Has the Mets scouting and development been doing its job?  Not if you ask most Mets fans, and more importantly, not according to the numbers produced by the always insightful Jeff Sackman of the Hardball Times. 
Sackman broke down the dollar value of the production every MLB team received from their 1. draft picks, 2. [...]

Earlier this week, Adam Rubin posted the rosters for the two Mets Instructional League league teams which now play in the Dominican Republic.  Essentially, Team 1, which has 44 players, is composed of guys from Savannah and down, top draft picks, or those who might well see A-ball next year, while Team 2 is mostly [...]

While the Yankees play a game that matters a little bit tonight in the Bronx, Mets fans have to look forward into a more distant future.  Jim Callis wrote the Mets draft report card for Baseball America yesterday, and here’s his summation of the Mets work in the 2009 draft:
Though they’re wealthier than most clubs, [...]

Jenrry Mejia’s third AFL start was his longest: 3 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K.  Despite being charged with his second loss, he threw 35 of his 56 pitches for strikes.  There was pitch-fx for this game and to me, it shows that Mejia went back to the basics: he [...]

Last week, we discussed the fact that the Mets had met with Japanese LHP Yusei Kikuchi and Cuban LHP Aroldis Chapman.  Both young pitchers were coveted for their ability to throw in the mid-upper 90s.  Now, it appears that neither will be a Met in the foreseeable future.
As quoted by NPBtracker, Kikuchi will begin his [...]

Feeling weekendy?
This will help.  A-Trak the Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Heads Will Roll.”   Yes.
Or maybe you like your Karen O a little mellower, in which case, you’ll like the soundtrack to Where the Wild Things Are done by Karen O and the Kids. I should admit, that when I was a kid, I really didn’t [...]

I’m going to do something that I should have done a week ago, and break out interesting prospects who are playing in winter ball leagues other than the Arizona Fall League.  Remember that these winter ball rosters are always in flux, so this will change fairly regularly.
Hitters
Josh Thole – Leones del Caracas – VWL – [...]

Thursday, Ruben Tejada drove home the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning of his Surprise Rafters 3-2 win over Peoria in the Arizona Fall League.  After his 1-3 evening, Tejada is up to .320/.393/.440 with three doubles, a walk, five strikeouts and two stolen bases through six games.
DH Ike Davis (.414/.438/.724) was [...]

I’m on my way to a friend’s wedding, so I’m spending much of Thursday in the air.  We’ll run a mailbag Friday around here.

Jenrry Mejia made his second AFL start on Tuesday, and the results made it look an awful lot like his first one.  Tuesday, he was touched for three runs on five hits and three walks in two innings.  The five hits he yielded included a double and triple.  There was no pitch-fx in Scottsdale for [...]