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Spring Training Notes: David Thompson Working Out At First Base

March 5, 2016Minor League News4 Comments

Our own Jacob Resnick arrived in Port St. Lucie today and was able to check out some of the Mets early morning workouts. One interesting thing he observed was the David Thompson working with the major leaguers at first base during the pitchers fielding practice. The Mets drafted David in the

Featured Post: Baseball America Compares Cecchini To Zack Cozart

By Michael Mayer

March 5, 2016Minor League News18 Comments

We are in full swing prospect talk time of the year and Baseball America has been releasing numerous new pieces daily over the last week including their Top 100 which we talked about here. Here are few Q&A’s from BA’s Top 100 Prospect chat: Was it questions whether Cecchini

Brandon Nimmo, Desmond Lindsay Among Baseball’s Best CF Prospects

By Michael Mayer

March 4, 2016Minor League News5 Comments

Mets prospects Brandon Nimmo (#17) and Desmond Lindsay (#24) are among the 40 best center field prospects in baseball according to Baseball America in their latest positional breakdown. The top five are Byron Buxton (Twins), Andrew Benintendi (Red Sox), Lewis Brinson (Rangers), Anthony Alford (Blue Jays), and Bradley Zimmer

Cyclones Giving Away 1986 Mets Jerseys, Stamos Bobblehead

By Michael Mayer

March 3, 2016Minor League NewsNo comments

The Brooklyn Cyclones have announced the four jersey designs for their very popular Jersday Thursday giveaway promotion that begins on July 14th. The first 3,000 fans on the selected nights will receive the jersey or you can guarantee that you get a jersey if you buy their special Red,

MMN’s Top 80 Mets Prospects, #12 RHP Seth Lugo

By Michael Mayer

March 3, 2016Top 80 Prospects7 Comments

While the Mets already have one of the best rotations in baseball, they still have a few solid arms that project to be capable of pitching in a Major League rotation and that starts here with Seth Lugo. We recently ranked him as our number four right-handed pitching

Featured Post: Mets Minors Top 5 Second Base Prospects

By Michael Mayer

March 3, 2016Prospect Rankings8 Comments

The Mets future at second base is Dilson Herrera who no longer has his prospect status and will spend most of the 2016 season at Triple-A barring an injury. Luis Carpio is listed in this group despite being listed as a shortstop by most because he has more career

Mets Have Six Of Top 50 Shortstop Prospects In Baseball

By Michael Mayer

March 2, 2016Minor League News4 Comments

Baseball America released their top 56 shortstop prospects in all of baseball and the Mets had six on the list, the most of any major league team. The top five on the list are Corey Seager, J.P. Crawford, Orlando Arcia, Trea Turner, and Dansby Swanson. The number is parenthesis is

Mets Intrasquad Recap: Lagares Homers In Big Day

By Michael Mayer

March 1, 2016Mets News17 Comments

Today marked the Mets first game of the year, sort of, with the Mets playing an intrasquad with a portion of it being shown by the Mets on periscope. I know it was just the Mets playing against themselves but it was great to see live baseball in

Mets Sign Pitcher Joseph Zanghi

By Michael Mayer

February 29, 2016Mets News5 Comments

According to Baseball America the Mets have signed right-handed pitcher Joseph Zanghi to a minor league deal. Zanghi was drafted by the Reds in the 24th round in the 2015 draft out of Cumberland County College in New Jersey but did not sign with Cincinnati. The 21-year old started his

Mets Minors Weekly Review: Top 80 Update, Montero Starting

By Michael Mayer

February 29, 2016Minor League News1 Comment

Excitement is continuing to grow as position players are now in camp and we are just a few days away from Mets baseball returning. It has been a busy news week and here is the recap of what we talked about here as well as at MMO. Starting today

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