7/10/13

Mack Ade – AM Report – 7-10-13 – Zach Dotson, Josh Satin, San Diego, Kris Benson, Biogenesis


 

I heard from ex-prospect and local hotshot, P Zach Dotson, who, so far, has made it a living being in the Mets extended camp:

zach Dotson ‏@_ZachDotson  @JohnMackinAde I'm 2 weeks away from being game ready

This is real good news for people like me that believe in this kid. 

                                                                                Giants sign Jeff Francoeur to minors deal  

James Preller -
In the professional ranks, it happens with draft picks. The guy taken in the 2nd Round will get a much longer look (read: opportunity to succeed) than the 12th Rounder. That’s life. It’s not exactly unfair, either, since the kid earned that slot through years of play. With the late draft pick, it’s the opposite; he begins with two proverbial strikes against him, almost no room for failure. That kind of player has to force his way into a team’s plans. The wonderful thing is that some of those late-bloomers develop a tough hide in the process. They compete harder, dig deeper, get tougher. They love proving the experts wrong. http://2guystalkingmetsbaseball.com/two-outliers-opportunity-knocks-softly-for-jeremy-hefner-josh-satin/

This was  a story about Josh Satin and Jeremy Hefner, two players I assume the Mets will do everything in their power to keep in their organization next season. Obviously, add these two to your 40-man. 

                                                                San Diego Padres club president Tom Garfinkel has resigned 

Word is that San Diego is now in the selling mode. What do they have out there to look for?

                                P Huston Street (0-4, 4.30)– assumption of $7mil 2014 contract
                                CF Cameron Maybin (.157 - DL) - $5.1/mil-2014, $7.1mil-2015, $8.1mil-2016
                                C Nick Hundley (.246) - $4mil-2014
                                OF Chris Denofria (.267) - $2.25mil-2014
                                LHP Cory Luebke (DL) - $3.125-2014, $5.357-2015
 

Former Mets pitcher Kris Benson's ex-wife Anna was arrested Monday after a bizarre incident in which she broke into his Georgia apartment with weapons and demanded money. According to the TMZ report, Anna had Kris at gunpoint and ordered him to pay her cash a day after a court order forced her to vacate the residence. She was wearing a bulletproof vest and also had a metal baton. Kris told her he would pay her but left to call the police instead. http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/backpage/former_mets_pitcher_benson_held_bagsmbKbalPfVmZwzjU8fL#ixzz2YY4Bx4ER

                                                My daughter went to college with Kris. Good guy, but just picked his women badly.
 

Officials have decided to slow down the process of handing out suspensions involving the Biogenesis Clinic mess in South Florida. Purists of the game wanted certain players (Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta, Everth Cabrera, Bartolo Colon) from being prevented from playing in the upcoming all-star game, but investigators don’t want to rush this and screw things up.
It will happen when it happens, but what’s important here, is the fact that this is not going away, meaning, there will probably be a 50-game suspension for OF Cesar Puello, even if all he did was make an appointment and walk in the door.
I continue to be surprised that Puello hasn’t been sent to Vegas. I assume it’s so he can participate in the Binghamton playoffs and I also expect him to come to Queens in September as part of the add-on squad then. Look for the 50-games to take place at the beginning of next season.
 

Howard Megdel on Carlos Torres
In the abstract, the Mets have the luxury of waiting until the end of the season to make decisions about Torres and 2014. But in a world where Bobby Parnell can fetch a significant return in trade, and the Mets badly need position players, how well Torres can step in is something the Mets would be better off knowing in weeks, not months, ahead of the July 31 non-waiver trading deadline. Let’s just wait on proclaiming Carlos Torres a bullpen mainstay. But don’t envy Mets decision-makers. They don’t have the luxury of waiting much longer. http://mets.lohudblogs.com/2013/07/09/how-real-is-carlos-torres/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

This sounds like a good plan, unless someone gets hurt and Torres could set in as an emergency starter for the remainder of the season.

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