Twitter is abuzz with news that the Mets have sent three scouts to Santo Domingo to scout highly touted international free agent first baseman Jose Dariel Abreu.  #Mets have 3 scouts in Santo Domingo to watch 1b Jose Abreu, remain long shot but want to make sure have full

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The Magic is Back! That was the Mets promotional slogan in the spring of 1980 after Nelson Doubleday Jr. and Fred Wilpon had purchased New York’s National League franchise. From a business standpoint, the new Met owners bought in at a perfect time. The Mets were in shambles, last place finishers in three

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Highly regarded minor league analyst John Sickels recently released his end of year profile of the top 75 prospects in the minor leagues, his third and final prospect list of the 2013 season. John runs the blog Minor League Ball and writes his own yearly prospect book. He is

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When you think about young athletes that are blessed to be able to play the game of baseball, you never really think about what path they have taken to reach the levels they are in.  You sometimes just take for granted and worry more about when will they actually

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Well, with the Mets wrapping up their regular season schedule with a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers yesterday at Citi Field, it’s officially the off-season. In the last official week of the season, Wilfredo Tovar made his MLB debut, and immediately made an impact against the Phillies and

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With the only thing left to be sorted out involving the Rays and the Rangers, the Mets have their position for the 2014 draft set in stone. They will be drafting #10 with a 74-88 record — same as last year — and tied with three other teams. The

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There was an interesting piece on FanGraphs a couple days ago about Vic Black — titled “Vic Black, Closer In Waiting?” You can already guess what the subject matter dealt with and it was certainly a good read. They jump-started it with a curious quote from LaTroy Hawkins, who

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Prospect Face-Off! Today, we pin two slugging outfield prospects against one another in Dustin Lawley and Cesar Puello. Their seasons took very different routes by the end of 2013. Lawley hit .260/.313/.512 with 25 home runs and 92 RBIs for St. Lucie, earning

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Noah Syndergaard was at Citi Field earlier this season for the Futures Game — where he looked very impressive in his short time on the mound. I was already in love with him as a prospect before I saw him on the mound at Citi Field — an actual

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In this week’s time machine, we take a look at yet another first round selection by the Mets that was used in a trade shortly after making his MLB debut. Born in Bedford, Texas, outfielder Jason Tyner played baseball at West Brook High School in Beaumont. He displayed his

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