Good
morning.
Yesterday’s
results… 18/year old 11th
round pick, Franklin Parra of Copiague, NY,
threw his first professional inning (GCL-Mets). It was scoreless… St. Lucie
starter, Anthony Kay, did not fair well: 3.1-IP,
6-ER, 6-BB, ERA down to 3.14… SS Andres Gimenez’s
AA batting average continues to rise: 2-4, .296… Recent acquisition, SP Franklyn Kilome, didn’t fair as well 7-IP, 3-ER, Loss,
4.21… Vegas starter, Nabil Crismatt, continues
his AAA implosion. Stat line: 4.1-IP, 12-H, 8-ER, 9.41. I have no choice but to
remove him from my prospect list… SP Chris Viall’s start
in Columbia was suspended after pitching four innings. Sad part is he will
never get credit for this game after throwing four scoreless innings… we can’t
throw many more superlatives on Brooklyn starter, Jaison
Vilera’s game. Once again, a beauty: 7-IP, 2-H, 0-R, 8-K, WIN, (5-1),
0.78. RP Ryley Gilliam backed him up with
another scoreless inning (0.00)… come on Mets, get these guys on a plane to
South Carolina.
New York
Mets prospect, 3B Mark Vientos, seems to be
getting his game on track. The 18-year old hit a batting average low of .226 on
July 21st, but he has bounced back, finishing Saturday with a .256
average, that included a Friday two home run, seven runs batted in performance.
My guess is Vientos will be fast tracked next season, like some of the other
young prospects (Gimenez, Kelenic) and will open next year in full season
Columbia.
Quick guess.
Who has the top batting average in Binghamton? It’s no longer Jeff McNeil (.327) who has moved on to the Mets. It
also is no longer Peter Alonso (.314) who was
bumped to Las Vegas. That leaves SS Levi Michael at
.308… no… wait… he’s gone to Vegas to. Who’s next? Well, it’s our old friend,
catcher Tomas Nido (.293), who we left for dead
a couple of months ago. Nido is hitting .400 in his last 10 games and,
considering the lack of star talent at this position in Nevada (Colton Plaia,
Jeff Glenn), the Mets might wat to consider having Tomas join Peter and Levi in
the dry heat.
I have to
tell you that I thought the trade of SP prospect Caleb
Frare by the Yankees to The Chicago White Sox for $1.5mil worth of
International money was excellent. Frare really stood no chance of moving past
all the great Yankees prospect starters in the system. Hell, John Sickles didn’t even rank him in his top 20
prospects. Per Jesse Sanchez/MLB, the Yanks intend to use this money to sign
both RHP Osiel Rodriguez (#9 Intl. prospect) for
$600K and SS Carlos Verdecia for $325K. The
beauty of this deal is the fact that the Yankees get more international money
than the Mets got in the Jeurys Familia deal.
Typical Ricco.
15 comments:
Absolute agreement with
your point comparing the amount of international bonus money received by Cashman vs Ricco.
I am sure there are minor league players in the Met organization that are not indespensible to the Mets that they could leverage for additional international bonus money this year and in the past.
More evidence that the Mets front office is just way out of its depth in building a successful organization.
Well, here's the deal...
First, you have to have an international star that wants to sign with your team
Then, you have to do what it takes to gather up the money needed to sign them
I thought it was a pretty good deal for the ChiSox.
Why was start by kilome not good?
It was ok
I was hoping for a better stat line
Really,7 innings 3 runs and 1 walk did not meet your expectations? Wow, you are a tough grader.
I find Levi Michael a little bit intriguing. Former top draft pick, took some time to develop, but he definitely earned the graduation to AAA.
Nido, to me is still a serious prospect. Wasn’t ready to be thrown to the wolves this year, but plus defensive catchers who have shown any offensive promise at all get all the time they need to develop.
Well... It was actually 4 runs but only three were earned.
I have been a little harsh here.
We need Nido.
And Yanks front office folks are major league caliber, our guys are rookie ballers
Crismatt swooned around this time last year too
I dont think any prospects are going to skip Brooklyn. In fact I dont think they should. A lot fo these kids have never seen anything like nyc, let alone spent more then a weekend there. Its probably good for long term development if they are going to become Mets. Also the Wilpons own the team and need prospects that draw patrons when they can.
Robb, good points
Understated, as always.
Now put last night behind you and get on with the business of watching these NY Mets build something here that we can all be proud of. We need positives. Search.
Vegas won 10-8 over Memphis.
All Star 1B Peter Alonso had 3 for 5 at the plate with a double. CF Kevin Kaczmarski went 2 for 5, now gas a .357 BA and an impressive .421 OBP. He is a singles type hitter, but can get on base at a nice clip.
The other guy I like at Vegas is Patrick Kivlehan. He is hitting .292 BA currently and has played some third and first base. Could be a pretty solid utility man in the making.
At Binghamton, 3B Will Toffey has a .300 BA in 30 AB, a .432 OBP. Catcher Tomas Nido is batting .290 BA at current. Lefty reliever Dan Zamora is 1-1, 3.72 ERA, 1.09 WHIP. And reliever Josh Torres is 8-0, has a 1,26 ERA, 45 K's in just 35 innings, and a 1.21 WHIP.
The Mets need hitters.
Maybe Alonso, Kaczmarski, Borenstein (we could use more power hitting infused here) and catcher Nido deserve a call up when Mets management feels for certain that they are ready to come up? And Bobby Wahl is looking like the next big reliever presently too. This is why I didn't want a last second NY Yankees trade for one of their relievers. The Mets have Wahl, Zamora, Torres, G. Bautista, Drew Smith (who overall I felt looked pretty good last night), Bashlor (he just needs a dominant second out pitch developed now), Roseboom, Balckman...as relievers getting primal for here.
These are the "Dark Ages" for this team. But it is always the darkest before the Light. Hang tough.
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