Much like Baseball Prospectus did today, Baseball America has released their Top 100 prospects list. While both Baseball Prospectus and Baseball America agree Andres Gimenez is a top 30 prospect, they have different opinions on Peter Alonso and Ronny Mauricio. With respect to Alonso, Baseball America ranked the slugging

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24. Ali Sanchez Position: C     B/T: R/R     Age: 1/20/97 (21) Acquired: Signed as an International Free Agent in 2013 Previous Rank: 30 2018 Stats (Columbia and St.Lucie):  .265/.294/.387, 20 2B, 6 HR, 38 RBI, 2 SB, 2 CS At the time Sanchez was signed as a 16 year old from Venezuela, Minor League Ball

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MLB Pipeline is an official prospect ranking system that evaluates the best prospects in the game all year round. They also look at international prospects and draft prospects before they turn pro as well. As a segment of their program, they compile a list of the Top 100 Prospects

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Baseball Prospectus has released their list of the top 101 prospects in baseball, and to not much surprise, Andres Gimenez and Peter Alonso were the only two Mets prospects to make the list. What was a pleasant surprise is how both prospects were ranked among the top 40 prospects

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Carlos Cortes Position: 2B/OF    B/T: L/S     Age: 6/30/97 (21) Acquired: 2018 Third Round Draft Pick from University of South Carolina Previous Rank: 36 Stats (Brooklyn): .264/.338/.382, 5 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 24 RBI, SB This will be the 150th year there was been professional baseball. Over that time, you have seen just about anything. There

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Organizational veteran Pedro Lopez will return to Columbia, S.C. to lead the Fireflies in 2019, the team announced Tuesday. His staff will consist of three new faces to the team, including pitching coach Royce Ring, hitting coach Luis Rivera, and Gilbert Gomez. Lopez, 50 on opening day, led the

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Joe Zanghi was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in 24th round of the 2015, though he did not sign with the team. The former full-time high school catcher has now flourished in the Mets system as a right-handed reliever. He has been with the Mets for three seasons since signing

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Background Whether Ryan O’Rourke contributes anything of substance to the Mets or not, his name will always be the answer to a trivia question. When the organization announced his signing on November 15, it marked the first acquisition, although one of the minor league variety, in the tenure of Brodie

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30. Sam Haggerty Position: 2B/SS/3B/OF     B/T: S/R     Age: 5/26/94 (24) Acquired: Received from Cleveland Indians in exchange for Kevin Plawecki (1/6/19) 2018 Stats (Akron/Columbus): .239/.369/.384, 21 2B, 4 HR, 39 RBI, 26 SB, 7 CS After an injury plagued college career, Haggerty was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 24th round

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35. Ryder Ryan Pos: RP     B/T: R/R     Age: 5/11/95 (23) Acquired: Received from Cleveland Indians in exchange for OF Jay Bruce (8/9/17) 2018 Stats (St. Lucie/Binghamton): 3.23 ERA, 42 G, 53.0 IP, 59 K, 15 BB, 1.06 WHIP, 2.5 BB/9, 7.0 K/9 After coming over from the Indians in the

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