Mets Minors Thoughts Archive

Juan Lagares made his debut last night for the Aguilas Cibaenas in the Dominican League going 1 for 3 with the game-winning single in the 8th inning, scored from third on a short wild pitch, and made a great catch in center field. He also stole second after the

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  The guys over at 27outsbaseball.com released their list of the Top 27 hitting and pitching prospects to watch in the 2016 season. The list included two Mets prospects, utility player Jeff McNeil and catcher/first baseman Patrick Mazeika. McNeil was a Florida State League midseason and post-season all-star in 2015 after being

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  Martires Arias became a minor league free agent last month because his contract ran out after playing seven seasons in the Mets farm system. He is part of a very large group of minor leaguers (23) that elected free agency this offseason including Vic Black and Dillon Gee. The

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  Mets general manager Sandy Alderson did exactly what he needed to do minutes before the trade deadline when he sent minor league pitchers Luis Cessa and Michael Fulmer to the Detroit Tigers for Yoenis Cespedes. Cespedes helped the Mets to a World Series run while Fulmer was named

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  Jim Callis from MLB.com chose and broke down the Top 20 prospects from the 2015 Arizona Fall League. The list starts with St. Louis Cardinals right-handed pitcher Alex Reyes who lit up the radar gun before having his fall season end early due to 50-game suspension for drug

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All four of the major winter leagues are just passed the midpoint in the season. In the second half we should see some more Mets in action including Juan Lagares who was recently added to the weekly 40-man roster for the Aguilas Cibaenas in the Dominican Winter League. Venezuelan

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  The Arizona Fall League came to an end over the weekend when the Scottsdale Scorpions won the championship game. The guys over at MLB Pipeline chose their 13 man All-AFL Team and Dominic Smith was the only Met to make the team.  He was one of the eight prospects

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  Last night the Mets added Brandon Nimmo, Robert Gsellman, Seth Lugo, and Jeff Walters to their 40-man roster protecting them from the Rule 5 Draft on December 10th. Some of the notable names that the Mets didn’t protect where Top 10 prospect Wuilmer Becerra, reliever Paul Sewald, and

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Puerto Rican League Criollos de Caguas Johnny Monell– 1 for 3, run scored, double (.359/.405/.513 with 7 runs scored in nine games). Indios de Mayaguez T.J. Rivera– 3 for 6, double and a run scored in his season debut. Cangrejeros de Santurce Joel Huertas– 1 IP, 2 hits, ER,

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  The Salt River Rafters finished their Arizona Fall League season yesterday with a 4-2 win over the Scottsdale Scorpions to finish with a 16-13 record. Right-handed reliever Beck Wheeler finished his strong AFL showing with a scoreless 6th inning issuing a walk while striking out three. He finished

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