Coming
Later Today –
2 00 pm – 2015 Draft Profile - 2015
Draft Profile - Thomas Szapucki, LHP, Dwyer HS
(FL) - updated 6-5
A 'programming change' -
Herb's Minor League Report will now post up at 8am
Mack's Morning Report (this one) will post up at 9am.
A 'programming change' -
Herb's Minor League Report will now post up at 8am
Mack's Morning Report (this one) will post up at 9am.
The link
to Wednesday’s pod cast with Stephen Keane is: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/wbar/2014/06/25/keane-on-sports--steve-keane
Binghamton will return to a
6-man rotation –
Jason Parks @ProfessorParks -
Conforto wouldn't crack top 50. RT @StrandThatRISP: @ProfessorParks You
put Conforto over Syndergaard like Law suggested?
Marc Carig on Travis d’Arnaud –
Andy Martino on Daniel Murphy –
Bob Nightingale on Jimmy
Rollins –
Tyler Drenon on the
Giants plans for the playoffs –
http://www.mlbdailydish.com/2014/6/23/5829246/san-francisco-giants-trade-deadline-preview
Heath Bell has an
11.25 ERA in 4 appearances for the Yankees' Triple-A team.
Keith law @keithlaw
- No. Topped out at 87 RT
@TonyZayas72: @keithlaw Keith, great article, as always. What did you think of Juan Urbina? Is
he still a prospect?
Could this be the beginning of the Kirk Nieuwenhius era?
The Captain hit .272 in 180 at-bats for Las Vegas so far this
season, but the important things was the 10 home runs. There still is much
concern for the 51 strikeouts, but, there’s nothing wrong with an ,857 OPS.
His return to Queens (three doubles in a row) has been
rewarding.
It sure would be nice to have someone come along and clean up
all the confusion as to who is going to play in the Mets outfield every night.
If Nieuwenhuis turns out to be relatively for real this time, and Juan Lagares comes back next week, the team
really would have no reason to keep anyone with the last name of Young.
(d'Arnaud was promoted back to Queens during the Vegas game last night...)
What I’m excited about is the projected promotion of Kevin Plawecki from Binghamton to Vegas at the same time. In addition, Cam Maron should be promoted from St. Lucie to the B-Mets roster.
What I’m excited about is the projected promotion of Kevin Plawecki from Binghamton to Vegas at the same time. In addition, Cam Maron should be promoted from St. Lucie to the B-Mets roster.
Let the catching competition begin!
Here’s a name you might want to remember… 1B-DH-C Brandon Brosher.
Brosher was a high ceiling 36th round draft pick in
2013 that the Mets were lucky to over slot and sign for a $167,500 bonus. He
came straight out of Springstead (FL) High School where scouts tagged him with
‘raw power and solid bat speed’. He played mostly first base in school and this
is where he got his feet wet last season for the GCL Mets (OF-IF, 61-AB, .180,
3-HR).
Well, he already has equals his 2013 home run total with his
third on Sunday for Kingsport.
Last thing… yes, he has played mostly at DH so far this season,
but he started Saturday at… catcher. I have no record of him playing there is
school so we have to assume he has worked at this position in the off season. A
power catcher? Sure, that’s fine with
me.
Marlin
asked –
Mack,
you seem to go back and forth about the players signed last year in the off
season. Where are you today?
Mack – Hey Marlin.
You are right, but
let’s first discuss the real problem here.
The Mets may have shed a lot of
money last year, and, yes, they did sign three major players, but this team is
still operating at a minimum of $30-40mil per year below where they should be.
You tack on that kind of money to quality players like Stephen Drew and Nelson Cruz, and you have a legitimate
baseball team.
The problem isn’t Chris Young. Yes, he was a mistake, but Bartolo Colon and Curtis Granderson weren’t. Colon, minus a couple
of bad outings, has been the best starter on the team and Granderson has
rebounded from a slow start that no one thought he would ever accomplish. Both
have earned a spot on this year’s team and, frankly I’m fine having both around
next year.
In one sense, some things haven’t
changed. The team still needs a legitimate starting shortstop and left fielder
and, hopefully, both of these will be addressed during the trading period or
through free agency.
So, where do I stand?
IMO. We’re a better team in a
weak division but still far away from a playoff team because of the lack of
payroll allotted overall to the operation.
It’s not Chris Young. It’s Fred Wilpon.
‘Draft To
The Show’ analysis of Mets draft –
The
Mets were in a tough position this year, both in terms of their draft “needs”
and because of the lack of a second round pick. I think they did just fine with
Conforto, although I still believe Bradley Zimmer is
the better overall player. I don’t have issues with the Ramos pick, but after
that there just isn’t much upside in this class, which is somewhat surprising
considering they acquired it in bunches in the past three drafts. Assuming
Conforto and Ramos become regulars this draft will likely be remembered as a
relatively successful one, but it’s difficult to imagine anything else out of
these first two rounds becoming anything more than organizational depth or
bullpen arms. You need those things too, of course, but I would have taken a
few more risks in the 4th to 10th round. http://www.drafttotheshow.com/2014-mlb-draft-review-new-york-mets/
Mack – I especially like
reading things that non-Mets fan baseball people write about the Mets. My guess
there is less emotion, thus, much more projected truth in what they say
8 comments:
Brosher hit another last night - 4 already! Nice to see a possible HR machine starting roll thru the organization.
While I'd like to see Kirk continue his brief Met success, Andrew Brown shows that Vegas #'s are suspect - Brown's AAA #s were far better than Kirk's.
51 K's in under 200 AAA plate appearances makes Kirk a continued high risk in the majors, where the pitchers will put real pressure on that ratio (so far, 8 K's out of 26 ABs with Mets). Another guy who cannot afford to take good pitches.
Another name to remember is Corey Oswalt drafted and signed out of Prep school in San Diego last year. High ceiling tall pitcher who was middle of the road in Kingsport but now has come on to pitch lights out 12 or 13 scoreless innings for Brooklyn.
Read an article potentially on this site that we now have the strongest farm system we've had in the last 25 years. It's great to hear but I just hope it translates to the big club one day. I don't need to win the South Altantic title every year- just want to be very competitive and knock the Yankees off the back page
I'm writing about Oswalt on Thursday.
Thanks Mack.
How would you really know about Brown? He got the Flores treatment. You need to play people to allow them to get into a groove swinging the bat.
Reese -
I don't know why Thomas does the same thing over and over.
You simply can not equate minor league stats against inferior pitching, in thin air.
Thomas latches on to some of these guys and criticizes Mets management for not playing them at a level they simply are not matched up fro.
I love his positiveness about players in the system, but you're dreaming if you think some of these players are anything more than they currently represent.
I am a dreamer, Mack. But the latch with Brown is all but broken off now! Hey, he did walk 4 times yesterday, making him the Barry Bonds of Vegas!
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