Do Ye's Know Where Ye's Children Are?

[Edgy MD]

Do you want to see where your favorite Met prospects are looking to spend their summers? Sure you do! Why it's a topic at breakfast tables and water coolers across our proud land.

Well, below, check out the highly un-scientific projection, just arrived from Stockholm this morning, prepared by Drs. Jarred and Johanssen from the Stockholm Institute.

Keep in mind a few things.

1) Chaos reigns supreme, and more so the further down the line you get. If the good doctors have 23 of 25 Mets correctly named, and I don't see why that shouldn't be so, that means they probably have 21 of 25 Las Vegas 51s correct, and you see how that shakes things up down in the low minors.

2) It's a snapshot. As everybody is healthy, and bodies haven't started dropping, and nobody has played themselves into oblivion, some of these guys are parked a level below where they are likely to debut. Some pitchers are perhaps two levels below. But pitchers get hurt.

3) Prospects are marked in boldfaced red according to their top-25 rankings by Amazin' Avenue. The 25 guys who got honorable mentions are noted in boldfaced black HM. Guys who were (a) ranked last year, ( graduated from prospect status, and © nonetheless are projected to return to the minors at the start of this season are noted in boldfaced orange.

4) The short season leagues likely won't look like this at all. As 10 new guys from the 2018 draft will be with the Brooklyns, 10 with the Kingsport squadron, and 10 laboring for a crowd of two dozen in the Gulf Coast League.

5) Players with colored names are in the system (or apparently so) but not active.

=#FF0000]Red = Likely to open season on DL or rehab assignment

=#0000FF]Blue = Possibly retired, but hasn’t been reported as such

=#8000BF]Purple = Under suspension or banishment

=#00BF00]Green = Not hurt but on Inactive or Restricted List

So go find your favorite dudes! As per ancient coding rituals, * denotes a lefthanded pitcher or batter, and # denotes a switch-hitter.

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=#FF0000]Starting Pitchers	=#FF0000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF0000]Catchers	=#FF0000]Infielders	=#FF0000]Outfielders
Jake Degrom	Anthony Swarzak	Kevin Plawecki	Todd Frazier	Jay Bruce*
Zack Wheeler	Jerry Blevins*	Travis d'Arnaud	Asdrubal Cabrera#	=#ff0000]Michael Conforto*
Noah Syndergaard	Paul Sewald		Amed Rosario	Yoenis Céspedes
Steven Matz*	Rafael Montero		José Reyes#	Brandon Nimmo*
Matt Harvey	A.J. Ramos		Wilmer Flores	Juan Lagares
	Jamie Callahan HM		=#ff0000]T.J. Rivera
	Hansel Robles		Adrian Gonzalez*
	Jeurys Familia		=#ff0000]David Wright
	=#800080]Jenrry Mejia

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=#FF0000]Starting Pitchers	=#FF0000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF0000]Catchers	=#FF0000]Infielders	=#FF0000]Outfielders
Corey Oswalt (40) =#FF0000]#13	Kyle Regnault*	Tomás Nido =#FF0000]#9	Dominic Smith* (40) #5 in 2017	Zach Borenstein*
Seth Lugo (40)	Tim Peterson	José Lobaton#	Gavin Cecchini HM	Kevin Kaczmarski* HM
Mickey Jannis HM	Matt Purke*		Phillip Evans HM	Jayce Boyd
P.J. Conlon* HM	Kevin McGowan		David Thompson =#FF0000]#25	Kevin Taylor*
Robert Gsellman (40) #2 in 2017	David Roseboom*		Luis Guillorme* (40) =#FF0000]#10	John Mora*
	Drew Smith =#FF0000]#24		Ty Kelly#
	Jacob Rhame (40)

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=#FF0000]Starting Pitchers	=#FF0000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF0000]Catchers	=#FF0000]Infielders	=#FF0000]Outfielders
Marcos Molina (40) =#FF0000]#18	Ben Griset*	Patrick Mazeika* HM	Matt Oberste	Wuilmer Becerra
Ricky Knapp HM	Daniel Zamora*	Colton Plaia	Jhoan Urena# HM	Champ Stuart HM
Nabil Crismatt =#FF0000]#14	Corey Taylor		L.J. Mazzilli	Tim Tebow*
Casey Delgado	Adonis Uceta =#FF0000]#15		Peter Alonso =#FF0000]#7	Patrick Biondi*
Chris Flexen (40) =#FF0000]#4	Kelly Secrest*		Andrew Ely*	Jay Jabs*
	Logan Taylor		Michael Paez HM
	Drew Gagnon

