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9/27/13

Mets Press Release - Sterling Winners

Mets - Press Release


METS ANNOUNCE 2013   MINOR LEAGUE AWARDS


FLUSHING, N.Y., September 27, 2013 –    The    New   York Mets today announced that first baseman Allan   Dykstra and catcher Kevin Plawecki were named the Sterling Minor League   Organizational Co-Players of the Year and righthanded pitcher Gabriel Ynoa   earned Sterling Pitcher of the Year honors.

 

In   addition, the Mets announced the 2013 Sterling Awards, emblematic of the Most   Valuable Player for each of the organization’s nine minor league affiliates.

 

Righthanded   pitcher Rafael Montero was the Sterling recipient at Las Vegas (AAA) of the   Pacific Coast League; righthanded pitchers Noah Syndergaard and Jeff Walters   were co-winners at Binghamton (AA) of the Eastern League; infielder/outfielder   Dustin Lawley was honored at St. Lucie (A) of the Florida State League;   infielder Jayce Boyd received the award at Savannah (A) of the South Atlantic   League; righthanded pitcher Robert Gsellman was honored at Brooklyn (A) of the   New York-Penn League; righthanded pitcher Robert Whalen was the recipient for   Kingsport (R) of the Appalachian League; first baseman Dominic Smith was   selected for the rookie-level Gulf Coast League Mets; outfielder John Mora   captured the award for the Dominican Summer League Mets I and lefthanded   pitcher Jose Medina received the award for the Dominican Summer League Mets   II.

 

STERLING   ORGANIZATIONAL CO-PLAYER OF THE YEAR: ALLAN DYKSTRA   (1B)


Height:   6-5        Weight:   215      Bats:   Left   Throws:   Right       Born:   5/21/87       Obtained: Acquired   from San Diego on March 29, 2011 in exchange for RHP Eddie   Kunz

 

Dykstra was named   the 2013 Eastern League Most Valuable Player after hitting .274 (102-372) with   22 doubles, 21 home runs, 82 RBI and 56 runs scored. He led the EL in on-base   percentage (.436), walks (102) and OPS (.938) and slugging percentage (.503).   Dykstra was also tied for fifth in home runs and fourth in RBI. His on-base   percentage was the highest in the Eastern League since 2006 and his walk rate   (21.1) was also the highest in the EL since 2006. He was selected to the   Eastern League postseason All-Star team and was the starting first baseman for   the EL All-Star Game on July 10.

STERLING   ORGANIZATIONAL CO-PLAYER OF THE YEAR: KEVIN PLAWECKI   (C)


Height:   6-2        Weight:   205      Bats:   Right     Throws:   Right          Born:   3/26/91   Obtained/Scout: Mets   supplemental first round pick in 2012 First Year Player Draft/Scott   Trcka

 

Plawecki combined   to hit .305 (137-449) with 38 doubles, eight home runs, 80 RBI with a .390   on-base percentage and a .838 OPS in 125 games between Savannah (A) and St.   Lucie (A). His .305 mark was the fourth-highest in the organization among full   season minor league clubs and his 80 RBI were tied for the fifth-most.   Plawecki was a mid-season South Atlantic League All-Star at Savannah where he   hit .314 with 24 doubles and 43 RBI in 65 games before being promoted to St.   Lucie. He batted .294 with 14 doubles and 37 RBI in 60 Florida State League   games.  Plawecki was selected by the Mets in the supplemental first round   (35th overall) in the 2012 First-Year Player   Draft.

STERLING   ORGANIZATIONAL PITCHER OF THE YEAR: RHP GABRIEL YNOA


Height:   6-2        Weight:   158      Bats:   Right   Throws:   Right       Born:   5/26/93     Obtained/Scout:   Signed as a non-drafted free agent on Nov. 19, 2009/Rafael Perez, Ismael Cruz   & Modesto Abreu.

 


Ynoa won 17 games,   including two in the postseason to help lead Savannah to the South Atlantic   League championship. The righthander led Mets minor leaguers with 15 wins,   which also led the SAL. Ynoa posted a 2.72 ERA, the fourth-best mark in the   SAL and was the lowest ERA among full-season Mets pitchers. He went 15-4 with   a 2.72 ERA (41 earned runs/135.2 innings) in 22 regular season starts for the   Sand Gnats. Ynoa was named the South Atlantic League’s Most Outstanding   Pitcher. He issued only 16 walks and struck out 106. In the postseason, the   6-2, 158-pounder was 2-0 with a 0.95 ERA (two earned runs/14.2 innings) with   nine strikeouts in two postseason starts. He was named to the mid-season South   Atlantic League All-Star team.

