Continuing our Series of potential breakout prospects is right-handed pitcher Chris Flexen, a projectable righty drafted in 2012, who suffered a delay due to Tommy John Surgery. Profile: Chris Flexen was drafted out of Newark Memorial HS in California, during the 14th round. He was awarded an overslot bonus
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Cuban phenom Lazaro “Lazarito” Armenteros received clearance yesterday by Major League Baseball making him eligible to sign according to Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com. He will become eligible on February 10th and is subject to international bonus pools. Lazarito is 6 foot 2, 205 pounds and held a showcase
Mets minor league reliever Zack Thornton has been named the Venezuelan Winter League Setup Pitcher of The Year for the regular season. He had a 4.02 ERA and 1.28 WHIP for the Navegantes del Magallanes to go along with 11 holds. He pitched 15.2 innings in 17 games
Last week we began our series of looking back at the Mets Top 10 Prospects according to Baseball America and this is the second part of the 1983 list. Here is the Mets Top 1-5 Prospects from 1983 according to BA: 1.) Darryl Strawberry – The Mets selected him
In the first game of the second round of the playoffs the Aguilas de Mexicali scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Mayos de Navojoa. Xorge Carrillo went 2 for 4 with a double and run scored for the Aguilas. He is
I wanted to highlight a great article done my colleague Brian Devine over at Mets Merized Online. Ever since he was selected in the first round of the 2011 draft, fans have been waiting patiently for the arrival of Brandon Nimmo. While he’s made progress every season, he’s
Two days after pitching a scoreless inning for the Leones del Escogido, Rafael Montero was back on the mound last night pitching 1.1 innings. He came in to pitch in the sixth innings with runners on 2nd and 3rd with two outs. He walked former Met Anderson Hernandez before
When I started writing for Metsmerized Online back in November of 2014, I had no idea that by next November the New York Mets would still be playing as one of the two best teams in all of Major League Baseball. The season certainly didn’t end like we
The Indios de Mayaguez (1-2) beat the Cangrejeros de Santurce (1-2) 2-0 last night with two key performances from Mets minor leaguers. T.J. Rivera was 0 for 2 with two walks and scored the only two runs of the game for the Indios. Rivera is now 4 for 10