7-30 from: - From Rich Valle/Mack’s Mets: - For all you Metropolitan fans be careful. This guy is not a starting pitcher as many hope. If you are not already aware he was selected in the 24th round this year from UCLA. He was chosen this late because nobody believed the draft eligible sophomore would sign. Goeddel is a fine pitcher, but many Mets fan sites are claiming victory because they only saw him deal in the College World Series, thinking he is a steal. I have seen him pitch since he was 16 yrs old and please note he is listed at 185lbs which is really 180. He has a great delivery and is very tenacious on the hill, but TJ surgery took 2 years to recover. In addition, he only threw some 23 inning this year at UCLA.
link - Where do you start with Victor. A converted short stop that we traded our top pitching prospect (Scott Kazmir) for. This could have been a much bigger bust if Kazmir had become an elite pitcher. For Victor, the torture only lasted a little over one full season because of an elbow injury.
link - Looking at Pelfrey’s career splits, it’s true, kind of. Pelfrey is 10-13 with a 5.30 ERA during the day and 28-24 with a 4.12 ERA at night. Of course, Pelfrey has yielded almost identical OPSes during the day and night — .775 and .769, respectively. His strikeout rate is ever-so-slightly higher during the day, as is his BABIP. The whole thing smacks of completely meaningless randomness, and if I had to bet on it, I’d guess that moving forward, Pelfrey proves equally effective at any hour of the day. Unless — UNLESS! — he’s a vampire
link - Let's get the good news out of the way first: he's still very, very young, one of the younger guys in the league. He's still very talented, has room to grow, etc. And he has shown some improvement this season. His batting average is obviously up 20 points, the isolated power is up 34, the isolated discipline up 31. He's already matched his 2009 season output in home runs, and he's close in doubles. But you have to remember: Marte's already repeating the level. You expect him to play well, and he's still a far way from the great .325/.398/.532 line he put up in the GCL in 2008. As it is, he's below average across the board. And you know he's not in there for his defense, with him having already committed 23 errors after committing 49 a year ago. Marte is a guy who needs a big second half or he's at risk of repeating the level for a second time.
7-28 from: - link - I never understood why the Mets pushed him so aggressively, and he never has put up big numbers in the minors outside of a 46-game stretch in low Class A four years ago. I think it's time to revise expectations to solid regular at best, and even that's not a lock.
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