Morning Report – June 17th – Casey Meisner, Tony Gwynn

Ronald Modra

        

Coming Later Today –   

                                                          

        9 30 am – Herb G – Minor League Report

        11 00 am – Mack - Future Mets

         3 00 PM - Pick # 32 - (955) - RHP Chris Glover - Rockwall (TX) HS

         4 00 PM - Pick 34 (1015) - Jordan Hand - Shadow Ridge (NV) HS

         5 00 PM - Pick 35 (1045) - RHP Jonathan Teaney - Quartz Hill (CA) HS

         6 00 PM - 2015 Draft Profile  - OF - Kyle Dean - Poway (CA) HS - updated 6-5

Morning.

Casey Meisner started the Brooklyn Cyclones game on Sunday (4.1-IP, 0-ER, 0.00).

Meisner is another of the four 2013 high ceiling high school players (1B Dominic Smith, P Andrew Church, CF Ivan Wilson) taken at the beginning of the draft. He was drafted for three reasons… he’s 6-7, his fastball was hitting 94, and he was highly projectable. As we have mentioned in the past, he was thrown off his school’s team for cutting classes, but that’s in the past.

Meisner is young (pitched GCL Mets last season at 18-years old – 10-G, 4-starts, 1-3, 3.06, 1.16, 35.1-IP, 28-K) and, as a 19-year old, is on the right team at the right time. In my system, I consider him a ‘blue’ prospect (secondary) and rank him somewhere below the top 30Mets prospects. What he does this year in Brooklyn will speak volumes to his future as a Met.

The Herald de Paris (http://www.heralddeparis.com/hoodwinked-are-the-wilpons-about-to-pull-off-the-ultimate-developers-dream/237510) had a very cute story about how the Wilpons are going to bulldoze Citifield, move the current Mets to Montreal and then build a new MLB franchise in Brooklyn. It had no mention of the name of the assassin that would come along with this scenario.

There was a lot of chatter on this site yesterday on the Craig Mitchell post about what the fans can do to help this team become a better one. I’ve said a number of times that the fans need to stop going to the games as well as not buy anymore merchandise until there’s more of a return. Less is more in this case and that stadium needs to literally empty during the game.

I have one other suggestion.

Go to the stadium. Get on the train, not your car, or park somewhere in Queens where it is free (and safe) and then get on the train… then go to the stadium two hours before game time. But, don’t go in. Become part of an organized peaceful demonstration of, say, 5,000-10,000 fans outside the stadium saying they love the players but are not going to support the management or ownership of this team anymore.

Yes, the Commish will get a copy of the tape.

No, the fans will never do it.

And no Mets blog is going to organize it because they’re too busy sucking up to Sandy and Company for press passes

Craig Mitchell pointed out yesterday that Terry Collins said he doesn’t know what else to do. That’s funny, I don’t what else to write.

I’ve read somewhere that the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over again. It that the same as writing over and over again that this team has a good young rotation and no shortstop?  

I’ve mentioned in some of the comments lately that I’m taking the high road through the trading season Once again, Sandy Alderson has proven he can successful snag a prospect away from a competing team for player(s) that have no future in the organization. Sure, they all are projected to be ready in about 15 years, but what do you want, chopped liver?

Mets fans fall for this every time. What makes one think that minor league prospects are all going to turn out and some day you are going to have a power house team? How is that R.A. Dickey deal doing so far?

I’m having a hard time writing about this team lately on a bad day, but on the day that Tony Gwynn died? Hell, I’m 13 years older than him! What does this have to say with how much longer I’m going to be around here?

Gwynn died of cancer in his salivary gland, which came from his use of smokeless tobacco. Do you notice that big bulge in the mouth of certain baseball players? That’s not always bubblegum folks.  

Was he a hitter?

Gwynn played 20 years for San Diego and only hit below .300 one season, his first in 1982.

And, there was a five year period, from 1993-1997 he hit .358, .394, .368, .353, and .372.

Can you possibly imagine what the Mets would be with a player like this in their 3-hole?

And, he played for a horrible team where it was easy to pitch around him. Look at the 1987 team… they went 65-97… but Gwynn still hit .370 in 589 at-bats.

Sad day.

I’m going for a walk.