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12/19/11

The Keepers: - #52 - C - Cam Maron

52.     Cam Maron   C

7-10-11: - The Mets have a catcher in their organization that has produced OPSs of .823, .848, and .948 in his first three seasons. The problem is he’s also only had 139 total at bats in those three seasons. No one ever projected Cam Maron as a prospect (34th round – 2009) and you see so many catchers drafted late on day three just to fill in your extended camp roster. That being said Cam has hit and now is getting regular time in Kingsport as both a catcher and DH (.360). Keep an eye open…

8-14-11: - http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/kingsport-mets-team-report-stretch-run-edition.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MetsMerizedOnline-GetMetsmerized-NewYorkMets+%28Mets+Merized+Online%29&utm_content=Twitter - Cam Maron - The LH hitting catcher was the Mets 34th round draft pick in 2009 out of Hicksville H.S. Cam has been on fire lately, hitting at a .371 clip over his last ten games. Over that span he is 13 for 35, with 11 R, 1 2B, 3 HR’s and 8 RBI’s. Add in 7 walks and you have a .488 OBP. As a matter of fact, Maron leads the team in walks and OBP, is 2nd on the team in BA, and 3rd in Runs. For the season, Maron is hitting a cool .316 with 3 HR’s and 17 RBI’s. In a 152 AB’s he has an outstanding K/BB rate of 29/26 (26 walks tie him for 4th in the league), an OBP of .429 (5th in the league), and an OPS of .810. Maron is considered an offensive catcher at this point in his development, but if his catch and throw skills improve, he could quickly develop into a serious prospect in the next year.

9-1-11: - Stock Up – C Cam Maron – Maron was promoted on Thursday to Savannah for the playoff series. Savannah las lost a bunch of its bats this year to St. Lucie and Maron will do a lot better behind the plate thatn the other options the Sand Gnats have.


10-7-11: - http://www.metsminorleagueblog.com/season-review-short-season-catchers -   Cam Maron earned the K-Mets Sterling Award as a 20-year old when he hit .318/.434/.413 in 58 games. Maron grew up in Huntington in a family of Mets fans, and called getting drafted by the team a “dream come true.” The Mets promoted Maron to Savannah for the final week of the regular season and then the Gnats’ playoff run. He only played in one game for the Gnats, and it was on the road, so I didn’t see it. In terms of offensive profile, Maron reminds me of Josh Thole-lite – with walks, contact and little power. At Kingsport, he drew 38 walks and fanned 34 times. In BP, he sprayed line drives gap-to-gap. The guess here is that Maron and Carillo will split time in Savannah to begin 2012.

10-5-11: - www.newsday.com - When Cam Maron got his call-up to Citi Field last month, it wasn't to be a fill-in behind the plate for Josh Thole. That day may come eventually, but for now, Maron was happy to settle for the next best thing: the honor of receiving a Sterling Award as the Mets' top player at the Rookie League affiliate in Kingsport, Tenn. Maron, a Hicksville High graduate and Newsday first-team All-Long Island catcher, was among 10 organizational MVPs honored on Sept. 14, a group that also included 2010 first-round pick Matt Harvey. But only Maron is a truly homegrown prospect, one that spent his childhood going to games at Shea Stadium and idolizing Mike Piazza, so that took the experience to another level.  "There were a lot of emotions running at a function like that, an awards ceremony of that magnitude," Maron said by phone from Fort Myers, Fla., where he is playing in the instructional league. "I think growing up watching the Mets really kind of added more to it. "I didn't come to Citi Field as a kid obviously -- it was to Shea. But coming to Queens and being in that area again, it was kind of like, now I'm there. I'm starting to get there. I'm not that fan anymore, that kid. It was just an honor to be named in that class, among those guys."

11-23-11: -  http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.js p?ymd=20111110&content_id=25949502&fext=.j sp&vkey=news_milb&partnerId=rss_nym -   Catcher -- Camden Maron, Savannah (one game), Kingsport (58 games): A 34th-round Draft pick in 2009, Maron played Gulf Coast League games over his first two pro seasons before emerging in 2011. The 20-year-old New York native batted .317 overall and sported a 38-36 walk-to-strikeout ratio. "He has a very advanced approach at plate for such a young guy," DePodesta said of the Appalachian League postseason All-Star. "This was his first opportunity to play full-time and he took advantage. Defensively, he's solid and he's going to get much better

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