Yesterday, Baseball America ran a series of prospect chats. Mets prospect, Ike Davis, was one of the invited players to chat with fans. Here are some of the more intriguing questions:
Josh (New Jersey): What are the pressures of playing in a big media market like New York?
Ike Davis: I’m looking forward to [...]
Baseball America recently handed out Draft Report Card grades for all MLB teams from 2005-2008. According to BA’s Jim Callis, the grades are solely on the quality of the draftees signed, and not on the number of picks added/lost through free-agent compensation, the amount of money spent, whom the players may have been traded [...]
Baseball America is taking a look back at the NL Top 10s for the decade. They have ranked each teams top 10 prospects from the Top 10s of the last decade, as well as the best and worst draft pick of the decade. There is also a yearly organization chart, that shows BA’s [...]
Baseball America has picked the best NL prospects, by position, that did not make their respective team’s Top 10 list. Kirk Nieuwenhuis makes the team as the left-fielder. This is the 7th annual edition of the NL all-non Top 10 team. For what its worth, last year Ike Davis made this same list. [...]
Baseball America has posted its AFL Top 10 prospect list. The Mets are the only team with 2 players on the list.
1. Stephen Strasburg – RHP – Nationals
2. Buster Posey- C - Giants
3. Dominic Brown – RF - Phillies
4. Dustin Ackley – OF – Mariners
5. Josh Bell – 3B -Orioles
6. Jenrry Mejia – RHP [...]
Juan Urbina seems to be an unknown commodity. Standing at 6′2″ 170 lbs, the 16 year old LHP has plenty of projection. With no minor league experience, many are wondering how could Baseball America rank him ahead of already proven players (i.e. Familia, Nieuwenhuis, Allen). Well here is Baseball America’s scouting report on [...]
Baseball America has just released its Top 10 Mets Prospects list. Also, there is a
chat with Adam Rubin at 1pm est. So here the list with more information to come soon:
1. Jenry Mejia, RHP
2. Wilmer Flores, SS
3. Fernando Martinez, OF
4. Ike Davis, 1B
5. Brad Holt, RHP
6. Jon Niese, LHP
7. Reese Havens, [...]
Wednesday, Baseball America ranked OF Fernando Martinez the #12 prospect in the International League and LHP Jonathan Niese #16. Jesus Feliciano was unranked.
Josh Levanthal wrote of Martinez:
Staying healthy continues to be Martinez’s biggest obstacle. …
Martinez flashed his five-tool potential while in Buffalo, particularly the ability to hit with power to all fields. …He can get [...]
Baseball America released their Florida State League Top 20 Prospects List yesterday, and it contains a healthy sprinkling of Mets with Jenrry Mejia at #7, Ike Davis at #9, and Kirk Nieuwenhuis at #13. Brad Holt just missed qualifying for the BA list by a handful of innings.
BA on Mejia:
Mejia has a 94-95 mph [...]
Baseball America is running through their series of the best prospects in each minor league. None of the GCL Mets made their league’s top 20, but Cesar Puello is #9 in the Appalachian League says BA.
With the caveat that there are questions about his makeup, Puello’s potential for five major league average tools affords him [...]
