11/5/17

Mack's Apples - 11-5 Extra - Winter Stats, Hot Stove Thoughts, Kevin Kaczmarski, Carter Stewart



Good morning.






Sunday is a good day to keep a look see at what’s going on in the winter leaves and, frankly, it’s all about Mets pitching over there. Looks at these impressive numbers through last night –

            

            
Matt Pobereyko – AFL:    6-G, 8.2-IP, 0.00, 0.69, 11-K
            Mickey Jannis – AFL:        4-starts, 17.0-IP, 0.53, 0.65, 14-K
            Kyle Regnault – AFL:        6-G, 9.2-IP, 0.93, 0.93, 13-K
            Enderson Franco – LVBP:   13-G, 15.0-IP, 1.20, 12-K
            Tim Peterson – AFL:          5-G, 7.1-IP, 1.23, 0.95, 4-K

But we got hitters too…

           


Gustavo Nunez – LIDOM:  .484/.500/.484/984

Kevin Kaczmarski – AFL:   .375/.426/.482/908

Luis Guillorme – AFL:        .324/.343/.382/725

David Thompson – AFL:   .311/.340/.533/874






I’m being asked what I think of the Mets’ Hot Stove effort so far this off-season.

   1.     Even though there has been no major new addition on this team… yet… I think the Mets are off to a good start. They have changed their manager, revamped their coaching staff, and upped up a few key players to round out the 2018 roster.

   2.     Phillip Evans, Jerry Blevens, and Astrubel Cabrera will have to buy a ticket to get into the Baseball Hall of Fame, but they still are good additions for a team in tradition. Evans can shore up shortstop in Las Vegas, allowing Luis Guillorme to continue to grow at second… Blevens will continue his 7th inning relieve role that he has mastered these last two seasons… and Cabrera replaced Jose Reyes as the Jack Of All Trades in the infield.

3.     You need 40 ballplayers to build a team. Evans, Blevens, and Cabrera are perfect members of that ‘team’.



I’m getting a considerable amount of ‘source chatter’ on Mets prospect outfielder, Kevin Kaczmarski.

The 25-year old had a decent season last year for Binghamton… 452-AB, .274/.371/.369/740, 18-doubles, 5-HR, 52-RBIs… and is projected to start the 2018 season as one of the Las Vegas corner outfielders.

 I’m being told that we should never expect much power here, but he has all the other assets needed to make it someday to the show. ‘Kacz’ is a contact spray hitter who plays excellent defense and has a cannon arm. He also has the speed to run and steal a few bases (15 last season).

I’m also being told by multiple sources that this guy will be seen in Queens come September.



Carter Stewart, one of the most interesting prep arms in the class, thrives off of this trait.

Many star pitchers have the ability to blow that ball by guys, getting them to fear the fastball and getting ugly swings on everything else as batter try to adjust. Stewart, on the other hand, is a true pitcher. The master of one of a curveball with the highest spin rate in the class, evaluators call his ability to use the offering elite and have bestowed upon it the title of the best breaking ball of anyone available to clubs this June.

9 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

Impressive pitching. Questions are arising, though, as to whether Pobereyko met with Trump officials.

Article with my thoughts on Kaczmarski tomorrow. I cam e to my senses and moved him up to my # 9 guy.

Carter Curve Ball looks like a possibly worthy high round Mets pick.

PHILLIP EVANS IS GOING TO THE HALL OF FAME: the guy with the butterfly net told me - I am just glad Phil is still on our side.

LongTimeFan1 said...

I agree with Mack Ade's article.

Good off season thus far including the return of Evans who I think could become a very good major league player. He gives the Mets room to trade some middle infielders currently on the 40.

Another good off season move buying the Syracuse Chiefs.

About Kaczmarski - I would never say never about power which for some tends come last. If he opts to grow that part of his game, he'd have to adjust approach and launch angle on certain swings.

Unknown said...

Does Jannis get a ST invite?

Hobie said...

If Michael C. is in extended recovery, we may well see K.Kacz before Sept.

Tom Brennan said...

Gary, I would invite Jannis.

Mack Ade said...

Gary -don't know.

Hobie - I don't expect him be4 the all-star game

Reese Kaplan said...

It is pathetic that after 7 years of drafting they have just ONE power hitter to show for it in Conforto. Smith's power was more impressive than his contact and you'll probably get 10-15 from Rosario, but who had 30 HR power (not named Taijeron)?

LongTimeFan1 said...

Peter Alonso and David Thompson, not here yet but both drafted with big power.

Tom Brennan said...

The Mets' minor league teams will each have Power Outage Nights...bring your own flashlights. More reliable sources of power are needed.