Mack Ade – Morning Report – 3-28-13

Mack Ade – Morning Report – 3-28-13

Forbes values the Mets sixth in MLB at $811 million - 6 teams lost money including the Mets at (-$2.4mil). 


Today's starter - Domingo Tapia (96-98, 100...  97-slider)


Pedro Feliciano will start the season with St. Lucie.


Elvin Ramirez was sold to LAA for cash. This is one of the only businesses where it is an insult to be sold for cash. Ramirez had a couple of times to make his mark, and didn't. It's more times than most get. We at Mack's Mets wish him well.

3B Wilmer Flores was optioned to AA-Binghamton

I know it always seems that the Mets are operating under an unfair system of injuries but, frankly, all it has done over the years is expose the team to their lack of ‘depth of talent’ rather than the ‘surface talent’ in the starting lineup. I can’t remember the last time I heard someone say or write that super-prospect ‘so and so’ is blocked and can’t find a way out of AAA and on to the major league squad. The closest we have got to this point is right now with Zack Wheeler and Travis d’Arnaud.

Last day cuts are sometimes interesting, especially for teams that do have too much depth. Imagine you have three great outfielders under contract and a top prospect ready to play at the MLB level. Does having options left solve your problems? Look at the Dodgers. Hey have Carl Crawford signd through 2017, Matt Kemp through 2019, and Andre Ethier through 2017. What happens when super-prospect Yasiel Puig is ready to play big ball?

We know that the Mets are far from this point, but what happens some day if the rotation is Harvey, Wheeler, Niese, Montana and Gee… everything is clicking… and along comes Syndergaard, Mazzoni, Pill, and deGrom?

See?

Sandy Alderson:

“Ultimately, we’re judged on whether we win or lose. … My goal ultimately is for a lot of Mets fans to be happy with where we are – not where we’re going, but where we are. … Many fans are not conditioned to think long-term, and you would expect that to be especially true in New York. I don’t know if this is a majority or a minority, but I’ve actually found from day to day that a lot of people have bought into what we’re doing. That does not mean that the average Mets fan has unlimited patience. But my sense is that they have some understanding at least of what we’re trying to do. … I want people to be happy. And people in baseball are only happy if they’re winning.”

          Is it just me or are you getting sick of all this rhetorical bullshit too? How long do we have to here “wait until next year” until we begin to start realizing that this guy just might not know how to pull the trigger consistently?

          Let’s not target on TC’s lack of contract. Sandy’s runs out in 2014.

Chris Blessing - link - While Noah Syndergaard gets a lot of love for his fastball, it’s the changeup that I’m most excited about. It’s rare at Syndergaard’s age to see such a potentially good looking changeup from a power pitcher. Is it a bit behind his fastball as Michael suggests? Yes, but it’s got tremendous potential to become his out pitch. While showcasing solid arm action, good speed differential, and decent downward movement with the pitch, the key for his changeup to take the next step in it’s development is consistency. The potential is there for this pitch to end up a shade below plus by the time he’s finished developing. As for the fastball, Evan is spot on with his comments. One thing I like to remind readers when writing about a good fastball that is getting hit too much is the difference between command and control. Right now, Syndergaard can throw plenty of strikes with his fastball, but his command isn’t on par with the quality of fastball he possesses. When he starts hitting his location with the pitch, lookout! He could leapfrog into our top 25 by this time next year.

The Marlins farm out Jacob Turner

Angels Sign Mark Lowe

Derek Jeter placed on the DL

Yankees claimed RHP Sam Demel off waivers from Astros

Texas farms out Jurickson Profar

The Braves farm out Tyler Pastornicky

Some other stories:

          John Delcos on Shaun Marcus - link

          Jarod Diamond about Mets pitching - link

          Andy Martino on Zack Wheeler - link

          Doug Fernandes on Brian Cole - link