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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The Arizona Fall League came to an end yesterday for Mets prospects as the Scottsdale Scorpions tied the Mesa Solar Sox at 6 and failed to make the playoffs. Leading into the AFL season the big story was former NFL player Tim Tebow being a late add to the

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The New York Mets have added top prospect Amed Rosario, outfielder Wuilmer Becerra, catcher Tomas Nido, and right-handed pitchers Chris Flexen, and Marcos Molina to the 40-man roster according to MiLB Roster Tracker on Twitter. The Mets 40-man roster is now currently full. Each will be protected from being selected

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A little foreshadowing of things to come here at MMN. All the players covered here are ranked below 25 in my own personal contribution to the Mets Minors top 100. Which if the calendar holds, will be running regularly between December 1 and March 1. The players listed are

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The Scottsdale Scorpions won 4-0 over the Salt River Rafters on Wednesday night in what is their second to last game of the year. They’re the only team out of six in the Arizona Fall League that is out of contention for the championship game going into the final

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It appears Double-A Binghamton is getting a top-to-bottom renovation. First, it was re-naming the team the Rumble Ponies to be more reflective of the Tri-City area in which the team plays. Now, the Rumble Ponies home, NYSEG Stadium, will be undergoing a $2.5 million renovation project funded mostly through

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