Look I know very little about the draft or minor leaguers, I rely heavily on what I read from sites I've grown to respect over the years.I know that when Omar took over, the farm was barren and the club was awful, resulting in the trading of what prospects they had and foregoing draft picks to sign free agents, I get that part of the equation. For the past two years there seems to be a huge debate over just how good or bad the teams farm system truly is...Now, from strictly a fan of the NY Mets I've grown frustrated with farm systems inability to do what I feel it's purpose is, which is to either provide players for the major league team or to have prospects to trade for players we need. The Mets have made two substantial trades since 2007, Johan Santana and J.J. Putz between those two trades only three of the prospects were in our top ten prospect list ( Humber, Gomez, Guerra). Since then they have been a competitive team that has holes, but the GM seems uncomfortable ...
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