Date: 8-3-12
33 years ago today, we lost Thurman Munson
MLB –
Phillies told teams
they weren't willing to eat ANY of the $97m owed to Cliff
Lee, plus wanted top prospects
Peter
Gammons - Craig Breslow throws to Ryan Lavarnway, it will be the first Yale battery
since the 19th century
MLB - Mets:
Five RBIs matches Ronny Cedeno's career high
CL Frank Francisco
returns today.
Kevin Kiernan
on the Mets outfield –
The goal is to create an outfield of greener pastures.
That will be quite the challenge for the Mets. While Matt Harvey and Zack
Wheeler brighten the pitching landscape, the outfield continues to be a
wasteland in many ways. Provided the Mets cannot dump Jason Bay for someone
else’s headache, Bay, at best, will wind up platooning in left field next
season with Lucas Duda, if he is still a Met. In center, the Mets would love
for young Matt den Dekker to take over next season, preferably around June, but
he has a long way to go. Den Dekker is struggling at Triple-A Buffalo, hitting
only .197, but that’s his history, it usually takes a little bit of time for
him to get going, but once he gets his feet under him, he takes off.
Frank
Francisco - “I was doing what I want to do, throwing my splitter. I knew everybody
knows what I’m going to do. Everybody knows what I was working with. They were
seeing the ball, but they weren’t hitting the ball in the air. It was more like
a groundball or low line drive where we got a good chance. I can live with
that.”
AAA – Buffalo:
Zack Wheeler - “Thanks everybody
for the kind words. Much appreciated and I'm looking forward to playing with
the Buffalo Bisons.”
Zack Wheeler - “It’s probably a little bit better talent, but I’ve got to
get up there and just pitch and do what I’ve been doing down here. Keep the
ball down. Pound the zone. Hopefully it will work out for me."
Thursday – Loss, 0-2
There was quite the pitching battle between Garrett Olson and Syracuse’s Yunesky
Maya. Syracuse broke the ice in the 7th.
Sure feels like Buffalo is playing out the string. Solidly in
5th place. Nieuwenhius/Duda/den Dekker went 0-10.Only two Bison’s
hits.
AA-Binghamton:
Mike Newman –
Q - What's your
take on Mets' Adam Kolarek? It looks like he
could be an MLB LOOGY today
A - I've seen Kolarek
a few times and wasn't overly impressed. Nothing about his arsenal stood out
like Edgin did
Q - Thoughts on Juan Lagares?
A - He was okay...
Contact skills are fine and he has some athleticism, but profiles as more of a
tweener 4th outfielder.
Thursday – Win, 4-3
SP Cory Mazzoni was not in
command. He finished out: 7.0-IP, 10-H, 3-R, 4-K, 2-BB, ERA up to 3.12. This
comes after four quality starts, so we’ll give him a pass on this one.
2B Reese Havens is now hitting
.152 in his last 10 games.
Game was tied 3-3 after nine… RP C.J.
Nitkowski (1.1-IP, 0.00) continued his run-less streak…
Dustin Martin singled in Raul Reyes for the walk-off
in the 12th.
A+ - St. Lucie: -
Thursday – Loss, 2-5
Clearwater busted it open in the 8th against RP Jack Leathersich… SP Angel
Cuan had another quality start (6.0-IP, 0-ER, 4-K, 3-BB)… I still
project him out going to the pen next season (sorry, Hobie)… not much to report
here, but my man Blake Forsythe had two hits, raising his BA to .265.
A – Savannah: -
Jim Callis –
Q - Is Rafael Montero a legit prospect?
A - He is legit. He
throws in the low 90s and touches 95, has a solid slider and shows some promise
with his changeup
Thursday –
SP Luis Mateo had his 8th start…
A-Low – Brooklyn:
Dave
Gershman - My two cents: Luis Mateo's arm action has somehow improved significantly
since the season started and his stuff hasn't gone anywhere at all.
Thursday – Loss, 3-11
The strikeouts came
early for Luis Mateo, but three singles in a
row, followed by a triple in the 5th was his downfall. He ended up with 10-Ks in 5.0-IP, but the
5-ERAs raised his ERA to 2.79. Strange outing. Remember, there is a lot of free
swinging at this level so you don’t have to pound the zone to strike people
out. Still, that’s 58-Ks in 48.1-IP. I asked Dave
Gersham/ESPN who covered the game if the Ks pounded the zone or were
free-swinging whiffs and he said: “some were, some weren't. Overall, his
fastball had enough bite to where he was getting plenty of whiffs regardless.”
LF Stefan Sabol went 3-5, 2-R, double, .263
SS Phillip Evans -
2-5, 1-R, double, .233
Rookie –
Kingsport:
Thursday – Win, 7-4
K-Port must have ‘got
pissed’ at my comments yesterday… they scored in the 1st on a triple
and a wild pitch, but added four more in the 2nd with all sorts of
offense, including Jorge Rivero’s (.262) second
triple of the game.
SP John Gant (2-2) had his second QS of the season:
5.2-IP, 4-H, 2-ER, 5-K. It sure helps when your teammates take the bats out of
the lockers.
2 comments:
>> I still project him out going to the pen next season (sorry, Hobie)…>>
I do too… and eventually a 7th inning/LR/emergency-starter in Queens.
>> 33 years ago today, we lost Thurman Munson >>
Was at a weekday NYM-PHI double-header that day. Maz was at the plate & just walked away up the 1B line dragging his bat. The C and HP ump walked together up the 3B line. The crowd (exaggeration) murmur finally brought my attention to the scoreboard announcing the event. Will never forget.
did they rebuild his empty locker in the new stadium?
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