26. Josh
Satin
Satin was
drafting in the 6th round of the 2008 draft by the New York Mets.
Satin was drafted
at 23 years old, so he’s moving as fast as he can. After signing in 2008, he
played for Kingsport (.583/.615/1.000/1.615… okay, it was only 12 at bats) and
Brooklyn (.280/.350/.462/.812).
2009 brought
Savannah (.284/.385/.418/.803 in 440 at bats, 7-HR, 60-RBI) and a taste of St.
Lucie (.364/.464/.591/1.055).
His 2-year
professional totals are: .292/.384/.446/.830
Forecast: It’s obvious that Satin was a good draft pick
and the kid can definitely get on base. We should see a little more power this
year, but his biggest problem is the fact that Reese Havens is currently being
converted to a second baseman in the Winter Leagues. Havens looks timed
perfectly for the end of the Luis Castillo contract, which leaves Satin where?
I wrote on Feb
10: - Josh Satin – I didn’t spend much time with Josh last year in Savannah
(hell, I didn’t spend much time with anyone there…). There’s no rush for Satin,
who will settle into various minor league levels for a couple more years. He
was tagged early on as a poor defensive infielder which just isn’t true.
5-27-11: - 2B/1B
Josh Satin was asked to play AA this spring so he could get more time in the
field. Seems the club had been enjoying his time as a DH in the system, but a
boy does have to field in the majors, right? Josh said fine, and went back to
where he hit .308 last season, has hit .305 so far this season, and has only
committed seven errors playing both first and second. Reese Havens should be
done with his St. Lucie rehab sometime this week and Satin needs to pack his
backs for Buffalo. He deserves it.
6-3-11: - http://www.amazinavenue.com/2011/6/3/2203724/new-york-mets-daily-farm-system-report-6-3-11
- Josh Satin - Really like his swing.
It's compact and generates line drives. He's a very patient hitter, not afraid
to work the count, and comfortable batting with two strikes. Defensively, he's
kind of without a position. Doesn't have the arm for third- in Moore's start
someone beat his throw on what should have been a routine play- and doesn't
have the range for second. The bat will play, though. Don't know if he will
ever be a regular, and he's getting up there in prospect years, but I could see
an upside of Jeff Keppinger with more walks.
6-25-11: - http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110625&content_id=20971018&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb
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Selected in the sixth round of the 2008 Draft, Satin began his memorable
night with a two-out solo homer in the first inning. "I was down 1-2 in
the count and Jordany [Valdespin] had just been thrown out at second," he
said. "Their pitcher threw me a breaking ball that I fouled off and then a
couple fastballs that I fouled off, so I felt like I had seen his stuff. I got
a 1-2 or 2-2 breaking ball and I was able to hit it out." The 26-year-old
third baseman beat out an infield single in the third and doubled to center
field in the fifth, setting up his shot at history
6-29-11: - team
press release: - Josh Satin has been selected to represent the Binghamton Mets
at the 2011 Eastern League All-Star Game at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium in
Manchester, New Hampshire on July 13. Infielder Josh Satin makes his third
straight trip to an All-Star Game. The California native was selected to the
South Atlantic League All-Star Game when he played with the Savannah Sand Gnats
(Low-A) in 2009. He earned the Most Valuable Player award in the Florida State
League All-Star Game last year while a member of the St. Lucie Mets (High-A).
Satin went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the contest. Through 76
games this season, Satin is seventh in the league with a .314 batting average,
tied for third with 22 doubles, and tied for fourth with 48 RBI. The infielder
became the first Binghamton Met in the franchise’s 20-year history to hit for
the cycle when he performed the feat against the Bowie Baysox on June 24 this
year.
7-11-11: - Top 10
Minor League Performances in 2011 - 4. Josh Satin – IF – AA/Binghamton: -
.327/.425/.547/.972, 10-HR, 55-RBI, 300-AB – Satin is a pure hitter who, I hope
for his sake, is being marketed as trade bait. This year’s version of Shawn
Bowman. Nowhere to go and no one’s desire to move him. I expect him to remain
here, especially after the Queens demotions that will come down with the return
of Reyes and Wright.
