Good
morning.
89. Ronny Mauricio, SS
Age:
17 (4/4/01)
Highest
Level: Rookie
.273/.304/.410,
3 HR .137 ISO, 96 wRC+, 5.3 BB%,
16.2 K%, 2 SB
16.2 K%, 2 SB
SFV:
60 | Risk: Extreme | #4 Mets Top 30
A Columbia icon, a humble home to
generations of baseball players and fans, soon will be demolished.
Capital City Stadium
is set to be torn down within the next two months after five years of sitting
stoic and unused, its painted advertisement wall a portrait of nostalgia to
passing travelers on a busy Assembly Street.
Built in 1927 by
Pittsburgh Pirates owner and baseball Hall of Famer Barney Dreyfuss, Capital
City Stadium was a haven for minor league and college baseball for nearly 90
years. Its teams included the Columbia Comers, Columbia Reds, Capital City
Bombers and, finally, the Columbia Blowfish.
Mack –
As you will read, some of the players that played here was Aaron, Frank Robinson, Ted Kluszewski, Chipper Jones, Tom Glavine, Derek
Jeter and Mariano
Rivera
Three-batter
minimum for pitchers, universal DH among MLB rule changes being
discussed: Report –
Significant change s
could be coming to Major League Baseball. The league and the players' union have
exchanged proposals which address pace of play, competitive integrity and
service-time manipulation. Below are some of the details of each proposal,
which was reported by Ken Rosenthal of The
Athletic on Tuesday.
Mack – Read this and let’s discuss…
MLB's
free agency freeze
is an embarrassment for baseball –
Yet, for an industry
generating nearly $11 billion in revenue, with clubs generating record annual
profits, the free-agent marketplace has gone as icy as the polar vortex. Only
one player, Washington Nationals pitcher Patrick Corbin (six years, $140
million) has signed a contract more than $68 million.
Just four players
have signed contracts longer than three years. And 16 teams have yet to sign a
free agent to a multi-year contract.
This is the only
major sport that doesn’t have a salary cap, only a luxury tax. But there are
only two teams who currently are over the $206 million threshold – the Boston
Red Sox and Chicago Cubs – although the New York Yankees are projected to also
surpass it.
MLB
Pipeline http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2018?list=nym Top Mets Prospects –
Team: GCL Mets (ROK) ETA: 2022
Position: OF Age: 18 DOB: 09/24/2000
Bats: R Throws: R Height: 6' 2" Weight: 167 lb.
Signed: July 2, 2017
- NYM
Scouting grades: Hit:
45 | Power: 55 | Run: 55 | Arm: 60 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45
The Mets were very
aggressive on the international market in July 2017, signing a pair of players
for seven figures in shortstop Ronny Maurcio and
outfielder Adrian Hernandez. They also signed
Consuegra for $500,000 that July and while the teenager wasn't as high profile
a signing as the other two, he nonetheless made it to the United States during
his debut summer, playing in the Gulf Coast League in 2018.
A one-time shortstop,
Consuegra is now a full-time outfielder, where his tools and athleticism have
the chance to play well. He's seen time in both center and right field, with an
easily plus arm that could help him profile in the corner spot down the road.
He's very projectable offensively, with the potential to have future plus power
thanks to his physicality and bat speed, to go along with good hand-eye
coordination. There is some length to his swing, but the Mets think that might
have to do more with inexperience and lack of present strength than anything
mechanical.
There's a long
development path ahead for Consuegra to get to what he eventually might become.
The Mets have never shied away from working with young international signees
and will let Consuegra dictate how quickly he moves through the system.
6 comments:
Someone on Twitter - maybe Bill James? - had a throwaway Tweet that I’ve been thinking about in regard to the free agent impasse. Harper and Machado are engaging in baseball’s version of a “holdout.” Neither want to sign a contract for a value that the rest of the league deems reasonable for their services, and they are apparently holding out until someone blinks. If both men are holding out for 10 years AND a $30 million AAV, I really don’t think they are going to play in 2019. I believe someone would sign either man to a 10 year contract, and someone else would sign them to a $30 million AAV, but it’s February 10 and it seems clear that no one is going to do both. Best guess: someone would bite at 7 years and $210 to 220 mill. Someone else would bite at 10 years and a max of $280 mill.
All of this is to say that the free agent market is not exactly broken, but it is self correcting in a way the players do not like. Patrick Corbin’s contract is an example of free agents still getting overpaid. Dallas Keuchel would be employed today if he took 5 years at a slightly higher AAV than Corbin, but he’s apparently got a number in mind that he’s sticking to despite the apparent disinterest. Yasmani Grandal had $60 million on the table from the Mets, which would’ve been an overpay as well, but he decided AAV was more important that guaranteed money. Nothing stopping Harper, Machado or Keuchel from drawing the same conclusion.
Jack, they're greedy. Someone said it could lead to a strike. That would be greedy too.
Take 5 years, $30 million per, and shut up and play.
Add the DH and score more,do a 26 man roster (add a hitter only), and cap Sept at 30 players,
I'm sure the Mets will fight tooth and nail against the expanded roster. That means paying another ballplayer.
Thomas: I don't know if I would agree about the players being greedy. Revenues continue to skyrocket, so the owners can hardly claim poverty. A player is ultimately worth whatever the market says he is worth.
The Rangers gave A-Rod $252 million after the 2000 season, and the Yankees gave him $275 million after the 2007 season. Harper and Machado would have looked at those contracts and reasonably inferred they would be in line for 10 years at a minimum of $280 million. As it turns out, that minimum is probably as high as anyone is going to go for 10 years. What has changed is a better understanding of the risks associated with contracts that take a player beyond Age 35.
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