North side, east side Little Willy Willy wears the crown He’s the best damn shortstop around town Backhand, forehand Willy drives them silly He’s a contact bat an’ a whole bunch more than that ‘Cos little Willy, Willy won’t go home But you can’t push Willy round, Willy won’t

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This was an interesting season for the St. Lucie Mets. In the first half they finished in second place, eight games out of first and missed making the playoffs.  In the second half, they fought and nearly pulled off a miracle at the end before running out of time.

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There may not be much action happening on the field for the Mets minor league system at this point in the year, but there was plenty going on at MMN this past week. Mike Kerwick at Baseball America handed out organizational awards to Mets minor leaguers, crowning Rafael Montero

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Let’s get right to this… So, first off, there were no Mets on this list. Jim Callis felt that Travis d’Arnaud came close, however, as he wrote this, “Travis d’Arnaud could have beaten Mike Zunino out if he hadn’t missed three months with a broken left foot.” D’arnaud could

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As MMN continues to shift into winter mode, we welcome another weekly feature, called Prospect Face-Off. Each week, our writers will be given a match-up of two Mets minor league prospects, and will have to state their case as to why they prefer one over the other. In our

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Welcome to a 2013 Draft Review, where I take a look back at the draft picks from this season and the progress they’ve made so far… One of my favorite picks of the entire draft was a raw young outfield named Ivan Wilson, who the Mets snagged with the

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Zack Wheeler experienced stiffness in his pitching shoulder during his last start, so Mets officials have decided to shut down the rookie for the season, according to Adam Rubin. Terry Collins said the Mets do not believe there is anything medically wrong with Wheeler. They simply believe the stiffness cropped

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While Preston Wilson only appeared in eight big league games for the New York Mets, he’s a huge part of franchise history. The former first round pick (9th overall in the 1992 draft) was used as part of the package of prospects that would net the Amazins catcher Mike

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Welcome to a 2013 Draft Review, where I take a look back at the draft picks from this season and the progress they’ve made so far… With the 48th pick in the 2013 Draft, the Mets selected a right-handed pitcher out of Basic High School named Andrew Church. Church

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After the B-Mets were eliminated from the playoffs, I reached out to relief pitcher Chasen Bradford to talk about this past season, his recent playoff experience and what lies ahead for his future. Back on August 26th, MMN’s own Prince Rahman had a very good interview with him that

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