With their selection in the seventh round, the Mets selected Luke Ritter, a senior second basemen from Wichita State University. Ritter is praised for his defensive versatility and his ability to hit, with a career hitting line of .299/.406/.449. In his senior season, he hit .333/.458/.545 while showing defensive versatility by playing infield and outfield. He was one of the top vote-getters for...
The New York Mets have selected 2B Carlos Cortes in the third round: Baseball America Says: No. 177 School: South Carolina Ht: 5-8 | Wt: 185 | B-T: L-B | Commit/Drafted: Mets ’16 (20) Scouting Report: An undersized, 5-foot-8, 185-pound draft-eligible sophomore without a true defensive home, Cortes has befuddled scouts dating back to his high school days when he was taken in the 20th round...
The New York Mets have selected RHP/3B Simeon Woods-Richardson 48th overall in the second round of the 2018 draft. The following are scouting reports on Simeon from three major outlets: Baseball America says: #76 HS RHP/3B Notes:School: Kempner HS, Sugar Land, Texas Ht: 6-4 | Wt: 210 | B-T: R-R | Commit/Drafted: Texas Scouting Report: One of the youngest players in the 2018 draft class,...
Stat Line: 6 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 6 SO, 2 BB In the New York Mets 2-1 victory over the Miami Marlins, Logan Verrett showed why he would be in the starting rotation for twenty-nine of thirty Major League teams. Verrett attacks opposing lineups differently than our big three power pitches, looking to induce poor contact early in at-bats rather than inducing a high whiff/miss and strikeout rates. Logan...
Stat Line: 8 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 8 SO, 1 BB Logan Verrett showed more than scouts prepared us for, exhibiting an above average breaking ball while keeping four pitches low in the strike zone. Based on his performance, Verrett will add much needed depth to the New York Mets bullpen. Repertoire Verrett’s breaking ball (slider and curveball) is a viable MLB strikeout pitch, inducing an extremely high...
Stat Line: 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB #MetsTwitter went wild last night seeing Tyler Clippard warming up for the ninth. After allowing a hard hit double off the bat of Abraham Almonte, Clippard settled down to produce three consecutive outs. “I was anxious to get out there and put that first one under my belt,” Clippard said after the game. Before the game, Clippard told reporters he believes...
Stat Line: 7.2 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 6 K, 3 BB Yesterday afternoon, Mets fans excitedly tuned in to watch the much anticipated Major League debut for Long Island native and top prospect left-handed pitcher Steven Matz. In this article, I will touch upon the quality of movement within Matz pitches, high level of athleticism and inconsistency in command. Positives Repertoire of Pitches: A Matz showed...
Stat Line: 4 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 1 K, 1 BB Dillon Gee made his return to the New York Mets last night against the San Diego Padres to mark the beginning of the much anticipated six man rotation. Gee showed inconsistent command in all four pitches and the stat line further reiterates Gees struggles. There were three positive attributes and points to consider when grading Gee’s outing such as his...
Stat Line: 4 IP, 7 R, 10 H, 10 K’s, 0 BB Inconsistency in Fastball Command Noah Syndergaard struggled to establish his two-seam fastball as many of the Padres hits came off of two-seamers that ran back over the middle of the plate. A two-seam fastball is relatively easy to learn but getting a feel for the amount of movement and having the ability to direct the movement of the baseball to the...
Stat Line: 7.1 IP, 0 R, 6 K’s, 0 BB Living Low Noah Syndergaard continues to show great command of his fastball and curveball, throwing nearly all of his pitches below the hitter’s belt. In yesterday afternoons start, Syndergaard threw only seven of his 101 pitches above the belt with one of those pitches coming intentionally during Ryan Howard’s first inning at-bat in an attempt to induce a...
