During the top of the fourth inning of today’s game against the Cardinals,
SNY’s Kevin Burkhardt caught up with RHP Brad Holt on the back fields of the Mets’ Port St. Lucie complex.
On what secondary pitches he’s been focusing on this spring:
“Pretty much the same as last summer. Still working on the breaking ball. I’ve been working on the change up a lot more so I can get a feel for it. It’s coming along great. It’s just like a breaking ball, the more you throw it the better feel you have for it and the better chance you have throwing it for strikes.”
On whether he could see himself as a reliever:
“Honestly, as long as I’m throwing and as long I’m on the mound playing in the game it doesn’t really matter what role I’m in. It’s all the same, you’re throwing to hitters, you’re in the game, and your pitching so as long as I’m throwing it’s good.”
What he’s looking to get out of this spring:
“Just getting the off speed down pat. Being able to throw everything for strikes and being able to locate all three pitches.”
there’s no question that Brad has an electric fastball with very good movement, but like he mentioned he needs to continue developing his change and throw it more often as he begins to move up to the higher levels… there’s been rumblings that he could begin the season in Binghamton, but the FSL seems more likely…
toby recently ranked him as the third best prospect in the organization… to read his report, click here...


Field at Port St. Lucie.
Prospects list by position and looked at the best tools at each. They came to the conclusion that
Thole, the Mets 22-year-old catching prospect. The young backstop took hitting lessons growing up from Jason Rakers (a former Padres minor leaguer), whose family owned a farm in southern Illinois.
defeated the Orioles
Fernando Martinez and what the organization expects from him in the coming months.
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