Minor Thoughts - Tuesday

1. Well, Binghamton had some fun Monday morning, beating New Britain, 14-0. Everybody got into the hitting, except for Ike Davis (0-5). CF Emmanuel Garcia went 3-6, and raised his batting average to .270. SS Miquel Tejada (.278) also had three hits. Pitching wise, Brad Holt got his act back together: 7.0-IP, 4-H, 0-R, 7-K, 1-BB. Emary Frederick (0.00) pitched another scoreless inning.

2. Ex-Mets prospect, SP Deolis Guerra, pitched for New Britain Monday against the B-Mets. He gave up 4-ERs in 4.2-IP, and raised his AA-ERA to 5.59.

3. The GCL Mets won Monday, beating the Astros, 7-6. SPs Ramiro Peralta (3.46) and Orlando Tovar (1-0, 3.00) piggybacked for 8.0 innings. 3B Richard Lucas (.429), C Nefli Zapata (.378), LF Julio Concepcion (.309), and DH Orlando Rodriquez (.278) each had multi-hit games. The GCL Mets are now 12-5 for the season.

4. One positive problem that is developing on the GCL Mets is they have too many good hitting catchers. Nelfi Zapata would be considered catcher #1, hitting .378/.453/.622/1.075, but right behind him is Amauris Valdez (.375/.375/.438/.813), Juan Torres (.345/.406/.517/.923), and Orlando Rodriquez (.278/.381/.444/.825. Oh yeah… all four have combined for only three errors.

5. New updated minor league transaction list from www.baseballamerica.com:


a. Draft pick signed: SS Robbie Shields (3)
b. Placed on suspended list: OF Cesar Puello (must have been at the same party the rest of them were at last week…)
c. Recalled: 2B Argenis Reyes
d. Optioned to Triple-A: 1B Nick Evans, 2B Argenis Reyes
e. Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Jenrry Mejia (psst… he’s not hurt, folks…), RHP Elvin Ramirez, 2B James Ewing, SS Matt Bouchard, OF Richard Pena
f. Placed on 60-day DL: OF William Cherry
g. Reinstated from DL: RHP Scott Moviel, C Julio Rivera, 3B Eric Campbell


6. VSL League hitting wise: - Nestor Moreno is leading the league in hitting (.354), 3rd in hits (58), tied for 5th in doubles (12), 12th in total bases (73), 4th in OBP (.414), 13th in SLG (.445), and 10th in OPS (.859). Andres Perez is 9th in hitting (.315), 9th in hits (51), tied for 5th in doubles (12), 10th in RBIs (27), 13th in total bases (72), and 15th in SLG (.444). Breiner Soto is 10th in doubles (11), and 4th in triples (3). Jairo Castillo is 5th in HRs (7).

7. VSL League pitching wise: - Ernest Yanez: tied for 2nd in win (6), 9th in saves (2), 4th in ERA (1.98), and 10th in lowest WHIP (1.13). Andres E.Peres: 12th in lowest ERA (3.06), and 7th in lowest WHIP (1.11). Edioglis Villasmil: 15th in lowest ERA (3.73), 7th in strikeouts (39), and 3rd in WHIP (0.95). Ruben Delgado: 6th in saves (3).

8. DSL league hitting wise: - Randolf Santana: 13th in runs scored (30), Yucarybert De La Cruz: tied for league lead in doubles (13), Eudy Pina: 9th in HRs (4), and Thomas De Wolf: 8th in walks (30), and 11th in OBP (.447).

9. DSL pitching wise: - German Gonzales: 7th in wins (5), 2nd in strikeouts (54), and 6th in lowest WHIP (0.76). Carlos Vasquez: 7th in saves (6)