My rankings
is solely subjective and based on nothing more than what is in my head at time
I’m writing this. I’ve followed the Mets minor league players for many years
and I feel I can recognize talent at various levels of their development. What
I have failed at is how to determine when this talent seems to diminish. It’s
amazing how many first round picks never make it in this game.
I’m old
school, so you won’t seem much SABR-discussion here, I do research and, when I
find a good quote or two, I’ll add them to my analysis, but, like I said in the
beginning of this post, most of this us subjective.
Let’s get
started.
#11 – OF – Wuilmer
Beccera – 20-years old – 6-4, 190, R/R
Traded to
the Mets along with P Noah Syndergaard, C Travis d-Arnaud, and C John Buck for
Cy Young Award winning pitcher R.A. Dickey, C Josh Thole, and C Mike Nickeas.
International
free agent – Caracus, Venezuela - $1.3mil bonus
2012 – GCL
Mets - 32-AB, .250/.359/.375/734, 0-HR,
4-RBI
2013 – GCL
Mets – 173-AB, .243/.351/.295/646, 1-HR, 25-RBI
2014 – K-Port
- 207-AB, .300/.351/.469/819, 7-HR,
29-RBI
The final
verdict on this trade is still out… Nickeas never hit above .200 since leaving
the Mets and is now a free agent… Thole had 133 at-bats last year (.248) and is
nothing more than a catching partner for Dickey… and Dickey is a combined 28-26
for two years and has never come close to his award winning season (20-6) in
2012 for the Mets.
On the Mets
side, Buck is long gone, but the next 18 months should grade out both
Syndergaard and d’Arnaud, but, in the long run, the best player in this trade
could turn out to be the throw-in in the deal, Bucerra.
Everyone in
the Mets organization loves this kids and critics have nothing but positive
things to say. The only thing close to negative was his lack of pop which may
be starting to turn around after hitting seven home runs for Kingsport last
year. He also played as a teenage and hit .300.
Outlook –
Players this
young are all ceiling and projection. My guess is he will play for Brooklyn
this summer which will give him a little taste of life in the big city.
I would love
to project him to end 2015 in Savannah, but that’s a tough call. Let’s first
see what he does for the Cyclones.
3 comments:
I hope Wuilmer gets to check out a season full of big city life - in steamy Savannah! He is the valuable third piece of the Dickey heist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ_aD-QgBPo
That's some really bad BP swings.... search youtube for More
"..[I]n the long run, the best player in this trade could turn out to be the throw-in in the deal, Bucerra (sp)."
???
Sure, and I could be better than the best of the three players traded for Dickey.
Put another way, it *could* turn out that Becerra is a better player than TDA or Thor, but it is extremely unlikely.
Critics have "nothing but positive things to say"? Seems as if you aren't reading any of the negative feedback Mack.
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