28. OF Darrell Ceciliani
Cecilliani was drafted in the fourth round of the 2009 draft by
the Mets.
He immediately signed and played the entire season for
Kingsport, going .234/.313/.310/.623 in 158 at bats. Only eight of his 37 hits
went for extra bases.
6-30-10: - Cecilliani went 3-4 Monday night, which raised his
2010 Brooklyn batting average to .409. Yes, all three were singles, but he
still has produced six extra base hits this season, only two less than he did
all last season for Kingsport. Ceciliani was a questionable fourth round draft
pick last season and most draft experts had him in the 8-15th round projected
area. That being said, he’s off to a great start this season, and hopefully
we’ll see his first professional home run soon.
7-9-10: - Cecilliani continued to rake, going 3-4 last night
against State College. He also stole three bases and raised his hitting stats
for the season to: .392/.442/.608/1.050.
7-19-10: - As of 7-19, Ceciliani is leading the NY-Penn league
in hitting, with a .397 batting average.
8-6-10: - Ceciliani continues to have one hell of a season with
Brooklyn. He went 3-5, 1-2B, 1-HR, 4-RBI last night and raised his batting
average to .382. Normally, I would say that he is due for a promotion, but I
wouldn't be surprised to see the Mets keep him in Brooklyn so they have a
better chance in the playoffs. Either way, he's a lock to play next season for
St. Lucie, which means a skip over Savannah.
1-28-11 – This was an absolutely wonderful surprise pick in
2009. No one’s quite sure if he can maintain the levels he created in Brooklyn,
but he’ll get another chance, probably in Savannah, in the spring. Let’s hope
the new Mets brass aren’t into rushing high school kids like Omar was.
8-21-11: - http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/prospect-pulse-left-handed-hitters.html
- Darrell Ceciliani – This 21 year-old
center-fielder, who the Mets made their 4th round draft pick out of Columbia
Basin Community College (Wash) in 2009, is still very raw, and if he does reach
the majors, it won’t be before 2014. This year he has been the Savannah Sand
Gnats everyday center-fielder. In three full seasons, (two short season, and
this one) he has amassed 800 lifetime minor league AB’s, with a lifetime .283
BA. He has a .358 OBP, and a .403 SLG%, but his problem so far has also been
too many K’s. His K/BB ratio reads: 173/78, and for a lead-off hitter those
numbers need to improve.
12-19-11: - http://www.amazinavenue.com/2011/12/19/2622862/2011-mets-minor-league-season-in-review-savannah-sand-gnats
- OF Darrell Ceciliani - STOCK DOWN -
After a stellar 2010 with Brooklyn where he batted .355 with 33 extra-base hits
in just 68 games, the '09 fourth rounder came back to Earth with a so-so
campaign for the Gnats. His numbers were down in pretty much every department,
most significantly his BABIP which dropped from .430 down to .327. And the
scary thing is that's still kind of a high number. And while his average
naturally took a huge hit as a result, the bigger concern is the nearly 200
point drop in slugging he experienced.
Now Savannah is a notorious pitchers paradise and like his
underwhelming debut campaign Cecilliani battled some injuries this season.
However, it's undeniable that the sky-high enthusiasm that many had for him
last winter has to be dashed...at least somewhat.
1-10-12 - http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/top-15-prospects-new-york-mets/
- 15. Darrell Ceciliani, OF: Ceciliani
is yet another speedy center field prospect in the system. The left-handed
hitter performs well against both right- and left-handers so he doesn’t have to
worry about being platooned. He has solid base running ability, although he’s
struggled with reading pitchers in the past. His profile suggests fourth
outfielder but he has the chance to be a little bit more.
http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/01/mmo-2012-mets-top-prospects-s-31-40.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MetsMerizedOnline-GetMetsmerized-NewYorkMets+%28Mets+Merized+Online%29
- 35 . Darrell Ceciliani (CF) This
speedy 21 year-old, lefty swinging center-fielder, who the Mets made their 4th
round draft pick out of Columbia Basin Community College (Wash) in 2009, is
still very raw, and if he does reach the majors, it won’t be before 2014. This
past year he was the Savannah Sand Gnats everyday center-fielder. In three full
seasons, (two short season, and this one) he has amassed 800 lifetime minor
league AB’s, with a lifetime .283 BA. He has a .358 OBP, and a .403 SLG%, but
his problem so far has also been too many K’s. His K/BB ratio reads: 173/78,
and for a lead-off hitter those numbers need to improve. If he can become a
better contact hitter, he has the speed and ability to stay in centerfield.
1-20-12 - http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/01/prospect-pulse-the-2012-st-lucie-mets.html
Darrell Ceciliani (CF) – When your game
is predicated on speed, and you pull a hammy real bad, you got a big problem.
That is pretty much what happened to the start of Darrell’s season last year.
And even after he returned in May, he wasn’t the same player for much of the
first half. But as the year wore on, the real Ceciliani began to re-emerge, and
by the stretch-run to the play-offs, he was, at times, carrying the team. At
years’ end the best hitters on the Savannah squad were Joe Bonfe, Ceciliani,
and Alonzo Harris. Ceciliani is a top-of-the-order lefty-hitter with good gap
power, who flies around the bases. In CF he covers a lot of ground and is a
gritty, hard-nosed performer. He could be moved up to AA during the year,
particularly if Captain Kirk gets called up to the bigs at some point. That
would probably mean a promotion to AAA for Matt den Dekker, followed by a move of
Ceciliani up to Bingo. Funny how that works.
1-30-12 - http://www.amazinavenue.com/2012/1/30/2757346/2012-amazin-avenue-top-50-mets-prospects-21-30
- OF Darrell Ceciliani - One of 2010's
most dynamic prospects, the 21-yr old Ceciliani found the Sally League a bit
more challenging than his time with the Cyclones. The speedy lefty saw declines
pretty much across the board, including most notably his 100+ point drop in
BABIP. After posting a .430 mark last year we knew some regression was in
order; the problem is even with a sort of high .327 mark in 2011, he was barely
able to keep his average respectable. And while he was able to make some
moderate strides being more selective in the second half, it came at the
expense of some power. Ultimately, he did boost his walk rate above the 10%
threshold which isn't insignificant. And he did maintain an ISO above .100,
which is solid for a center fielder. He also continued to show off his
excellent speed while manning a good center field. Hamstring injuries bothered
him once again but he managed to bounce back relatively quickly. The offensive
potential he showed in 2010 paired with the fact that he falls high on the
defensive spectrum keep him relatively high on this list. However, we may have
to revise his offensive ceiling from Jacoby Ellsbury down to the still
respectable Brett Gardner.
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