Mets Minors Thoughts Archive

If you wish to focus on wins and losses, the Kingsport Mets did not have a successful season.  With a 29-37 record, the team finished in fourth place in the Western Division. However, wins and losses are tangential in the Appalachian League. The league is about player development and

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The GCL Mets struggled much of this season finishing in last place in the Eastern Division with a 19-37 record.  Despite the poor record, Mark Vientos played extremely well since being drafted with the Mets second round selection this year.  Considering the GCL is a development league, this was

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The more I watch Binghamton’s Rumble Ponies the more this scrappy group reminds me of the 1969 Mets.  The similarities are sometimes uncanny. This weekend in Friday and Saturday games, the Ponies squeaked by the Hartford Yard Goats in back-to-back pitching duels, both 1-0 victories. Corey Oswalt, the Eastern League’s Pitcher of the

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After he was selected in the 28th round of this year’s Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, Jeremy Vasquez‘s phone was inundated with so many calls and text messages that he couldn’t even tell which team had picked him. But it was one call from a former — and now

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As was the case with the Mets’ other trade deadline acquisitions, Ryder Ryan was thrust into action soon after the team struck the deal with the Cleveland Indians to obtain him. After he was swapped for Jay Bruce late Wednesday night and assigned to Low-A Columbia on Thursday, Ryder made his

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Late Friday night, the Mets made their second deal of the 2017 trade deadline season, acquiring former All-Star reliever AJ Ramos from the Miami Marlins in exchange for two minor leaguers, right-handed pitcher Merandy Gonzalez and outfielder Ricardo Cespedes. Ramos will help the major league team in his own

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Dominic Smith has hit .330/.382/.500 on the season. Obviously those are great numbers and even more so when you consider how young he is compared to the rest of the league. Smith has 23 doubles, 12 home runs, 58 RBI and a league leading 118 hits in 89 games for

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Once again, there have been a number of outstanding performances in the Mets minor leagues during the Month of June with some players starting to raise their profiles.  While we cannot mention everyone who has had a good month, here are the staff selections for the Player of the

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With the Florida State League All -Star in the rearview mirror, I wanted to share my thoughts on the future of some of the Mets prospects who have been playing for the High-A level St. Lucie Mets. As is the case with the main club up in Queens, the St.

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Heading into this season, Adonis Uceta was 9-9 with a 4.09 ERA, 1.355 WHIP, and a 7.9 K/9.  Last year, despite being older for the level, Uceta struggled in Kingsport going 3-6 with a 4.99 ERA, 1.516 WHIP, and a 9.2 K/9. Based on the stats alone, you’d be

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