4-27-12 - Daily Mets Minors Report

Date: 4-27-12

 SP Chris Schwinden assigned #63

Fernando Martinez went 3-5, HR, 2RBI for AAA-Oklahoma City  -  .315, 4-HR

Travis Blackley improved to 3-0 with a 0.39ERA at AAA

The Atlanta Braves released OF Brahiam Maldonado.

Once again, the Mets prospect talent pool has been depleted in the minors, but, in this case, that’s a good thing.

Broadcaster Howie Rose will be inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum this Sunday at Commack, Long Island

TC’s pre-game comments before Friday night’s game were very encouraging about the health of some of the system’s best pitchers. Of course, all this comes at the expense of Mike Pelfrey who will decide in the next 72 hours what everyone already knows is going to happen.

The good news involves Chris Young, Jenrry Mejia, and Pedro Beato. All three are near the end of their DL stint and the future looks brighter because of it.

Young should return in May, with Mejia and Beato around June 1^st. My guess:

-         Young will immediately slot in at SP4  and what Schwinden and Gee do in their next four outings will determine who will be the SP5

-         Mejia and Beato will both start out in the Buffalo pen

AAA-Buffalo:  

The annual exodus of prospect talent has happened again in Buffalo and this will probably be the last straw for Bisons ownership. The fan base has been robbed of watching future major leaguers every year they have have been affiliated with the Mets. That affiliation runs out at the end of this season and, IMO, I can’t see any other option here for owner Robert Rich.

I’m trying to be subtle here… right now, the active roster includes only three players that have a chance of starring in the pros. None of them play every day.

FYI… there also are five players currently on the DL and one more on restriction


CF Andres Torres continues his rehab here on Friday night… SP Jeurys Familia had control problems early giving up 4-BB in the first three innings… he left after three, and walking… wait for it… seven (5.40)... 80 pitchers and only 39 were strikes… C Lucas May hit his 3^rd homer of the young season and it was long gone…

AA-Binghamton:   

RP Robert Carson was paid $8400 for the three days he didn’t pitch for the Mets… his AA salay is around $7,000 per month.

Some asked if I thought that Greg Peavey was left it the Binghamton game (11-R in 2.1-IP) on Thursday.

No pitching coach has a plan when this happens. You want a starter to work through his problems, especially in the minor leagues. Pulling a starter after one inning could really do a number on a young man’s confidence, even someone like Greg who has his head on extremely straight.

Five runs were given up in the first, followed by only one more in the second. It wasn’t until the beginning of the third that things became apparent that a change was needed. For that outing.

Greg is a strongly religious young man who has probably put this hiccup past time. He’s a very talented player and will prove that the next time he gets up on the bump.

There is chatter out there to promote CF Matt den Dekker to Buffalo, but recent Bisons acquisitions of Dustin Martin and Fred Lewis look like den Dekker will remain in AA for a while longer.

The Mets want den Dekker to concentrate on his pitch choices and plate discipline. He had 91-Ks in 272 AA at bats last season, which is simply unacceptable.

So far in 2012, he has only 18-Ks in 78-AB.

My guess is he will remain where he is for the remainder of this season


DH Rylan Sandoval hit his first AA home run… RP Robert Carson returned and threw 2.0, 0-R, 3-K, 1-BB… RP Elvin Ramirez continued his 0.00 ERA…

A+ - St. Lucie: -   

We really should stop, pause, and think a little about 3B Wilmer Flores’ progress this season:  .322/.355/.523/.878, 3-HR, 16-RBI, only 6-K in 65-AB.

This is his highest slug% and OPS… ever.

And, he’s currently playing at 20-years old.

The Mets may have a future need for both a third and first baseman. You should all keep an eye on how Wilmer plays, as well as where

Prospect OF Gilbert Gomez started as DH…  RF Cory Vaughn (.269) hit his 3^rd home run of the season in the 10^th inning to seal the victory.

A – Savannah:

I don’t keep up ‘The Keepers” series anymore, but, if I did, I would drop 3B Aderlin Rodriguez out of the ‘prospect’ portion of the rankings. This is the third season he has played in Savannah and he has never hit higher than .221. This season: .200/.269/.388/.657. Re pop: only 35-HRs in 943-Abs. Every SAL team continues to pitch around Aderlin on a team that is currently hitting poorly. Take the prospect horse collar off the kid and just let him play baseball

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CF Travis Tajieron hit his 4^th homer…  Aderlin Rodriguez is playing 1B… six runs and 11-hits are pretty good for this team…

This team needs bats and it doesn’t look like the Mets are going to do anything about it. We all know how much Fred loves the Brooklyn franchise, who are close to getting their season started. Bats like OF Brandon Nimmo and SS Phillip Evans should be in Savannah, replacing a couple of Sand Gnats that should ride the roller coaster.