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MMN Roundtable: Who Will The Mets Lose In Tomorrow’s Rule 5 Draft?

December 13, 2017Minor League News7 Comments

Tomorrow, the Rule 5 Draft will commence. With players like Mason McCullough and Cale Coshow being available, the Mets may be able to add a reliever to compliment Anthony Swarak or possibly a player at another position to help complete the Opening Day roster. At the same token, other

Baseball America’s Top Five Rule 5 Players Available

By John Sheridan

December 13, 2017Minor League NewsNo comments

The New York Mets have the sixth overall selection in tomorrow’s Rule 5 Draft. As we know the team runs the risk of losing players like Adonis Uceta or Mickey Jannis, the team also stands to select some players that could help the 2018 roster. In advance of the

MMN Roundtable: Columbia Fireflies Next Manager

By John Sheridan

December 11, 2017Mets Minors Thoughts2 Comments

With the St. Louis Cardinals poaching Jose Leger from the Mets to make him their new Latin American Field Coordinator. This leaves the Mets organization looking not just for a new manager for the Colubmia Fireflies, but also looking for someone to replace a well regarded manager who was

Revisiting Sandy Alderson’s Mets First Round Draft Picks

By John Sheridan

December 5, 2017Mets Minors Thoughts15 Comments

One of the purported reasons why Sandy Alderson was hired to replace Omar Minaya as the Mets general manager was due to the state of the Mets farm system. Now, there was some truth to that given how Minaya continuously left the team without high draft picks due to

MMN Roundtable: Mets Need To Re-Sign Alberto Baldonado

By John Sheridan

December 1, 2017Minor League News5 Comments

It appears that the baseball hot stove is not going to fully heat up until the Miami Marlins trade Giancarlo Stanton. In the interim, teams have been making a couple of minor league free agent signings to round out their minor league rosters as well as to bring in

Columbia Fireflies Manager Jose Leger Joins Cardinals Organization

By John Sheridan

November 30, 2017Minor League News1 Comment

Columbia Fireflies Manager Jose Leger has been hired by the St. Louis Cardinals to be the organization’s Latin American Field Coordinator. Leger leaving the Mets organization means the organization will be hiring their second minor league manager this offseason. Previously, Tony DeFrancesco was hired to replace Pedro Lopez as

Mets Minors Position Breakdown: Starting Pitching

By John Sheridan

November 28, 2017Minor League News2 Comments

Las Vegas 51s RHP Ricky Knapp Stats: 7-13, 5.35 ERA, 29 G, 29 GS, CG, 171.2 IP, 97 K, 1.439 WHIP, 5.1 K/9 Like most pitchers who pitch to contact, Knapp struggled pitching in the Pacific Coast League. This was evident from his .327 BABIP. Still, Knapp would show

Mets Rule 5 Eligible Players Who Could Be Drafted

By John Sheridan

November 21, 2017Minor League News4 Comments

With the Mets opting to add Gerson Bautista, Tyler Bashlor, Luis Guillorme, and Corey Oswalt to the Major League roster, they protected those players from the Rule 5 Draft. Conversely, the Mets made some tough decisions on some other players whom they exposed and risked losing in December 14th’s

Mets Protect Four From Rule 5 Draft, Expose Uceta, Jannis

By John Sheridan

November 20, 2017Minor League News11 Comments

The New York Mets have announced they have added four minor leaguers to their 40 man roster to protect them from the Rule 5 Draft: RHP Tyler Bashlor MMN Rank: 38 Age: 24 Level: St. Lucie & Binghamton Stats: 3-2, 3.44 ERA, 46 G, 13 SV, 49.2 IP, 84

MiLB’s Mets Minor League All Stars

By John Sheridan

November 20, 2017Minor League News8 Comments

MiLB.com has amassed their list of the Mets minor league players who had the best 2017 campaigns. As noted in their piece, this list is not comprised on the weight of a prospect’s status within an organization, but rather based on how well they performed on the field. C

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