Mack Ade - AM Report - 6-29-13

There is a lot of blog chatter on whether or not Bobby Parnell should be traded for an outfielder.

Let’s look at this without emotion.

Here are the teams fighting it out for a playoff spot, the player that has ‘closed’ more than anyone else, and his closing stats:

Boston                  Andrew Bailey   12/SVO, 8/SV, 4.37, 1.37   

Baltimore            Jim Johnson       32/SVO, 27/SV, 4.03, 1.21

Yankees               Mariano Rivera 27/SVO, 26/SV, 1.55, 1.24

Tampa Bay          Fernando Rodney   21/SVO, 16/SV, 4.83, 1.45

Toronto                Casey Janssen   18/SVO, 17/SV, 2.10, 0.70

Detroit                  Jose Valverde    12/SVO, 9/SV, 5.59, 1.24

Cleveland            Vinnie Pestano 7/SVO, 5/SV, 4.13, 1.38

Texas                    Joe Nathan         27/SVO, 26/SV, 1.62, 0.87

Oakland               Grant Balfour     18/SVO, 18/SV, 2.03, 1.13

Atlanta                 Craig Kimbrel    25/SVO, 22/SV, 1.53, 1.02

Philadelphia       Jonathan Papalbon   19/SVO, 15/SV, 2.05, 0.88

Washington        Rafael Soriano   24/SVO, 21/SV, 2.38, 0.92

Pittsburgh           Jason Grilli           27/SVO, 26/SV, 1.82, 0.87

St. Louis               Edward Mujica  21/SVO, 21/SV, 2.20, 0.73

Cincinnati            Aroldis Chapman   22/SVO, 19/SV, 2.73, 1.15

Arizona                 Heath Bell           17/SVO, 14/SV, 4.85, 1.62

San Diego            Huston Street    16/SVO, 15/SV, 4.61, 1.32

Colorado              Rafael Betancourt    12/SVO, 11/SV, 3.20, 1.22

Now, here are the teams that seem to be in need of a closer, and the outfielders in their system, starting from the majors through their AA farm team:

Boston:

                Mike Carp - .313/MLB – pre-ARB

                Shane Victorino - .297/MLB - $13mil thru 2015

                Jacoby Ellsbury - .292/MLB -$9mil/2012 – free agent in 2014

                Daniel Nava - .281/MLB – pre-ARB

                Jonny Gomes - .211/MLB - $5mil/2014

                Jackie Bradley Jr. - .154/MLB – pre-ARB - .313/AAA

                Bryce Brentz – pre-ARB - .254-AAA, 15-HR

Baltimore:

                Adam Jones – .296/MLB - $17.333mil thru 2018

                Nick Markakis – .284/MLB - $15.35mil thru 2014

                Nate McLouth – .284/MLB - $2mil/2013, free agent in 2014

                Chris Dickerson – .264/MLB – pre-ARB

                Nolan Reimold - .188/MLB - $1mil/ARB-1

                L.J. Hoes - #6 prospect - .289/AAA

                Xavier Avery - #7 prospect - .300/AAA 

Tampa Bay:

                Wil Myers - .268/MLB – pre-ARB

                Desmond Jennings - .256/MLB – pre-ARB

                Matt Joyce – .253/MLB - $2.45mil/ARB-1

                Kelly Johnson – .240/MLB - $2.45/2013 – free agent in 2014

                Sean Rodriguez – .235/MLB - $1mil/ARB-1

                Sid Fudd - .179/MLB – ARB-1

                Mikie Mahtook – #11 prospect - .239/AA

Detroit:

                Matt Tuisosopo - .338/MLB – pre-ARB

                Torii Hunter - .301/MLB – $14mil thru 2014

                Austin Jackson - .301/MLB – $3.5mil/ARB-1

                Andy Dirks - .250/MLB – pre-ARB

                Avisail Garcia – .250/MLB – pre-ARB

                Don Kelly - .228/MLB - $900K/ARB-2

                Nick Castellanos - #1 prospect - .296/AAA

                Tyler Collins - #5 prospect - .207/AA, 10-HR, 39-RBI

                Daniel Fields - #6 prospect - .271/AA

Cleveland:

                Michael Bourne - .296/MLB – $14mil thru 2016

                Michael Brantley - .271/MLB – pre-ARB

                Ryan Raburn - .256/MLB –  $1mil/2013 – free agent in 2014

                Drew Stubbs - .242/MLB –  $2.825mil/ARB-1    

Arizona:

                Geraldo Parra - .306/MLB – $2.35mil/ARB-2

                Jason Kubel - .266/MLB – $7.5mil/2013 – free agent in 2014

                Cody Ross - .255/MLB – $9.5mil thru 2015

                A.J. Pollock - .251/MLB –  pre-ARB

                Alfredo Marte - .186/MLB –  pre-ARB

                Adam Eaton - #4 prospect – Rehab

Okay, ‘General Managers’… you take it from here.

Roster Add – GCL Mets – SS – Luis Guillorme

                Guillorme joined the GCL team after a short delay due to a contract hiccup.

Amazing Avenue said: “He has almost everything you look for in a middle infielder. He has very quick feet, soft hands, smooth actions, and solid arm strength. And despite having no better than average foot speed, he has great range, in part because of a very quick first step and tremendous instincts. He plays defense hard, charging ground balls aggressively and displaying sure confidence in his defensive ability and great on-field awareness. He can be the sort of player who captains an infield. There are still things Gullorme has to learn at the position, but they’ll come in time.”

He shouldn’t have trouble getting time to play here once Ruben Tejada moves on from his rehab session. Currently, only Jean Rodriguez (.083) has held down short, though he really is a second baseman.

Guillorme is a follower of Mack’s Mets.

Welcome Luis.

Latin Prospect Stats

                We need to keep an eye on the Latin kids that are slowly crawling up the lower levels of the system. These are the guys that got the bonus money or played like all-stars for the DSL team. They, their team, and their current stats are:

                                OF Wuilmer Becerra – GCL Mets - .333/.375/.333/.708

                                2B Leon Canelon – GCL Mets - .273/.333/.364/.697

                                LF Vincente Lupo – GCL Mets - .143/.250/.143/.393

                                C Jose Garcia – GCL Mets - .000/.000/.000/.000 (10-AB)

                                1B Manuel Hilario – GCL Mets - .000/.000/.000/.000

                                C Adrian Abreu – Kingsport - .273/.429/.455/.883

                                3B Pedro Perez – Kingsport - .167/.200/.208/.408

                                 SS Amed Rosario - Kingsport - .200/.222/.314/.537