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Brandon Nimmo And Kevin Plawecki, Are Players To Watch

January 13, 2014Minor League NewsNo comments

Here are some Mets related questions from Keith Law’s ESPN Chat this week. Is it too soon to call Brandon Nimmo a bust? Klaw – Why in God’s name would you label Nimmo a bust? I think he’s at least an average regular with a chance for more. Bear in mind that Savannah

Travis d’Arnaud, The Next Great Mets Catcher

By Joe D.

January 12, 2014Mets Minors Thoughts, Mets NewsNo comments

Travis d’Arnaud has long been regarded as baseball’s top catching prospect since first appearing on Baseball America’s Top 100 back in 2010. The Phillies’ 2007 first-round pick has already seen himself traded twice in a deal to acquire a reigning Cy Young Award winner and expectations for him have always

Mets Seek A Veteran Starter To Compete With Mejia, Montero and deGrom

By Joe D.

January 11, 2014Minor League News2 Comments

According to what many agents have told Anthony DiComo, don’t expect the Mets to sign a starting pitcher anytime soon. Agents predict that the market for Minor League deals will not heat up until the remaining top free agents — Masahiro Tanaka, Matt Garza and the rest — find new teams. General

Featured Post: Noah Syndergaard, Is He A 2014 Breakout Star?

By Joe D.

January 10, 2014Mets Minors Thoughts, Minor League News2 Comments

Jonathan Bernhardt of Sports on Earth, picked Noah Syndergaard, Taijuan Walker and Archie Bradley as his 2014 breakout stars. About Syndergaard he says that even with Travis d’Arnaud on track to begin the season as the Mets’ starting catcher this season, Syndergaard could turn out to be the most valuable player New York acquired in the trade for R.A.

2014 Mets Bullpen, Could Be A Team Strength

By Joe D.

January 6, 2014Mets News3 Comments

Bobby Parnell, who is recovering from surgery to repair a herniated disk in his neck, has regained all the weight he lost and is feeling great after he was in New York for a routine checkup late last month. While talking to some of us at Citi Field during the

Featured Post: Finally Kevin Plawecki Is On The Radar

By Joe D.

January 1, 2014Minor League News4 Comments

Last week, FanGraphs had a small blurb about Mets catching prospect Kevin Plawecki in a post about underrated minor leaguers. “Mets’ 2012 supplemental first rounder Kevin Plawecki has shown that his tremendous hand-eye coordination carried from Purdue to the pro ranks. He only hit eight balls over the fence this year, but eventually

Is Jeurys Familia Still In The Mets Pitching Plans?

By Joe D.

December 29, 2013Minor League News1 Comment

Jonathan asks… What is the deal with Jeurys Familia? He seems to have fallen through the cracks which is odd being he was one of our top pitching prospects two years ago. Is he still in the Mets’ plans? Joe D. replies…. That’s an interesting question. While Familia may

Wilmer Flores Is Flourishing In Winter Ball

By Joe D.

December 21, 2013Minor League NewsNo comments

This year saw the continued decline of once promising young talents such as Ike Davis and Ruben Tejada, allowing for a slew of fresh prospects to enter the mix at the major-league level. Terry Collins best described it at the time as “we got to see the pieces that will soon make this team

Where Does The Mets Farm System Rank?

By Joe D.

December 18, 2013Minor League NewsNo comments

Matt Mosher writes… During a Baseball Prospectus Chat today, I asked Jason Parks, their head prospect guy, if the Mets farm was Top 10. (I assumed they were) He replied that they definitely were not. That’s noteworthy because I believe he ranked them at No. 10 last year. So,

Juan Lagares: Is He The Odd Man Out?

By Joe D.

December 13, 2013Minor League News1 Comment

It’s something that is asked of me more and more in the last three weeks; will Juan Lagares lose any playing time or even his starting job in center field in light of the Mets new outfield additions? I’d always thought there was no chance that anyone would supplant Lagares in

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