Prospect Features Archive

Rafael Montero came into Tuesday’s game, having pitched an impressive major league debut, when he faced the Yankees at Citi Field on May 14th.  In that game, he would toss 6 innings, giving up three runs on five hits, while striking out three batters and walking two. The pitching

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The opportunity to watch two of the B-Mets four game series with Harrisburg left me impressed with the defensive play of Binghamton catcher Kevin Plawecki. I was already aware that Plawecki’s introduction to Eastern League pitching from the batter’s box was progressing just fine, and that shows as the

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Kevin Plawecki ended the month of April batting just .250, with no home runs and three runs batted in. But the first week in May he has started to hit and it shows as he is batting .393 (11 for 28) and has a seven game hit streak. In

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Dominic Smith has come alive in the South Atlantic League and in a big way, by continuing to hit the cover off the ball. In Thursday’s Sand Gnats 5-3 win against the West Virginia Power, Smith continued his hot hitting with another multi-hit game and finished the night 2

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Fresh off winning our player of the Week for the outstanding at bats he had from April 28 – May 4, Wilmer Flores is at it again. In Tuesday nights Las Vegas win, Flores hit his fifth home run on the season and added a double to finish 2

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Dominic Smith, the Mets #1 pick in the 2013 June Amateur draft, and #3 on the teams Top Prospect list, has started to shake off his early season rust and show how good he truly is. The California native started the 2014 season with a slow start and even though he

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The Mets have made a habit of drafting raw, high school hitters with their first round picks under Sandy Alderson. First it was Brandon Nimmo, then Gavin Cecchini, and in 2013, Alderson elected to draft Dominic Smith, an 18 year old, left-handed first base prospect who many people see

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April 29 Brandon Nimmo went 4-for-4 with two singles, a home run and a double on Monday night for St. Lucie. He scored twice, drove in two runs and fell a triple short of the cycle. Nimmo and teammate T.J. Rivera are both hitting .407, the best mark in

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Noah Syndergaard was on the bump Friday against the Tacoma Rainers, making the fifth Triple-A start in his young career.  After a relatively disappointing effort last time out where he only last four innings, Syndergaard did a bit better going five frames this time.  Thor threw a season high

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Brandon Nimmo’s high school in Cheyenne, Wyoming didn’t even have a varsity baseball team. The Mets’ top prospect played American legion baseball and had to concentrate on performing at amateur showcases across the country in the hopes of being taken in the MLB draft. Nimmo did end up being

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