We have voted on our Top 5 prospects at each position in the Mets minor league system and today we look at third base. We have already covered shortstop, second base, and catcher. Third base is a thin part of the Mets farm system despite breakout seasons from our

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A hearing on a motion is scheduled this Friday in the case of Senne v. Office of the Commissioner of Baseball. For those that have not been following the case, Senne is a lawsuit seeking damages for what minor league players allege is a violation of federal and state

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We have voted for the Top 5 Mets second base prospects here at MMN. This is the third position we’ve ranked after doing so with shortstops and catchers previously. The Mets second base prospects have not reached the heights of the shortstop position within the Mets farm system.  Accordingly, there have been

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New York Mets right-handed pitching prospect Kevin McGowan had a breakout season after switching to a reliever. McGowan, 25, pitched to a 2.35 ERA and 1.091 WHIP in 84.1 innings over three levels. As a reliever he held opponents to a .222/.269/.349 slash line in 2016. McGowan made 42

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The action in winter ball for players from the Mets system continues to be minimal even with Juan Lagares making his debut this week. One name to keep an eye on his right-handed pitcher Nabil Crismatt who we recently named one of our under the radar prospects for 2017.

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As baseball executives, agents, players, and job seekers are about to descend upon Washington DC, for the Winter Meetings. Where blockbuster trades and high profile free agents take center-stage. The final order of business before the meetings conclude is the Rule 5 draft. The place where proverbial fliers are

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We have voted for the Top 5 Mets catcher prospects here at MMN. This is the second position we’ve ranked after doing so with shortstops previously. In the higher levels (Triple-A & Double-A) the Mets did not have a big catching prospect on their roster. In the lower levels their are

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MiLB.com is doing a team-by-team analysis of each team’s best prospects solely according to the numbers they put up during the 2016 season.  There was no consideration paid to the player’s age or their prospect status.  With those parameters in mind, here were MiLB’s top Mets prospects: C –

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It is off/pre-season list time for prospect writers across the interweb. Publications, magazines, and blogs will reveal their respective rankings of prospects near and dear to our hearts. (I previously mentioned our tentative schedule for our MMN list here.) Baseball Prospectus is the first to toe the water this

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The deadline to add players to the 40-man roster and protect them from the Rule 5 draft was yesterday. One of the interesting names that wasn’t protected is infielder Phillip Evans coming off winning the Eastern League batting title for the Double-A Binghamton Mets. Evans, 24, slashed .335/.374/.485 with

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