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7-13-11: - amazinavenue. - C+ - Equaling last year's home run total in almost half the PAs gets him a passing grade. Everything else keeps him from advancing. Well, he did cut his swinging strike rate and marginally improve his strikeout rate, so let's give him a plus. But the big question is his power, and there's little positive in the numbers. His career-low ISO is 'supported' by a career-low in fly balls. He's also at a career low in line drives. You could contend that 100% of all home runs are one or the other. We need some loft, Bay-be.
Craig Paquette:
1993-2003 (Cardinals/Athletics/Royals/Tigers/Mets) - I got so many Craig Paquette baseball cards as a kid that I always assumed he was an average ballplayer. Paquette wasn't. He spent 10 years as a disposable corner outfielder and infielder, incapable of hitting, unable to defend at any of his positions, and unable to muster enough power to overcome either of those shortcomings. On the back of a baseball card, 99 career home runs look just fine. Too bad there are other stats on the backs of cards, too - http://deadspin.com/5820622/the-100-worst-baseball-players-of-all-time-a-celebration-part-2
Matt den Dekker:
7-14-11: - http://www.amazinavenue.com/2011/7/11/2270752/mets-minors-road-report-binghamton-7-9-brooklyn-7-10 - The scouting report is pretty accurate. Den Dekker’s swing is hard and long and he’s going to strike out a lot. The biggest thing I noticed is once he commits, he can’t really adjust to offspeed stuff. However, when he does make contact, it is loud. He is walking more at AA, though 6 of those walks have come in two games, and he only has 4 in the other nineteen. He plays a confident center, and while he didn’t really get tested too much, he is very fluid and quick to get to flyballs. He looks like he will be boom or bust with the bat, and has a very low ceiling compared to a lot of other Mets prospects, but he is probably more likely to have a quiet 5-10 year major league career then, say, Cesar Puello. It will be as a 2nd division starter/4th outfielder, mind you, and you will probably have to hide him against lefties, but CFs with plus gloves and decent pop find the field.
Scott Kazmir:
In 2004, the New York Mets thought they were one starting pitcher away from making the playoffs and decided to trade a minor-league prospect, Scott Kazmir and Joselo Diaz to the Tampa Bay Rays for Victor Zambrano and Bartolome Fortunato. Well, Zambrano was injured when the trade was made and only ended up making three starts for the Mets before being placed on the DL. He also went on to miss the entire 2006 season. - http://bleacherreport.com/articles/764844-mlb-trade-rankings-the-20-worst-deadline-deals-of-the-last-25-years#/articles/764844-mlb-trade-rankings-the-20-worst-deadline-deals-of-the-last-25-years/page/8
Chad Zurcher:
7-15-11: - http://www.gotigersgo.com/blog/2011/07/doing-work-with-zurc-blog-2.html#more - As for Kingsport, it has been awesome, outside of the results. As a team, we have been struggling to put wins together. We lead the league in batting average, but we just can't seem to pitch and hit at the same time. Individually, I have performed decently, but not as good as I need to. I moved into the everyday lineup a few weeks ago and played 10-straight days before getting a day off. It is different in college in the fact we actually play every day. We have played 23 games and we have had one day off! I've recently had some extra days off because I was hit in the head with a pitch Tuesday night. I've missed the last few days as precaution and I am ready to get back in the lineup.
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