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MFS62 Nov 24 2020 08:51 AM

Baseball America was the first Top 10 to be published: 1 Francisco Alvarez C 2 Ronny Mauricio SS 3 Andres Gimenez SS* 4 Matt Allan RHP 5 Pete Crow-Armstrong OF 6 Brett Baty 3B 7 Mark Vientos 3B 8 J.T. Ginn RHP 9 David Peterson LHP* 10 Josh Wolf RHP * = Baseball-Reference says Gimenez and Peterson exceeded their rookie limits. But didn't MLB make an exception because of the crazy year? I think the BP list is due the first week in December. Later

Benjamin Grimm Nov 24 2020 09:06 AM Re: Mets Top Prospect Lists

I've read in at least two places that the prospect most likely to be able to help the Mets in 2021 is Thomas Szapucki. 24 years old, probably would have spent much of 2020 in Binghamton, but as it is, he's only pitched one game in AA and none in AAA.

MFS62 Nov 24 2020 09:25 AM Re: Mets Top Prospect Lists

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I've read in at least two places that the prospect most likely to be able to help the Mets in 2021 is Thomas Szapucki. 24 years old, probably would have spent much of 2020 in Binghamton, but as it is, he's only pitched one game in AA and none in AAA. I hope so and am rooting for him. He was an adoptee of mine in the old board (before the format change a few years ago). I re-adopted him after the board change. Later

LWFS Nov 24 2020 08:21 PM Re: Mets Top Prospect Lists

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I've read in at least two places that the prospect most likely to be able to help the Mets in 2021 is Thomas Szapucki. 24 years old, probably would have spent much of 2020 in Binghamton, but as it is, he's only pitched one game in AA and none in AAA. College draftee, was killing it in A-ball that one year... then TJ a month into the next, IIRC.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 24 2020 10:20 PM Re: Mets Top Prospect Lists

=MFS62 post_id=51315 time=1606233072 user_id=60] * = Baseball-Reference says Gimenez and Peterson exceeded their rookie limits. But didn't MLB make an exception because of the crazy year?

The short 2020 season greatly increased the possibility that a player might win the ROY award without using up his rookie eligibility, and thus, remain eligible to also win the award in 2021. So MLB passed a rule that the 2020 ROY winners could not win the award in 2021, even if they were otherwise eligible by traditional standards of eligibility. That's the only modification MLB made in 2020 re rookie eligibility.



It would make no sense for all 2020 rookies to automatically be classified as rookies in 2021. The short season created no hardship concerning rookie eligibility. Any player who used up his rookie eligibility in the short 2020 season would've, just the same, used up his eligibility had they played a full 162 game season.