Gwreck Old-Timey Member Posted July 31 Posted July 31 Mets are getting two prospects: -Bruin Agbayani (Benny’s son), Shortstop, Twins’ 6th round pick in 2025. 29th ranked prospect in Twins org per MLB.com -Billy Amick. 3rd Baseman, 2nd round pick in 2024. 21st ranked prospect in Twins org per MLB.com.
metirish Old-Timey Member Posted July 31 Posted July 31 Cool to have Benny's son in the organization , I like that we got infielders too
DocTee Old-Timey Member Posted July 31 Posted July 31 Cant expect much more for a guy who is FA in three months time. Amick is closer to the bigs with legit college pedigree. IMO he could be another option to Vientos/Baty/Mauricio. Bruin is a lottery ticket.
Johnny Lunchbucket Old-Timey Member Posted July 31 Posted July 31 2 shitty prospects! I hope this doesn't set the market
metsmarathon Old-Timey Member Posted July 31 Posted July 31 I’m ok enough with this… I reserve the right to change my mind if other similar rental relievers net far better prospects. but shit I don’t care. We got an agbayani! Fun!
Johnny Lunchbucket Old-Timey Member Posted July 31 Posted July 31 I barely even knew Minter was on the Mets anyway. Easy come easy go. LET'S GO BRUIN
Benjamin Grimm Old-Timey Member Posted July 31 Posted July 31 Baseball America says... Amick, 23, was the Twins’ second-round pick in 2024 out of Tennessee. He has been parked with Double-A Wichita all season, where he slashed .217/.338/.482 with 23 homers and a 28.5% strikeout rate. As one might expect given that production, Amick hits the ball hard, with a 90th percentile exit velocity creeping toward 107 mph as of late July and steep launch angles. The tradeoff is a worrisome amount of swing-and-miss, especially in the strike zone. Defensively, he has split his time between third and first base this season. Most of his future value will be tied to his bat. Agbayani, 19, was the 2025 Gatorade Player of the Year in Hawaii before the Twins drafted him out of high school that year in the sixth round. At the time, he ranked as the No. 405 prospect in the draft on the strength of a well-rounded offensive profile and a chance to stick in the infield, albeit without a clear carrying tool. A shoulder injury has limited him to just 10 Low-A games this season. Agbayani is the son of Benny Agbayani, who played parts of four big league seasons with the Mets.
Brock Beauchamp Site Manager Posted July 31 Posted July 31 Amick bounced in and out of Twins Daily's top 20 for the past couple of years. He's not a bad prospect at all. This scouting report is a bit old, maybe a year or so. Billy Amick - 2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospects Ranking - Twins Daily TWINSDAILY.COM The Twins selected Amick with the 60th overall in the 2024 amateur draft out of Tennessee, where he hit 23 homers during his junior season. The Volunteers went on to win the College...
Benjamin Grimm Old-Timey Member Posted July 31 Posted July 31 I guess it's worth noting that both players the Mets received have the same initials!
MFS62 Old-Timey Member Posted July 31 Posted July 31 Having one Agbayani is better than having none. Let’s see how well they develop these prospects. later
Brock Beauchamp Site Manager Posted July 31 Posted July 31 One thing to note is that the Twins' system is VERY deep right now. They have something like six guys in the top 100 on most lists. What is the 25th prospect on the Twins could easily be 10th in a lesser system.
Benjamin Grimm Old-Timey Member Posted July 31 Posted July 31 Well, at least the first shoe has dropped. Or maybe I should say that the first domino has fallen, because we're expecting more than two deals to happen.
Johnny Lunchbucket Old-Timey Member Posted July 31 Posted July 31 And each shares the initials of the influential bible of prospect-ranking, Baseball America. It's a sign!
Centerfield Old-Timey Member Posted July 31 Posted July 31 I feel like he traded for Benny’s son to distract us from the shitty return. Anyway. Bruin is only 19. You never know what he might become.
Benjamin Grimm Old-Timey Member Posted July 31 Posted July 31 Next he'll sign David Wright's daughter.
Marshmallowmilkshake Old-Timey Member Posted July 31 Posted July 31 I don't think it's a shitty haul or is underwhemling. What were you expecting? I just don't think we often get much in these sell offs. It seems like it's more of a media frenzy. You might get a prize like Zach Wheeler once in a while. But Carlos Beltran in his late prime is a heck of a lot different than A.J. Minter.
