I talked with P Akeel Morris and he has confirmed that he is being
piggy-backed right now in Brooklyn. This is potential great news for the
ex-starter prospect who has once again turned some heads with his blazing
speed. This time he’s doing it with command and the results so far: 4-G, 2-0,
0.00, 10.2-IP, 18-K, 3-BB. Watch out world… Akeel is back!
MLB Power Ranking – 25.
New York Mets 37 – 48 (26) +1:
Sending Ike Davis to Las Vegas may have
worked. LINK
Still hot for K-Port is
starter Carlos Gomez who still hasn’t given up a
run in three starts (3-starts, 17.IP, all goose eggs only 7-K’s but a flawless
control game.
The Cubs trade OF Scott Hairston to the Nationals for 21-year-old RHP Ivan Pineyro (A-ball: 5-3, 3.14, 1.12, 66IP/65K) – non
top 20 prospect
We were looking to see how St. Lucie would handle the rotation once Michael Fulmer came back. Well, Fulmer pitched 5.0 on
Sunday, followed by ex-starter Angel Cuan (2.0-IP,
3-K, 0-R, 4.04). This leaves Fulmer, Hansel Robles,
Domingo Tapia, Rainy Lara, Matt Bowman, and Alex
Panteleodis in their 6-man rotation. Next up should be Steven Matz and, since none of these guys are ready to
step up to AA, my guess is that Pants will hit the pen later this month.
We have to stop looking for a new home for SP Jeremy
Hefner. He continues to do very little wrong in June. Since June 4th,
he leads the majors with a 1.64 ERA. We’re not talking about Matt Harvey here. He just turned 28 in March and is
under team control until way past 2018. The name just doesn’t roll off our
tongue because he never was considered a prospect of this organization. He’s
also not one of those speed freaks so we don’t drool when his name hits the box
score, but what you have to do is come up with a new name for this guy if you
have to make you realize that he’s for real. Call him Jerry
Koosman, or Rafael Montero, or someone
who immediately brings a smile to your Mets face. Your team has just found a
future member of your rotation who isn’t going to break the bank. And… and this
is the most important part of this… this is not someone that should be traded.
Rotations work when you have different kinds of pitchers following each other.
Five guys that throw 96-98 is high speed batting practice and,
eventually, in a 3-4 game series, the other team’s batters will hit your
pitchers. But, if you put up some heat (Harvey), follow it with finesse
(Hefney), go back to heat (Wheeler), go lefty (Niese) and then end with control
(Gee), you have an excellent major league rotation.
What this does is set up 2014 as a workable excellent rotation that
could be enhanced with someone like Montero. It also serves up Montero as
possible trade bait which makes much more sense than trading someone that has
already proved he can dominate at the major league level.
Let’s go back and review this again… ‘Jerry Koosman’ or whatever the
hell you call him, leads the major league since June 4th with the
lowest ERA. That’s something already proved, not something wishfully thought
of.
Troy Renck ✔
@TroyRenck - Are looking. Not many arms
available. A lot of buyers RT @halljw9: With Oswalt out, Nolasco a Dodger.
#Rockies Hand forced to make a trade?
Hmm… the Rockies looking for a starter… how about Jeremy
Hefner for Kyle Parker or Tim Wheeler?
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web site to Word Press. There’s a good chance it will be completed by the end
of this month and we will ‘double post’ all the good stuff on this old Blogspot
site as well as the new one. We will let you know when to change your address
to our site.
2 comments:
Mack, could you make up your mind please?
First you write a pretty piece about Hefner and keeping him in the rotation. Then you post a quote from somebody who says that the Rockies need an arm and you want to trade Hefner for Kyle Parker or Tim Wheeler.
I would keep Hefner. Those 2 you mentioned are not going the help the Mets. Hefner will and Puello might help next year too!
relax... it was a joke Jonah
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