Only one New York Mets prospect made Baseball America’s Midseason Top 50 Prospects List: Matt Harvey is #30.
Mets GM Sandy Alderson has a lot of work to do to upgrade the farm system. So far, he seems to be doing a good job. Now he needs to sign Nimmo, Verrett, Tuschak, and Panteliodis plus several others to prove to the fans that the organization is really serious about improving the team.
Whatever Mets scout recommended they draft Charley Thurber saw more than what his numbers indicated. In 2011, playing for the University of Tennessee, Thurber hit only .230, a 61 point drop from the 2010 season. Despite his low average, the Mets drafted him in the 39th round, making him a low-risk selection, and then assigned him to Brooklyn where the outfielder’s batting .277.
According to ESPN’s Adam Rubin,
N.C. State right-hander Cory Mazzoni, the Mets’ second-round pick earlier this month, should appear in a game with Brooklyn within a week, although his innings counts will be severely restricted.
Mazzoni, drafted this year by the Mets in the second round, has a fastball that has reached 96 mph. It’s one of four pitches he throws.
According to Toby Hyde, St. Lucie reliever Josh Edgin
has a pair of big league pitches, a fastball that’s been 93ish and touched 96 on occasion and a wipeout slider in the low 80s. He’s played around with adding a two-seam fastball and a changeup, but his fastball and slider are his meal tickets.
With those “meal ticket” pitches, he’s been feasting on opposing batters. Given the Mets need for a better bullpen, if Edgin continues to mystify batters with his fastball and slider, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him invited to Spring Training in 2012.
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