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Mets’ Recent International Free Agency Review

March 17, 2018International4 Comments

The largest and most important showcase of the year for 15-and-16-year-old Latin American-talent took place last month in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Teenage ballplayers from all over Latin America congregated to play competitively in front of scouts from across MLB. Without a doubt, the Mets had their own international

Big Pelf: The Ace That Never Developed

By Doug M

March 8, 2018Mets Minors Thoughts, Mets News4 Comments

Earlier this week the 34-year-old Mike Pelfrey retired from Major League Baseball and is now a coach Newman University. Pelfrey spent the peak of his career as a mainstay in the New York Mets rotation, after being quickly summoned to the big leagues at age 22. From 2008-2011, Pelfrey would offer around

Fangraphs Ranks Mets Seventh in Talent 25 and Under

By Doug M

February 27, 2018Mets Minors Thoughts8 Comments

In an article today for Fangraphs, Jeff Sullivan ranked the 30 MLB organizations in talent 25 years of age and under. Just as a team needs a minor league system brimming with talented prospects, young players that have already broken into the major leagues is just as, if not