From The Desk – Ronny Mauricio, Capital City Stadium, 3 batter minimum, Free Agency Freeze, Stanley Consuegra

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The Top 100 Prospects For 2019   — Prospects Live-

          

  

                   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

SFV: 60 | Risk: Extreme | #4 Mets Top 30

Columbia baseball stadium where  Hank Aaron  played to be torn down after 92 years –           

        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 –

         

           Stanley Consuegra | Rank: 26 (Preseason: NR)

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.