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=#FF0000]Starting Pitchers	=#FF0000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF0000]Catchers	=#FF0000]Infielders	=#FF0000]Outfielders
Harol Gonzalez =#FF0000]#16	Johnny Magliozzi	Anthony Dimino*	Nick Sergakis	Jacob Zanon
=#FF0000]Jordan Humphreys =#FF0000]#19	Austin McGeorge	Tyler Moore*	Jeff McNeil* =#FF0000]#21	Ian Strom
Andrew Church	Joshua Torres		Dash Winningham*	Gene Cone*
Gabriel Llanes	Matt Blackham HM		Dale Burdick	Desmond Lindsay =#FF0000]#3
Joe Shaw	Tyler Bashlor (40) =#FF0000]#12		Andres Gimenez* =#FF0000]#1	Jeffrey Diehl
Justin Dunn =#FF0000]#8	=#0000FF]Seth Davis*		Luis Carpio HM
	Joseph Zanghi
	Eric Hanhold

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=#FF0000]Starting Pitchers	=#FF0000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF0000]Catchers	=#FF0000]Infielders	=#FF0000]Outfielders
Josh Prevost	Stephen Nogosek HM	Brandon Brosher	J.J. Franco	Arnaldo Berrios#
Mike Gibbons	Alex Palsha	Dan Rizzie	Reed Gamache	José (Miguel) Medina
Briam Campusano	Gerson Bautista (40) =#FF0000]#17		Walter Rasquin	=#0000FF]Tucker Tharp
Darwin Ramos	Matt Pobereyko		José Maria	Wagner LaGrange HM
Nicolas Debora	Ryder Ryan		Vinny Siena	Quinn Brodey* HM
=#ff0000]Thomas Szapucki* =#FF0000]#6	Adam Atkins		Colby Woodmansee	Anthony Dirocie
	Joel Huertas*

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=#FF0000]Starting Pitchers	=#FF0000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF0000]Catchers	=#FF0000]Infielders	=#FF0000]Outfielders
Blake Taylor*	Justin Brantley	José Garcia*	Jeremy Vasquez*	Dionis Paulino*
Gary Cornish	Taylor Henry*	Juan Uriarte HM	Rigoberto Terrazas#	Guillermo Granadillo
Yeizo Campos HM	Max Kuhns	Ali Sanchez HM	Blake Tiberi*	Jhoander Saez#
Thomas McIlraith	Steve Villines =#FF0000]#23	Wilfred Astudillo	Hansel Moreno# HM	Raphael Gladu*
Chase Ingram	Cannon Chadwick		Luis Santana HM	Kenneth Bautista
David Peterson* =#FF0000]#1	=#0000FF]Jimmy Duff		Shervyen Newton#	Jeison Rodriguez
	Trey Cobb		Yoel Romero	Jean Carlos Soto
	Conner O'Neil		Edgardo Fermin HM
	Ryan Selmer
	Hector Rodriguez*
	Jasson Peña

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=#FF0000]Starting Pitchers	=#FF0000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF0000]Catchers	=#FF0000]Infielders	=#FF0000]Outfielders
Chris Viall HM	Luis Vasquez	Scott Manea	Mark Vientos =#FF0000]#5	Raul Beracierta
=#ff0000]Cameron Planck HM	Yeudy Colon	Carlos Sanchez	Sebastian Espino HM	Julio René
Jaison Vilera HM	=#0000FF]Jhoander Chourio HM	=#800080]Luis Lebron	Wilmer Reyes	Moisés Gonzalez
Joe Cavallaro	Billy Oxford	Matt Foley	Angel Manzanarez	=#00BF40]Bradley Marquez
=#0000FF]Audry German	Ramón Guzman	Andres Regnault	José Peroza HM	Yordin Araujo
Colin Holderman HM	Ryan McAuliffe		Matt Winaker* HM	Ranfy Adon
Jake Simon*	Mac Lozer		Dylan Snypes*	Tulio Garcia*
Anthony Kay* =#FF0000]#11	Joshua Payne		Oliver Pascual#	Edinson Valdez
	Tony Dibrell HM
	=#00BF40]Eucebio Arias
	Aaron Ford*
	Marcel Renteria

GCL[fimg=150]https://logos-download.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/New_York_Mets_logo_alternate.png[/fimg]

=#FF0000]Starting Pitchers	=#FF0000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF0000]Catchers	=#FF0000]Infielders	=#FF0000]Outfielders
Christian James =#FF0000]#20	Jefferson Escorcha*	Kevin Hall	Gavin Garay	Eulises Sanchez
Trent Johnson	Daniel Guzman*	Jose Mena	David Lozano	Juan De La Rosa
Matt Cleveland HM	José Sierra*	Kevin Torres	Carl Stajduhar	Ezequiel Peña
Ezequiel Zabaleta	Ronald Sanchez	Robby Kidwell	Kenny Hernandez*	Stanley Consuegra HM
Bryce Hutchinson =#FF0000]#22	Marbin Montijo		Domingo Martinez	Adrian Hernandez HM
Garrison Bryant*	Nate Peden HM		Danny Hoy
	Kyle Wilson HM		Pedro Ventura
	Liam McCall		Gregory Guerrero HM
	Ronnie Taylor HM
	Joshua Walker*

