Obviously, the future is now at Citi Field. The team the Mets have is dominated by young, fireballing pitchers with a few up and coming players around the diamond, and stabilized with steady vets. It's the best team we've seen on a nightly basis for a long time, and once the weather heats up a little, is going to be a beast at the plate.

HOWEVER. I love the minor leagues. It started a long time ago, when the Mets drafted Jason Tyner. I have no idea why it captured my attention, but it did, and I've been a avid follower ever since.

The season in the minors is very VERY young, and it's always good to remember that a lot of these leagues, while professional, are still teaching leagues. These players are trying new techniques and refining existing ones. It seems that Double A is when players need to really put everything together and make a push to get to the majors.

SO! Every week, I'm going to try and give you a little glimpse into what players are doing in the Mets system. I might talk about a big time win streak for a team, or how a specific player might have really gaudy home run numbers but terrible stats in the sabremetric view of the world. I'm going to try and vary it up, and maybe get a few of you the interested in the minors too.

This week, I'm just going to list a few of the position players that I'm going to track for the season. There's plenty more, but no need to list them all in one post.

David Thompson: 3b Columbia Fireflies.

David can be a monster at the plate. MONSTER. He's had huge numbers in college and was drafted as junior by the Mets last year. He's had a few injuries and a few surgeries, and there's apparently some concern over his ability to stay at third base in the future. However, if he can stay there he can end up the best 3b prospect in the system very quickly. (It's not a very good system for 3b specific players)

So far, he's batting .357 with a .786 slugging percentage. It's still super early, and I'd expect the average to drop and the slugging to slowly climb over the season.

Dash WInningham: 1B Columbia Fireflies.

The Mets drafted Dash out of high school in 2014. Dude is big. 20 years old. 6 foot 2 and 230 pounds. Dominic Smith is holding down the #1 first base prospect in the Mets system, but I think Dash is going to start creeping up on him.

Big time power. In his first full professional season down in the Appalachian league last year, he played 66 games, hit 19 doubles and 12 homeruns. If he were able to translate those numbers to a full MLB season, he might end up and all star. The important thing to remember is that he's at the same level as previously mentioned Davis Thompson, but 2 years younger and with 2 less years of development than him. The numbers will be different, but not because they're not both good players. Just because they're at different points in their development.

Amed Rosario: SS St. Lucie Mets.

Amed Rosario has been called the shortstop of the future for the Mets. And so far, everyone seems to be holding their breath that he'll put everything together and become a force to be reckoned with. He's started the season in High Single A, but nobody thinks he'll stay there long. Binghamton is going to get really interesting one Amed shows up there.

Jeff McNeil: 2B, Binghamton Mets.

As I recall, Jeff had a funky story about how he got to baseball. He was actually a golfer in college. When the Mets drafted him, he had the moniker of a skinny kid who made contact with zero power. Fast forward to 2016, and he put on 35 POUNDS in the off season. If his bat speed stays constant, he can keep making contact, 35 pounds of muscle is going to make a BIG different in his power numbers. Everyone assumes Dilson Herrera is the heir apparent to second base for the Mets. Jeff is trying to prove them wrong.

Early in the season, Jeff is already hitting for more power.....but he's played 2 games. It'll level off big time.

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