Benjamin Grimm Old-Timey Member Posted July 31 Posted July 31 What the Mets got for Minter may or may not be comparable to what they gave up for Ryan Helsley last year, but it definitely looks like less than what they gave up for Tyler Rogers. And that may be okay; Rogers was probably more highly valued than Minter. I hope for a better return for Raley, who has a better recent track record.
MFS62 Old-Timey Member Posted July 31 Posted July 31 32 minutes ago, Centerfield said: Anyway. Bruin is only 19. You never know what he might become. As Stengel said about Greg Goosen, "In ten years he has a chance to be 29". Later
Edgy MD Site Manager Posted July 31 Posted July 31 1 hour ago, Brock Beauchamp said: One thing to note is that the Twins' system is VERY deep right now. They have something like six guys in the top 100 on most lists. What is the 25th prospect on the Twins could easily be 10th in a lesser system. Yeah, this. I'm kind of tired of references to pursuing prospects from a teams' "top-ten list," as if one team's #7 is equivalent to another team's. The team is suddenly packed with lefthanded relief pitching and even if the Mets had their foot on the gas, Minter was not pitching featured innings. And now we are unMinted. Brock Beauchamp 1
smg58 Old-Timey Member Posted July 31 Posted July 31 Amick has upside if he's teachable. That could be a big if, but it cost us two months in a meaningless season of a relief pitcher working his way back from a major injury. Expectations need to be realistic. It's way too soon to speculate on mini-Benny. But even if he comes up for a cup of coffee at some point, it would make for a nice story.
Brock Beauchamp Site Manager Posted July 31 Posted July 31 Here's a really nice piece about the prospects heading to the Mets: The Twins Just Traded Two Prospects for AJ Minter. Was It Worth the Price? - Twins - Twins Daily TWINSDAILY.COM Acquiring AJ Minter from the MetsTwins Daily's Top 20 Twins' prospects front office views this team. They're buying, and the return they sent to New York reinforces that idea. In exchange... MFS62 1
Frayed Knot Old-Timey Member Posted July 31 Posted July 31 Not quite sure what people were expecting form a Minter trade. After signing with the Mets in the previous off-season he's appeared in 36 games (out of a possible 270) and thrown 34 innings. That 34 IP, btw, matches the 34 he threw for Atlanta in 2024. Now while 68 innings represents a decent number for a reliever over a season, this is Minter's total across Three season (2-2/3 to be specific). Is a nice lefty arm out of the pen (never started a game) and his splits vs RHBs are only marginally worse than his same-side numbers over his career. But he missed two-1/2 months in '24, the last five months of '25, and then the first two of '26 so there's got to be a limit that a club will spend for him. Turns 33 next month (which is several years younger than I expected).
Frayed Knot Old-Timey Member Posted August 1 Posted August 1 Bruin Kazuya Paliku Agbayani If that name is on Wheel of Fortune you might be forced into buying a consonant.
Cowtipper Old-Timey Member Posted August 1 Posted August 1 I actually don't mind this deal, despite the snark above. What else were the Mets going to get for a reliever who gave them two injured partial seasons, who was coming off an injured season when he got to New York? It's not a bad trade. Now if the Mets would just stick with developing the prospects the bring aboard instead of shipping them off later on, that'd be greaaaaattttt.
Edgy MD Site Manager Posted August 7 Posted August 7 Benny's daughter Ailani also plays professional softball, and plays a big role as she rocks the family's 5-0 digits in this vid.
Marshmallowmilkshake Old-Timey Member Posted August 7 Posted August 7 I was at the Royals-Twins game on Wednesday. Minter came up with the game tied 1-1 and promptly gave up the go-ahead run on a blast from Michael Massey. Felt bad for him, but the Royals fans were happy. I didn't realize how bad the Royals are this season. Really nice stadium, though! MFS62 1
Frayed Knot Old-Timey Member Posted August 10 Posted August 10 On 7/31/2026 at 2:51 AM, Gwreck said: Mets are getting two prospects: -Bruin Agbayani (Benny’s son), Shortstop, Twins’ 6th round pick in 2025. 29th ranked prospect in Twins org per MLB.com -Billy Amick. 3rd Baseman, 2nd round pick in 2024. 21st ranked prospect in Twins org per MLB.com. Seven games at AA Binghamton since the deal for Amick: 5 HRs / 13 RBIs No record seen yet for Bruin Agbayani
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