Mack Ade – PM Report – 6-28-13 – Eric Young Jr., Ike Davis, Baby Steps, Jose Medina, Gordon Beckham

 

Dave Hudgens on Eric Young Jr. –

“You’d like to see more of a sample. You really don’t look at the numbers too much, because he hasn’t has the chance. I don’t think we know yet what kind of player he is;  208 at-bats is a little opportunity, but it’s not much of an opportunity. He seems to have the right idea, the approach we want to emphasize. He’s very receptive. He tries to be a guy who gets on base, sees some pitches, and tries to swing at the right pitches. That’s what he tries to do. It doesn’t always work out that way.”

You want a leadoff hitter to have a .350+ OBP. So far, Young falls short of that, but he’s a lot higher than anyone else on this team can currently accomplish. And, he was a steal for Collin McHugh. Let’s give Sandy Alderson all the credit here. This is another great trade for a team that needs three or four more.

Young will only enter his first arbitration year in 2014 and is under team control through 2016.

For now, play him every day and bat him first in the order. We need to see what this guy can do with 400+ at bats in one season. We may just have the  lineup replacement for Jose Reyes here. 

From Jared Diamond –

On the surface, the idea of promoting Ike Davis this quickly seems a little strange. He was sent down June 9. No way he has fixed everything already. But then again, the idea of keeping Davis in exile feels more and more useless with every home run he hits.

I agree with one thing here. If you have any plans on either including Davis as part of your future, or market him to another team, you better well bring him back from this AAA banishment and let him show the baseball world that he’s a better ballplayer than he showed us so far this season.

You can’t change what has happened and going 30 for 30 will still make his overall batting average suck, but that’s not know the baseball world works. If he hits in Queens like he’s currently hitting in Las Vegas, he will help this team win game or increase his value in the open market.

What do you think about him going to the Yankees?

I’ll take OF Tyler Austin and OF Slade Heathcott. 

Baby Steps – Mets 3, Colorado 2

The Mets went into this game with seven teams ahead of them in the wild card race. One of them was the Colorado Rockies. We have a couple of sayings when it comes to playoff baseball. One is ‘win the series’. Trust me, if you win most of the series you play, you will be in the playoffs.

Another is ‘beat the teams ahead of you’.  The Mets had three more loses than the Rockies going into this one make- up game, but every win is worth twice a loss when it comes to a team already ahead of you in the standings.

I like this competitive team that Alderson and Collins are fielding. Satin, Quintanilla, Lagares, Brown, Young, and pitchers like Hefner. None of these guys were ever in the plan, and may never be again, but the team seems to be more comfortable on the road than the pressures of winning at home.

This road trip was supposed to be a back breaker and define this team for the rest of the season. Instead, it is giving the fans a reason to go back out and root, root, root for the home team (if they don’t win it’s a shame…).

It’s time to come home now and take on another of those teams currently with less loses. Baby steps.

(BTW – five of the six teams ranked ahead of the Mets for a wild card slot… lost last night) 

Michael Salfino ‏ - “No one has been a bigger Bobby Parnell supporter than me, but Mets should see if they can get a solid hitting prospect before deadline. 

Prospect Alert – SP Jose Medina

We never get enough information out of the DSL system. These guys seem to come and go throughout the season and no one ever explains how they were signed, where they were for three or four years before they surfaced here, and, in many cases, where they went.

Once is a while the Mets actually sign someone as a 16-year old right off the International Baseball America Hotsheet.  Enter 6-2 LHP Jose Medina.

So far, so good here. He is dominating a league known for high ERAs: 5-starts, 22.0-IP, 1-ER, 18-K, 0.41.

This from a lefty born in August… 1996!

 

Josh Batelli  - Marlon Byrd since May 29th: .298 8 HRs 18 RBI. Justin Upton since May 18th: .190 1 HR 8 RBI. Byrd didn't cost Zack Wheeler. He cost 700K.

 

Michael Scannell - What do you think the cost for Gordon Beckham be?

                Well, it seems to me that you’re pretty stuck on this Beckham train, so let’s take a look at it.

                  They have a second base prospect (Carlos Sanchez) who looks to be ready next season, but he’s no Daniel Murphy. A     Murph    for Beckham deal would be a good start here. Both are still team controlled and over each team a potent bat (still don’t know why you don’t like Daniel… he’s got less home runs, and a shit load less doubles).

Another option is to throw in Wilmer Flores, who gives them some insurance at second but also an immediate replacement for the aging Adam Dunn.

Lastly, everybody loves young pitching and the Mets have plenty of them

.So, pick a second baseman between Murphy or Flores + throw in a pitching prospect that isn’t Syndegaard or Montero and you should be able to open talks here.