11/15/09

Minors Stuff




2010 Mets Pennant:


The Mets really can patch up all their flaws for around $30 million in 2010.

All told, the Mets aren’t that far away from being serious contenders for the NL East once again. Every NL East team, including the Phillies, has at least one flaw that needs to be fixed. The Phillies need a third baseman and at least one more reliable bench player; the Marlins need a corner infielder, some depth in the starting rotation, and a reliable closer; the Braves need to revamp the bullpen now that Rafael Soriano and Mike Gonzalez are both free agents and unlikely to return to Atlanta; and the Nationals are the Nationals. The Mets have been a laughingstock for three years running, but it would be a fool’s errand to prematurely count them out in 2010 considering how easy it is for them to go from a .500-ish team to a serious division contender. The rest of the NL East is counting on Minaya’s incompetence to keep the Mets playing the role of pretender.




Brahiam Maldonado:

Caguas 7, Ponce 5
Mets prospect Brahiam Maldonado delivered a pinch two-run double in the eighth inning as the Criollos blew a five-run lead before beating the Leones. Major League veteran Alex Cintron homered and drove in three runs for Caguas, while Raul Casanova slugged a grand slam for Ponce


Chris Carter:

Chris Carter is playing in Venezuela for Tigres de Aragua. Chris is the 1st baseman/outfielder that the Mets received in the Billy Wagner trade. He’s hitting .294 with a .360 OBP, with 2 HR and 7 RBI in 68 at bats. Chris should be given the opportunity to make the Mets this spring. It’s hard to say. He’s 27 years old and has some power. He’s a lefty and otherwise seems to be the Nick Evans type player. Carter had been a highly rated prospect earlier in his career. In 2005 in the Arizona system, he hit 31 HR and had 115 RBI in a A/AA split season. In ‘08 for AAA Red Sox he hit 24 HR and in ‘09 his HR dropped to 16.

His fastball is a swing-and-miss offering, not just because of its velocity but because of its outstanding movement. Mejia generates tremendous cutting action on his fastball, and he’ll also put some sink on his heater as well. Between the velocity and movement, Mejia has a pitch he can use as an out pitch or to induce grounders—71 percent of his outs on balls in play were groundouts during the minor league season

http://www.metstoday.com/4033/player-notes/profile-on-jenrry-mejia-in-baseball-america

RHP Jenrry Mejia (NYM) leads all starters with a 10.32 SO/9.0 IP ratio


Josh Thole:

So, about his bat. His career line in the minors is .292/.381/.377 for a .758 OPS. That is factoring in his earlier seasons, before his new approach at the plate. His new approach has yielded a .300/.382/.427 (.809 OPS) season and a .329/.396/.424 (.820 OPS) season. The average line of all catchers in 2009: .254/.320/.395 (.715 OPS). Of the 29 catchers who got 300 PA, only 7 had an OPS over .800, only 9 had an OPS over .780, and only 13 had an OPS over .749.
Depending on how aggressive you wanted to get with Thole’s offensive projections, it’s quite reasonable to suggest he’d be anywhere within the top half to the top third of catchers. Now to figure out how valuable that would make his bat. For a lack of ability in manipulating advanced statistics, I’m going to look at the value of the bat of somebody whose production Thole could reasonably approximate.

OF Jason Bay: -
Jason Bay’s agent did not attend the GM Meetings in Chicago this week. No need. Joe Urbon, who is the free-agent outfielder’s representative with CAA, had already had enough constructive conversations with major-league clubs about their interest in his client, and about Bay’s potential value to them, that a trip to the Windy City was unnecessary

Margarita 2, Caracas 1
Major League veteran Orlando Hernandez struck out five and allowed an unearned run on two hits over five innings before the Bravos edged the Leones. Former Minor Leaguer Frank Diaz singled, stole a base and scored the winning run on Rene Reyes' ninth-inning base hit. Indians prospect Jordan Brown drove in the lone run for Caracas, which had a five-game winning streak snapped.

Magallanes 11, Lara 10

Cubs infielder Andres Blanco went 4-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored as the Navegantes rallied past the Cardenales. Robinson Chirinos (Cubs) homered for the second straight game and Mariners prospect Ezequiel Carrera contributed three hits, scored three times and drove in two runs for Magallanes. Hernan Iribarren also was 4-for-4, fell a homer shy of the cycle and scored twice for Lara, which had a three-game winning streak snapped

Licey 6, Estrellas 3

Yankees prospect Juan Miranda went 3-for-4 with a homer, three RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Tigres to their second straight win. Marlins infielder Emilio Bonifacio and former big leaguer Timo Perez both had two hits and a run scored for Licey

http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091113&content_id=7665472&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb


Who Fucking Cares:
Stephen Strasburg came back from having pain in his neck to being a pain in the neck, to the Peoria Saguaros. Making his first Arizona Fall League start in 12 days on Saturday, Strasburg hurled one-hit shutout ball through 3 2/3 innings to earn his league-high fourth win in the Phoenix Desert Dogs' 1-0 victory over Peoria at Phoenix Municipal Stadium.
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