7-12-11: - http://mets360.com/?p=7278&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mets360%2Ffeed+%28Mets360+Feed%29
In his last 10 games, 2B Josh Satin
is batting .406/.537/.781 over 40 PA. For the season, Satin has a .967 OPS in
85 games for Double-A Binghamton. Satin earned a callup to Binghamton last year
and in 332 PA for the B-Mets he had a .308/.395/.472 line. He has bettered all
three of his slash line totals this year and seems likely to get promoted to
Triple-A before the season is over. A sixth-round draft pick of the Mets in
2008, Satin has hit wherever he’s been. A two-time Cape Cod League All-Star,
Satin played four years at Cal and in his senior season he led the Bears with a
.379 AVG and finished second on the club with 18 HR. He was a first-team All
Pac-10 selection and third team All-American by Collegiate Baseball
7-14-11: - http://www.amazinavenue.com/2011/7/11/2270752/mets-minors-road-report-binghamton-7-9-brooklyn-7-10
- He looked better at 3B as well, making
a pair of nice plays, and handling all the routine stuff. This is the first
year he has played this much at third base, so he could just be starting to get
comfortable now. The arm is still mediocre for the position, but not
egregiously so. He played 2B in the nightcap and stayed mostly anonymous, one
bad throw trying to turn a double play, but he had to handle a weird backhanded
flip from Valdespin deep behind second base. Probably should have put it in his
pocket, but it didn’t really effect anything. Okay, so he’s six months older
than Daniel Murphy, and he’s a future utility guy in an org that is stuffed to
the brim with future utility guys. But I lobby for Josh Satin. I will lobby
Sandy, and I will lobby Paul. He’s our new Jeff Keppinger, right down to the
part where he’s going to be 28 before he gets a shot somewhere, and it probably
won’t be with the Mets.
7-24-11: - http://buffalo.bisons.milb.com/news/article.jsp
?ymd=20110724&content_id=22244656&vkey=news_t422&fext=.jsp&sid=t422 -
Josh Satin's first Triple-A home run pushed the Bisons ahead in the eighth,
but Lars Anderson responded with his own two-run homer, taking a 7-6 Pawtucket
win Sunday afternoon at Coca-Cola Field.
Satin had a chance for a walk-off, but center-fielder Che-Hsuan Lin made
a running catch to end the game and strand two runners. "I hit it well, barely off the end of
the bat," Satin said. "It's just a learning process for me. I wish I
could've come through for the team, but it's definitely a step in the right
direction. Satin hit 11 home runs in
Double-A Binghamton, where he started the season.
7-26-11: - http://www.amazinavenue.com/2011/7/26/2287253/mets-mid-term-farm-system-review-2011-binghamton#storyjump
- IF Josh Satin - STOCK UP - Quickly
becoming one of the more polarizing players in the system, Satin eschewed
questions about his advanced age (26) and proved that his bat is for real in
his time with Binghamton. He posted a .325/.432/.528 line with 11 homers and an
Eastern League-leading 35 doubles before a recent call-up to Triple-A. The
issue is and always has been his lack of a position. He's not a major league
second baseman and he's still leearning first and third. I've always considered
him a righty Dan Murphy and that seems even more true today. He takes his
walks, has a knack for line drives which means tons of doubles and decent home
run pop and he has no position.Who knows where he fits but the bottom line is
the guy
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
8-6-11: -
http://risingapple.com/2011/08/05/a-closer-look-joshua-satin - As great as his
hitting has been, the only red flag appears to be his extremely elevated .411
and .457 BABIP in Double-A and Triple-A, respectively, this season. However,
considering he’s never had a BABIP below .321, it might not be as unsustainable
as it would normally be. Come September, it would be shocking to not see Satin
in the Majors. The infielder doesn’t appear to need more offensive seasoning in
the Minors, and his defense will never be a strong suit. With all the success
Dan Murphy has enjoyed this season for the Mets, Joshua Satin might become
another good hitting/position-less player for the Mets in 2012 and beyond.
8-14-11: - http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/32042/projected-prospect-call-ups
- JOSH SATIN, infielder (.324, 12 HR, 71
RBI, .415 OBP, 417 at-bats with Buffalo and Binghamton): After hitting .325 in
Double-A, Satin earned a July 22 promotion to the Bisons and continued his
offensive success. A sixth-round pick in 2008 from Cal-Berkeley, Satin recently
enjoyed a 15-game hitting streak. Perhaps a notch below Daniel Murphy in terms
of defensive skill, Satin similarly has been exposed to first, second and third
base.