2013 STERLING   AWARDS


LAS VEGAS (AAA) OF   THE PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE: RHP RAFAEL MONTERO


Height:   6-0        Weight:   185      Bats:   Right   Throws:   Right       Born:   10/17/90   Obtained/Scout:   Signed as a non-drafted free agent on Jan. 20, 2011/Rafael Perez, Ismael Cruz   & Gerardo Cabrera.

 


Montero was named   to Baseball America’s first team Minor League Baseball All-Star team. He went   12-7 with a 2.78 ERA (48 earned runs/155.1 innings) in 27 starts between   Binghamton (AA) and Las Vegas (AAA). This was Montero’s third year in the   organization and his third Sterling Award – he was named the Organizational   Pitcher of the Year in 2012 and was the recipient at Gulf Coast in 2011.   Montero, 22, led all Mets minor leaguers with 150 strikeout while allowing   just six home runs and issuing 35 walks. He started the 2013 Futures Game at   Citi Field and pitched a scoreless inning for the World Team. Montero became   the first pitcher from any organization to make a start in the Dominican   Summer League and then make a start in Triple-A two years   later.

BINGHAMTON (AA) OF   THE EASTERN LEAGUE: RHP NOAH SYNDERGAARD


Height:   6-5        Weight:   200      Bats:   Left   Throws:   Right       Born:   8/29/92      Obtained: Acquired   from Toronto on Dec. 17, 2012 with John Buck, Travis d’Arnaud and Wuilmer   Becerra in exchange for R.A. Dickey, Josh Thole and Mike   Nickeas

 


Syndergaard was 9-4   with 133 strikeouts in 117.2 innings in 23 starts between St. Lucie (A) and   Binghamton (AA). He had the second-most strikeouts in the organization behind   Montero and was named to the mid-season Florida State League All-Star team. He   went 6-1 with a 3.00 ERA and 69 strikeouts in 54.0 innings over 11 starts with   the BMets. Syndergaard, 21, started and hurled a scoreless inning for Team USA   in the 2013 Futures Game at Citi Field. According to FanGraphs, his 2.73 kwERA   which accounts for strikeout and walk rates was the fourth-best among all   minor league pitchers.

BINGHAMTON (AA) OF   THE EASTERN LEAGUE: RHP JEFF WALTERS


Height:   6-3        Weight:   170      Bats:   Right   Throws:   Right       Born:   11/6/87        Obtained/Scout: Mets   seventh round pick in the 2010 First Year Player Draft/Marlin   McPhail

 


Walters set a   Binghamton franchise record with 38 saves which also led all of minor league   baseball in his first year as a closer. He was 4-3 with a 2.09 ERA (13 earned   runs/56.0 innings) and 60 strikeouts in 53 games for the BMets. Walters was   named to the mid-season and end of the year Eastern League All-Star teams. His   38 saves were the most since 2006 in the Eastern League. The Orlando, Fla.   native held opponents to a .224 batting average and posted a 9.64 strikeout   per nine innings rate.

ST. LUCIE (A) OF   THE FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE: DUSTIN LAWLEY (3B/OF)


Height:   6-1        Weight:   195      Bats:   Right   Throws:   Right       Born:   4/11/89        Obtained/Scout: Mets   19th round pick in the 2011 First Year Player Draft/Tommy   Jackson

 


Lawley led the   organization in home runs (26) and RBI (96). Lawley led the Florida State   League with 25 home runs, was second in the FSL with 92 RBI and tied for third   with 33 doubles while hitting .260 (122-469) in 122 games with St. Lucie.   Lawley also led the Florida State League in slugging (.512) and was fourth   with a .825 OPS. He hit one home run and drove in four runs in six games with   Las Vegas (AAA). He was named to the mid-season Florida State League All-Star   team

SAVANNAH (A) OF THE   SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE: JAYCE BOYD (INF)


Height:   6-3        Weight:   200      Bats:   Right   Throws:   Right       Born:   12/30/90      Obtained/Scout: Mets   sixth round pick in 2012 First Year Player Draft/Jim   Bryant

Boyd hit an   organizational-high .330 (151-458) this year, splitting his season between   Savannah (A) and St. Lucie (A).  The 6-3, 200-pound native of Cantonment,   FL, hit .361 (90-249) with five home runs, 46 RBI and better than a walk per   strikeout (35 walks/32 strikeouts) in 65 games for the Sand Gnats. Boyd was a   South Atlantic League All-Star and earned a promotion to St. Lucie, where he   hit .292 (61-209) with four home runs and 37 RBI in 58 contests. The Mets   selected the 22-year-old out of Florida State University in 2012.   

