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Welcome to a 2013 Draft Review, where I take a look back at the draft picks from this season and the progress they’ve made so far… With the 11th pick in the 2013 MLB Draft, the Mets selected Dominic Smith out of Serra High School on the west coast.

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The journey from the minors to the majors can be a long drawn out process.  There are many athletes with the skills to succeed, but many fall off from the lack of will or desire to stay along the path.  A prospect may jump right through the system and make

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Former Met minor league catcher Juan Centeno will make his first major league appearance today against the San Francisco Giants. The long time minor leaguer – who, even after seven years of professional play, is only 23 years old – was called up on September 9 and will play in

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The Binghamton Mets have released their official schedule for the 2014 season, and have announced they will open up their year of Double-A baseball against the Akron Aeros on Thursday, April 3. Coming off of a historic year that saw a franchise record 86 victories and a regular season

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The Omaha Storm Chasers completed their unlikely run through the playoffs Tuesday, and became Triple – A National Champions after defeating the Durham Bulls 2-1 in the National Championship Game. Omaha starting pitcher Chris Dwyer stole the spotlight, and the championship, from the Bulls with his nearly impeccable performance. Dwyer retired the

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The Las Vegas 51s had their best year in quite some time. Wally Backman helped steer the franchise to their first PCL playoff appearance since 2002. Despite losing the best-of-five series to the Salt Lake Bees, it was still a successful season — especially considering the circumstances they had

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Mike Kerwick over at Baseball America released his Mets organizational report earlier this morning, naming Wilmer Flores and Rafael Montero as the player and pitcher of the year, respectively. Congratulations to both of these ballplayers on a well-deserved honor! With regard to Flores, the Mets are now reaping the

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It honestly felt like no one on the roster needed that walk-off on Sunday more than Travis d’Arnaud. I do not need to sit here and highlight the fact that our young backstop has been struggling recently — considering it’s already been brought up over and over on talk radio,

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While the St. Lucie Mets were one of the few minor league affiliates in New York’s system to not qualify for the playoffs in 2013, they came pretty damn close. It took until the last week of the season for them to get eliminated from playoff contention. There were

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