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Note: Davis and Thole Performing Well this Fall

In The Arizona Fall League, Mets first base prospect Ike Davis is hitting .328 with three home runs and 10 RBI.
In addition, Davis went 1 for 2 in the Arizona Fall League’s Rising Stars game, helping the AFL West to an 8-7 victory over the AFL East.
…Davis has been very impressive this Fall and has [...]

Read: The Ike Davis Impact

Mike Silva from NY Baseball Digest wonders if it is worth taking the risk on allowing prospect Ike Davis the opportunity to earn the first base job out of Spring Training.
In his AFL debut yesterday, Davis went 4 for 6 with a grand slam and six RBI, and you can read about that game here.
Silva [...]

Read: The Development of Ike Davis

In a detailed, stats-oriented post for Fan Graphs, Brian Joura explains, “In a season where everything has gone wrong on the major league level, the Mets can at least take solace in the development of Ike Davis.”
In 40 games since being promoted to Double-A, the 22–year-old Davis is hitting .299 with 18 extra base hits [...]

Minors: Baseball America Likes Ike

Mets 22–year-old Double-A 1B Ike Davis was listed on Baseball America’s Prospect Hot Sheet this week.
According to Baseball America, “Davis has clubbed more home runs this season (12) and compiled a higher slugging percentage (.486) than any of the other four first-round first basemen from the 2008 draft.”
In 31 games since being promoted to Double-A, [...]

Note: Mets love Prospects, no Deal Imminent

SI.com’s Jon Heyman is co-hosting WFAN’s mid-day show this afternoon.
To listen to WFAN live, online, click here.
According to Heyman, the Mets had a meeting yesterday to discuss their prospects, and seem to have no interest in trading Jenrry Mejia, Brad Holt, Fernando Martinez and Ike Davis.
Heyman says a deal for Blue Jays RHP Roy Halladay [...]

Minors: Ike Davis to Double-A, Antonini to Pen

Mets 22–year-old 1B Ike Davis made his Double-A debut yesterday, and went 2-for-2 with two walks in a loss for Binghamton.
“I wish we would have won, but it was good to get my feet wet,” Davis told Brian Moritz of the Press & Sun Bulletin.  “The first (hit is) always a good one.  You don’t want [...]

Interview: Ike Davis, Reese, Holt and Dylan Owen

In St. Lucie, I spent time talking with the team’s top prospects, who set up inside Tradition Field to sign autographs and talk with fans.
To watch the three-minute video of me talking with Dylan Owen, Reese Havens, Ike Davis and Brad Holt, who had more faith in my ability to hit 80 mph on the [...]

Minors: Mets Top 11 from Baseball Prospectus

The following, from Baseball Prospctus, is Kevin Goldstein’s list of the Top 11 Mets Prospects:
Four-Star Prospects: 1. OF Fernando Martinez, 2. SS Wilmer Flores, and 3. 3B Jefry Marte
Three-Star Prospects: 4. RHP Brad Holt, 5. LHP Jon Niese, 6. SS Reese Havens, and 7. RHP Jenrry Mejia
Two-Star Prospects: 8. 1B Ike Davis, 9. RHP Bobby Parnell, 10. [...]

Minors: Five Minutes with Ike Davis

In a post to Baseball Prospectus, David Laurila spent five minutes with 21–year-old Brooklyn 1B Ike Davis.
Davis, on playing in New York, not Atlanta, whose compensatory pick the Mets used to draft him, as quoted by Laurila:

“It would be a lot different.  I don’t know where their minor league system is, but I wouldn’t be up [...]

Video: of Ike Davis

At Mets Minor League Blog, Toby Hyde has video of Ike Davis from last week’s game against the Vermont Lake Monsters.