Adopted: Phillip Evans

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He'd been flying under the radar until he posted a solid .335/.374/.485 at Bingo last year. He plays second, short, and third. I'm assuming he's beginning the year at Vegas. Given the Mets infield depth he might have to force his way to a call-up before September, but if he proves last season wasn't a fluke while continuing to flash the leather like he did yesterday, don't assume it couldn't happen.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Congrats. Evans appears pretty short for a big-leaguer (listed at 5-10, so probably 5-8).

Here's a cool thing about him: He won the Eastern League batting title by going 4-for-6 on the final day of the season.

He'd do himself a big favor by tripling his HR output this year.

[Edgy MD]

Mets prospects won the batting average title in the Florida State League (High A), the Eastern League (AA) and the Pacific Coast League (AAA), where they finished with the top three places in the batting average race.

Fire flew from my fingertips as I typed that.

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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: He'd do himself a big favor by tripling his HR output this year.

Yes. He looks (based on numbers) like a line drive hitter. He hits plenty of doubles though (30 in 360 ABs). His upside is a righthanded Daniel Murphy (at least the solid if unspectacular version of Murphy that played for the Mets) with more range. Which, for somebody I didn't know about until this morning, I'd happily take.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, that 5'8" guess doesn't look all that off.

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Despite that stature, he was considered high-round talent that the Mets stole in the middle rounds by offering him enough to forgo his scholarship.