We’ve talked so many times about the depth of starting
pitching in the Mets system. This has never been more evident now that some of
these guys are coming off the DL. In fact, there simply are too many good
pitchers both in St. Lucie and Binghamton.
The B-Mets now have six legitimate starters on their
staff: Rafael Montero, Logan Verrett, Cory
Mazzoni, Jake deGrom, Erik Goeddel, and Mark Cohoon.
Think that’s crowded? Well, Lucy has seven: Noah Syndergaard, Domingo Tapia, Rainy Lara, Luis Mateo, Matt
Bowman, Angel Cuan, and Alex Panteleodis.
We know that Zack Wheeler will join Jon Niese and Matt Harvey soon in the Mets rotation and we assume that Montero will
quickly follow.
Then what?
If the fifth starter is Tapia, what does the team do with
the rest of these guys? And, we didn’t even include Hansel Robles and Michael Fulmer who are on
the DL?
Shall we go further? Marcos
Camarena, Gabriel Ynoa, Luis Cessa, Steven Matz, Tyler Pill, Logan Taylor…
And what if we come out of the draft with the likes of Ryne Stanek, Austin Kubitza,
and Karsten Whitsen?
Do you see where I’m going here. Is there a pattern being
branded.
There’s only one way to dominate this game and that’s
through quality starting pitching and, if you happen to have too much of it,
well, you can just about get anything you need to build a great dynasty. Most
of these guys need another 12-18 months to mature, but the Mets should be able
to hold the fort down in 2014 with Harvey, Wheeler, Niese, Montero, and Gee.
Past that is all gravy.
Case in point… take the Dillon
Gee outing vs. the Yankees. The Mets had
four hits, but won by two runs. How? Simple… quality starting pitching.
AAA – 2B – Wilmer Flores – Flores continues his spiraling up this
week (last 10 games: .372) and now has a seasonal stat line of:
.292/.335/.470/.805. He also leads the league with 20 doubles. The last
thing this guy led a league in was errors on shortstop. Now, he’s playing a position
where the team has an all-star playing. All this and still only 21-years old.
Is he a future Mets second baseman? Frankly, I’m pretty high on Daniel Murphy right now, who not only continues to
prove he’s one of the better hitters in baseball, but he’s also one of the
members of a solid nucleus of clubhouse leaders. No, Flores is back to trade
bait again, but he has such a negative reputation as a busted prospect with
most of the scouts out there. He and Jefry Marte were
touted so early as the future Mets infield, which came a few years after Hector Pellot and Juan Lagares
were touted as the future Mets infield. Baseball takes these 16-year old
Latin kids and turns them into baseball legends before they have even learned
to field a ball hit straight at them. The good news is the group of PCL scouts
who had never seen him before have been quite impressed with how Wilmer has
handled himself at this level. He’s still very young for a AAA player and,
having only seven infield errors is baby numbers for a guy like Flores.
Projection: Nothing has changed here over the years… trade bait to an American
League team looking for a gap hitting DH.
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Keeping an eye on:
AAA – 2B – Wilmer Flores – Flores continues his spiraling up this
week (last 10 games: .372) and now has a seasonal stat line of:
.292/.335/.470/.805. He also leads the league with 20 doubles. The last
thing this guy led a league in was errors on shortstop. Now, he’s playing a position
where the team has an all-star playing. All this and still only 21-years old.
Is he a future Mets second baseman? Frankly, I’m pretty high on Daniel Murphy right now, who not only continues to
prove he’s one of the better hitters in baseball, but he’s also one of the
members of a solid nucleus of clubhouse leaders. No, Flores is back to trade
bait again, but he has such a negative reputation as a busted prospect with
most of the scouts out there. He and Jefry Marte were
touted so early as the future Mets infield, which came a few years after Hector Pellot and Juan Lagares
were touted as the future Mets infield. Baseball takes these 16-year old
Latin kids and turns them into baseball legends before they have even learned
to field a ball hit straight at them. The good news is the group of PCL scouts
who had never seen him before have been quite impressed with how Wilmer has
handled himself at this level. He’s still very young for a AAA player and,
having only seven infield errors is baby numbers for a guy like Flores.
Projection: Nothing has changed here over the years… trade bait to an American
League team looking for a gap hitting DH.
Ironically put online today:
Wilmer Flores, 2b, Mets: If you focus on what Flores can’t do, you’ll
have a pretty lengthy list. The 21-year-old can’t run. Because of his slow
feet, he’s struggled to find a permanent position, which is why second base is
his latest landing spot (after stints at shortstop and third base in the past).
And while his power plays as a middle infielder, it may not be enough if he
ends up at first base. But focusing on what he can do, the man can square up a
baseball. Flores hit .406/.406/.625 this week for Triple-A Las Vegas, with
another reminder that he could be a .300 hitter in the big leagues—if he can
find a position. http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/prospect-hot-sheet-may-31-wil-myers-heats-up/
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