Mack - Some 'minor observations' - SPs

Good morning.

Las Vegas –

Corey Oswalt -              

   

Friday:         Oswalt’s start on Friday was cancelled, causing rumors to fly that he would be going to Queens as backup to Seth Lugo for this last Sunday’s game vs. the Yanks (never happened).

Binghamton -         

            Nabil Crismatt –

                        Saturday:                 4-IP, 6-H, 6-ER, 8-K, 2-BB, 3.29

Aces have bad games but it is very seldom that you see an ace give up seven runs in one inning. It’s even less seeing a manager not pull the pitcher either during that inning or after it. All that did was lead to Crismatt giving up another run. Hopefully, this isn’t a sign for the future. Damn. He was doing so well.

            Justin Dunn -

                        Sunday:                    7-IP, 2-H, 0-R, 9-K, 4-BB, WIN (1-0), 0.00

                                                            Wow!

Could you have a better debut at AA? Yeah, I know, he walked four batters but who cares. This was an incredible week for Justin.

St. Lucie:

            Justin Dunn –  

       

                        Monday:                  7-IP, 2-H, 0-R, 10-K, 1-BB, 2.36

Wow! This is the kind of outing we were hoping for from this young man. Was backed up with two home runs from Andres Gimenez, the other ++ chip we have in Lucy.

This is 0-ER in his last two games (12-IP)

Harol Gonzalez –

            Saturday:                 8-IP, CG, 3-H, 1-ER, 7-K, 0-BB, LOSS (0-4)

Once again, absolutely no support for Gonzalez in a brilliantly executed game. Look, it’s a minor league and it really doesn’t matter who wins this, but tell that to Harol!

Columbia:   

Anthony Kay –

            Friday:          6.2-IP, 5-H, 1-ER, 7-K, 1-BB, 4.02

Kay bounces back from his poor June 1^st outing and now have five ++ outings out of 10. This is not Ace stats. He’s 23 years old pitching at the A-level. Come on Anthony.

            David Peterson –              

                        Saturday:     8-IP, 6-H, 1-ER, 10-K, 0-BB, 1.82

Peterson gave up one run in the first and then never looked back. He now have given up only 6-ER (7-starts) in his last 46.2-IP.

There is an opening in the St. Lucie rotation caused by the Dunn promotion and you should see this guy heading to Florida soon.

(wow… good guess… Peterson was promoted to St. Lucie last night)

DSL-1:

The DSL seasons started this past Saturday. These are the guys, based on their 2017 record or the signing bonus they received in the off-season, are either ‘blue’ or ‘red’ prospects. IMO, Jimenez is definitely the real deal

            Malky Mena –        (2017: 3-3, 2.13) -

            Miguel Ramirez – (2017: 6-2, 1.76) -

DSL-2:

            Jurgen Jimenez – (2017: 5-2, 2.40) –

                        Tuesday:       4-IP, 3-H, 1-ER, 3-K, 1-BB, 2.25

I wasn’t happy to see Jimenez still ‘down there’. He deserved a trip stateside after his stellar season last year. We shall live with it.

He was piggy-started with Robert Colina in his first start and is once again off to a great ‘start’.

            David Marcano –

                        Wednesday -           2-IP, 1-H, 0-R 1-K, 0-BB, 0.00

I find it surprising that the Mets are ‘starting’ Marcano off as a reliever this season, but we’ll keep him on this list for a few games and see if things change back.

            Jorge Cespedes – (2017: 6-2, 2.03) –

                        Wednesday:                        3-IP, 5-H, 4-ER, 2-K, 3-BB, 12.00

                                                Not the kind of debut we were hoping for this season.

            Robert Colina –

                        Tuesday:       3-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 7-K, 2-BB, 0.00.

The 17-year old Colina was a signee in the off season and it’s good to see that he’s already up on the bump.

Seven strikeouts facing 22 batters.

            Hector Rodriguez –

                        Friday:          3.2-IP, 2-H, 2-ER, 4-K, 3-BB, 2.35

H-Rod’s second start this year was sort of all over the place. The 20/year old converted RP went 3-0, 1.86 last year in 13 appearances.

           

Current rankings…

Outstanding outings…     Dunn, Dunn v2.0, Jimenez, Colina, Kay, Gonzalez, Peterson (great week for the aces)

            Work Needed…                  Crismatt