4/12/14

Morning Report – 4-12-14 – League Leaders, Eno-Chat, Winning Away


 

Coming Up –

         11am – Reese Kaplan - Closing In On 2 Weeks of Treading Water

          2pm  -  ROTOGRAPHS - The Top 50 Impact Fantasy Prospects For 2014

         5pm -  Kyle Schwarber, Trea Turner , Brandon Finnegan, Marcus Wilson, Carl Chester

         8pm – OF - Kel Johnson - Home School (GA)

 

(Note – I’ve got some major computer problems that will limit my online usage until (hopefully) someone comes to my house Saturday afternoon and fixes it. The only difference to all you will be my limited participation right now in the comments portion of the site. Please bear with me. Thanks.)

 

Chris Young (quad) played in an extended spring training game Thursday. Young landed on the disabled list after straining his right quad on Opening Day, but he's getting closer to making his return. He could be ready to begin an official minor league rehab assignment on Friday, setting up a potential return late next week.[i]

So the question is… Eric Young is making things happen as the leadoff hitter, Juan Lagares is hitting over .300, and Curtis Granderson is doing absolutely nothing. You tell me who to sit.

 

Todd Gold @TGold_PG  -  Hearing some #MLBDraft buzz out of NorCal on Jacob Gatewood. 9-for-12 this week, scout I talked to said the hit tool has shown improvement

 

A nice story on Valentino Pascucci.[ii]

 

A nicer one on Darin Gorski[iii] One thing on Gorski… he is getting a little long in the tooth and repeating AA makes producing these stats a whole lot easier (that’s two things). Still, he’s the top lefty starter in the system wedged in between the MLB Jon Niese and the A+ Steven Matz. This alone could push him past guys like Jake deGrom or be a major chip in a trade package.

 

Trade packages. Remember trade packages?

 

I thought this would be a good time to look at each of the four minor league leagues and see which one of our players are in the leaders in certain categories. These are the guys that make the all-star teams and usually are the first ones moved up to the next level.

 

AAA – Las Vegas:

        BA:  RF Bobby Abreu - .526 – 1st in league

        OBP:  RF Bobby Abreu - .591 – 2nd in league

        Slug: RF Bobby Abreu - .694 – 15th in league

        OPS – 3B Bobby Abreu – 1.275 – 6th in league

        ERA – SP Jake deGrom  0.82 – 7th in league

        WHIP – SP Jake deGrom – 0.91 – 13th in league

        K – SP Rafael Montero -  14 – 4th in league

It’s very interesting how Abreu is eating up AAA pitching, but isn’t that what an old all-star is supposed to be able to do. There’s no hope for the Mets for him to be added to the Queens outfield. At this point, he runs at the same speed as Bartolo Colon and he would not be able to cover either of the corner outfields. What he is proving is that he could easily be a mid-season addition to an American League team looking for a designated hitter.

 

AA – Binghamton:

        BA: OF Darrell Ceciliani - .400 – 7th in league

        OBP: OF Darrell Ceciliani – .429 – 14th in league

        Slug:  OF Darrell Ceciliani – .650 – 5th in league

        OPS:  OF Darrell Ceciliani  1.079 – 4th in league

        ERA:  SP Darin Gorski – 0.93 – 10th in league

        WHIP: SP Darin Gorski – 1.34 – 28th in league

        K:  SP Darin Gorski – 12 – 3rd in league

Ceciliani (24-yrs) and Gorski (26-yrs) are repeating Binghamton due to the log jam in Las Vegas. Gorski is actually pitching his third year there. Both these guys are, at least, really AAA players. In addition, both are past the prospect age requirement so it is time to elevate and produce. There really is no place for either of these guys to go, but Gorski could find himself winding up in the Mets pen if the lefty situation there doesn’t improve (Scott Rice: 18.00 John Lannan: 36.00) pretty quickly.

       

A+ - St. Lucie:

        BA:  1B-3B Jairo Perez - .429 – 5th in league

        OBP:  CF Brandon Nimmo – .516 – 4th in league

        Slug:  2B T.J. Rivera – .636 – 6th in league

        OPS – CF Brandon Nimmo – 1.081 – 7th in league

        ERA:  SP Gabriel Ynoa – 2.38 – 18th in league

        WHIP:  SP Gabriel Ynoa – 1.32 – 24th in league

        K – RP Randy Fontanez – 6 – 24th in league

The wild card here is the 26-yr. old Perez, who was picked off the garbage pile in the American Association (2013: KC - .309, 19-HR, 72-RBI). This is one of those famous Sandy-picks that result in a decent chance for a future major league find at the minimum cost (not to be confused with the Granderson deal). He’s a third baseman, that has played a little second, and is being converted to first.

 

A – Savannah:

        BA:  OF Stefan Sabol - .438 – 2nd in league

        OBP:  OF Stefan Sabol - .550 – 1st in league

        Slug:  OF Stefan Sabol - .938 – 1st in league

        OPS:  OF Stefan Sabol -  1.488 – 1st in league  

        ERA:  SP John Gant – 1.50 – 13th in league

        WHIP:  SP John Gant – 1.00 – 15th in league

        K – RP Akeel Morris – 11 – 8th in league

The 23-yr. old Sabol was a 17th round pick in 2012 who had a miserable (.203) season last year for Savannah. He’s far too old to be playing at this level (as is Jared King, the guy following right behind him as a league stat leader), but let him enjoy all this league leading shit for a while.

Also… it’s extremely hard to find a relief pitcher being ranked in the top ten strikeout producers in any league. That’s how well Morris is producing right now.

 

We’ll do this again at the end of the month and see who’s making the biggest waves in each of the leagues.

 

Eno-Chat –

Comment From Sonny Gray Real Estate - I have two of Eric Young Jr., Rajai Davis, and Jonathon Villar occupying my bench. Which one would you recomment dropping for a pitcher on the waiver wire? It’s a 12 team league and I could use more quality starts…

Eno Sarris: Lagares is killing it, and RD should get more PA than EY when the other Young is back… 

2 comments:

Ernest Dove said...

I guess, at this point, it is what it is........
Management seems absolutely confused about what to do at 1B.....
However, they've decided to let Tejada and Granderson play every single day, and let them sink or swim.

Tom Brennan said...

My guess is: sink.

I just wish to avoid a payroll albatross they'd have signed Byrd, not Grandy.