12. Simon Juan, OF B/T: R/R Age: 16 Ht: 6’2 Wt: 195 LBS Acquired: International Free Agent, Dominican Republic, 2022 ($1.9 million bonus) ETA: 2026  Previous Rank: N/A Stats: N/A After taking a year off from making any big ticket expenditures in the international free agent (IFA) market in

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While the lockout news from early this week was not an ending but a continuation, the Mets continue to add arms at the minor league level. The Mets have signed right-handers Felix Pena and R.J. Alvarez to minor league deals. The Alvarez signing was first reported by Jacob Resnick

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With the collective bargaining agreement stalemate, and Commissioner Rob Manfred announcing the first two series of the Major League season will be canceled, minor league baseball appears to be set to be the only baseball left to be played. This was the case on August 12, 1994 until the

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No. 13 Calvin Ziegler, RHP B/T: R/R Age: 17 (10/03/02) Ht: 6’0  Wt: 205 LBs Acquired: Drafted in the Second Round of the 2021 Draft ETA: 2026  Previous Rank: N/A 2021 Stats: N/A The skinny on Calvin Ziegler seems to be that he has a very good fastball with

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14. Joel Diaz B/T: R/R Age: 17 (2/26/04) Ht: 6’2  Wt: Unknown Acquired: Signed as International Free Agent by the New York Mets (1/15/2021) ETA: 2026  Previous Rank: N/A 2021 Stats (DSL): 0-2, 0.54 ERA, 15G, 15!GS, 50.1 IP, 0.75 WHIP, 1.6 BB/9, 11.3 K/9 Despite being relatively new

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At Fangraphs, Dan Szymborski used his ZiPS projections to amass a Top 100 prospect ranking. As noted by Szymborksi, these rankings are based upon “data from a player’s professional career.” Moreover, he does note this is not something which should be used as a substitute for scouting. Rather, this

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15. Carlos Cortes, LF B/T: L/B      Age: 23 (6/30/1997) Height: 5’7’’      Weight: 197 Acquired: Drafted in the 3rd round of the 2018 MLB Draft ETA: 2022     Previous Rank: 17 2020 Stats (Binghamton): .257/.332/.487, 26 2B, 3B, 14 HR, 57 RBI, SB, 2 CS

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Fangraphs has released their annual 114 prospect rankings, and this year, there are four New York Mets prospects ranked. Those prospects are Francisco Alvarez (7), Ronny Mauricio (44), Brett Baty (63), and Mark Vientos (64). As noted by Fangraphs, their Future Value (FV) is of more importance than where

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No. 16 Jake Mangum, OF B/T: S/L Age: 25 (3/8/96) Ht: 6’1  Wt: 180 LBS Acquired: Drafted in the 4th Round 2019 MLB Draft ETA: 2022  Previous Rank: N/A 2021 Stats (Brooklyn/Binghamton):.285/.337/.454, 22 2B, 4 3B, 9 HR, 47 RBI, 14 SB The son of John Mangum Jr. former

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No. 17 Adam Oller, RHP B/T: R/R Age: 27 (10/17/94) Ht: 6’4  Wt: 225 LBS Acquired: Rule 5 Draft, Minor League Phase (12/12/2019) ETA: 2022  Previous Rank: N/A 2021 Stats (Binghamton/Syracuse): 9-4, 3.45 ERA, 23 G, 120.0 IP, 1.167 WHIP, 3.5 BB/9, 10.4 K/9 A true definition of a

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