Mack - 2019 Mets Transactions

      

Saturday, 4-20:

A+ St. Lucie activated OF Jacob Zanon from the 10-day IL. The 2016 15^th round pick hit .206 in 233-ABs last year for St. Lucie, but was off to a terrific start this season for the same team before he hit the IL (15-AB, .400).

Wednesday, 4-24:

A-Columbia transferred last year’s ‘number on with a bullet’ starter, Jaison Vilera, back to Brooklyn to work on what he has seems to have lost this season. Last season, for Brooklyn, the 21-year old through 13 starts and put up a impressive stat line of 5-2, 1.83, 0.98; however, everything went sour this year for the Fireflies where he has thrown in four games (three starts) and his stat line is 1-2, 8.44, 1.94. I expect we won’t see him again until the Cyclones season starts. Damn it. I was really high on this guy.

To replace Vilera, A-Columbia called up from Low-A Brooklyn, pitcher Allan Winans. The 23-year old Winans was the 17^th round pick in the 2018 draft out of Campbell University (CA). He pitched in 11 professional games last year after school, for Kingsport, and posted a stat line of: 0-1, 4.66, 1.34. It will be interesting to see where they slot Winans. He was a four-year starter in college.

And then again, A-Columbia activated SP Christian James off the injured list. The 20-year old had a nice year last season, pitching for three teams (Brooklyn, St. Lucie, Binghamton). His combined stat line was 4-3, 1.90, 107, 15-starts. Very impressive, but only a 6.02-K/9 ratio. He has started for three more games this season going into Thursday night's Fireflies starts. His 2019 line: 0-2, 5.40, 1.58, 13-IP, 15-K (10.13-K/9). Love the new heat but he needs to return to mastering his release points.

Thursday, 4-25

Relief Prospect, Ryley Gilliam, was called into the St. Lucie manager’s office and was handed a ticket to Binghamton (with a stop in NYC to pick up a slice). As we all know, he is everything we asked for since the Mets drafted him fifth in the 2018 draft. He had 17 appearances last year for Brooklyn, posting a stat line of 0-1, 2.08, 1.38, 17-IP, 31-K (16.10 K/9), and a 6.75 BB/9 that needed work. He was fast tracked this year to Lucy where he only gave up three runs in 10.2-IP (all in his last appearance). The SO/9 remained high (13.50) while the BB/9 showed huge improvement (1.69 BB/9). Gilliam wasn’t available for last night’s game but I expect he will be tonight. What is interesting is how they will use him with their current closer ace, Stephen Villines. Will they go 1-2 on the back end or will Villines get a call into the B-Mets manager’s office? News at 11.