BA’s Top Ten List
I know there are a lot of questions out there about Baseball America’s Top 10 Mets Prospects list. The biggest surprises for me, where the addition of Ruben Tejada (#9) and Juan Urbina (#10). I personally thought Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Jeurys Familia would round out the top 10, but according to Adam Rubin’s chat , they felt strongly about the list they came up with. H

Baseball America’s Mets Top 10 Prospects
Baseball America has just released its Top 10 Mets Prospects list. Also, there is a chat with Adam Rubin at 1pm est. So here the list with more information to come soon: 1. Jenry Mejia, RHP 2. Wilmer Flores, SS 3. Fernando Martinez, OF 4. Ike Davis, 1B 5. Brad Holt, RHP 6. Jon Niese, LHP 7. Reese Havens, 2B/SS 8. Josh Thole, C 9. Ruben Tejada, 2B/SS 10. Juan Urbina, LHP

Shawn Bowman to 40-Man Roster
Thursday, the Mets added 24-year old 3B Shawn Bowman to the 40-man roster.  The Mets drafted Bowman, who will turn 25 in December, in the 12th round of the 2002 draft out of high school in British Columbia.  In 91 games in AA this year, Bowman hit .294/.346/.458 with 24 doubles and 9 HR in 347 AB over 91 games.  However, with 25 walks and 101 strikeouts, he whiffed in 27% of his plate appearances as pitchers were able to exploit his long

Evans Hits first AFL HR
Wednesday, in a 10-5 win, LF Nick Evans hit his first AFL homerun.  He took a 97 mph fastball out to centerfield leading off the eighth inning.  It was Evans first HR since June 24th, in the Mets 11-0 victory over St. Louis when he took Brad Thompson deep. Evans is 2-12 in the AFL with a double and a HR.  It would be nice to see him play at firstbase as well as LF. SS Ruben Tejada was 0-4 and committed his fout

A Few World Series Thoughts
- Yeah, I was rooting for the Phillies to force Game 7. - As much as this site is focused on development, the money the Yankees spent really mattered (DUH!).  They wouldn’t have reached and won the WS without the Centaur, Teixeira, CC, Burnett, Jeter and Rivera, all of whom make over $15 million annually.  Matsui, the WS MVP makes a paltry $13 mil. Give Cashman credit though, he’s targeted the right players in free agency. - The Yankees absolutely deserved to win.  They were the best team in baseball all year long. - I have never understood why Charlie Manuel insists on batting Chase Utley and Ryan Howard back-to-back, exposing them to lefty specialist