I thought it would be cool to look back at one of my very first Prospect Pulse pieces that I did from about a year ago. It was on the Mets’ current centerfielder Juan Lagares. I remember when I first wrote this, I didn’t think Lagares had a shot at getting to the

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In years past when January would roll around, I would get all excited that baseball season was only a month away.  Even while living in Brooklyn, NY and the snow all around us; all I had on my mind was playing baseball again, watching it and rooting the Mets

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Today, when teams discuss trades, prospects have inflated value based on what they MIGHT achieve according to scouts and also because they will be relatively cheap and under team control for several years to come. But prospects often don’t turn out to be big stars; some don’t make the

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For the purpose of our series of posts, we define the word fringe as any prospects, which we considered, that were absent from MMN’s own Top 40 Prospect lists.  The purpose of the series is to identify prospects that are showing promise above what fans might expect and what their futures will

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Last week, FanGraphs had a small blurb about Mets catching prospect Kevin Plawecki in a post about underrated minor leaguers. “Mets’ 2012 supplemental first rounder Kevin Plawecki has shown that his tremendous hand-eye coordination carried from Purdue to the pro ranks. He only hit eight balls over the fence this year, but eventually

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You’ve heard the name before, but 2013 was the first real look at the Mets’ LHP prospect Steven Matz due to him missing significant time recovering from arm injuries. I recently named him as my Mets’ pitching prospect to watch in 2014, as he seems to be on a path to be

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In the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft, the Mets chose RHP out of New Mexico Todd Weldon in the 27th Round, 812th overall. Todd Pitched two seasons in the Mets organization before being released on March 31, 2012 at the end of Spring Training. He started his professional career

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We at MMN would like to wish all our loyal readers and Mets fans a wonderful New Year in 2014.  We look forward to a great 2014 full of Mets baseball and will continue to bring all our great readers the best Mets Minors coverage on the web.  Let’s

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A recent Mailbag question from JetsMets13 asking us who we thought our top five prospects who could potentially close games in the future are. Here are my five choices for players who could become future closers. 5. Luis Mateo Mateo might be higher on this list had he not underwent Tommy John

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For the purpose of our series of posts, we define the word fringe as any prospects, which we considered, that were absent from MMN’s own Top 40 Prospect lists.  The purpose of the series is to identify prospects that are showing promise above what fans might expect and what their futures will

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