Read: Gomez and F’Martinez in DR
…during last year’s Winter Meetings, i heard a lot of positive comments about Mets Double-A 1B Mike Carp, which has seemingly dropped off following his slugging season…
…this year, i noticed a lot of unexpected excitement surrounding Mets Double-A RHP Kevin Mulvey, Single-A LHP Nathan Vineyard and Double-A RHP Bobby Parnell…
In their recent Top 10 Prospects List for the Mets, Baseball 
America ranked Mulvey as the team’s second-best pitching prospect, behind Deolis Guerra, while Vineyard checked in at seven and Parnell at eight, behind Eddie Kunz, Phil Humber, Jon Niese and Brant Rustich, who MetsBlog’s Jordan Zakarin recently interviewed, which you can read by clicking here.
Regarding Vineyard, Baseball America writes…
“The Mets believe Vineyard can be a future No. 3 starter and has as much upside as anyone in their 2007 draft class.”
Meanwhile, in the New York Times, Ben Shpigel traveled to the Dominican Republic and profiles Mets OF Carlos Gomez and OF Fernando Martinez, both of whom have been mentioned quite a lot in trade talks this winter.
…first off, this is a fantastic column and a must read…second, i am clearly a sucker, because, while i was ready to trade both of these guys last week, after reading this, i am convinced 
both will win an MVP and go to the Hall of Fame…jeez, i’m so easy…nice job, shpigel…
…seriously, though, i’m starting to be more of a believer in gomez, who, according to ESPN.com’s Jayson Stark, could more attractive to the Twins than Red Sox OF Jacoby Ellsbury…also, over the last week, my own ears have heard martinez compared to a young Juan Gonzalez and Sammy Sosa…so, of the two, i can understand why fernando is viewed as the most untouchable of the lot, but people do like gomez, more so than i initially realized…
…it’s interesting, in that teams appear much more reluctant to trade these young players, and understandable so…the sense i keep getting is that, finally, teams believe it makes far more sense to trust a collection of triple-a pitchers from their own system, who may bumble around a bit, but will eventually find their way, as opposed to overpaying for some aging veteran on the back-nine of his career…both of whom may give the same results, but at least the younger player will earn less money and not bog down the roster for years to come…as such, prospects are being valued a lot of higher, which is slowing down the trade market…which is a good thing, actually…
