Casey Meisner, 19 years old, is a right handed pitcher the Mets drafted in the 3rd round in the 2013 draft.
I’m not going to pretend that I’ve been following Meisner. I heard of him because of the Mets Top 20 prospect list presented by Minor League Ball where Casey is ranked at spot 20.
In his two seasons in the Mets system he is 6-6 over 23 games and 17 starts over 97.2 innings with a 3.50 ERA with a 1.290 WHIP, 8.8 K/9 and a 3.39 K/BB. Last year he had a 3.75 over 62.1 inning swith a 1.364 WHIP, 9.7 K/9 and a 3.72 K/BB. The main thing that Sickels at Minor League Ball points out is that Meisner has a lot of control for someone his age. I’m not a scout and I don’t know if that’s true, but at least statistically speaking, his control is improving. He raised his K/9 rating up 2.6 over the last season and K/BB ratio up about 0.9 points, so he’s improving, plus he is only 19.
This would be a big season for him. The sleeper type prospect generally becomes more well known after their first play in Brooklyn. If he starts off in Brooklyn and gets off to a positive start, and then goes to Savannah and does the same thing, he may start to rise very quickly (maybe he also just goes straight to Savannah in April). If he does well, he’ll be moved quickly at this point and people will start talking about him.
