NFT: Wally Backman breaks down Mets top prospects

Bueller? Bueller?

is one of the people in the organization who is NOT a Puello fan, in fact it seems like very few are.

Wally said Ceciliani and Vaughn were going to be major leaguers when he coached them in A ball.

projected A ball players as Big Leaguers?

should be the bench coach next season.

I hope we can hold this lead. It's always nice to beat the Braves.

of himself all winter and try to formulate an idea what to do in similar situations he found himself in last year. Throwing 28 fastballs in a row when you have a " hook from hell" plus a good change makes little sense. He has to become deGrom like opposed to Pelfry like by getting the sign from the catcher and throw the ball instead of slowing down. I like what Wally said about Princecum, rooting for him to make it somewhere

from Wheeler and the pen!

but nice to see the mainstream media writing it.


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but I was curious how our guys did and wanted to share what I found. Mets starters did very well compared to starters from other nl teams. We have no one in the top ten, but de Grom is at 11, Niese is at 16, Wheeler is at 27 and Colon 36. That may not sound like much, but remember there are 15 teams in the nl. Atlanta is the only other team with 4 players in the top 36. They list the Cubbies, but it includes a pitcher they traded to Oakland.

All of you probably know this, but in case someone doesn't, a quality start means a pitcher goes 6 innings and gives up 3 runs or less.

I didn't realize they were only 2 1/2 games behind the Braves.

LOLBarves

The Nats really ran away with it.

DeGrom now has produced a 1.77 ERA in 13 starts since July 8. That is the third-best ERA in the majors during that span, trailing only the Rays’ Alex Cobb (1.61) and Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw (1.75).

what Tovar has, with the new promotion t o the majors.

is Tejada 2.0. Zero power, zero speed. Probably a better glove than Tejada but he's not a starting MLB SS for a good team. 15 extra base hits in all season.