Mack - From The Desk... and More Cuts

Good morning.

Conor Glassey - @conorglassey

Look at the colleges for MLB playoff starting pitchers today: Old Dominion, Stetson, Oregon, Northwestern, & Florida Gulf Coast.

Two things stand out:

1. Players come from everywhere. Scouts will find you.

2. Go to a school where you can play. Nobody gets better on the bench.

Daniel Zamora - @Daniel_Zamora32 -

This is definitely a season I will never forget. Thank you everyone for all your support this year! I can’t wait to get going for next season!

New York Mets Top 10 Prospects Updated

2. Jarred Kelenic | OF | R —> Kelenic has a good plan at the plate, as well as a controlled, short swing that is quick to the ball. He also appears willing to use the whole field at times. A 2018 first rounder out of high school, he acclimatized quickly to pro ball and is said to have great makeup, which should help him get full value out of his tools. I’m not sold on his power potential but he could hit for average, get a healthy number of walks, steal bases and play above-average defense.

More cuts per www.MiLB.com –

P Trent Johnson – The 22/yr. old was a 16^th round pick in 2016… pitched for four Mets affiliates over three years, producing a collective 5.88-ERA. Only a 5.96 SO9.

P Ronald Sanchez – Sanchez was signed out of the Dominican system in 2012. He pitched this past season for Brooklyn and Columbia, producing a 7.06/1.80 stat line. His best season was 2016 for the GCL-Mets: 5.23/1.60. Sanchez has consistently underperformed throughout his Mets career.

PC - Ed Delany 

P Gary Cornish – The 24-year old was the 19^th round pick in the 2016 draft, out of San Diego. Think about that. Drafted in 2016. Already 26. You don’t get a long time to impress if get drafted after your senior season in college. And yet, Cornish did impress, first going 14-app, 2.16 in 2016 for the Cyclones and then 5-starts, 3.07 in 2017 for Columbia, The wall came this year in St. Lucie: 12-games, 10-starts, 2-8, 6.63, 1.75. Only 41 strikeouts in 58-IP. Throw in 32 walks, And you are doing this in front of the offices for the minor league brain trust.

P Taylor Henry – Boy, I really thought we had a live one here. Henry came out of Centenary College (LA) as a 4-year senior (strike one). He was a 25^th round draft pick in 2015 and cut his professional teeth the same year with eight appearance for Kingsport (4.15). Then, came a remarkable 2016 when he went 24-appearances, 2-1, 1,71, 1.17 for Brooklyn.

P Aaron Ford – This one is quite puzzling. The 24-year old Ford was drafted in the 21^st round in 2017 draft. That’s two drafts ago. Not much time to prove one self. So, what does he do this year for Columbia? 19-appearances, 2-2, 2.02, 1.09, 32-Ks in 26.2-IP, only 2 walks. Am I missing something here? I had Ford as one of my top 50 prospects and always referred to him as a blue prospect. He did hit the DL in July, but he came off in August. Someone needs some splainin’ to do here…

P Seth Davis – The 25-year old was drafted in the 29^th round of the 2015 draft. His four year stat line, for four teams, was 3-4, 2.70, in 68 appearances. This includes a 2016 2.31-ERA for Columbia. Boy, it’s sure getting hard to keep a job around here.

P Ricky Knapp – The 26-year old (notice a pattern here?) was an 8^th round pick in the 2013 draft. He went 3.88/1.34 over 6 seasons and went 3.18 this season for GCL/Rumble in between 2 stints on the DL. It looks like Ricky’s time just ran out with 6 years in the system.

P Adam Atkins – The 25-year old was an 18^th round pick in the 2016 draft. He had less than 3 years to prove his worth so he went out and produced a combined 2.45-ERA in 85-aps. Again, what am I missing here? Injury move?

Some of these cuts really make no sense to me.

The Phillies were already the most confusing team in baseball, and their collapse isn’t helping –

“I still believe the Phillies are on the right track, though. I picked them to win the NL Wild Card before the season, and their awful September hasn’t dampened my enthusiasm that much, especially when you consider how much money they’ll have available, and how they’ve advertised their willingness to use it. The Phillies will rise again.”

Mack – I’m different from a lot of you. I suffer from serious tunnel vision. I never look over my shoulder and care what other teams are doing. I am totally focused on the team I root for and I am disappointed if they don’t finish their season with a 1.000 W-L percentage.

I could care about the Phillies. Hell, I couldn’t name you five players over there. Is Richie Ashburn still playing for them?