Jim Callis and a couple of other Baseball America writers took questions yesterday in their ?Top 100 Prospects Chat. You can read the entire transcript here.
Here’s a few questions they fielded about the Mets followed by my thoughts:
Jim, an org ranking question – about where would you rank the Mets’ farm system? I remember reading you wrote 10-15 but based on this list it seems like they’ll be more 20-25.
Jim Callis: I always seem to estimate high during the season. They were No. 24 in our preliminary rankings in the Prospect Handbook, and the A’s will move ahead of them after all their trades and the Cespedes signing.
Was Jeurys Familia any close to making the list?
Jim Callis: One of the eight editors voted him in their Top 100, and two others listed him in their 101-150 range. So not particularly close for Familia. …
Didn’t Wilmer Flores make the list – what happened to him? Is he the NEXT Miguel Cabrera?
J.J. Cooper: He’s not the next Miguel ...
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