Mack - 2019 Mets Transactions, Kudos, and Comments

            

Monday, May 20 –

RP Andrew Mitchell has been promoted from A-Columbia to A+ St. Lucie. A-ball stats: 15-G, 19.2-IP, 32-K, 0.92

P Jake Simon was transferred from Low-A Brooklyn to A-Columbia.

Simon was the 11^th round pick in the 2015 draft, out of Ball (TX) HS. He went 11-G, 9-starts, 0-5, 4.04 for the Cyclones last year and this will be his first mound time in 2019

       P Billy Oxford was transferred from Low-A Brooklyn to A-Columbia

       P Thomas Szapucki was sent down by A-Columbia to Low-A Brooklyn.

It looks like any chance of Szapucki returning to form this year is a lost cause. The one-time top pitching prospect in the chain has been used in an unofficial rehab capacity, pitching only eight innings in six games (four starts). 2.16, 1.44, 11.88-SO/9, but a 5.40-BB/9.

I don’t expect to get any more info on this. This is how the Mets roll when it comes to injuries.

The New York Mets have placed RP Seth Lugo on the 10-day IL with shoulder tendinitis. He has been replaced with P Hector Santiago, who will have to be added to the 40-man squad.

     Welp.

And in ‘non-baseball related news’ Mets stiff outfielder, Yoenis Cespedes, fractured or broker his right ankle while doing something stupid on his farm.

This is what’s called a ‘non-baseball related injury’. You can collect 100% of the insurance policy you have on this guy and cortar el pescado this dude.

Kudos –

Mack’s mystery first baseman future prospect, A-Columbia 1B Chase Chambers, goes 4-4, raising his seasonal BA to .299

A-Columbia RP, Tyler Megill: 1.2-IP, 0-R, 0.00

SP Dedniel Nunez had another nice outing for A+ St. Lucie: 6-IP, 1-ER, 3-K (2.57)

AA-Binghamton ‘red’ chip SP, Anthony Kay, took a perfect game into the 7^th innings and left with a stat like of: 7-IP, 0-R, 0-H, 7-K, 1-BB, 2^nd in league leading 1.07-ERA (leader in WHIP: 0.77.

Kay has nine starts under his belt now and I can’t remember a Mets pitcher pitching this dominant in the AA-level. The least the Mets should do is bump his to Syracuse. The most? Well, he would have to spot start better than Font, right?

Tuesday, May 21 –

                    -AAA-Syracuse activated P Sean Burnett from the IL list.

The 36-year old has pitched in 4-G this year for Cuse… 13.50-ERA. Last year, in AAA ball for Miami: 17-G, 5.49.

      -AA-Binghamton releases P Zack Jones

      -Low-A Brooklyn reassigns IF Ruben Tejada to AA-Binghamton

      -AA-Binghamton reassigns SS Arismendy Alcantara to SSS-Syracuse.

Boy, the Rumble Ponies just can’t seem to keep their 25-man down. Change is constant in Binghamton… Jones threw in four games (5-IP) and ERA’d out at 14.40/2.60. He’s been on the IL for most of the season before being released… frankly, I forgot Tejada was still around. … (fuck you Utley)… but Alcantara is not a write off. He’s 27, hitting ,263 for the B-Mets and, is expendable now that Luis Carpio joins Andres Gimenez and Sam Haggery on the B-Met inner infield.

      Kudos –

-A+ St. Lucie SP, Tommy Wilson, put up an impressive start: 7-IP, 0-R, 5-K. Seasonal ERA: 2.01

The 22-year old is starting to turn Florida heads. He started this season giving up 9-ER, in 4-starts, 19.2-IP. Since then, in the past four starts, he has given up only 1-ER in 25 innings.

I’m raising him to ‘blue’ prospect status

-RP Andrew Mitchell’s debut at A+ St. Lucie: 2-IP, 0-R, 3-K, 0-BB, 0.00

-SS Ruben Tejada’s debut with AA-Binghamton: 2-4, double, R, RBI

-AA Binghamton SP, David Peterson: 5-IP, 0-ER, 8-K, 3.93.

He may not be putting up Kay numbers, but he seems to have straightened out the direction of the ship.

He had a horrendous start this season, capped with a 7-ER, 1.2-IP outing on 4-29. He made the proper adjustments (ones that all potential great pitchers do) and, since then, in four starts, he’s given up 3-ER, in 20.2-IP.

Yes, he is still having a hard time getting past the fifth inning, but I’m returning him to being a ‘red’ prospect, with an ETA of opening day 2020.

-AAA RP, Stephen Villines, continues to dominates – 0.2-IP, 0-R, 0.00

-A-Columbia 1B, Chase Chambers: 4-2, .310.

-A-Columbia P, Chase Hutchinson, pitched the backend of a piggy: 3.2-IP,0-R, 2.61

Wednesday, May 22^nd –

      The Mets placed OF Brandon Nimmo on the 7-day IL… they called up OF Rajai Davis to fill the open outfield slot, but had to add him to the 40-man… this, they DFA’d RP Paul Sewald.

           This is how the 7-day IL is supposed to work. Sit down a player with a stiff neck and give him time to heal… however; something tells me here that there is more to this.

           As for David, I’m happy we are going to get a peek at him. Sure, he’s 38, but he’s hitting a respectable .277 in Syracuse.

           The departure of Sewald shows you the downside of the 40-man system. Pitched 3.86 in four Mets appearances this season. Let’s hope no one claims him.

     

           Kudos –

AA-Binghamton SS, Ruben Tejada, continues to prove he’s playing at the wrong level: 3-4, .556