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News: Mets Minor League Blog with Toby Hyde

by Matthew Cerrone on June 6th, 2008 at 12:02 pm

I’m proud and excited to announce that Toby Hyde will now be writing SNY’s Mets Minor League Blog.

a link to the blog will always appear in the SNY Blog Network badge, which appears in the upper-right corner of MetsBlog…

Toby has worked for several minor league teams, and has developed insightful contacts throughout the game.

He provides outstanding analysis, as well as daily recaps from each night’s action.

Today, Toby recaps last night’s action in New Orleans, Binghamton and St. Lucie, while also providing a great recap of yesterday’s draft including all of the day’s picks.

Regarding 2B-SS Reese Havens, who the Mets took with their second pick, Toby writes:

“Compare this scouting video taken during 2007, with the later video from 2008 to see his hand adjustment. In the 2007 video, he shows a much more standard, classic load and swing initiation. However, by the time he reached the Cape Cod League he’s moving his hands down in the batting cage. This is a great angle to watch his unusual hand path. Note the drop. Also note the good, hard consistent contact…I like this pick in some ways more than the Ike Davis pick in front of Havens, who I think becomes the most promising 2B prospect in the Mets system the day he signs.”

see what i mean…excellent…welcome aboard, toby