As expected, the New York Mets top two position prospects in shortstop Amed Rosario and first baseman Dominic Smith will begin the 2017 season on the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s roster according to Betsy Helfand of the Review Journal. Rosario, 21, is coming off a tremendous campaign that saw him

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Pedro Lopez will begin his first day at his new job, manager of the Las Vegas 51s, on April 6, but he is far from a stranger to the New York Mets organization. The 2017 season will mark the 48-year-old’s tenth in the system, and he’s looking to parlay

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The first of our full season affiliate roster projection comes with a few caveats. Due to the recent spate of injuries at the Major League level, the task of Triple-A roster projections are best left to the seers and prophets. So while I take on this arduous endeavor, I hope to

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The New York Mets signed shortstop Jiovanni Mier to a minor league deal on Thursday, according to Baseball America. He has reported to minor league camp in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Mier, who also goes by Jio, was originally a first-round draft selection of the Houston Astros in 2009,

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The New York Mets farm system played two games in the back fields at First Data field today against the St. Louis Cardinals. I was able to catch bits and pieces of both games and would like to share them with you – Double-A Game Kevin Kaczmarski lead off

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Between the emergence of Amed Rosario and his defensive struggles, it was only a matter of time before the Mets looked to move Gavin Cecchini to another position.  With both Rosario and Cecchini likely to start the 2017 season in Las Vegas, that time is now. Fortunately, the Mets

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#91 RHP Gabriel Llanes Ht. 6’4” Wt. 205 Level: Brooklyn Cyclones B/T: R/R Age: 1/15/96 (21) Age Dif: -1.4 Acquired: 2014 15th Round Draft Pick from Downey High School (Downey, CA) 2016 Statistics: 4-8, 3.94 ERA, 14 G, 13 GS, 80.0 IP, 37 K, 1.288 WHIP, 4.2 K/9 Profile: Typically,

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Desmond Lindsay is one of the best prospects in the New York Mets system and quickly rising as he begins to show off his five tool potential. Here at MMN, we had Lindsay ranked as our #5 prospect in the Mets farm system. The Mets took Lindsay in the second

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After a year that saw Robert Gsellman post the highest WAR a starting pitcher has posted in the last 10 years with less than 50 innings pitched, Baseball America has slated him as the ninth best rookie going into the 2017 season. The top five players on the list

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#86 RHP Christian James Ht. 6’3” Wt. 210 Level: GCL Mets (Rookie League) B/T: R/R Age: 5/24/98 (18) Age Dif: -2.5 Last Year: N/A Acquired: Drafted in 14th round of the 2016 Draft from East Lake HS (Florida) 2016 Statistics: 14 G, 17.1 IP, 0-1 W-L, 0.52 ERA, 0.923 WHIP, 15/5 K/BB Profile: Christian James is a projectable righty

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