AAA-Syracuse
activated P Sean Burnett from Low-A Brooklyn. The
9-year MLB veteran has an MLB stat line of 15-23, 3.52, verses a 55-46, 3.33
line for the same 9-years in the minors.
He was
released from the Marlin AAA team in June 2018. He was then signed this past
February by the Mets.
P Joe Cavillaro was assigned to A+ St. Lucie from Low-A
Brooklyn. Joe was a 24th round pick in 2017 out of the University of
South Carolina. He was the go-to guy last year for the Fireflies, after posting
13-G, 12-starts, 8-2, 2.09, 1.03, with 83-Ks in 77-IP.
I had him
as one of my “blue prospects” until he started this season for St. Lucie. There
was obviously something wrong when I saw he was pitching only two innings foe
his first game (0.00). Maybe a rehab outing. Then the three games he pitched…
Three outings. Three innings pitched. Eight runs given up. 21.60-ERA.
He was
IL’d and, hopefully whatever was going wrong has been corrected. I expect
Cavillaro to push Luc Rennie to the pen.
P Max Kuhns was released by A+ St. Lucie. Injuries cost
this kid his career. Had 17 great appearance for A-Columbia in 2017 (2.10,
0.90, 37-K, 25.2-IP), but pitched only five outings (6 innings) for the
GCL-Mets in 2018 and one game, two innings for St. Lucie this year.
We wish him
well.
-Columbia
activated 1B Chase Chambers from the 10-day DL
list. Chambers was an 18th round 2018 pick out of something called
the Tennessee Tech. University – Cookville. The 23-year old surprised everyone
last season when he hit .281 (217-AB) for the Cyclones. It will be interesting
to see who plays first… first… here, Chase or Brian
Sharp who is currently hitting .213.
And, in a
surprised move the Mets promoted IF Adeiny Hechavarria from
AAA-Syracuse and optioned their only RH hitting bench player, 1B Dominic Smith to AAA-Syracuse.
On
paper, the optioning of Smith made no sense. Here, he worked his butt off in
the off-season and came to camp ready to play. And he did. At one point he was
the leading hitter on the team, but rust started to set in while he waited for
an at-bat or two. He’s now only the No. 2 hitter on the team (.333), but has
had only 30-ABs while Alonso has had 110.
Hey,
I’ve been tough on this kid and especially criticized the mis-direction by his
father who seemed to be in the way of Dom’s development. Still, I give all the
credit in the world for fighting back, literally on his own, to get to be a
positive force in the Mets clubhouse and a steady bat in the dugout.
Is
there more to this deal? Is there a second chapter in this book? You bet your
ass there will be.
Simply
put, Dom has no chance to be a starter in Queens. He plays only one position
and no one expected Hurricane Peter to form off the coast of Florida.
Alonso
is now the Mets first baseman. He’s odds-on favorite to win the NL ROY, and
will be here into the mid-2020s. What he can accomplish in Savannah is to get
the daily starts needed to showcase him to another team so be can put the
#MetsTwitter crown behind him and move to greener pastures.
Hell,
for all I know, Amed Rosario may be past of the same deal.
We
will have to wait this one out and see.
2 comments:
Not Savannah in Dom portion of this post.
Should have been... Syracuse
If Smith had come into camp in 2018 the way he did in 2019, Alonso might have had a much harder path up, and we'd know what Smith really is.
Several teams look like he's be a better starting 1B than what they have (e.g., 3 are hitting under .200) - maybe one would be willing to make an attractive deal.
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