Prospect Update: Preemies

Robert Carson – SP – A – 20-yrs old - Carson is now considered one of the top 5 Mets pitching prospects… July 17 produced a 32.40 ERA outing… we’ll give him this one…

Alonzo Harris – OF – Rookie K-Port – 20-yrs old – .283 past ten games… .531 SLG

Breiner Soto – CF – VSL – 20-yrs. old – .317 BA… .302 last ten games

Jenry Mejia – SP – AA – 19/yrs. old – on the DL and rumors to stay there for the rest of the season

Jeurys Familia – SP – A – 19/yrs. old – hit 95 this past Wednesday… still need to become more consistent…

Ruben Tejada – SS – B-Mets – 19-yrs. old went 4-6, 1-double, 2-RBI on July 12…

Mark Cohoon – SP – Brooklyn – 19-yrs. old - July 12: 7.0-IP, 4-ER, ERA up to 2.38…

Yohan Almonte – SP – GCL – 19-yrs old – July 15: 6.0-IP, 2-ER, 3-K, 1-BB, 1.37… Almonte is holding his own at this level, which is all you want from a 19-year old…. July 17: Guess what? Almonte gets promoted to K-Port.

Jhonathan Torrez – SP – GCL – 19-yrs old - Torrez continued his torrid pace, going 4-0, 0.82 on July 11, as part of a three pitcher no-hitter. Game stats: 6.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 8-K, 2-BB… July 16: promoted from GCL to K-Port… shaky first start on July 16: 4.0-IP, 10-R, only 1-ER… new ERA: 2.25.

German Gonzales – SP – DSL – 19-yrs. old – As of July 13 – league rank - 7th in wins (5), 2nd in strikeouts (54), and 6th in lowest WHIP (0.76)… July 16: promoted from DSL to GCL…
Ernesto Yanez – SP – VSL – 19-yrs. old - As of July 13 – league rank: tied for 2nd in win (6), 9th in saves (2), 4th in ERA (1.98), and 10th in lowest WHIP (1.13)… July 15: first bad outing… 1.2-IP, 5-ER, 4-BB… ERA up to 2.72…

Estarlin Morel – P – DSL – 19/yrs. old - July 15: 4.1-IP in relief, win (2-0), 0_R, 4-K, 1-BB, 1.44…

Cesar Puello – OF – K-Port – 18-yrs. old – place on suspension for reasons undefined… came off on July 15, piching in with one hit…

Jenry Marte – 3B – A – 18-yrs. old – July 14: 2-4, two doubles…

Nelfi Zapata – C – GCL – 18-yrs. old – July 13: 2-4, 1-R, 1-2B, 1-RBI…

Luis Hernandez – RP – DSL – 18-years old – July 16: 3.0-IP, 0-R, 0-H, 3-K, S-4, 0.65 (2-ER in 27.2-IP)… OBA: .147…

Marcos Camarena – SP – DSL – 18-years old – another slam dunk on July 16: 6.0-IP, 0-R, 5-H, 7-K, 1.76… record now 5-0. Visa time?

Carlos Avellones – SP – VSL - 18-yrs. old – July 14: 3.2 innings on a strict pitch count… 2-ER, 3-BB, ERA now 1.83. So far, so good for the big kiddie prospect…

Wilmer Flores – SS – A – 17/yrs. old - only .237 for the past 10 games, but still .275 for the season.