Date: 7-31-12
Jonah
Lehrer resigns from New Yorker after making up Bob
Dylan quotes in book reports
MLB –
Buster Olney - If the Giants don't land an outfielder before
the trade deadline, it would be a shocker.
Marlins Expect To Keep Josh Johnson
Cubs continue to try
and deal Ryan Dempster to Dodgers
Kevin
Goldstein - Heard that Zach Lee, Allen Webster and Chris
Reed are all off the table in any Dempster talks… Of the 28 minor league
players that have been traded this June, 13 are now members of the Houston
Astros.
Jayson
Stark - Source says Cliff Lee deal
to Texas is "not going to happen."
Marlins move Carlos Zambrano to the bullpen
MLB - Mets:
Ex-Mets catcher Teddy Dziuba checked in:
Funny story...Randy
Niemenn is the Red Sox Asst Pitching Coach since Bobby V came to town
and one of my former coaches dropped my name in front of Niemo and his response
was "is he still writing for the newspapers?" Obviously he must have
read something on Mack's Mets!
Kevin Kiernan on Jason Bay -
The bill is due, and no one knows that better than Jason Bay. The Jason Bay
Boondoggle cannot go on much longer. He has been given every opportunity to
climb out of the hole he has dug for himself at the plate. Bay has not been
able to get out of his own way because of injuries and incredible bouts of
ineffectiveness, but if he does not show some sign of life in his dead bat over
the next week he could finally find himself stuck on the bench. With the return
of Mike Baxter, Bay has to get his swing going in San Francisco and San Diego.
“He’s got to get some production this week,’’ one Mets official told The Post.
Jon Heyman - Mets have talked
about soto, shoppach & ramon hernandez but prices as "too high.'' if
no go, will seek catcher in winter
John Maine great effort through 7.0 IP tonight. 1H, 0R, 1BB, 2K's.
AAA – Buffalo:
RH Jenrry Mejia returns
to the Bisons starting rotation tonight against Indianapolis, making his fourth
start of the season. As a starter, he is 0-1 with a 1.13ERA in his three
previous contests. He has made 16 relief appearances for the Herd since his
last start on June 9 against Norfolk. As a reliever, Mejia was 1-1 with a
5.48ERA in 21.1 innings.
Monday –
SP Jenrry Mejia passed his first test as a re-starter:
3.0-IP, 57-34, 2-ER, 3-K, 3-BB. The wildness still continues on his secondary
pitches and batters seem to be teeing off on his fastball. The Mets are
obviously trying to build up arm strength after the TJS, and the hell with the
walks at this point.
AA-Binghamton:
RHP Edgar Ramirez placed on
disabled list (right ankle contusion), retroactive to July 26
RHP Gonzalez Germen transferred
from Buffalo (AAA) to Binghamton
Tuesday – night off…
A+ - St. Lucie: -
Tuesday - Win, 8-3
SP Chase Huchington was
returned to the rotation and did much better than he did good : 5.0-IP, 8-H,
3-ER, 2-K, 1-BB… this is an example of a typical A+ Hutch outing.
The combination of Hutchingson, Leathersich, and Whitention
may be the most uniform letters ever used in a 3-man game.
A good offensive game overall for the entire team,
highlighted by RF Cory Vaughn’s 2-run triple
(.242). We know Cory can hit homers, but we need to see more of this kind of
gap hitting out of him. ..SS T.J. Rivera (.303)
continues to hit at all levels, 2B Danny Muno is
shaking off the effects of the 50-game suspension (.270), but C Blake Forsythe keeps limping along (0-3, 1-R, 1-BB,
2-K, .259). Come on Blake, don’t let me be wrong about you…
A – Savannah: -
Monday - Savannah was rained out…
A-Low – Brooklyn:
Monday – Win, 5-1
Here comes the Clones.
CF Brandon Nimmo had his second great day in a row: 3-5,
2-R, 2-doubles, RBI, .252. That’s 7-11 in his last two games… what ever
happened to SS Juan Carlos Gamboa (.207)…
SP Rainy Lara is the prospect we keep forgetting to put
on the prospect list. Monday: 7.0-IP, 10-K, 0-BB, 1-ER… 54-Ks in 39.2-IP.
Rookie –
Kingsport:
Monday – Loss, 2-3
K-Port scattered six
hits, with 3B Jorge Rivero having two (.229)… no
one is hitting above .284.
Akeel Morris pitched
the last three innings, gave up the go-ahead, took the loss (0-6) and ‘lowered’
his ERA to 11.72.
Rookie – DSL Mets:
A new league for
amateur players has started in the Dominican Republic. The National Prospect
League, founded by four Dominican trainers, opened with its first game on
Saturday and will continue to play games twice a week with amateur players from
the Dominican Republic looking to sign with teams. The league's organizers include
former scout Epy Guerrero, Felix Liriano, Franklyn
Ferreira and Baltazar Mesa, who is the
brother of former major league righthander Jose Mesa. http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2012/07/national-prospect-league-opens-in-dominican-republic/
