http://www.minorleagueball.com/2010/10/29/1782047/new-york-mets-top-20-prospects-for-2011#storyjump is one of the top minor league experts in the business and his pre-2011 top 20 Mets prospect list hit the internet on October 29th. I’m going to feature one of his picks each day for 20 days and add my thoughts as well.
New York Mets Top 20 for 2011- 2) Jenrry Mejia, RHP, Grade B: I'm concerned enough about his health to lower his grade a notch, but I still like him. Not a technical rookie due to service time, but under the innings limit and people ask about him.
I never include health in my analysis of prospects. No one can predict injuries but everyone can recognize talent, tools, and ceiling.
Trust me, there is nothing wrong with Mejia, either physically or mentally. His injury last year was equivalent to a muscle pull and his conversion to a relief pitcher completely rolled off his back.
Kids don’t get screwed up going from a starter to a reliever. Maybe the other way around, but not this way. And, it’s not like this is another Joba situation. It was a one time thing done by a desperate manager.
It would be best for Mejia to pitch an entire year at AAA, but the Mets are not deep in starters and he may have to called upon, come April, to join the Queens rotation. I hope not.
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Ya know, I did a fair amount of surfing last night of all the Mets blogs and I came away with one conclusion… most of these guys just like to write bad shit about the Mets.
You can’t believe how many of them have no mention of the recent developments in the front office. You would think even the most hostile Mets blogger would come out of the dark corners and say something nice these past few days. Hell, I can’t get David Rubin to shut up!
I try so hard to get the Mets to take the blogging community more serious and it would be nice if the community embraced what’s going on… but that’s just me.
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1.Mike Pelfrey, $3.55MM (2005)
2.Phil Humber, $3MM (2004)
3.Matt Harvey, $2.525MM (2010)
4.Scott Kazmir, $2.15MM (2002)
5.Lastings Milledge, $2.075MM (2003)
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Brad Holt – gave up his first earned runs in his fourth outing… now stands at: 2-1, 2.38, 1.32, 11.1-IP, 12-K, a whopping 8-BB.
Manuel Alvarez – 6 relief outings now… 11.0-IP, 0-0, 1.64, 1.27, 9-K, 3-BB
Sal Manriquez - .310/.442/.524 – 42-AB
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