Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Maybe Not As Bad As We Think

According to Baseball America, the NY Mets farm system is better than the Yankees.
The Mets had nine players in Baseball America's top 20 prospects in each level of the minor leagues. The Yankees had six.


On the Eastern League prospect list, the named Mets were: Fernando Martinez at No. 7, Daniel Murphy at No. 13 and Jon Niese at No. 18.

In the New York Penn League, the Mets had four players named from the Brooklyn Cyclones: Brad Holt checked in at No. 7, Jenrry Mejia at No. 9, Reese Havens at No. 11 and Ike Davis at No. 17.

Wilmer Flores attained the second highest rating for the Appalachian League, behind Tampa Bay's Tim Beckham.

In the Gulf Coast League, the Mets Jefry Marte came in third.

For more on these ratings, go to NY Post Minor League Baseball: Beating The Bushes

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