as the eighth-best starting pitcher...
With Francisco Álvarez, Brett Baty, and Alex Ramirez ending the 2022 season on the MLB Pipeline top 100, we expected to see them on their rankings to begin the 2023 season, and they were. The trio of prospects would be joined by Kevin Parada, who was the Mets first round draft pick and 11th overall in the 2022 draft. That makes four Mets prospects overall in the MLB Pipeline Top 100. They are in...
Francisco Lindor was ranked as the fifth-best shortstop in MLB by MLB Network heading into the 2023 season. Lindor was previously ranked the ninth-best shortstop in MLB before the 2022 season. The full MLB Network ranking was: Trea Turner Carlos Correa Xander Bogaerts Corey Seager Francisco Lindor Dansby Swanson Bo Bichette Willy Adames Tim Anderson Wander Franco After a poor first season in New...
Jeff McNeil was ranked the second-best second basemen in MLB by MLB Network on Wednesday night. Since the 2010 season, MLB Network has aired their segment Top Ten Right Now at every position. The segment calls upon the shredder to analyze every position and pick the top ten players. McNeil was ranked second overall after a historic bounce-back season. After finishing 2021 with an 87 OPS+, McNeil...
MLB Pipeline released their rankings for the top 10 catching prospects in baseball, and to no one’s surprise, Francisco Álvarez was atop them. Coming in at number three was the Mets 2022 first round draft pick Kevin Parada. In terms of Álvarez, MLB Pipeline would go on to rate him with the top power and highest ceiling out of any of the catching prospects. The power was rated a 70. As...
Pete Alonso was ranked fifth on MLB Network’s 2023 list of top first basemen in the game. The four players ranked above Alonso were: Paul Goldschmidt Freddie Freeman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. José Abreu The Polar Bear is coming off a stellar 2022 season that saw him smash 40 home runs, knock in 131 runs, and accumulate 4.0 fWAR (fourth among first baseman) over 161 games. He ranked first among...
In MLB Network’s annual position-by-position Top 10 rankings, they announced they put Brandon Nimmo as the fourth-best center fielder in baseball. Prior to 2022 season, MLB Network had Nimmo ranked as the sixth-best left fielder in Major League Baseball. Nimmo, 29, enjoyed a career-year in 2022 and he set career-high marks in several offensive categories. The 29-year-old achieved career-highs in...
Good morning, Mets fans! On Thursday, it was announced that Mets prospect Ronny Mauricio won MVP of the Dominican Professional Baseball league, receiving 61 of 69 votes for the award. As a result, Mauricio will receive a brand new Chevy Colorado MVP Edition truck. The 21-year-old had five home runs, 31 RBIs and an .803 OPS in 47 games. He is currently the Mets’ sixth-ranked prospect and...
ESPN ran 10,000 simulations on the 2023 baseball season now that all the top free agents are off the board. Their result? The New York Mets are the best team in baseball. Here’s what ESPN’s Bradford Doolittle was able to find out: Projected wins: 102.8 Playoff odds: 98% Title odds: 18% (up 6.8%) Aggression rank: 1 Improvement rank: 2 The Mets certainly have been busy. And while you...
Good morning, Mets fans! Francisco Álvarez has moved up on MLB’s list of top prospects. The Mets’ No. 1 prospect now sits a top as MLB’s No. 1 prospect in baseball. The Mets took round one of the Subway Series on Tuesday, taking down the Yankees 6-3. Taijuan Walker wasn’t at his best but turned in a gutsy performance, and Edwin Diaz recorded a four-out save with all four outs coming...
MLB Network released their top 10 left fielders in baseball on Thursday and Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo is ranked sixth. The full top list is as follows: Jesse Winker Joey Gallo Christian Yelich Michael Brantley Kyle Schwarber Brandon Nimmo Tyler O’Neill AJ Pollock Austin Meadows Marcell Ozuna Interestingly, Nimmo only played in 10 games in left field last season and is expected to play a bulk...
