Adam Rubin, on his blog for the New York Daily News, has an interview with the Mets top high school pick of 2007, Nathan Vineyard. The 19 year-old Vineyard went 0-1 with a 5.27 ERA in the Gulf Coast League last season.

Nathan is part of the advanced camp roster that includes Angel Calero, Nick Carr, Stephen Clyne, John Holdzkom, Scott Moviel, Eric Niesen, Elvin Ramirez, Lucas Duda, Nick Evans, Juan Lagares, Richard Lucas, Daniel Murphy, Ruben Tejada, Gregory Veloz, Sean McCraw, Francisco Pena, Ezequiel Carrera, Brahiam Maldonado, Richard Pena and Raul Reyes.

The Mets are bringing along these players to give them a taste of what it is like to play with Major Leaguers and learn valuable skills for the future.

At his blog minorleagueball.com, John Sickels has posted his 2008 edition of the New York Mets Prospects. Fernando Martinez ranks in at #1 followed by in order Deolis Guerra, Carlos Gomez, and Kevn Mulvey. John ranks Philip Humber at #7.

I am a big fan of Jon Niese’s but I dont feel he should be ranked ahead then Humber. Other then that, for the most part though, I agree with his list.

Overall our system has some talented pitchers with some good potential such as Scott Moviel, Brant Rustich, Eddie Kunz, & Nathan Vineyard who could possibly make an impact at the big league level this year, but when you look at the hitters all you see is Fernando, Gomez, and possibly Mike Carp becoming successful major league players. Unfortunately this shows how weak the Mets really are offensivley in the system.

Nick Evans and Brahiam Maldonado are two guys that definatley get overlooked in the Mets farm system and I am very excited to see what they both do in 2008.