The Mets will promote first base prospect Dominic Smith to the majors on Friday, general manager Sandy Alderson told reporters, including Marc Carig of Newsday (Twitter link). Smith will follow shortstop Amed Rosario as the second well-regarded prospect to join the out-of-contention Mets since the non-waiver trade deadline passed July 31.
The extended wait for Smith came thanks in part to the Mets’ logjam of veteran position players, but they mitigated that in recent weeks by trading first base options Lucas Duda and Jay Bruce. When they dealt Bruce to the Indians on Wednesday, it became obvious that the 22-year-old Smith would be bound for the majors sooner than later.
Smith is among the game’s top 50 prospects, according to MLB.com and Baseball America, with the former noting in its free scouting report that he has lived up to the hype that accompanied him as a first-round pick in 2013. The lefty-swinger owns “a very advanced approach at the plate” with “outstanding defensive ability,” per MLB.com, which touts Smith as a potential everyday first baseman.
Smith got his first taste of Triple-A action this year and slashed a terrific .330/.386/.519 with 16 home runs in 500 plate appearances. While he had the benefit of playing in both the extremely hitter-friendly setting of Las Vegas and the offense-driven Pacific Coast League, Smith still posted a line 33 percent better than the PCL average, according to FanGraphs’ wRC+ metric. He was similarly effective at lower levels from 2013-16.
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About time
is he going to save the season? if not, then its not about time…
I don’t understand your argument
Ohhhh nevermind I read further and saw you’re just a troll lol
New round of the future begins in full. Conforto Rosario and smith. Potential new cornerstones that hopefully stay healthy and help with a new direction for this club. Always “ifs” with this team, but “if” they can get half the health back from the 5 young arms, and “if” these young kids produce like their potential says they can, could be a one year slump and a nice comeback next year.
how is it a new round when theres only 2 new guys? idiot statement by idiot guy.
Okay it’s only two new guys, but conforto is starting to show what he can do when he plays a full season and is 24 years old so he is going to be a young player they can build around. Idk who made you the comment police but maybe you should know what you are talking about before you start commenting on other people’s comments that make perfect sense
Rosario has been in the league for 2 weeks and you are talking about his struggles. its a whole new league for him. its a new learning experience. i think you have no right commenting on other peoples post since you clearly dont know how to act. look in a mirror and you will see tge biggest ass of them all!
Srtruggling? You’re an idiot. Can you give the kid a few at bats before you say he’s struggling
your dumb as hell. rosario has already shown elite defense and i hate the mets
Don’t waste your time on Sagbagels. This is as far as he will ever get in his life, calling fans of a team idiots for, well, being fans of a team. It was my comment that started him off and I still stand by what I said. First round of talent was the pitching. Didn’t seem to payoff longterm as health became issues although they did have a World Series appearance if I do recall. And now this is a second round of talent which hopefully can pair up nice with the pitching or some of the pitching as long as health isn’t a topic for the Mets in 2018. Sagbagels is a waste of time guys. Thanks for trying to clear up my statement but don’t waste your time. It’s hard enough dealing with hat yankee guy that always comes in here and comments on “tc” killing the team lol.
Somebody is grumpy today. You should try eating a fresh
bagel.
ok rhaegar’s son
You know nothing.
i think you misunderstood what he is saying, idiot
bueller? bueller?
Forget about your wishful thinking about the 5 young arms. A better description would be 5 young pitchers with damaged arms, courtesy of “TC” blowing past their innings limits. It was so beyond sensible that robbed these players of their true potential.
BTW–collectively they have less than 100 wins.
The future is looking pretty good for the Mets…the only issues are health (which seems to be an issue for them every year) and whether the Wilpons will put in enough money to supplement the core (which Mets fans on here seem to complain about a lot). But on paper, they have a pretty intriguing roster for the next few years.
I can’t emphasize the words “on paper” enough though
right, this is the same story every year with mets fans…
Michael–here are the long answers to your wishful questions:
1 – NO
1 – NO
Until foolish mets fans start to hold back the Wilpon’s allowance money by NOT depositing it at the turnstile, NOTHING WILL CHANGE.
Make them sell the team and hope it is a competent, committed owner that wants to
bring
Wants to bring a legitimate NL team back to NY.
Otherwise, finds another hobby
Perfect chance for them to gauge what this kid can do, and based on his numbers in the PCL I think Mets fans are in for a treat. A first baseman with power that has a 15% K rate and 13% walk rate with a plus glove and arm? Dang.
Not to unnecessarily bring the Phillies into this, but it’s cool that Hoskins gets called up today and Smith tomorrow. It should be fun watching both of these guys for the last couple months of the season.
Yeah, the K rate is what no one is talking about. That kind of approach is very undervalued today.
Wow you are back Eventually.
The only thing is that indexing a rookie’s potential with stats from Las Vegas is a bit foolish.
What am I talking about? Since you believe it’s been all hard luck and bad breaks with the ruined pitching staff you are likely to hold
Into the stars and quote them for years.
Too bad that Sandy dumped all of their disposable assets for CASH, huh? Can’t restock the farm that way. A deep farm system is what is needed and this one is barren.
BTW–have you wiped off your gang green helmet yet? Preseason opener coming soon for your jets. More wishful thinking ahead. At least it will be a place to go when you stop posting here again.
Who’s getting cut? Lagares is replacing Jay Bruce, so what roster spot is going to Smith?
Sorry – not sure how it posted twice…
Potential everyday first baseman..you’d hope a perennial consensus top 100 prospect would project better than that.
I call him “little Mo” as in the next Mo Vaughn. Boston years of course
Excited to see this kid play. Always a high praise when you hear Keith the greatest defensive first baseman of all time say that smith has the best instincts from a first baseman that he has ever seen.
Don’t confuse Keith the great first baseman from three decades ago with Keith the TV personality hanging on to the last job of his life by telling stories.