AFL Recap: Jannis Touched Up Early
The Scottsdale Scorpions lost 4-1 and they fell to 12-16 on the season. Mickey Jannis struggled early in this start. The knuckleballer gave up three in the second inning but got very little offensive...
View ArticleTebow Working On Swing
According to James Wagner of the New York Times, Tim Tebow has been working with Craig Wallenbrock to improve his offense next season. Wallenbrock’s claim to fame is helping rework J.D. Martinez‘s...
View ArticleAFL Recap: Scorpions Lose in Season Finale
The Arizona Fall League regular season has come to a close with the Scottsdale Scorpions losing 7-4 on Thursday and finishing the season 12-17. Kevin Kaczmarski (2-4, 2 1B, RBI, K) In his final 2017...
View ArticleMets Sign Former First Round Pick Matt Purke
The New York Mets announced they have signed left-handed pitcher Matt Purke to a minor league deal with an invite to major league Spring Training. Purke, 27, had a 3.84 ERA, 1.36 WHIP and 11.0 K.9...
View ArticleMMN Roundtable: Who Should Be Protected From the Rule 5 Draft
The deadline to add prospects to the 40 man roster to protect them from the Rule 5 Draft is Monday at 8:00 P.M. Basically speaking, you are eligible for the Rule 5 Draft if five seasons have passed...
View ArticleArizona Fall League Recap: Mets Relievers Dominate
Although they were stacked with blue-chip prospects, the Scottsdale Scorpions season came to a close on Thursday with a 7-4 loss to the Peoria Javelinas. Despite finishing third in the East League,...
View ArticleMiLB’s Mets Minor League All Stars
Photo by Ernest Dove MiLB.com has amassed their list of the Mets minor league players who had the best 2017 campaigns. As noted in their piece, this list is not comprised on the weight of a prospect’s...
View ArticleMets are Favorites to Sign July 2nd Outfielder Freddy Valdez
According to Ben Badler of Baseball America, the New York Mets are the favorites to sign outfielder Freddy Valdez. Valdez, 15, is considered one of the top prospects in the 2018 July 2 international...
View ArticleMets Protect Four From Rule 5 Draft, Expose Uceta, Jannis
The New York Mets have announced they have added four minor leaguers to their 40 man roster to protect them from the Rule 5 Draft: RHP Tyler Bashlor MMN Rank: 38 Age: 24 Level: St. Lucie &...
View ArticleMets Minors 2017 All Stars: Starting Pitchers Led by Corey Oswalt
(Jacob Resnick/Mets Minors) We will be releasing the players we’ve chosen as part of a group voting for the New York Mets prospects that we felt had the best seasons in 2017. These players are chosen...
View ArticleMets Rule 5 Eligible Players Who Could Be Drafted
Photo by Ed Delany With the Mets opting to add Gerson Bautista, Tyler Bashlor, Luis Guillorme, and Corey Oswalt to the Major League roster, they protected those players from the Rule 5 Draft....
View ArticleMets Sign Zach Borenstein to Minors Deal
After bringing in RHP Matt Purke on a minor league deal late last week, the Mets have made another move, signing veteran outfielder Zach Borenstein on Wednesday, the team announced. The 27-year-old’s...
View ArticleChiefs to Host Mets Legends for Hot Stove Dinner
The Syracuse Chiefs won’t officially become a Mets affiliate until after the upcoming season, but the club is already assimilating into the orange and blue culture. The Chiefs announced Sunday that...
View ArticleMMN Exclusive Interview: Mets Pitching Prospect Andrew Church
Photo By Ernest Dove Andrew Church was selected by the New York Mets in the second round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft out of Basic High School in Henderson, Nevada. Andrew started his pro career...
View ArticleMets Minors Position Breakdown: Starting Pitching
(Jennifer Nieves/Metsminors.net) Las Vegas 51s RHP Ricky Knapp Stats: 7-13, 5.35 ERA, 29 G, 29 GS, CG, 171.2 IP, 97 K, 1.439 WHIP, 5.1 K/9 Like most pitchers who pitch to contact, Knapp struggled...
View ArticleColumbia Fireflies Manager Jose Leger Joins Cardinals Organization
Columbia Fireflies Manager Jose Leger has been hired by the St. Louis Cardinals to be the organization’s Latin American Field Coordinator. Leger leaving the Mets organization means the organization...
View ArticleMMN Roundtable: Mets Need To Re-Sign Alberto Baldonado
It appears that the baseball hot stove is not going to fully heat up until the Miami Marlins trade Giancarlo Stanton. In the interim, teams have been making a couple of minor league free agent...
View ArticleRevisiting Sandy Alderson’s Mets First Round Draft Picks
One of the purported reasons why Sandy Alderson was hired to replace Omar Minaya as the Mets general manager was due to the state of the Mets farm system. Now, there was some truth to that given how...
View ArticleMets Minors 2017 All-Stars: Relievers Led by Adonis Uceta
Photo by Ed Delany As part of our series of Mets Minors All-Stars, our staff has selected the relief pitchers. When ranking these players, we selected them based up on their performance during the 2017...
View ArticleGimenez, Peterson Atop BP’s Top 10 Mets Prospects
Photo by Ed Delany There is no getting around it that through graduations, trades and injuries that the New York Mets farm system has certainly taken a hit and is in the bottom tier of baseball. The...
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