Mets Minors Thoughts Archive

It’s remarkable. A lot has happened since that long ago Tuesday in mid-June when the Mets swept the Braves in Atlanta and Zack Wheeler made his major league debut. The Mets were decimated as they entered play that day, a battered team that had lost 11 of the 14

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North side, east side Little Willy Willy wears the crown He’s the best damn shortstop around town Backhand, forehand Willy drives them silly He’s a contact bat an’ a whole bunch more than that ‘Cos little Willy, Willy won’t go home But you can’t push Willy round, Willy won’t

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Josh Satin singled home two runs in the ninth inning to lift the Mets to a 5-4 win on Wednesday night. It was Satin’s first career walk-off hit and the Mets’ 10th walk-off win this season. Satin drove in a career-best three runs and finished with two hits and is now batting

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Welcome to a 2013 Draft Review, where I take a look back at the draft picks from this season and the progress they’ve made so far… With the 11th pick in the 2013 MLB Draft, the Mets selected Dominic Smith out of Serra High School on the west coast.

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It honestly felt like no one on the roster needed that walk-off on Sunday more than Travis d’Arnaud. I do not need to sit here and highlight the fact that our young backstop has been struggling recently — considering it’s already been brought up over and over on talk radio,

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While the St. Lucie Mets were one of the few minor league affiliates in New York’s system to not qualify for the playoffs in 2013, they came pretty damn close. It took until the last week of the season for them to get eliminated from playoff contention. There were

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With just a couple weeks to go in the 2013 MLB season, Mets Minors will be keeping you up-to-date how some of the rookies have been performing recently. Let’s get to it… Travis d’Arnaud It’s been a tough time for d’Arnaud since he made his MLB debut last month

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A recent Bleacher Report post listed the 2013 New York Met All-Prospect team. At shortstop, Bleacher Report tabbed Gavin Cecchini as this year’s Met shortstop of the future. Don’t get me wrong, this is not intended to be a knock on Cecchini. As a number one draft selection, Cecchini

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Congratulations to the Trenton Thunder; after sweeping the Binghamton Mets in the ELDS, they continued their hot streak against Harrisburg by sweeping them too, completing their championship season last night. Below is the final out and ensuing celebration once being crowned as Eastern League champions: For most of the

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Yesterday, I posted one Mets related question on Mets Merized from Keith Law’s chat on ESPN on Wednesday – the one about Mets fans possibly suffering from Stockholm Syndrome. I’ll include that one again along with some other questions he fielded regarding the Mets. Chris: Josh Satin, Lucas Duda, Allan Dykstra….how nauseous

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