With the deadline to add prospects to the 40 man roster to protect them from the Rule 5 Draft has passed, it is now time to analyze who has been exposed and may be playing in new organizations in 2020. In terms of the Mets, J.J. Cooper of Baseball
The New York Mets did the obvious and added Andres Gimenez and Thomas Szapucki to the 40 man roster to protect them from the Rule 5 Draft. With the team potentially losing Tomas Nido as they investigate backup catching options, they secured their catching depth by adding Ali Sanchez.
The New York Mets announced on Wednesday they’ve added shortstop Andres Gimenez, catcher Ali Sanchez, right-handed pitcher Jordan Humphreys, and left-handed pitcher Thomas Szapucki to the 40-man roster. This comes ahead of the deadline at 8:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday to add Rule 5 draft eligible players to the
MLB Pipeline has compiled a list of the best minor league players for each organization during the 2019 season. It should be noted these lists reflect not prospect status, but rather, performance on the field. That is why the Mets All-Stars include both a 36 year old catcher and
Our own Jacob Resnick reports that right-handed reliever Adonis Uceta and utility man Jason Krizan has agreed to deals to stay in the Mets organization. Both were scheduled to be free agents this offseason. Uceta, 25, pitched to a 1.44 ERA and 1.03 WHIP in 56 1/3 innings for
Rattling ones head eternally, one could still not produce a word for not knowing something will end. We just don’t have one. Perhaps one should be made, or even borrowed from another language. Opportune it would be to have that word, as none of us could have expected that
Since Baseball America broke the news of a radical plan to reduce the amount of minor leagues, there have been rumors about which teams would be eliminated. While the initial proposal was to eliminate short season affiliates, in concept, there was at least an allowance for teams to change
Stephen Nogosek, RHP 2018 Stats: 1-1, 4.99 ERA, 39 G, SV, 52.1 IP, 1.471 WHIP, 6.7 BB/9, 10.0 K/9 2019 Stats: 3-0, 1.07 ERA, 3 SV, 50.1 IP, 0.993 WHIP, 4.5 BB/9, 8.9 K/9 Heading into the 2019 season, Nogosek was the only pitcher remaining from the Addison Reed
Teams Played For: GCL Mets/Kingsport Mets Age: 17 (November 19, 2001) Traditional Stats: 42 GB, 157 AB, 10 2B, 7 HR, 26 RBI, 32 R, 21 BB, . 263/.330/.514, .844 OPS Advanced Stats: .391 wOBA, 143 wRC+ My oh my, what a year Francisco Alvarez had. In 2018, the Mets signed the 17-year-old
On July 27, 2018, the New York Mets received RHP Franklyn Kilome from the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for infielder Asdrubal Cabrera. After making significant strides with his control in seven starts for Double-A Binghamton, it was discovered Kilome had a torn UCL, and he would undergo Tommy John