Last night was a real big night for those of you that look to the future for that 'dream rotation' we are always talking about. Not only did you get a chance to see Noah Syndergaard dominate at the AA-level, but Rafael Montero got a change to pitch a AAA game outside that rare air we always hear about (Nashville). Both these guys are probably going to star the 2014 season in Las Vegas, but they will be on their way to Queens by July to join Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler, Jon Niese, Jenrry Mejia, and Dillon Gee. It sure will be interesting.
We will keep you up to date all day with the Biogenesis mess.
A New York man has been charged with beating his mother to death with a barbell after losing his temper while watching a baseball game on television. Michael Anthony, 25, was watching the New York Mets lose a game on Saturday from his home in the borough of Queens when he began furiously banging on the walls, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said in a statement on Monday. His father Fred Fischman shouted at him to stop, but Anthony punched him in the face and threw him to the ground, according to the criminal charges. When Anthony's mother, Maria Fischman, 61, tried to intervene, prosecutors said he stabbed her once in the head with a knife before chasing her into a bedroom where he struck her several times with the 20 pound (9 kilogram) barbell. http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/07/30/us-crime-usa-barbell-idUSN3044086220070730
-Those losses to the Nats can be killers…
Adam Rubin @AdamRubinESPN - Syndergaard has now tossed 104.2 IP this season. Had 103.2 IP last season. So probably no more than 29 more to go. Usually allow 30 IP jump.
Syndergaard is an extremely important part of the future rotation and will be handled with care.
We’re moving on to the evaluation of shortstop…
Currently, Omar Quintanilla (.233) is holding down the position which was forfeited by Ruben Tejada (Mets: .209, AAA: .303) earler this year. Tejada should get a clean slate coming out of the 2014 spring training and, right now, has no one pushing him for the next two years. Players in the system:
Phillip Evans – Evans was a surprise 15th round pick in 2011who had told teams not to draft him because he was going to college. Projected much higher, the Mets looked like the stole a big one here, but so far, it just hasn’t worked. He hit .252 for Brooklyn last year, only .211 this year for Savannah, and now just lit the DL with a lower back strain. I can’t honestly say he has earned a promotion to St. Lucie next year and should probably play in Savannah again and let Gavin Cecchini pass him by.
Gavin Cecchini – I’d love to be a fly in the draft room on this one. Picked as the overall 12th pick in the 2012 draft, you have to assume the Mets had decided that Evans was not going to be the long term answer to their shortstop problems. Well, so far, Cecchini hasn’t stepped up either. He hit .246 for Kingsport last year and is hitting only .247 this year for Brooklyn. Yes, he is only 19-years old, but I’d send him to St. Lucie next year.
Amed Rosario – Rosario is one of the Mets recent big-time international bonus babies who is playing very unsuccessfully at Kingsport (.212). This 17-year old is a very long term project at best.
Jeff McNeil – McNeil is having quite the 2013. First, he hit .348 for Long Beach State, then was drafted by the Mets, and now is hitting .333 for Kingport. He’s been a very pleasant surprise as the 12th round draft pick this year.
Luis Guillorme – Guillorme is another 2013 draft pick (10th), straight out of high school. So far, he has impressed as the leadoff hitting for the GCL Mets (.272).
Long term, there’s some good news here, but nothing is etched in stone. Right now, the Mets don’t have a 2014 shortstop.
After an abysmal start, Evans was having a very good month before the injury. But he seems too thick to be considered a SS prospect.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that Rosario is playing for Kingsport at 17 speaks volumes about what the organization thinks of him. I believe he has more HRs than Nimmo.
While drooling over SP prospects I had this outside-the-box thought: with Parnell headed to join Edgin on the DL would anybody consider bumping Jeff Walters (25 y/o, 32 SV, 1.03 WHIP, 50/12 K/BB in 47 IP) to Queens?
ReplyDeleteHe does....he's hit three.
ReplyDeleteListen, Nimmo is having a horrible year. But, it only went downhill after he injured his wrist, which always saps your power. Remember, last year he hit 6 homers playing in Brooklyn where nobody hits homers and this year he was smoking hot for the first month. I really hope this is all related to the injury because something obviously changed.
He went from destroying the competition to looking as if he belongs in Kingsport.
Look, Duda couldn't buy a hit in the GCL after his injury and he's a borderline major leaguer.
Rosario does have three homers as a 17 year old playing in a league ahead of all the new high school draftees. They obviously think he's ahead of the curve. He's not doing great, but he's not embarrassing himself. Based on what he got paid and what they spent this year on international free agents, they think he's a possible future star.
I saw Nimmo a few times last year in Brooklyn and once this year prior to the hand injury. I agree that he has a nice swing (and approach) and the results were fine before he hurt the hand. Though he hasn't hit many home runs, he's shown consistent gappy power. So I'm still in his camp. Lets see how he goes next year in PSL. Great kid.
ReplyDeleteYou may see Nimmo held back from St. Lucie and brought back to Savannah to continue to work at his game. He's young enough to do that.
ReplyDeleteTrue, Nimmo might have to prove his season was injury related. Even if he does, he could do well and be in Lucy by June at 21 years old and he's still ahead of where he'd have been if he went to college. But, if he went to college, what are the chances this guy would have gotten picked not just in the first round, but as low as 12 where they picked him?
ReplyDeleteDoubtful...