HOT FIREFLIES ARE SCARCE!
Something must be in the Columbia water.
Some of those Fireflies players are really struggling so far.
Thru Friday, in 21 team games to date:
SS Sherveyn Newton entered the season with high promise and high strikeouts. So far, though, he is 1 for 14 with 9 Ks after jumping two levels to Columbia, a small sample but alarming strikeout rate.
3B Brian Sharp is also fanning a ton, hitting .196 in 56 at bats, with a very high 28 Ks.
C Juan Uriarte missed all but one game in 2018, after hitting .305 in Kingsport in 2017.
This year, Uriarte's bat is stone cold, with a 5 for 53 start with 19 whiffs.
IF Chandler Avant is 4 for 38, not good, self-explanatory, no clarification needed.
Jose Miguel Medina? Just 8 for 44.
And there are six other guys only hitting between .220 and .233.
Wow. Only Wagner Lagrange (.265) and Ronny Mauricio (.321) are hitting solidly.
On the pitching ledger, starters Jose Butto (7.02 ERA) and Jaison Vilera (8.44), and relievers Chris Viall (5.40) and Billy Oxford (6.30) have not started 2019 as successfully as the Mets would have hoped.
Overall?
The Fireflies are hitting .210 and fanning 10 times per game, with just 7 homers and a league-worst 62 runs in 21 games.
It is a very young team, by and large, with a bunch of Brooklyn-skippers, and one can hope they will adjust and improve.
Pitching-wise, 7-14, 4.32 with more than a K per inning. The record is no surprise, given the lack of run support. The ERA, excluding the aforementioned 4 pitchers, is quite good.
I'll take another look at the Flies in a month and hope to see much improved results.
I for one expected so much more from this team this season.
ReplyDeleteSound familiar?
Mack, I'll give them April as an adjustment month. Let's see how May goes.
ReplyDeleteWhat disturbs me is the dearth of homers at the AA, High A, and A levels