BROOKLYN (A) OF THE   NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE: ROBERT GSELLMAN (RHP)


Height:   6-4        Weight:   200      Bats:   Right   Throws:   Right       Born:   7/18/93        Obtained/Scout: Mets   13th round pick in 2011 First Year Player Draft/Chris   Becerra

Gsellman pitched at   three different levels this season, combining to go 6-6 with a 2.58 ERA (31   earned runs/108.0 innings) in 19 games, 19 starts at Brooklyn, Savannah and   St. Lucie. The 6-4, 200-pounder began his season with St. Lucie, going 1-0   with a 3.00 ERA (three earned runs/9.0 innings) in two starts. He later   pitched in the South Atlantic League with the Sand Gnats, making five starts   and going 2-3 with a 3.72 ERA (12 earned runs/29.0 innings).  The native   of Santa Monica, CA, finished his season in the New York-Penn League,   compiling a 2.06 ERA (16 earned runs/70.0 innings) and a 3-3 record in 12   games, all starts. The 20-year-old was the New York-Penn League Pitcher of the   Week for the period ending on August 25 after he fanned a career-best 13 on    August 24 at Vermont.

KINGSPORT (R) OF   THE APPLACHIAN LEAGUE: ROBERT WHALEN (RHP)


Height:   6-2        Weight:   200      Bats:   Right       Throws:   Right      Born:   1/31/94     Obtained/Scout: Mets   12th round pick in 2012 First Year Player Draft/Mike   Silvestri

Whalen’s 1.87 ERA   (15 earned runs/72.1 innings) was the second-lowest in the Appalachian League   and the best mark in the Mets organization.  The 19-year-old righthander   finished 3-2 in 12 games, all starts, for Kingsport, and struck out better   than a batter per inning (76 strikeouts/72.1 innings).  A native of   Stroudsburg, PA, Whalen allowed one home run all season and allowed three   earned runs or less in all but one of his starts. Whalen was the   organization’s 12th round pick in the 2012 First Year Player   Draft.

GULF COAST LEAGUE   (R): DOMINIC SMITH (INF)


Height:   6-0        Weight:   185      Bats:   Left   Throws:   Left       Born:   6/15/95      Obtained/Scout: Mets   first round pick (11th overall) in 2013 First Year Player   Draft/Drew Toussaint

The 11th   overall pick in this season’s First-Year Player Draft, Smith hit .287 (48-167)   with three home runs and a .384 on-base percentage in 48 games for the GCL   Mets. He earned a late season promotion to Kingsport, and had four doubles in   six at-bats over three games with the K-Mets.  The 6-0, 185-pound native   of Los Angeles, CA, finished the season with a combined .301 (52-173) batting   average, good for seventh in the organization. The 18-year-old was drafted out   of Serra High School.

METS DOMINICAN   SUMMER LEAGUE #1: JOHN MORA (OF)


Height:   5-10        Weight:   165      Bats:   Left   Throws:   Left       Born:   5/31/93       Obtained/Scout:   Signed

as a free agent in   Nov. 2, 2011/Rafael Perez, Ismael Cruz, Sandy Rosario & Camilo   Pina

Mora hit a combined   .310 (75-242) this season between the DSL #1 Mets and DSL #2 Mets. The 5-10,   165-pound outfielder added 20 extra-base hits (15 doubles and five triples)   and 46 RBI. Mora began the season with DSL #1 and hit .297 (41-138) for in 37   games and stole 12 bases. He finished the year with DSL #2, batting .327   (34-104) in 31 games, and finished with more walks (14) than strikeouts   (13).  The 20-year-old, a native San Juan de la Maguana, DR, was signed   as a non-drafted free agent in 2011.

METS DOMINICAN   SUMMER LEAGUE #2: JOSE MEDINA (LHP)


Height:   6-2        Weight:   180      Bats:   Left   Throws:   Left       Born:   8/25/96   Obtained/Scout:   Signed as a non-drafted free agent in Aug. 29, 2012/Gabriel Low & Fred   Mazuca

Medina made his   professional debut this season and compiled a 0.35 ERA (two earned runs/52.0   innings), the lowest mark in all of the minor leagues among pitchers with at   least 50.0 innings. Medina finished the year 2-0 in 12 games, all starts,   allowing 35 hits while striking out 41 and walking six. The native of Culiacan   Rosales, Mexico did not allow a home run, and was scored upon in four of his   12 appearances (five total runs). The 17-year-old was signed as a non-drafted   free agent last year.

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