2-10-12 - http://seedlingstostars.com/2012/02/10/s2s-2012-team-prospect-lists-new-york-mets/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter - #1.) Cory
Mazzoni, RHP. Mazzoni, a 2nd-round pick in 2011, pitched very well in 13
one-inning appearances between the NYPL and FSL, and many see him as a reliever
long-term. He would immediately be the top relief prospect in the system, but
I’m calling him a starter for now. Like most Mets pitching prospects, he
features a 91-95 mph four-seam fastball and an inconsistent curve that flashes
plus. He’s not especially big, but he does have a smooth delivery. He’ll need
to get off to a strong start in pro ball next year if he’s going to stick as a
starter. Grade: B-
5th Round (154th overall): Stephen Holmes, RHP – University of Rhode Island - Holmes was as
dominant as any college pitcher over his three year career, but only had
average stuff that played up because of his command and bull dog mentality.
Unfortunately tragedy of a close one struck Holmes just after he signed and he
decided to return to school instead of playing professional ball. He attempted
to come back with the Mets in 2008, however, in the process he tore his rotator
cuff and has yet to pitch a professional inning to this day. I guess this is
one of those that we will just never know. Sad. http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/02/grading-the-omar-regime-the-2006-draft.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grading-the-omar-regime-the-2006-draft
There's little doubt that Daniel
Murphy can hit. Before his season-ending knee injury last season, his
second in two years, Murphy had an .809 OPS through 109 games and was batting
.320, the fifth-highest average in the National League. The Mets would love to
get that type of offensive production from second base -- if he can survive at
the position. Murphy will get plenty of reps there in spring training, sparing
him outfield duty, but the questions won't be answered until he can stick at
second base for an entire season
R.A.
Dickey appreciated fellow knuckleballer Tim Wakefield mentioning him
in the former Boston Red Sox pitcher’s retirement speech. But now that
Wakefield has hung up his cleats, Dickey is feeling, well, kind of isolated. “For
a period there were four, with [Tom] Candiotti, [Phil] Niekro, [Charlie] Hough
and Wake,” Dickey said about the major league knuckleballers clan. “It’s fairly
lonely I think. I feel a little bit of loneliness. I think you’d have to say,
just by what we’ve all seen, that it’s a dying art. One more died, what, two
days ago? There’s one left in the big leagues. My hope is that somebody is
going to see the real value and want to keep doing it.”
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