With Daniel Murphy signing  with the Washington Nationals, the Mets had two first round draft picks for the first time since 2012. That was the year Jose Reyes signed with the Florida Marlins, and the Mets used their first round compensation pick to draft Kevin Plawecki. The Mets focus

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Judging from the past month, most Mets fans will tell you Seth Lugo and Robert Gsellman have had the best year of any of the pitchers that have come through the Mets farm system. What is interesting about them is that while they have found success in the majors,

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Eric Pardinho is setting the scouting world ablaze with his performance for his native Brazil, in the WBC qualifying games in Brooklyn. Being an amateur with a 94 MPH fastball gets noticed, doing so at the age of 15 turns everyone’s head. Scouts can project growth from his 5’9”

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The qualifying tournament for the last spot in the 2017 World Baseball Classic started on Thursday at MCU Park in Brooklyn with Brazil and Israel getting victories on the first day. Brazil beat Pakistan 10-0 in the first game of tournament with the big story being 15-year old pitcher

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There was some great new talent in the Mets system this season highlighted by our MMN Rookie of the Year, Andres Gimenez. Gimenez, who just turned 18 on the fourth of September, was outstanding in the Dominican Summer League in his first pro season. The 2015 international free agent

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When AAA manager Wally Backman leaving the Mets organization about a week ago, one of the issues that had been leaked to the press was Backman’s handling of Mets prospects.  Apparently, the Mets do not have the same issues with AAA pitching coach Frank Viola. According to ESPN’s Adam

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I was amongst the masses for Tebow Mania at Tradition Field for Tuesday mornings ongoing week of workouts in the instructional league for the New York Mets in Port St. Lucie. I wanted to share a couple of my thoughts, pics and reviews while watching some of the top young talent in

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The Brooklyn Cyclones, who had finished above .500 in each season of their existence entering 2015, finished with a losing record in 2016 for the second straight season. Manager Tom Gamboa led the ‘Clones to a 37-39 record, which placed the team third in the McNamara division. The 2016

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Measuring a player’s defensive value is never an easy thing. Metrics are flawed, errors are a poor way to exclusively determine a player’s ability, and things are subject to an official scorers opinion. Doing so for minor league players is even more difficult. With that said, I have the

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Because this is Tim Tebow, the Mets signing him is going to elicit a number of strong reactions from all across the spectrum. However, once the smoke from that clears, what you have left is Tebow in a Mets minor league uniform. Ultimately it is a decision that makes

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