DSL 1[fimg=150]http://pluspng.com/img-png/new-york-mets-logo-vector-png-new-york-mets-436.png[/fimg]

=#FF0000]Starting Pitchers	=#FF0000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF0000]Catchers	=#FF0000]Infielders
Miguel Ramirez	Christofer Dominguez*	Alejandro Medina	Anderson Bohorquez
Nelson Leon	=#0000FF]Ramon Laguerre		Jorge Martinez
Willy Taveras	Kerwin Nieves*		Cristopher Pujols
Carlos Hernandez	Jender De Jesus		Wilmy Valdez
José Moreno	Marcos Correa		Alexis Marquez
Jorge Cespedes	Juan Martinez		Ronnie Mauricio# HM
	Jhonfran Escalona
	Darling Baez
	Williams Valencia
	Eric Villanueva
	Yadiel Flores

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=#FF0000]Starting Pitchers	=#FF0000]Relief Pitchers		=#FF0000]Infielders
Ivan Jean*	Luis Peña*
José Butto	Dariel Rivera
Boris Sanchez	Christopher Madera
Daison Acosta HM	Felix Sosa
Michel Otañez HM	Noah Nuñez
David Marcano* HM	Miguel Mata

[Zvon]

Wow. That took a lot of work. Very kool and informative.

Thank you.

[Fman99]

This site is the shit-dot-com! It'll be even better when the 2019 AAA Mets are here locally in my backyard.

[Edgy MD]

I'm just damn tired of seeing L.J. Mazzilli stuck at AA. My goal is to live long enough to see him in a Met uniform, hopefully in his dad's old pants.

I have a weird mental block where I keep being surprised that Mazzilli isn't a switch-hitter like his dad, and that J.J. Franco isn't a lefty, as if handedness was in any way genetic.

And even though I laugh at myself and realize how stupid that is, and that Franco is a middle infielder, so of course he isn't a lefty, when I read that the Fireflies ran out of pitchers once or twice and called for J.J. out of the pen like his old man, part of me still thought, "Well, surely, he pitches lefty."

[Zvon]

I'm just damn tired of seeing L.J. Mazzilli stuck at AA. My goal is to live long enough to see him in a Met uniform, hopefully in his dad's old pants.

I love this sentiment. But his dads old pants? Ewww. Unless they have been well kept and washed. And I guess he couldn't wear his dads old jersey.

How far off is he?--I'll look--The New York Mets selected Mazzilli in the fourth round of the 2013 MLB draft.
In August 2016, the Mets promoted Mazzilli to the Las Vegas 51s of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League.
Should be due soon.

WikiP: During the 2014–15 offseason, Minor League Baseball suspended Mazzilli for the first 50 games of the 2015 season for his second positive test for a "drug of abuse".

A "drug of abuse"? WTF? If a guy tests positive name the drug! Ugh, I'm sure it's some kind of arrangement with the MLBPA that they can't, but that's stupid. Is it a performance enhancer? Did he puff on a joint at a barbecue three weeks ago? Come on. Be transparent.


Sr. wore #16 and #13, right? What number is Jr. currently wearing?? Cabby's got 13 but I do think 16 is available. Maybe we see him up this season after the break rockin' #16!

Also, I can photoshop him into a Mets MLB uni if you can't wait. And, if you insist, wearing his dads old saggy over-washed pants from whatever year matches best.

[Edgy MD]

Mazzilli may have hit AAA August 5, 2016, but he was back in Bingo by August 20.

April 20, 2017, as the 51s had to restock the injured Mets infield, he returned to Vegas. TIME TO STICK, L.J.! But no, he was back a few weeks later, May 13. And that was it for his Vegas trips in 2017. A total of 16 games.

You'd like to see the window open for a Vegas assignment at the start of 2017, or at least first in line for a callup, but no, even with Matt Reynolds gone, L.J. is no more than third on the Bingo infield depth chart.

He played a lot of outfield last season, so may that'll help him out of the log jam this season, but he's running out of time. The good news is that he may get a lot of time to get to know Tim Tebow this season.

[A Boy Named Seo]

LJ can't get comfortable cause he keeps hearing footsteps from muh boy, Dale Burdick.

[Edgy MD]

Note that the order guys appear in their groups above is based more or less on how productive their 2017 season was (or their 2016, if they missed 2017), and therefore on how they rank in the group this season. So when you see the Vegas outfielders listed:

[list:ie7f4tql]Zach Borenstein*
Kevin Kaczmarski*
Jayce Boyd
Kevin Taylor*
John Mora*[/list:u:ie7f4tql]
It means to suggest that Borenstein is in the best position to go up, and Mora in the most vulnerable position to get overcome from below. Inaccuracies, however, will abound.

[Benjamin Grimm]

The Las Vegas outfield was the first category I looked at. I have a feeling that one of them might spend some time in April in Queens.