John Manuel of Baseball America ranked the top 20 Prospects in Hawaii Winter Baseball, a list that did not include any Mets. However, he took two Mets questions in his associated chat
Jack from Africa - for now asks:
John, How did Scott Shaw not make the list? He didn’t have to be #1 but he [...]

And now we compare the Mets pitching in HWB to their league brethren.

HWB Pitchers Vs. League Average

Player
IP
TBF
BB
SO
ERA
BB%
K%
Opp AVG
ERA +

HWB
1124.0
4991
533
1089
4.58
10.7
21.8
.251
-

Junior Guerra
15.2
87
13
9
8.62
14.9
10.3
.371
53

Roy Merritt
20.0
85
10
22
3.60
15.3
25.9
.221
127

Scott Shaw
28.1
108
7
33
1.91
12.0
30.6
.105
240

Josh Stinson
21.0
93
13
13
4.29
14.0
14.0
.224
107

Josh Stinson has a below average walk and strikeout rate, but a slightly better than average ERA.
Scott Shaw’s walk rate is a touch below average, but his strikeout rate is one [...]

Once again, Scott Shaw turned in the best Mets performance in the Islands.  Saturday, Shaw threw five shutout innings dropping his ERA to 1.91.  In those five innings, he gave up one hit, walked two and struck out six.  Thirty-eight of his 68 pitches - 56% - were strikes.
In 28.1 IP, Shaw has given up [...]

Baseball America did their Draft Report Card feature for every MLB team last week.  My comments on their selections for the Mets are italicized.
Best Pure Hitter: The Mets’ top two selections, 1B Ike Davis (1) and SS Reese Havens (1), went in the first 22 picks due to their offensive potential. Both have quick bats [...]

Brooklyn (SSA – New York Penn League)
@ Brooklyn Cyclones 2, Vermont Lake Monsters 0

Sometimes analyzing a baseball game is really simple. Even better, sometimes playing the game is just that simple. And often, simplicity is elegant. Scott Shaw’s (picutre) outing Wednesday night at Keyspan Park falls into all three categories.
Shaw [...]