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MMN Top 50 Prospects: No. 10 Rehabbing Franklyn Killome

February 12, 2019Minor League News, Prospect RankingsNo comments

Franklyn Kilome Position: SP B/T: R/R Age: June 25, 1995 (23) Acquired: Acquired from Philadelphia for Asdrubal Cabrera Stats (Binghamton): 0-3, 4.03 ERA, 1.079 WHIP, 2.4 BB/9, 9.9 K/9 2018 Overall (Double-A): 4-9, 4.18 ERA, 1.343 WHIP, 3.9 BB/9, 8.0 K/9 Kilome has been a cusp of the top

MMN Top 100 Prospects: #19 Gregory Guerrero Features Raw Tools

By John Sasso

January 27, 2017Prospect RankingsNo comments

#19 SS Gregory Guerrero Ht: 6’1” Wt: 180 Level: DSL Mets – Dominican Summer League B/T: R/R Age: 1/20/1999 (18) Age Dif: -1.2 Acquired: Signed as an IFA in 2015 for $1.5 million bonus Last Year: #31 2016 Statistics: 64 G, 287 AB, 32 R, 61 H, 10 2B, 30 RBI, 28 BB, 51 K, 10 SB,

MMN Top 100 Prospects: #11 Becerra Coming Off Surgery

By John Sasso

January 17, 2017Minor League News1 Comment

#11 OF Wuilmer Becerra Ht: 6’3” Wt: 225 Level: High-A St. Lucie Mets B/T: R/R Age: 10/01/1994 (22) Age Dif: -1.7 Acquired: Part of seven player trade from the Toronto Blue Jays Last Year: #6 2016 Statistics: 65 G, 247 AB, 27 R, 77 H, 17 2B, HR, 34

MMN Top 100 Prospects: #9 Gimenez Shines In Pro Debut

By John Sasso

January 12, 2017Prospect Rankings3 Comments

Ht: 6’0” Wt: 165 Level: DSL Mets – Dominican Summer League B/T: L/R Age: 9/04/1998 (17) Age Dif: -1.7 Acquired: Signed as an IFA in 2015 for $1.2 MM bonus Last Year: #28 2016 Statistics: 62 G, 214 AB, 52 R, 75 H, 20 2B, 4 3B, 3 HR, 38 RBI, 46 BB, 22 K, 13 SB,

Phillip Evans is Cream of Rule 5 Draft Crop

By John Sasso

November 24, 2016Mets Minors Thoughts12 Comments

As baseball executives, agents, players, and job seekers are about to descend upon Washington DC, for the Winter Meetings. Where blockbuster trades and high profile free agents take center-stage. The final order of business before the meetings conclude is the Rule 5 draft. The place where proverbial fliers are

Thoughts On Baseball Prospectus’ Mets Top Prospect List

By John Sasso

November 19, 2016Minor League News4 Comments

It is off/pre-season list time for prospect writers across the interweb. Publications, magazines, and blogs will reveal their respective rankings of prospects near and dear to our hearts. (I previously mentioned our tentative schedule for our MMN list here.) Baseball Prospectus is the first to toe the water this

Five Under the Radar Prospects to Know For 2017

By John Sasso

November 17, 2016Minor League News10 Comments

A little foreshadowing of things to come here at MMN. All the players covered here are ranked below 25 in my own personal contribution to the Mets Minors top 100. Which if the calendar holds, will be running regularly between December 1 and March 1. The players listed are

Mets Minors 80 Grade Name Team

By John Sasso

October 4, 2016Prospect Features1 Comment

Here at MMN we cover nine teams over five levels so there are literally hundreds of prospects that we come across. Some are memorable, others are easily forgotten or overlooked. There are great prospects who’s play stands out, like Amed Rosario. Then there are players with 80 grade tools that

Mets Scouting 15 Year Old Phenom at WBC in Brooklyn

By John Sasso

September 24, 2016Minor League News4 Comments

Eric Pardinho is setting the scouting world ablaze with his performance for his native Brazil, in the WBC qualifying games in Brooklyn. Being an amateur with a 94 MPH fastball gets noticed, doing so at the age of 15 turns everyone’s head. Scouts can project growth from his 5’9”

MMN Defensive Player of the Year: Tomas Nido

By John Sasso

September 20, 2016MMN Feature StoriesNo comments

Measuring a player’s defensive value is never an easy thing. Metrics are flawed, errors are a poor way to exclusively determine a player’s ability, and things are subject to an official scorers opinion. Doing so for minor league players is even more difficult. With that said, I have the

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