The Herd:
The Bisons' Nelson Figueroa pitched a scoreless eighth inning as part of the International League's 6-5 victory over the Pacific Coast League during Wednesday's Triple-A All-Star Game.
Figueroa, the Herd's lone player representative, started the bottom of the eighth with the IL leading, 6-3. He surrendered a one-out double to Michael Ryan before consecutively striking out Bryan LaHair and Eric Patterson to quell the PCL's scoring threat.
Figueroa, the Herd's lone player representative, started the bottom of the eighth with the IL leading, 6-3. He surrendered a one-out double to Michael Ryan before consecutively striking out Bryan LaHair and Eric Patterson to quell the PCL's scoring threat.
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1. Fernando Martinez (Position: OF Age: 20, Level: AAA)- “The Teenage Hitting Machine” finally developed some power this year, hitting 8 homeruns and 16 doubles in under 200 at bats (.540 slugging). He will need to be more patient and selective at the plate to succeed in the majors, though, as his .337 OBP is less than stellar. It’s obvious that he’s not ready yet, and some doubt he will ever be as good as his hype seemed to indicate, but most of his AAA numbers are encouraging.
1. Fernando Martinez (Position: OF Age: 20, Level: AAA)- “The Teenage Hitting Machine” finally developed some power this year, hitting 8 homeruns and 16 doubles in under 200 at bats (.540 slugging). He will need to be more patient and selective at the plate to succeed in the majors, though, as his .337 OBP is less than stellar. It’s obvious that he’s not ready yet, and some doubt he will ever be as good as his hype seemed to indicate, but most of his AAA numbers are encouraging.
B-Mets:
Roy Merritt may have had a couple days away from the Binghamton Mets over the All-Star break, but he couldn't avoid their losing ways.
Pitching for the Northern Division in Wednesday night's Eastern League All-Star Game, Merritt allowed the go-ahead run on two hits in the eighth inning as the Southern Division won, 5-3, in front of 7,474 fans at Waterfront Park.
"I just went out there having a good time, making sure I threw strikes, and gave up a couple hits," said Merritt, who is 4-4 with a 3.76 ERA and 11 saves for the B-Mets this season. "A couple of ground balls got through, and that was the inning."
Josh Thole (C, 22, AA)- The former 13th round pick has impressed with his bat, hitting .346 with a .414 OBP and an .869 OPS. But most important of all is the position he plays: catcher. The Mets have been starved for production from the catcher position since Paul LoDuca’s first season. Like most minor league catchers that can hit, Thole’s defense is a work in progress. But the Mets seem willing to give him every opportunity to stay behind the plate, as they realize his value is as a catcher. If he can’t stick as a backstop, he slides off of this list.
On Wednesday morning, Tim Stronach may not have seemed the most likely candidate to flirt with a perfect game. He was lugging around a hefty 6.59 ERA, and opponents were tagging him for a .367 batting average.
Well, surprise.
In an early afternoon game, Stronach turned in a masterful performance for his St. Lucie Mets against the Palm Beach Cardinals at Roger Dean Stadium. He rolled through six perfect innings and carried a no-hitter into the ninth, earning the win in St. Lucie's 10-0 rout of Palm Beach.
"I sort of surprised myself today," Stronach (1-1) admitted.
The 23-year-old righty signed with the Mets after being selected in the 22nd round of the 2006 Draft and posted a 4.59 ERA over his first three years as a pro. He began the 2009 campaign in extended spring training with rotator cuff tendinitis and didn't make his first Florida State League appearance until mid-June.
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Francisco Pena (C, 19, A+)- One of the Mets’ jewels of the international market, Pena has yet to put up an encouraging season. He has improved over the last month, but his line still sits at: .229 BA/ .274 OPB/ .351 SLG/ .625 OPS.
Savannah Sand Gnats' right-hander Jeurys Familia gave little thought to what might have been on everyone's mind Wednesday afternoon.
Through five innings, Familia was a picture of perfection, retiring the first 15 batters before surrendering a single to lead off the sixth.
His efforts, along with a key two-run double by Sean Ratliff, directed the Gnats to a 3-1 victory over the Kannapolis Intimidators at Grayson Stadium.
Familia, a 6-foot-3, 186-pound 19-year-old from the Dominican Republic, shook his head while speaking through an interpreter, "I wasn't thinking about (a potential perfect game)," Familia said.
Instead, maybe Familia was thinking about being consistent. He gave up nine hits and six runs in 4 2-3 innings last time out against Lexington. But in three prior starts
Clones:
Box ScoreThe Brooklyn Cyclones (18-8) snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over Williamsport (14-12) in the second of a three-game series between the two teams.The Cyclones put their ace, RHP Brandon Moore, on the mound. Moore (pictured, by George Napolitano) tossed 8.0 strong innings, allowing two runs on four hits to earn his league-leading fourth win of the season. Moore notched nine strikouts, giving him 34 on the year; the most of any Cyclones pitcher. Moore has walked just two batters all year. The Cyclones took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning when 2B Andy Green scored on a throwing error. In the fifth, SS Angel Berroa put another run on the board with an RBI single to score 3B Nick Giarraputo. 1B Sam Honeck then drove in Berroa for the second run of the inning. DH Ralphie Henriquez lead off the sixth with a double to left and Giarraputo drove him in for his 13th RBI of the season. That was all Moore and the rest of the Cyclones bullpen would need from their offense as RHP Mike Powers would come in for his fourth save of the season. The Cyclones wrap up the series with Williamsport on Thursday, in the only day game of the season at KeySpan Park. First pitch is scheduled for 12 noon.
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Mets Alumni:
(Pedro) Martinez had to pass his physical to sign a contract. Yet the first thing the Phillies did after finalizing that contract was put him on the disabled list. Which seemed kind of, well, odd.
They called it a "mild shoulder sprain" -- a result, the Phillies said, of all the poking, prodding and injections he underwent during his rigorous physical this week. Pedro himself even cooked up a tale about meeting a needle that sounded as though it was about the size of City Hall, and how he was still sore from his giant-needle attack of green-dye-injection demons.
Well, not to dispute the medical experts, but that doesn't appear to be the main reason he's on that disabled list.
The big reason is that he didn't want to sign a minor league contract, even though he needs to go to the minor leagues and pitch a few times before joining the Phillies' rotation. So that giant needle came along at just the right time -- to allow him to sign a big league deal, head straight for the disabled list and then make some rehab starts when he's ready
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