Morning Report – May 22nd – Juan Centeno, David Wright, Dilson Herrera

        Coming Later Today –

                10 am - d'Whit - Built For The Future-The Kids Are Alright Pt. 2

                 12 noon –  Top 13 1B in 2014 MLB Draft - revised 5-19-14

                3 pm -  Top 15 C in 2014 MLB Draft - Updated 5-19-14

6 pm -  Alex Destino, Derek Hill, Chase Vallot, Tyler Kolek, Aaron Nola, Greg Deichmann

Re:  Last night - Jacob deGrom threw three bad pitches, Jeurys Familia one, but the bats of Lagares, Murphy, Wright, Granderson,,Campbell, and Flores are giving the Mets a fighters chance to win.

I'm not changing anything. You can't lose every game for the rest of  May, can you?



ernest dove ‏@ernestdove  - @JohnMackinAde so this Juan Centeno,  aka the latin josh thole, is growing on me a little

Centeno has been an interesting ‘organizational’ player who has always been tagged as a ‘great defensive backup’.

Most think he was an International free agent sing, but he actually was drafted in the 32^nd round of the 2007^th draft out of Antonio Lucchetti High School in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

Catchers drafted in the 30-50^th rounds are done for bullpen catchers only throughout the minor league system. Every team has one, usually not on the active roster, catching the next pitcher due to come out of the bullpen.

The problem with Centeno was that wasn’t good enough for him. He hit .371 for Brooklyn in 2010 (20-yrs old), .318 for St. Lucie in 2011, .285 for Binghamton in 2012, and .305 last year for Las Vegas.

Centeno offers the Mets a third option until Kevin Plawecki (2014: Binghamton: .325) graduates to the Bigs. He also bats left, so he could be platooned with either of the righties, Travis d’Arnaud or Anthony Recker.

One problem… another bat with no pop.

It seems to me that one of the first people that will get a level bump this season is St. Lucie 2B-SS Dilson Herrera. He went 3-4 yesterday and now has 25 hits in his last 12 games. His HR helped add 112 points to his OPS. His batting average is now up to .328, and a move to Binghamton could be executed the same day the B-Mets move their second baseman over full time to SS (Matt Reynolds - .333).

Bob Sugar said...

I like the post Mack. I have a lot to say on it but I'll be brief. Can Sandy and Co. be trusted with the future of the Mets? Ownership and I say that lightly has to make that call. And is just me but is David Wright hitting the softest 285 you'll ever see? Not clutch in my opinion

                Hey Bob.

        Look, I hate to tell you, but, under the Wilpons, this may be the best you’re ever going to see. And based on that, we probably should be happy with a guy like Sandy Alderson running the limited funded show.

        Alderson knows a lot about baseball and his gentle touch makes it a lot friendlier for players being benched for what seems like no reason at all.

        The salary faucets are closed for the season, proven by the Drew signing in Boston.  I really like how he and his people have drafted but, other than that, I’m not that impressed. The Dickey trade still hasn’t produced any winner for this team and none of the free agents he has signed has made a difference for this team.

        And I’m even more concerned with ‘and the company’, now that Terry Collins seems to be challenging the press with wise ass statements that the starting lineups are filled out a week in advance. What kind of motivation is this?

        Alderson and  Collins have spent all this week talking about the SS and LF situation and both are back to talking about ‘the future’ again, rather than ‘the present’.

                Here we go again.

Regarding David Wright, I think you’re watching someone just play out the season right now. He’s a born leader and the last thing you’re going to see if him standing in front of a microphone and trashing the team that pays him, but I’m sure he feels let down.

The last straw, at least for this season, might be the final word on Drew. What a perfect shortstop he would have made next to David and what a perfect statement by the team (ownership) that they are going to do what it takes to turn this around this year.

I’ve watched Wright put the franchise on his shoulder before. 

He’s not doing that this season.

       

I want to spend a few more moments on Rafael Montero and his first couple of outings.

       I said from day one that the Mets would be better served with Montero pitching at the back end of the pen, along with Jeurys Familia and Jenrry Mejia.

        I welcome any of you to keep track of the stats these three put up this year in the first two innings they pitch each game.

       You can’t solve every problem this team has in one day with the current crew of players, but you can fill the cracks in the dyke you call the Mets bullpen.

       I would love to be able to go back and apply a 2.00 ERA to the last three innings to the Mets pitchers that pitched in the 6^th-9^th innings this year. It would probably astound both of us how this would alter the existing win-loss record.

       Who would start? That’s another subject, but I assure you, the leads the Mets had this season, and the times they fought back, would matter a lot more.

Eno Sarris asks if a six-man rotation would be the answer to all the Tommy John Surgeries going on in the sport these days.         http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/76156074/major-league-baseball-six-man-starting-pitcher-rotations-tommy-john-elbow-injuries#!PiEnR