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10/18/17

BREAKING NEWS - Mets Release 9 More Minor Leaguers



LHP Placido Torres RHP Keaton Aldridge RHP Cameron Griffin LHP Martin Anderson OF Enmanuel Zabala
INF Leon Byrd LHP Gunnar Kines RHP Gregorix Estevez. LHP Kurtis Horne
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6 comments:

  1. Tom BrennanOctober 18, 2017 at 2:46 PM

    No surprises - bottom quintile performers

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  2. Reese KaplanOctober 18, 2017 at 2:49 PM

    Yet they held onto a certain losing record manager for 7 years...

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  3. Mack AdeOctober 18, 2017 at 3:02 PM

    This is the normal time of the year that below the waterline players are released. A lot of this is determined during the Sept and Oct Instruct games that go on in Port St. Lucie.

    The team must make room for promotions from other levels, 35-40 drafted players signed, the international guppies that cross the ocean, and even one or two un-drafted players (usually from NYC area schools).

    Frankly, I have many many more on my list that I would cut.

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  4. ViperOctober 19, 2017 at 11:27 AM

    So they have released about 30 players? It speaks volumes on the type of talent they are drafting.

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  5. Tom BrennanOctober 19, 2017 at 11:46 AM

    Viper, I think most of the released are international signings; but drafting has been sub par, coupled with too many injuries to the better drafted players. I have a 9 part article series starting in about a week called DRAFT DUDS, I think you will find it interesting.

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  6. Christopher SotoOctober 19, 2017 at 12:32 PM

    @Viper

    Tom is correct.....every player released thus far has been either

    A) a former International 16yr old Signing
    B) an independent league/undrafted free agent signing
    or C) a far back end MLB draft pick.....(no one higher than the 31st round)

    In these 3 scenarios.....MLB teams are probably successful at finding legitimate talent only about 5% of the time anyway.

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