Josh Satin:
8-4-11: - http://buffalo.bisons.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110803&content_id=22702166&vkey=pr_t422&fext=.jsp&sid=t422 - Josh Satin has been in Triple-A for just 10 days but that was plenty of time to earn some honors. The Triple-A rookie hit in every game last week to collect the title of National Fuel For Thought Bisons Player of the Week for July 25-31. Satin joined the Bisons on July 22 and hasn't stopped hitting since. He hit in every game last week, starting with his first multi-hit performance on July 25 against the Pawtucket Red Sox. He then wore out Yankees' pitching with seven hits in 15 at-bats against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to go along with two RBI and four runs scored
Brandon Moore:
7-26-11: - http://www.amazinavenue.com/2011/7/26/2287253/mets-mid-term-farm-system-review-2011-binghamton#storyjump - RHP Brandon Moore - STOCK UP - Despite a somewhat mediocre run for much of 2011 Moore has rolled lately, posting a 1.93 in his last five starts bringing his overall line below 4. A 14th rounder handling Double-A in his first go around is a good thing. His potentially fatal flaw though is that as a righty with so-so stuff that relies on deception, he's becoming more and more hittable as he climbs (.277 AVG against). To further isolate the key issue, lefties see Moore extremely well. Righties have hit a paltry .233 against him while lefties accumulated a stout .339. Though he's making it work as a starter thus far in Double-A, to me that's a future big league reliever right there.
Knuckle Princess:
Eri Yoshida faced some formidable gender, cultural and language barriers when she surfaced in the United States last year to pursue her dream of becoming the first female major league pitcher. The really intimidating part for the then 18-year-old, however, came when she first stepped onto a winter instructional league mound in Arizona. She saw what, compared to players in her native Japan, seemed like cartoonish body types. - http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/story/_/id/6830600/eri-yoshida-knuckle-princess-trying-flutter-way-majors
Keith on Murph:
Earlier this week, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling, each a broadcaster and a former Met, held a prolonged discussion about Murphy during a telecast of a Mets-Marlins game. The two were clearly intrigued by the riddle Murphy presents. And Hernandez could not keep himself from being critical, saying he respected the way Murphy hustled but was skeptical of his baseball instincts and questioned whether such instincts could be taught or somehow acquired. “I don’t want it to feel like I’m burying him here, but his instincts are not good,” Hernandez said. “He makes too many mistakes on an almost daily basis.” - http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/sports/baseball/the-mets-latest-problem-finding-a-position-in-the-field-for-murphy.html
Gen-K 2-K:
So what does this mean for Matt Harvey, Jeurys Familia, Zack Wheeler, and Jenrry Mejia? First, the organization is obviously going to monitor their innings. They haven’t gone public with any specific limitations, but you won’t see the kind of jumps that Isringhausen and Pulsipher experienced. I also believe you will see them eased into the big league rotation when they are ready. There is a certain value to struggling at the big league level, but I also think it’s counterproductive to bring someone up when they aren’t ready (see Jenrry Mejia). Not every kid can handle a demotion, especially when they have experienced nothing but prior success on the diamond. Even though we don’t look at early career struggles as a “failure,” the competitive athlete may not feel the same way. You can lose a kid early in their development if you rush them too fast. - http://nybaseballdigest.com/?p=38336
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