Mack Ade – Morning Report
– 6-14-13
I wrote a post earlier this week calling for the dismissal of
Sandy Alderson and his lieutenants. The least I could do is take an objective
look at what he has brought to the organization since he arrived after the 2010
season:
1B – Jayce Boyd – 2012 Draft –
Has been a pleasant surprise for Savannah in 2013. He’s fourth in the Sally
League in batting average (.335), sixth in OBP (.409), and third in hits (79).
I’m sure he will be moving on the St. Lucie as soon as he participated in the
A-ball all-star game. Honorable mention goes out to this year’s number one
pick, Dominic Smith, who should clear doctors
today and announce his signing.
2B – Danny Muno – 2011 Draft
– Muno has hit well at both the rookie (2011 – Brooklyn: .355) and A+ (2012 –
St. Lucie: .280) level, but is currently struggling in the AA ‘prospect league’
(.224). His OPS has steadied declined
(2011: 980, 2012: 799, 2013: .695).
SS – Gavin Cecchini – 2012 Draft
– the past first round draft pick never came out of camp this season for one of
the full season teams, though he is 100% healthy. Had a decent (.246 -
Kingsport) start for someone who just finished a full high school season and
was assigned to a professional team. One scout told me once if you hit .250
under those conditions, getting used to ‘the grind’, you’re internally
considered an all-star. Even money bet he opens for Brooklyn.
3B – Jeff Reynolds – 2012 Draft – Reynolds is currently hitting
.286 for Savannah, not bad for a 38th round draft pick out of
Harvard. Stat line is equally impressive:
.286/.329/.371/.700. There’s an outside chance he will end this season with St.
Lucie.
OF – Wuillmer Becerra – 2012
Trade – The 6-4 Becerra signed with the Toronto Blue Jays for a $1,3mil dollar
bonus. Ben Badler said: “Plus, plus speed… for some scouts, Becerra was one of
the better righthanded hitters on the international market last year, though
there was some disagreement about scouts on his bat. Becerra has a good
combination of size, strength and raw power, and some scouts felt he had good
plate coverage and feel for hitting. Others contend he’s not as sharp in game
situations as he is in BP because he tends to get around the ball with length
to his stroke and an uppercut swing, which isn’t uncommon for Latin American
amateurs.” He could be the steal of the deal. Look for him to play for the GCL
Mets this summer.
OF – Brandon Nimmo – 2011
Draft – The first round draft pick two years ago has won me over with his 2013
season (.303) in Savannah. One of the sweetest swings you will ever see. I’m
not sure if he will stick in centerfield, nor do I think any huge amount of
power will develop, but I can easily see his rocket arm in CitiField’s
right field by 2016. My prediction is he’s the real deal.
OF – Travis Taijeron – 2011
Draft – A very interesting ‘project’. He may be the top power bat in the
system. He’s currently filling in for the injured Cory
Vaughn in Binghamton and has made his mark there early (19-AB, 2-HR,
1.211-OBP). He has had 789 professional at-bats and has produced 39-HR and
143-RBI, with a stat line of: .280/.372/.526/.898. There’s a good chance he
will not be going back to St. Lucie which will put him in line to possibly
begin next season in Las Vegas. I drool when I think of this bat playing there.
C – Travis d’Arnaud -
2012 Trade – Frankly, it was tough to leave Savannah’s Kevin
Plawecki (.322) off of this list, but the ‘Sandy star’ at this position
is d’Arnaud. He really is no longer a minor league player. His injury cam in
spring training and I expect him to be sent to Queens as early as the day after
he comes out of rehab. John Buck’s days as an effective catcher for the Mets
seem over and it’s time to move on here. I anticipate d’Arnaud being around for
a long time and being highly successful at his craft.
SP – Zack
Wheeler – 2011 Trade
- I think everybody has written enough about this kid. It was a great ‘future’
trade which will become reality this weekend. Let’s all pray he lives up to the
hype.
SP – Noah Syndergaard – 2012
Trade – Holding out for Syndergaard to be added to the Dickey deal might
someday prove to be the gem of Alderson’s Mets career. Most scouts project him
in the same class as Wheeler and Matt Harvey. Wouldn’t that be something?
SP – Robert Gsellman – 2011
Draft - the 13th round pick
has been a breath of fresh air, both in 2012 (11-G, 5-ST, 1-3, 3.92 –
Kingsport) and this season split with St. Lucie and Savannah (7-starts, 3-3,
3.55). He’s not considered prospect material, but is carrying his own weight
through three levels so far.
SP – Matt Bowman – 2012 Draft
– First there’s a third baseman from Harvard ad now we have a pitcher from
Princeton. And, his 2013 season has just been… wow: (combined Savannah-St.
Lucie: 7-0, 2.62,68.2-IP, 65-K, 12-BB) Bowman has five pitches and is a Dillon
Gee type starter. I don’t see him getting to Binghamton this season and this
guy could be a major piece of a future trade.
SP – Logan Verrett – 2011
Draft – Verrett was a ‘quiet’ draft pick
after the Mets picked two high school kids in the first round. This is another
of those pleasant surprises (pro career: 12-4, 3.16) who has particularly taken
on the AA level (7-2, 3.79) this season. Another Dillon
Gee trade bait kind of pitcher.
RP – Jack Leathersich – 2011
Draft – Was just promoted to Las Vegas while I was typing this. One stat here:
71 pro innings… 194 strikeouts… 15.32 SO/9… ridiculous.
RP – Tyler Vanderheiden –
2012 Draft – A good start so far. 2012 in Brooklyn: 25-appearances, 2-0, 0.82… this year in Savannah: 15-appearances, 3-0,
3.38.
7 comments:
Mack,
Great objective list. I am quite critical of Alderson as well, but criticizing him does not mean he hasn't done anything right. I see that the 2nd rounder they failed tpo sign last year was signed by the Red Sox this year for almost twice as much as he would have cost the Mets. It is moves like that, along with a very poor acquisition at the major league level, and slick talk to the fanbase about managment's intent to "not punt" on seasons in order to continue to charge top ticket prices, things like this that draw the ire of the large segments of the fanbase. There is no reason why he can't have the current players in the system while fielding a respectable team in NY, with a few more decent players to support this "core", you know, maybe like scoring some runs for a kid like Harvey, or robbing some hits with actual defense.
Thank you, TP.
I work hard (sometimes :) on pieces like this one and we at Mack's Mets never seem to get enough comments. I don't think it's a negative though. Blogger reports that the majority of the readers here are between the ages of 45-54 and people that age simply have a life to live past typing out comments and tweets all day.
I found my own post enlightening and, given time, it looks like Sandy and Company IS building a winner that should begin to pay off around 2016-2017.
Mack - great list
It would have been hard for me to leave Michael Fulmer off this list.
I only left him off due to his DL status, thus, an 'active' rotation
Yea I think I'd have mazzoni on here as well
Just adds to the depth
Just as a fan who likes stat sheets, Muno does have 38 RBI's in 210 AB's. Pretty impressive with that slash line.
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