Here’s why you should keep eyes on Mets prospect A.J. Ewing | The Mets Pod
Joe, can you give us the prospect other than obviously Mlan that you really don’t want to see go in a trade? >> I didn’t want to be boring and just be like Carson Bench because he might be the opening day center fielder or left fielder. I wanted to go a little deeper and I was torn here Connor between Ellie on Pena and the reason for him would have been well they just signed him for a whole lot of money. He had a really awesome first year, but he’s an 18-year-old that hasn’t come states side yet. So, I don’t feel like you’re going to get value as if, let’s just say, a year or two from now where he establishes himself here, he gets to the middle of the minor leagues, and now he’s, you know, a potential huge asset. Now, I think it would be almost selling low in a sense because teams are just going to say he’s so far away. We we can’t give up a frontline guy for a deal based around Elon Pñena. But I’m gonna go with AJ Ewing, who I ranked number six in the system when I did my update at the end of the season. And the main reason I’m going to do it is we’re talking about the Mets needing a center fielder and looking into the marketplace for center field help. Center fielders don’t really exist in baseball to have a chance to both hit and play defense. And >> yeah, it is. So, when you have one, think Pete Cro Armstrong a few years ago, hang on to the center field profiles. That’s what I think I would try to do, knowing that they’re not all going to work out. But AJ Ewing broke out this year in a huge way from somebody that just missed my top 30 at the beginning of the season to being ranked number six now. He hit 315, OBP over 400. Doesn’t hit for power. If you’re watching on YouTube, you could see he hit three home runs. And I think the next step in his development is getting stronger and not necessarily turning into a home run hitter, but just impacting the baseball more. But you’re buying batto ball. You’re buying pitch recognition skills. Uh you’re buying speed, athleticism. He could play truly can play center field up the middle. He stole 70 bases this year. It’s >> nuts. >> I think I think Yuing is a future everyday player. And one thing I really love to see at the winter meetings when David Stern started talking about prospects in the system, he’s always talked about Carson Benj. He’s always talked about Jet Williams. He’s always talked about the pitchers, you know, Mlan, Tong, and Sprro. This was the first time that I heard David Sterns in a public forum mention AJ Ewing as a piece of the Mets future. Uh, so the former fourthround pick has really turned heads with the Mets and has made significant growth since they drafted him. And now he’s just outside the top five in the system for me. And I would not be shocked if we get to midseason and he was cracking top 100 lists in some of the major national publications. Joe, I know he was a fourth round pick and he’s he just turned 21 in August, but was he someone that they had to switch around and bump the bonus a little bit to get to come out? Because usually a fourth round high school pick that’s already succeeding like this. You know, it’s just not o every day that you see this kind of trajectory is what I’m saying. >> Yeah, he was a little overslaught. He wasn’t significant like like we’ve seen with guys like Trey Snyder. It wasn’t like a milliondoll kind of signing, but he was overslaught. Some of these guys, they’re they’re ready to turn pro and don’t don’t really prefer to go to college. And I think Yuing was >> play school. >> No, did not come to play school. The alltime quote all time quote. Uh but yeah, you Euing I think it was someone that was interested in turning pro. He got more than slot value and uh the Mets are reaping some rewards on him becoming just a notable prospect. And whether that means he is a future center field option for the Mets or he turns into a significant trade chip. Uh, I wouldn’t trade them right now because I want to keep my center fielders, but it’s it’s something that is just a benefit to the Mets going forward as they build out their roster and organization.
On the latest episode of The Mets Pod, Connor Rogers and Joe DeMayo go Down on the Farm for a deep dive look at rising Mets outfield prospect A.J. Ewing, and why he’s a name to know in the organization’s farm system.
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There are future stars in the farm, Remember Armstrong!
Root for the younger players to become stars and go retire with another team !!!