1-27-12: -
http://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=6509 10. LHP Darin Gorski - Baseball-Reference player profile -
While top prospects Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler and Jeurys Familia will get all
the attention by likely starting the season together in the AA Binghamton
rotation, a probable fourth member of that rotation should get some notice as
well. Gorski has been flying under the radar since being an upper-80s finesse
pitcher out of Kutztown State in Pennsylvania, where the Mets picked him in the
seventh round in 2009. After two
undistinguished years in the minors, Gorski blossomed last year in the Florida
State League, 11-3, 2.08 in 138 innings, allowing only 29 walks against 140
strikeouts. Most importantly, his velocity moved up from finesse/soft toss
category to “firm low-90s” at times, which made his very good change and workable
downer curveball all that more effective.
Gorski sounds very similar to
another finesse left hander out of a small Northeast school who went on to
pitch in the big leagues for nine years, John Halama.
1-23-12 -
http://www.amazinavenue.com/2012/1/23/2693134/2012-amazin-avenue-top-50-mets-prospects #46) RHP Rafael
Montero - Like Mateo, the 21-yr old Rafael Montero signed a little late
to pro ball but he certainly made up for lost time. Montero used a pinpoint low
90's heater to carve up DSL hitters early in the year (see, 0 walks vs. 20 K's)
and for whatever reason, he was promoted forward while Mateo was not. Montero
went on to post more gaudy totals -- including a combined .208 opp. average --
as he rocketed up four levels, right into the Cyclones 'pen in the heart of a
playoff run. Pretty incredible, even before you realize that this was all
during his pro debut. While he had age on his side, his combination of stuff
and command are very impressive. I'd LOVE to see what he could do alongside
Mateo in the Gnats rotation in 2012.
Make a lot of jokes about the guys the Mets have
signed this off-season but Matt Tuiasosopo (I
dare you to pronounce that properly) is simply so bad that no joke is funny
enough to make this ok. I totally understand depth signings and I know guys
like this get moved around all the time but I literally cant find a single
reason the Mets have signed this guy. His stats are truly atrocious, in the three seasons
where he played Major League Ball he played in 71 games and in only of those
three seasons did he crack the Mendoza line, in 2009 when he hit .227. His
career slash line is: .176/.234/.306, that is just so bad. I believe his big
selling point is that he can play almost any position, having seen time at
1B,2B,SS,3B and LF. The only problem being, he is bad at all of them, having
never posted a positive or even zero UZR at any of these positions.Finally. his
career WAR is -1.1, in three years his presence has lost his teams a little
over a game. Why are we signing him? He is worse than any decent triple A
player we could bring up. http://www.metsrospectus.com/2012/01/gettin-to-know-matt-tuiasosopo.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
As I looked over the
twenty categories listed in the Mets media guide in the all-time leaders
section, the name Edgardo Alfonzo popped up on
fifteen of the twenty categories, that put Alfonzo second just behind Darryl
Strawberry for most top ten categories. (Straw is top ten in seventeen of the
twenty failing to crack the top ten in
batting average, pinch hits and pinch hit home runs. I think we should
be clamoring for number 18 to be retire don’t you think?) http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2012/01/29/how-is-edgardo-alfonzo-not-in-the-ny-mets-hall-of-fame/
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