Taking a closer look at how both DSL Mets clubs finished the season
with two of the best records in the DSL
What’s in this post:
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Season Summary
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Astro’s Awards
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Coaches
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Mets on the DSL Leaderboards
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Promotions
What Happened
As
a lifelong Mets fan, it has often felt as if the team is lagging behind the
league in some important areas – like analytics, injury prevention and treatment,
and advanced scouting to name a few – but there is one area the team has long
been respected for: international scouting, specifically within the Latin
American community. According to Baseball-Reference, the Mets have had at least
one DSL team since 1992, plus they had a team in the VSL when it was active,
and that has allowed them to sign a higher number of young, international
prospects than most teams.
The
Mets had two DSL teams active for the 2017 season, and they both made the
playoffs, where they were both eliminated by a DSL Dodgers affiliate – the DSL
Mets1 finished at 44-27 while the DSL Mets2 finished at 50-21. Unfortunately,
the DSL is even harder to get reliable info from than the GCL, and the stats
are significantly less meaningful. As such, it’s probably not worth my time to
point out a few of the bigger performances, but let’s dive in anyway, starting
with the offense.