8-19-11 – http://www.minorleagueball.com/2011/8/19/2371629/prospect-of-the-day-josh-satin-inf-new-york-mets
- Satin's offensive numbers are quite
good, obviously. He's hit at every level, has doubles power with occasional
home run pop, and controls the strike zone well. There are a lot of moving
parts in his swing which turns some scouts off, but minor league pitchers have
been unable to exploit this or find consistent holes in his approach. He's
considered highly intelligent and works hard at his game. Satin has nothing
left to prove in the minors. The Mets seem willing to give him a shot in the
majors, at least if Farm Director Paul DePodesta's recent comments are any
indication. I would love to see what Satin could do with 500 major league
at-bats. I'm not sure how he will get them, but he deserves a look as a bench
player at least.
Josh Satin 2B
Buffalo Bisons (Triple-A): 123 combined games with Buffalo and Binghampton, 12
HRs, 73 RBIs, .326 BA, 42 2Bs Satin, a
2008 sixth-round draft pick of the Mets out of Cal, has shredded Eastern and
then International League pitching this season with his nice mix of power and
contact. Second base is the most unstable position on the field for the Mets
personnel-wise so he has a nice chance of entering the carousel. The position
has been a revolving door of players the last two seasons and Satin looks like
he could fit in well at that position. The Mets would be foolish not to give
this kid a shot in the majors in September.
9-1-11: - Stock
Up: - IF Josh Satin – Satin was promoted to the Mets for the month of
September. I don’t expect Josh to get many reps because TC is already on the
record about playing Nick Evans at 1B and Ruben Tejada at second. That’s okay.
He deserves the cup of coffee.
Josh Satin -
Satin continues to hit at every level he plays and has a .307 BA for his
career, his lifetime OBP is .397. This season, split between AA and AAA, his
slash line is .322/.411/.493. He is a September call-up for the Mets, and has
been added to the 40 man roster, so we should get to see his debut any day now
at Citi. Next year he should be in the ST mix as a back-up 1B-2B-3B and PH, but
with Evans blocking his path, he will probably spend 2012 as insurance for the
big club, as he works on his defense at AAA, while playing 1B, 2B, and 3B.
9-15-11: - http://centralny.ynn.com/content/sports/557217/satin-named-mets-top-minor-leaguer
- Life just keeps getting better for
Joshua Satin, who picked up his first major league hit in his first at-bat with
the Mets Labor Day weekend and who has also picked up a pretty major
minor-league honor. Satin has been named the New York Mets minor-leaguer of the
year after hitting .323 with 12 homers and 76 RBI's while splitting time with
Binghamton and AAA Buffalo this season. Satin was named an Eastern League
all-star this summer, the third straight year he has earned a minor league
all-star honor. The 26-year-old in his fourth season with the organization
became the first B-Met ever to hit for the cycle and strung together a 15-game
hit streak with the Bisons
11-25-11: - http://risingapple.com/2011/11/25/2011-season-in-review-josh-satin
- Defensively, Satin is kind of like
Daniel Murphy-he can play a bunch of positions, but not that well. In the minors, he spent the most time at
second base (250 games) while also seeing action at first (80 games) and third
(68 games). In the Majors, Satin played
eight games at first base and one at third.
To quote Toby Hyde of MetsMinorLeagueBlog, “He started playing third,
although he doesn’t have the arm for the position. He doesn’t really have the
power for first, where he played in the big leagues.” Hyde goes on to say that
he sees Satin “as the 25th guy,” especially if he can learn to play left
field. Given that he doesn’t hit for
power or play any position particularly well, the bench seems like the most
logical fit. He could serve as a
right-handed pinch hitter and stay in the game to play defense if
necessary. While he might not make a
huge impact on the team, Satin provides an internal candidate to fill a utility
role and add some much needed depth to the club.
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 - Utility -- Josh Satin, Buffalo (38 games),
Binghamton (94 games), New York (15 games): With his silky smooth swing, Satin
led all Bisons with at least 100 at-bats in batting (.317) -- he hit .323,
counting his time with the B-Mets -- and led the organization with 35 doubles.
He also set career highs in extra-base hits (57) and RBIs (76). Defensively,
the Eastern League All-Star played at least 20 games at first base, second base
and third base. "No matter where he goes, that's all he does -- hit,"
DePodesta said of the 26-year-old former Cal product. "We think he's a guy
who can play multiple positions and we think he's a Major League hitter."
His Double-A manager said Satin displays average ability at third and is too
balky for second. He worked to improve his outfield technique in the Venezuelan
Winter League. "Defensively, that's where Josh lacks," Backman said.
"I love the kid to death, but if we can make him adequate at any position,
he is a big league hitter. If he dedicates the same time he does to his
hitting, he'll get there. [Moving to the outfield] puts him in a better
position to go to the big leagues and stay in the big leagues."
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