Morning Folks!
I have returned, though
my ‘From The Desk…’ posts have been reduced to once a week. I will feature them
on Sunday mornings.
One of the things I am
going to do weekly is feature a targeted ballplayer that could make a
difference in the first 10 picks of the draft.
This week’s is Hagerty HS (FL)
outfielder, Riley Greene.
Perfect Game grades
him out as a 10:
Riley Greene is a 2019 OF/LHP with a 6-2 190 lb. frame from
Oviedo, FL who attends Hagerty HS. Outstanding athletic body, long and strong
with plenty of room to continue to fill out. Left handed hitter, has a very
fluid and easy swing with outstanding present bat speed, advanced balance and
ability to square up the baseball, shows power to all fields, looks effortless
doing it, sees the ball extremely well and will put up big walk totals in the
future. 6.62 runner, has advanced base running instincts. Clean actions through
the ball in the outfield, fields out front and makes accurate throws with
mature footwork. Bat is his tool and it could be the
best in the class.
It will be interesting
to see how the Mets deal with the first base position in the upcoming off
season. No one is baseball believes they will be able to push aside what Peter Alonso has accomplished this year in both
Binghamton and Las Vegas. Per his interview with Reese
Kaplan, he will play winter ball in Arizona which should just keep the
fires burning. I know he won defensive player of the month in July, but
continued effort to improve in the field can only help (I was there in camp
when Daniel Murphy was first taking grounders at
second. It was brutal). I hope for Dominic Smith’s sake
that they play him at first for this month. He really doesn’t have a shot for
the 2019 outfield. The Mets have three existing contracts in the outfield that
are not going away in 2019 (Yoenes Cespedes, Jay Bruce,
Juan Lagares). They also have a future star in Brandon
Nimmo and one of the most exciting young outfielders in the game, Michael Conforto. My hope, for Dom’s sake, that
anything he does positive in September can lead to a deal to another team that
needs a good, young, defensive first baseman that can also get on base. Bruce
(or Wilmer Flores) can backup Alonso here in
2019 and we can move on to the next position.
I’m a big New York
Giants fan. No one excited me more that when an undrafted wide receiver from
New Jersey changed the way the history of this team was written. Victor Cruz. Cruz retired this year to go into the
booth and left this message on Twitter –
Victor Cruz - @TeamVic - The love has been absolutely
overwhelming today. Thank you guys. All of you.. thank you so much. This kid
from Paterson is still living the dream
We may have a winner winner chicken dinner in 2nd
round draft pick Simeon Woods-Richardson. So
far, the 17-year old is ‘perfect’ through 14.1-IP (6 games: GCL, K-Port),
0.00-ERA. 0.91-WHIP. He only was promoted in August to Kingsport to help them
during their playoff push and tossing in three scoreless innings on Wednesday
night helped the cause. I have ‘SWR’ as one of my top Mets prospects and have
him returning to Kingsport for opening day 2019, where he will continue to be stretched into a starter. ETA: too soon to call
There’s a great video of ex-Boston Red Sox infielder Butch Hopson who is now the manager of the Chicago
Dogs in the American Association. Check out the video:
SP Jenrry Mejia made his
second start for the DSL-2 Mets on Friday: 3-IP, 0-R, 7-K. That’s seven
innings, 10 strikeouts, and a seasonal 0.00-ERA. Before you get too exc9ited
about this, let’s remember two things… one, he’s a 28-year old pitching in the
DSL league to children… and two, he’s a 28-year old scum bag that will just
break or bend the rules again down the road. Your call here Jeffy but, if it
was me, I would never let him back on the roster again.
In closing, I’ll try to take off the training wheels next
week and have a longer, more comprehensive weekly post. One of the things I
would like to add back is a weekly question from one of you that I can give my
spin to each week. Send them to: macksmets@gmail.com.
In addition, use the same email address if you would like to
become a writer here, like both Erica Lay and Tony Bats did lately. We’d love to have you join us.
Mack
5 comments:
Mack back on Sunday is like starting Sunday with a sundae.
I'd like to see Richardson pitch in Brooklyn or even Columbia next year. Doc Gooden moved up fast once. Maybe he is DG II.
I am keeping an open mind on Mejia, but only if he has realized he has NO more chances and acts like Tim Tebow from here on out.
Wheeler pitching like a #1 for any team not already having DeGrom. Rotation is real hope for 2019.
Speaking of 2019, Alonso needs to be our 1B. Smith needs to play hard and increase trade value.
I wonder what the Vegas odds are for Lagares lasting more than 20 games?
David Wright 6 for 18 with no strikeouts in his last 5 games. September return looking more plausible.
Riley Greene looks like another Jarred Kelenic, who has 12 Multi-hit games in 3 weeks
Tom -
Sports Illustrated did a study this month and named the top 100 most tops on Twitter about sports.
Only one involve a Met.
Tim Tebow
Tom -
Greene has come in 2nd in all the HS home run derby events this year.
The winner in all of them was another high school senior
Niceville Senior HS (FL) SS Rece Hinds
I also keep an open mind about Mejia because, as we have seen, you can never have too much pitching. His trade value is nil, so you're better served letting him onto the roster and then see if a market for him develops so you can get out from under the risk before he implodes again.
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