5/27/12

5-26-12 - Daily Mets Minors Report


Date: 5-26-12



Mets:

SS Ruben Tejada didn’t pass the base running test. He’s not ready to come back.

Everybody I know in baseball… the Mets coaches, players, my readers, my writers… are so sick of the Ike Davis situation. Someone told me: “TC tells him he’s not going down, they don’t let him bat against lefties. How is he supposed to get out of the well (“source hint” – key word here is the use of the word ‘well’)?



AAA-Buffalo:

                                    Jenrry Mejia will make first Triple-A start of the season Wednesday.

                                    RHP Erik Turgeon reinstated from Binghamton DL

                                    Boy, starting pitcher Garrett Olson was just cruizin’ down the road, keeping New Hampshire scoreless through four… and then biff, bam, pow! Five earned runs in the 5th… Olson done: 5.0-IP, 10-H, 5-ER, 5-K, 0-BB, 4.70…

Turns ball over to (yawn) Elvin Ramirez… scoreless streak now: 11.2 IP (9G, 13K, BB)…

                                    LF Fred Lewis (.300) hit his second home run, a 3-run bomb, in the 2nd inning…

                                    2B Jordany Valdespin (.271) singled in 1B Josh Satin (.281) in the 8th

                                    Three more runs given up by Eric Turgeon (9.42). What am I missing here?



AA-Binghamton:   

Pedro Lopez on Reese Havens

“Right now, I just feel like he’s playing catch-up with the whole league. For him, this is spring training, and that’s what spring training is all about. It’s a lot of fun to be around him. He goes out there and works hard every day. He goes out there with Luis Natera, our hitting coach, to try and work on his swing and try to make things right. This is the first time I’ve worked with him on a regular basis and I think he’s going to come out of this one.”



Tonight was Greg Peavey’s 5th non-quality start out of eight. That isn’t good. He gave up 5-ER in the first five innings and his seasonal ERA hit 5.84. This simply isn’t working for Greg and you might see him move to the pen around the break when they might move someone up from St. Lucie.

RF Juan Lagares (.271) doubled in a run. It looks like 2011 was as far as this kid will take it. Still, he’s young and Buffalo could have a worse right fielder in 2013-2016.



A+ - St. Lucie: -   

OF Cesar Puello placed on St. Lucie DL w/ left hamate fracture – this should end the season for Puello who was projected to play Buffalo this season and possibly be the first OFer to make Queens. Many scouts have him as the top oF prospect in the system, though it always has been mostly on tools, not results. Tough injury.

The summer is here and, as we have learned the last couple of nights, some of the pitchers are getting bounced around. It happenes every year at this time, not because the hitters hit better in hot weather. No, it’s because the pitchers could use a break right about now. Tonight’s turn was Angel Cuan, who gave up three runs in the second inning. Cuan went 4.2 and gave way to Jack Leathersich, who got back on the horse (2.1-IP, 0-R, 2-K, 3.60).

I’m trying not to get excited about what C Blake Forsythe has done lately. I was thrilled when he was drafted, thinking that the Mets had stolen a gem. Blake had a piss-pour last season in school, but had proven the year before that he had the talent to hit big time. Tonight, he continues the road back, with a 2-3, .271 line.

Rylan Sandoval scored on a wild pitch in the eight and tied it up 4-4.

Lucy won on a Cory Vaughn walk-off walk.

This team is charmed.



A – Savannah:

Michael Fulmer‏ -

great workout this morning. Let's go get a WIN tonight.

INF Brian Harrison placed on Savannah DL w/ left oblique strain.

1B Cole Frenzel transferred to Savannah, and starts tonight.

I don’t understand the logic of playing your top OF prospect (Gilbert Gomez) at the DH slot. What are they thinking?

RF Charlie Thurber had another good game tonight, and God knows, he could use a few more.

SP Rafael Montero “attended class” again tonight: 7.0-IP, 3-ER, 4-K, 0-BB, 2.81. He sure looks like a good one.

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