The Keepers: - #14 - RHSP - Domingo Tapia

            14.      SP     Domingo Tapia

9-10-10: Tapia was named the winner of the Sterling Award, as the top player in 2010 for the GCL Mets. He went 4-3, 3.45, 10-G, 25-R, 18-ER, 49-H, 37.0-IP, 10-BB, 29-K

7-5-11: - We follow prospects here and we love to report good news, but every ballplayer (even prospects) have bad days. It’s part of their maturing process. It’s also why there are so many levels in the minors. SP Domingo Tapia had a night he’d love to forget: 3.2 ip, 11 h, 9/8 r/er, 1/2 bb/k, 2 hr, 4:3:2… but shit happens, and Tapia will rebound from this four games from now.

8-9-11: - From Paul DePodesta – “We’ve actually got a lot of good arms in short season that were here before I got here that are young, young kids, but with power arms and have a chance to come quickly. Guys like (U.S. Virgin Islands native) Akeel Morris, Miller Diaz, Domingo Tapia, there are a handful of them. These are guys who are consistently throwing in the mid-90s, some of them touching high-90s. Tapia is throwing 100 mph this year. Every outing has been in the upper 90s.

54: - SP Domingo Tapia – I probably have Tapia too low. He’s making quite a name for himself this season, throwing at 100 for K-Port. 2012 will be the 5th year in the Mets system for Dom, who will play 2012 as a 21-year old. I have him starting for Savannah next season, but this is a closer in waiting. You give him one more season throwing 100+ heat, plus control on some pitch with sink, and you watch how fast this kid moves. ETA: Projected Mets closer 2014.

9-3-11: - Stock Up – SP Domingo Tapia – Brooklyn got it’s first taste of Domingo last night and they liked what they saw: 6.0-IP. 5-H, 0-R, 6-K, 0-BB, 0.00. Tapia will take his 100MPH show back to Coney Island next spring and is quickly becoming a real viable rotation option in the future.

9-25-11: - Domingo Tapia – Everybody that has seen this kid pitch gets excited real quick. He’s 20-years old, 6-4 and was throwing 100 in Brooklyn earlier this month. Stats for the season: 6-5, 3.38, 56.0-IP, 36-K, 16-BB. Needs lots of work and projects out as a future closer, but will probably start for the Cyclones in 2012.