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7/23/09

Minors Stuff




Extended Camp:.


New York Mets


Signed: SS Angel Berroa


Released: OF Ruben Martinez


Placed on suspended list: RHP John Holdzkom


Added to 40-man roster: SS Angel Berroa


Optioned to Triple-A: 2B Argenis Reyes


Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Nick Abbott


Placed on temporarily inactive list: LHP Arturo Lopez
Reinstated from inactive list: RHP John Holdzkom, OF Cesar Puello, OF Javier Rodriguez
The Bisons have not scored more than three runs in any of their last nine games.

The Bats, who lead the IL West by eight games over second-place Indianapolis, had five single-run innings, including solo home runs by Chris Valaika off loser Lance Broadway (2-6) in the fourth and Darnell McDonald off Eddie Kunz in the seventh.

Chip Ambres, who went 3 for 4 Sunday against Toledo, had two hits and drove in the Buffalo run.

Bisons manager Ken Oberkfell was ejected in the bottom of the first inning by home plate umpire David Rackley.

Meanwhile, the injury-plagued New York Mets called up outfielder Cory Sullivan from the Bisons to take the place on the roster of starting pitcher Fernando Nieve, who went on the 15-day disabled list after he tore a muscle in his right thigh Sunday in Atlanta. Sullivan's stay with the Mets could be short. New York needs a starting pitcher to take Nieve's place on Saturday at Houston, and indications are that left-hander Jonathon Niese would be recalled from Buffalo. Niese has won his last five decisions with the Bisons and posted an ERA of 0.72 in his last seven starts

Thursday, July 23 Connecticut 7:05 pm RHP Brad Holt (2-3, 5.02) vs. RHP Tim Alderson (6-1, 3.29)

Friday, July 24 at Erie 7:05 pm RHP Eric Brown (4-11, 5.98) vs. RHP Thad Weber (3-2, 3.57)

Saturday, July 25 at Erie 7:05 pm RHP Jake Ruckle (1-1, 4.64) vs. RHP Luis Marte (5-8, 3.92)

Sunday, July 26 at Erie 1:05 pm RHP Dylan Owen (3-6, 5.55) vs. LHP Jon Kibler (6-5, 3.71)

Wow ... so yeah, crazy day around here. Forgive the lack of twitter and blog updates - I spent a good portion of the day tracking people down, trying to find out what I could about the New York Daily News story.Here's a sneak peak at some of the comments from after tonight's game:
Mako Oliveras:"I think it's been blown out of proportion. Tony was trying to pump the players up, he took his shirt off but he had a T-shirt on underneath. To me, he never threatened anybody or asked anybody to fight. Before he started the meeting, he took his shift off. I'm telling you, it's been blown out of proportion.""Tony cares. I'm not saying this because he brought me here. I'm a straight-forward person. Tony doesn't deserve what he's going through. I've seen managers, I've seen owners, I've seen GMs trying to get the best out of players. I've seen it a hundred times."
Jose Coronado:"No, he didn't call me any names or ask me to fight."
Josh Thole"This has been taken way too far. It's uncalled for as far as you guys blowing this out of proportion, so I don't think there should be any more said about it."
After getting two-hit in the day portion of the day-night doubleheader, the Cyclones stormed back, scoring twice in the first inning and four times in the second to set the pace for a big win. The blows were few — the first two runs scored on a SAC fly and a wild pitch, while two of the second-inning runs scored on an error — but the six-run lead held up, despite a four-run sixth by the Lake Monsters. It’s a good thing that the Cyclones got that insurance run in the fifth — on a bases-loaded walk. Starter Collin McHugh (5–1, 4.11 ERA) was outstanding for five innings, but in the sixth, he headed for the showers after giving up two singles, an RBI double and an RBI single. Reliever Erik Turgeon immediately yielded an RBI single to further diminish McHugh’s otherwise decent line, but the Cyclones held on.


K-Port:
Pulaski got triples from Fred Bello and Greg Waddell in the sixth inning as the Mariners collected two key runs that held up for a 5-3 Appalachian League win over the visiting Kingsport Mets at Calfee Park Wednesday.

The loss marked the second straight for the K-Mets (10-17), who began a three-game road series at Pulaski Tuesday.

With Kingsport trailing 5-2, John Freeman’s sacrifice fly plated Kurt Steinhauer in the top of the seventh inning. But Alonzo Harris struck out swinging and Gered Mochizuki was gunned down by Mariners catcher Steven Baron while attempting to steal second, ending the comeback rally.

Pulaski reliever Jorden Merry picked up his first save of the season after coming on for Leonardo Rodriguez with two outs in the seventh. Starter Jean Tome (2-3) struck out five and walked one over his five innings.

Jhonathan Torres (0-2) took the loss for the K-Mets, giving up three Pulaski runs over the first five innings.
It turns out that ripping his shirt off and challenging minor-league players to fight him isn’t even Tony Bernazard’s most recent incident of outrageous, hot-headed conduct.
New York Mets All-Star closer Frankie Rodriguez confirmed this afternoon that he exchanged words on the team bus last week in Atlanta with Bernazard, the club’s embattled vice president of player development.

“Yeah [it happened], but I’m not going to talk about that,” Rodriguez told The Post before tonight’s game here with the Nationals. “Not going to get into it.”

Another player, who asked to remain anonymous, told The Post today: “That guy [Bernazard] is crazy. No one like[s] him.”
http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/newsstand/discussion/hubbuch_bernazard_also_in_k_rod_incident


Several weeks ago, I declared Francisco Rodriguez an “untouchable” member of the Mets, a player who should not be available for trade. On that day, the Mets were just two games out of first place and the chances of the missing superstars returning from injury were better than they are now. The suggestion of trading the team’s best relief pitcher would have been foolish then, but it certainly isn’t now. “Blasphemy”, some might say. “He’s the Mets’ MVP”, declare others. With hopes of a playoff run essentially dashed, the Mets should look to trade certain players, and Frankie is one of them.

The perception of Frankie’s season is much sunnier than reality. His strikeouts and groundballs are down, and his walks are up. These peripherals are much more useful for evaluating his performance, rather than the stellar 1.90 ERA. This stat has more to do with his lucky .245 BABIP than anything, and his FIP of 3.76 and tERA of 3.47 are more precise measures. These declining peripherals, which were pointed out in numerous places, were just one reason why the Frankie signing this past offseason was a poor allocation of resources by Omar Minaya. With a limited amount of money to spend, Omar handed a three-year, $37 million contract to a pitcher likely to account for just 5% of the pitching staff’s innings. Meanwhile, an older but arguably better pitcher in Brian Fuentes signed for two years and $17.5 million. Before the season, I noted that the Rodriguez/Oliver Perez tandem signed for about the same as Fuentes/Derek Lowe, but the latter duo was far more valuable from 2007 to 2008. Nothing has changed, and here are the win values for all four pitchers in 2009 (Statcorner’s WAR is used for the starters; Fangraphs’ WAR for the relievers as it accounts for leverage):

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