Morning Report – June 18th – June Goals, B-Mets Promotions

                                                                                             

Coming Later Today –          

                                                   

        9 30 am – Herb G – Minor League Report

        11 00 am - Burgamy Slams Flying Squirrels 5-1

       12 00 pm - Christopher Soto - SABR Talk: Daniel Murphy is Having a Career Year....And it's Real Folks

         3 00 PM - Pick # (1105) - SS Tristan Gray - Elkins (TX) HS

         5 00 PM - 2015 Draft Profile  - 2015 Draft Profile  -  RHP  -  Walker Buehler  -  Vanderbilt

         7 00 PM - Draft Profile - Dayton Dugas - OF -  Sam Houston (LA) HS 

Morning.

Mike Puma ‏@NYPost_Mets  -  Regarding d'Arnaud, if he remains in Vegas past June 28, he will be out of options beginning next season. Mets would prefer to keep option.

June goals –

I’m not sure where all your heads are and whether you have thrown in the 2014 towel (like I have) or you still think there is a chance for the Mets to make the playoff. I don’t. In fact, I believe there is a good change the Mets will get one of the first seven picks in the 2015 draft.

All I want for 2015 is the good health for all the talented players in this organization. This includes minor league pitchers like Rainy Lara, Robert Whelan, and Rafael Montero.

I don’t have a handle yet on that draft and how deep it is. I do know there are at least 20 quality players that we will be tracking all year long.

Still, for now, I want to see a few things develop:

1.    I want to see SP Dillon Gee get healthy and return to the Mets rotation (replace Daisuke Matsuzaka (trade).

2.   I want to see CF Juan Lagares also back in the Mets line-up and end the season fit (replace Matt den Dekker - AAA).

3.   I want P Rafael Montero to straighten out his AAA-game and return to New York, this time as a relief pitcher (DFA Dana Everland to AAA.)

4.   I want C Travis d’Arnaud on a plane and back behind the Mets plate before June 27^th (DFA Taylor Teagarden, demote Anthony Recker to AAA, promote Juan Centeno from AAA to Queens).

5.   I want SP Noah Syndergaard to be a factor at the AAA level so he’s ready to compete for a 2015 rotation slot in Queens. If he’s promoted to the MLB level this season, DFA Bartolo Colon… no one will eat that contract and bring him back as emergency 6^th starter and long man

There are five excellent baseball players that are doing squat right now for this team. They represent 20% of a workable 25-man that simply would be much more competitive game to game.

You bring these five guys back and they perform at their top form, and this team might have a chance some day.

However, for now, five moves based on good health and increased talent.

Now… if Syndergaard, Montero, d’Arnaud, and Centero return to Queens by the end of June… 

       

        Return Joel Carreno to the Vegan pen, DFA Giancarlo Alvarado, return Angel Cuan to B-Mets pen, resend Greg Peavey back to Vegas (one last shot), and promote Steven Matz and Gabriel Ynoa from St. Lucie to the B-Mets.

        Catching wise, promote Kevin Plawecki to Vegas (Gronauer), promote Cam Maron from St, Lucie to the B-Mets (Carillo), send Jeff Glenn from Savannah to St. Lucie (Albert Cordero) and promote either Tomas Nido or Tyler Moore from Brooklyn to Savannah.

B-Mets manager, Pedro Lopez, on reinforcements from St. Lucie –

“They had their all-star game, but I think they’re still fighting for the playoff spot. The way they’re set up in the Florida State League you play the all-star game, but then you’ve still got three more days for the half to be over. They’ve still got three more days to go. I don’t know. I haven’t heard anything yet. Everybody knows we’ve been needing some help and it hasn’t happened.”

Mack – Remember… these is also a considerable amount of time between the AA and A+ all-star games so simply calling players up to your level results in having to send some of your current roster somewhere.

Binghamton is having some problems. They currently are only one loss away from falling into third place in the eastern portion of the Eastern League.

Beisbol’s Blog (http://beisbolsblog.blogspot.com/2014/06/potential-buyers-sellers-at-mlb-trade.html) says this about Bobby Abreu -

Bobby Abreu has heated up the Mets otherwise dismal offense. Over the past month Abreu has posted a weighted on base average of .398, which is out of this world good if you do not understand wOBA. In 91 plate appearances for the Mets, Abreu has posted an OPS of .846, while being a solid right fielder. It really is crazy, but he could be the top bat at the trade deadline. The Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers are the two teams that come to mind as potential destinations… maybe the Mets can fetch someone like Sean Manaea or Devon Travis for him.

Mack – Manaea was a particular favorite of mine in the 2013 Draft 9 1^st Rd. – 34^th overall – KC). He’s gotten off to a relatively slow professional career, not pitching at all last season, and going 2-5, 4.84 in 12 starts (48.1-IP, 67-K) at A+ ball. 6-5 lefty.

Travis is 23-yr. old 5-9 2Bman that had an outstanding year in 2013 for Detroit at first A-ball (.352) and then A+ (.350). This year, at AA, he’s hitting .279.

You know me… I’ll take Manaea. I’m a sucker for pitching,