At Baseball Prospectus, Kevin Goldstein has his list of the top 101 prospects in baseball up. Four Mets made the cut.
48. Jenrry Mejia
80. Fernando Martinez
84. Wilmer Flores
87. Ike Davis
Mejia’s in a class with 1B Brett Wallace, RHP Arodys Vizcaino, OF Ben Revere, and RHP Simon Castro in front of him and CF Austin Jackson, 1B [...]
Kevin Goldstein, of Baseball Prospectus, published his Top 11 Mets Prospects. Here is the list with a few notes from Goldstein:
1. Jenrry Mejia-His heater sits at 93-95 mph, touches 98, and features heavy, hard sink.
2. Fernando Martinez-Martinez still shows star-level offensive potential. He’s a good outfielder with an above-average arm.
3. Wilmer Flores-Flores has big [...]
Tuesday, Kevin Goldstein at Baseball Prospectus held a prospect chat and took two Mets questions, one on Jenrry Mejia and one on Wilmer Flores.
Rhys (Near Shea): Jenrry Mejia’s been torched in the AFL. Is he the Mets top pitching prospect?
Kevin Goldstein: He’s easily the Mets top pitching prospect, as the arm is really [...]
Both Baseball Prospectus and Baseball America held chats on Friday with a fair amount of Mets content. We’ll start with BP, and Kevin Goldstein because it opens up a wider range of issues and no one does it better than KG.
brian (Brooklyn NY): Are you a believer in Josh Thole? He cant be worse [...]
As I wrote about this morning, Kirk Nieuwenhuis is in the midst of the best run for a Mets minor league hitter all year.
This afternoon, Baseball America put him at #2 on their Prospect Hot Sheet:
Sorry Kirk, but we just blew the lid off your stealth campaign in the Florida State League. Only a five-homer [...]
At his Minor League Update, Kevin Goldstein at BP wrote about Darrell Ceciliani today:
Darrell Ceciliani, OF, Mets (Rookie-Level Kingsport)
Thursday’s stats: 4-for-5, 2 R, RBI, K, CS
A fourth-round pick this year out of a small community college in Washington, Ceciliani is a excellent athlete with plus speed, gap power who needs less time adjusting to [...]
Sunday, 17-year Savannah SS Wilmer Flores was 4-4 to raise his season batting line to .287/.326/.363. Avid readers and minor league afficionados will remember that Flores got off to a slow start, hitting .243/.293/.280 through May 11. At that point, the Mets sat Flores down for a nine day rest period. Since his return on [...]
At Baseball Prospectus, Kevin Goldstein reviewed the draft picks for every NL team. Here are his Mets thoughts:
Quick Take: While the Mets opted for the hometown hero by nabbing the Long Island prep star with their first pick, Matz’ talent truly belonged here; he’s a long, projectable lefty who got up to 93-94 mph this [...]
Kevin Goldstein at Baseball Prospectus has recognized Mets on back-to-back days in his daily rundown of happenings in minor league baseball.
Monday, he wrote of Brad Holt:
….His Florida State League debut was a forgettable one, as he allowed nine runs in 3.2 innings, but he’s more than made up for it by allowing just six runs [...]
At his most recent chat at Baseball Prospectus, Kevin Goldstein answered one Mets question.
joalryan (Chicago): What’s your view on Wilmer Flores? Is he compared to Miguel Cabrera because it’s appropriate, or because it’s convenient?
Kevin Goldstein: Obviously, anytime you are comparing a guy out of short season with an established superstar, it’s dangerous. Still, [...]