7-28 from: - link - 1B—Ike Davis, 23, Mets - The Mets struggled to replace Carlos Delgado's production in ’09, turning primarily to Dan Murphy, who wound up leading the team with 12 home runs even while he compiled a modest .741 OPS. Enter Davis, who zoomed to New York less than two years after being drafted. He's endured own growing pains of his own, but he's sure-handed around the bag and he can drive the ball as far as just about anyone. If Davis can rein in the strikeouts with experience, he could be a 30-homer threat in time. Since the break: Seven of Davis' nine hits have gone for extra bases (three homers, four doubles), but over 46 at-bats that equates to a .196 average. The 16 strikeouts have not helped.
7-27 from: - link - A career .288 hitter in the minors over the course of 3 years, Flores is pretty well-disciplined. He does a good job of avoiding strikeouts and turning pitchers counts into hits. The biggest concern about his bat is his patience. He needs to learn to draw more walks, but that comes with age. Some of his class A-Adv. splits are impressive. In these last 30 games with St. Lucie, he's batting .406 with runners in scoring position. He's also 17-34 against left-handed pitching.
Wilmer Flores is emerging as a very good looking all-around positional prospect. His defensive flexibility will allow him to adhere to the needs of the Mets organization, so if he doesn't get traded, he'll likely have a future with the club.
At this rate, Flores may very well see his first Major League action by the age of 20.
NEW YORK ON THE CLOCK season two premieres with an interview with Hamilton Bennett, a left-handed relief pitcher for the Brooklyn Cyclones. Hamilton Bennett, 22, made his Brooklyn Cyclones debut several weeks ago after a successful college pitching career at Tennessee Wesleyan. Growing up, he idolized Tom Glavine and later modeled his location-reliant pitching style after the Braves' star. Originally from a small town in North Carolina, Hamilton had never visited New York before being drafted by the Mets and assigned to Brooklyn to pitch for the Cyclones. Thirteen announces the online premiere of season two of its documentary web series, NEW YORK ON THE CLOCK, which profiles the New Yorkers who make our City work. The season starts today in conjunction with the re-design of Thirteen's website, http://www.thirteen.org/ .
7-26 from: - link - owed $12/2: Castillo's only skill is plate discipline. After losing most of the joint function in both of his knees, his other two abilities, hitting infield singles and fielding, became impossible.
7-13 from: - link - Owen pitched about as well at Buffalo as he did at Binghamton. But while he's been very, very lucky in Double-A, he hit some bad luck at Buffalo. The actual talent level is somewhere in between, but it still doesn't bode well for him that he was demoted before his luck had a chance to turn. The strikeout rate is still middling, but the walks have been a little more problematic this year than they have in the past, and that flyball rate won't work for a finesse pitcher like Owen. And unlike Cohoon and Antonini, Owen doesn't have the luxury of being left-handed. He still has a chance to help out a team, but they are dwindling away for a guy who turned 24 yesterday.
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