Cutnpaste: - Alonzo Harris, Santana Trade, Kirk Nieuwenhuis... and Collin McHugh

Alonzo Harris:



link  - •Alonzo Harris is easily my least favorite player in the Mets' system. He can't hit (.235/.277/.355) and can't field. I don't see a lot here right now, and terrible plate discipline will probably always stand in his way. His stock is down.

Mets Standing Pat:


link  - The Mets are feeling less inclined to turn over a decent prospect for bullpen help. One person familiar with the club’s thinking believes there is a good chance the Mets will stand pat before tomorrow’s non-waivers trade deadline. Posturing? Perhaps. That’s part of the negotiating game in the final hours leading up to the deadline

Santana Trade:


link  - Normally, when writing about the difficulty of trading star players for prospects and getting any kind of return, you would have to reach back throughout history for these kinds of examples, if not as far as 1917, but you don’t have to do that anymore. You could pull out a 1989-vintage Rickey Henderson going from the Yankees to Oakland for Luis Polonia, Eric Plunk, and Greg Cadaret, or Minnesota’s favorite deal from 2008, in which they gift-wrapped Johan Santana for the Mets, receiving Carlos Gomez, Philip Humber, Kevin Mulvey, and Deolis Guerra. These deals are the rule, not the exception. When a star is traded for prospects, the seller almost always loses out just because the vast majority of prospects don’t achieve anything close to greatness.

Kirk Nieuwenhuis:



7-28 from: - link  - Nieuwenhuis continues to boost his stalk, continuing to hit after the jump to Double-A. I think he's more of a solid regular than a future star, a corner outfielder with 20-20 upside. His strike-zone discipline is a concern, and I don't think he really covers enough ground to play a major league center field. But he's a good prospect, no question.

Collin McHugh:



link  - McHugh, drafted out of Berry College in 2008, is really in a similar situation to Fuller. He's pitching well but really not well enough to stand out in the Mets' class of pitchers at Savannah this season. Unlike Fuller, however, I'm a little more optimistic about McHugh's chances to stick in the rotation. The strikeout and walk numbers are similar, but he also brings a strong ground ball rate, giving him an extra dimension as a pitcher. But it's still an uphill climb for McHugh, who is 23 and needs to get some forward momentum to his baseball career. For what it's worth, McHugh also writes a fairly solid blog.