7-13-11: - http://bleacherreport.com/articles/765098-new-york-mets-dillon-gee-and-the-mets-top-10-young-pitching-prospects#/articles/765098-new-york-mets-dillon-gee-and-the-mets-top-10-young-pitching-prospects/page/2 - His fastball has impressive movement, he has a good curveball and a decent changeup. Baseball Prospectus calls his talents rare, rates him as the Mets' only five-star talent and calls his 93-95 mph fastball that can touch 98 mph big league-ready. At 19 years old, he was already dominating the Double-A hitters that came his way, and this is an interesting analysis of his pitch f/x. Mejia ranked 23rd on ESPN Keith Law’s Top 100 prospects, ahead of Zach Britton, and said that if the Mets take it slow with Mejia, he prospects as an ace talent. Following successful recovery from surgery for an injury, Mejia will likely miss the rest of this season due to Tommy John surgery. Frankly, it’s good that he’s taking the time to recover. He is the most highly regarded talent for the Mets, and every dream is for him to turn out to be the next Dwight Gooden. Things may not work out that way, but for Mets fans, they can only hope that this sensation is everything that he is cracked up to be.
Carlos Beltran
In the midst of his best season since 2008, Beltran’s contract expires at the end of the year and includes a clause stating that the Mets cannot offer him arbitration. Therefore, if the Mets don’t trade him, they’ll get nothing when he walks. There are plenty of contenders who can use his bat and so the Mets might get a decent return. This is an eerily similar situation to the season right before he signed with the Mets — will he help another team to the NLCS as he did with the Astros in 2004? Surely his performance down the stretch that year is remembered by GMs around MLB. - http://www.metstoday.com/6684/opinion-and-analysis/who-will-the-mets-shop-this-month
K-Rod:
Brewers GM Doug Melving might have been diplomatically non-committal when discussing Francisco Rodriguez‘s role, but it’s clear to just about everyone that he will not be the team’s closer. He’s qualified, to be certain. Although his stuff has diminished a bit he still strikes out more than a batter per inning and for the second straight year is walking fewer batters than in the past. The Brewers, however, have two strong reasons to keep him in the setup role: the presence of John Axford, and the $17.5 million 2012 option that will vest if Rodriguez finishes 21 more games this season. But if something goes wrong with the former, it could lead to the latter - http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/in-k-rod-trade-brewers-bet-on-axford
Erik Goeddel:
#18 – Erik Goeddel - What I thought: I thought Goeddel was a promising arm with a lengthy injury history. Reality: Goeddel was off to a nice start with Sand Gnats before he came down with a shoulder strain. So, yeah, a promising arm. Stock: Despite excellent numbers, down, until he starts pitching in games again. A healthy second half and he moves up. - http://www.metsminorleagueblog.com/mid-season-top-41-part-5-15-20
Lucas Duda:
7-13-11: - http://www.amazinavenue.com/2011/7/13/2272873/new-york-mets-batters-mid-season-grades - C- - There are, actually, things to like in Duda's line. He's now showing the ability to strike out at an average rate, as he did on the farm, and his 26.3% line drive rate is superb even in a small sample. Once he gets some loft on the ball (36.3% fly balls), his power should look better. It's not even that improbable that he could hit .250/.325/.430 if handed the every-day reigns. He just needs to lift the ball a little more. In San Francisco, he hit the ball out of triples alley in BP, about 430 feet deep. He has real power.
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