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RHP Collin
McHugh - After a slow start in St. Lucie, the 24-yr old righty got the
call up to Double-A to pitch the back end of a doubleheader on May 31st and
never looked back. He would go on to post a 2.62 FIP in Binghamton, absolutely
dominating in the second half of the season and after hanging around the
periphery of the prospect discussion before, he placed his name firmly in the
discussion as a future big leaguer. The '08 18th rounder showed an excellent
mastery of his four-pitch mix, while featuring a little more velocity on a
fastball that now sits around 91-93 mph with excellent movement. As always, his
slider was an excellent weapon for him, inducing plenty of strikeouts and
pushing his K/9 up to the mid-9's. Strong command and the ability to throw any
pitch in any count give McHugh the chance to anchor the back end of a rotation
in the mold of a Dillon Gee or provide excellent relief depth. Though he seemed
to tire and scuffled a bit in the AFL, he figures to reach Buffalo at some
point in 2012 and at this rate Citi Field won't be too far away.
•Dec 12: RHP Jeremy Hefner -
Like we've seen a few times now, Hefner is a player that was nabbed when he hit
waivers due to Paul DePodesta's familiarity with the San Diego organization.
The 25-yr old made Sickels' Top 20 Padres prospects list three consecutive
years after being drafted out of Oral Roberts U. in '07 and was considered a
good mix of solid stuff and command. He hasn't yet reached the show but in five
minor league campaigns he has a career 3.84 ERA and a solid 2.82 K/BB. Now he
was bad last year at Triple-A, though the PCL has made more than a few pitchers
look worse than they really are. He'll likely fill out the Bisons rotation
early on and compete with Chris Schwinden as SP depth if and when it is needed
in Queens. http://www.amazinavenue.com/2012/1/31/2753903/taking-inventory-of-the-mets-minor-league-free-agents
R.A. Dickey and Daniel Murphy each had mountains to
climb this offseason. For Dickey, he scaled Kilimanjaro, and returned from
Africa with his Mets' contract still valid. Murphy's mission, however, remains
ongoing as he continues to ascend the learning curve at second base. Both will
be counted on to play significant roles, and when asked Tuesday night about the
club's chances in the NL East, they gave very different answers. "You
can't just go in and say, we're going to be this team," said Dickey, who
along with Murphy was honored at the 32nd annual Thurman Munson Awards dinner.
"It's a real organic process. Hopefully it won't be dysfunctional and
we'll all be able to cohese together and do it. But we're in a tough division
and we have to be honest about that . . . we certainly have to be honest about
where we are, and that's really the only way I see us getting any better is
doing that." While Dickey took a more realistic approach, given the Mets'
slashed payroll and the departure of Jose Reyes , Murphy was still very
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Zack
Wheeler is
a hard-throwing righthander out of East Paulding High School in Georgia. He is
tall at 6’3, has broad shoulders and loose arm action. He was drafted 6th overall by the Giants back
in 2009. The start to his pro career was set back a bit
as he cracked a fingernail after recording just one out in his pro debut. The
persistent issue regarding his fingernail turned out to be good thing for him
because it forced him to work on smoothing out his mechanics. As a result he
got on more of a direct line with the plate and cut down the effort in his
delivery. The extensive work on his
mechanics allowed him to have much better command near the bottom of the strike
zone
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