Mets Junkies

  • Who to Watch in the Minors? Part One

    With the current MLB Lockout still in play, the odds are that the minor league season will start before the MLB season does. So which prospects should fans keep an eye on? Unfortunately the Mets 40 man roster Players aren’t allowed to play in the minors during the season. The Obvious The obvious prospects to…

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  • J.T. Ginn gets Promotion

    Last year’s second round pick, pitcher J.T. Ginn has been promoted to the Brooklyn Cyclones from the St. Lucie Mets. This jump is a natural one in progress as the right-hander is going from “Low-A” to “High-A” after pitching to a 2.56 ERA and a 0.93 WHIP while striking out 35 batters in 38.2 innings…

    Gem Tablak

  • Mets Farm News: Pete Crow-Armstrong to Undergo Shoulder Surgery

    Mets top OF prospect, and 2020 first round pick, Pete Crow-Armstrong will undergo shoulder surgery on his right shoulder for a GLAD (glenoid labral articular distruption) lesion. 19 year old PCA made an impressive professional debut in A league for St. Lucie, going .417/.563/.500 with 4 RBI 7 BB and 6 K and 6R in…

    Del Alba

  • 2021 MLB Draft: Where Should the Mets Focus?

    The MLB draft in 2021 is right around the corner, beginning on July 11. The Mets farm system is definitely not at the place it once was. Sandy Alderson and his regime are going to try to bring it back up to snuff. Alderson always stressed that the Mets have a great farm system, and…

    Michael Garaffa

  • Player Profile: The Invited PT I

    I don’t think that there’s any doubts at this point with who the Mets plan on going with at third-base, J.D. Davis. However, Davis may only have a temporary clutch on the position, especially with the prospects behind him in the pipeline. One of those prospects is Mark Vientos, a player going into his fourth…

    Gem Tablak

  • How The Mets Landed Khalil Lee

    TC Zencka from MLBtraderumors.com wrote an article describing how the three team trade developed last week that sent Benitendi to the Royals, Cordero to Red Sox, and the Mets newly aquired prospect Khalil Lee. Apparently the Royals had no idea of the Mets involvement until 90 minutes before the trade was executed. They knew there…

    Del Alba