Friday,
May 31st –
AAA-Syracuse activated OF Matt Kemp
He
proceeded last night to go 1-6, leaving 9 runners on base, and even making out
to a field player that was filling in on the mound.
AAA-Syracuse
shipped out 3B David Thompson to AA-Binghamton
Luis Gullorme moved
over from short to play the hot corner on Friday night. Sad news for Thompson,
who was projected as a budding star until he broke his hand.
AA-Binghamton places OF Dario Pizzano on the 7/day-IL
Probably
a ,paper move’ to make room for the activation of Kemp.
Kudos
–
1B
Travis Taijeron (4-4, 3-R, HR, 5-RBI,
2-BB)
hit for the first AAA-Syracuse cycle in 32 years.
AAA-Syracuse
RP, Stephen Nogosek, pitched two more scoreless
innings, and kept his 0.00 AAA ERA intact. He has now pitched in a combined 15
games this year at the AAA/AA level and has gone 1-0, 0.68, in 26.1-IP.
Hey
Reese. You still looking for that middle reliever?
A-Columbia CF, Hansel Moreno:
3-5, 1-R, HR, 2-RBI, .320
A-Columbia 1B, Chase Chambers: 3-4, 2-R, .291
Just a horrible night for Mets
prospect pitchers:
AAA
Zanghi: 1-IP, 1-ER
AA
Kay: Kay: 4.2-IP, 3-ER (4-R)
A+
Nunez: 4.2-IP, 6-ER
A
Holderman: 4.1-IP, 5-ER (8-R)
Listen, I
understand that every pitcher has a bad night every once in a while (an old
Mets minor leaguer told me once that one-third of your pitches every night are
going to be spot on, another third you have to get lucky with, and the other
third have to be removed from your plan on using them… early), but four chips
on the same night from an organization that is thin in quality pitching anyway?
I know…
Tom will say draft bats, draft bats, draft bats.
I say…
buy bats, trade for bats, sign FA bats… and draft high end COLLEGE starters
in the first round.
Especially
this year.
At least
four.
Place all
of them in your Low-A Brooklyn rotation to join held back prospect, Bryce Montes de Oca
Promote both
Junior Santos and Jaison Valera
to A-Columbia rotation
You now
have 10 red or blue chip
starters in the Low A and A rotation:
A: SWR,
Tavares, Holderman, Santos, Valera
Low-A:
Draft #1, Draft #2, Draft #3, #Draft #4, de Oca
See?
In one
draft, you have rotational depth in your rotations at both Columbia and
Brooklyn.
The
re-build has begun.
As heralded as the Mets reputation is for developing pitchers, the fact is they have not done so for awhile. Zack Wheeler and Noah Syndergaard were obtained in trades. So that was your method for getting bats. I'm kind of with Tom. Average pitching with great hitting wins games. Stellar pitching with no hitting does not. Ask Jacob deGrom circa 2018 how much great pitching contributes to winning games. Ask the Big Red Machine how important it was to have pitching.
ReplyDeleteReese -
ReplyDeleteSorry for the delay in responding... Saturdays...
I totally understand where you and Tom are coming from, but, since 1986, have we really dominated in either of these areas?
I know in my heart that if your 5 starters can go 7 inning each, and give up 3 or less runs per game, we will win enough games to make the playoffs even if our hitting is only average.
But, what's the difference...
Broady wants to shoot for the moon trading off team controlled guppies and Jeff is counting his scheckles...
"Money for nuthin' and the chips are free"
Just saw this article. I luv big bats! But I love big, big arms too.
ReplyDeleteHolderman I am not concerned with - he was due for a bad one after so little pitching time since his TJS.
Dedniel - great before last night - BURP!
And Kay was not terrible, but he is a guy you want to see dominate every time out. They lost 20-2, but 6 runs were Roseboom (ouch) and 7 off of position player Krizan, because they are playing a double header tonight.
Tommy Wilson has given up 3 home runs today, two of them to Red Sox # 2 prospect Dalbec. Two homers in 5th and he is pulled.
Nogosek is pitching SO much better than last year. I wonder if he beats Gilliam to Queens' pen.
If Junior Santos is assigned to Columbia at age 17, that would be something else.
Montes de Oca - let's see that 100 MPH stuff!
By the way, on the subject of power bats, the Mets took Blake Tiberi in 2016's 3th round - 7 homers in 785 at bats.
ReplyDeleteAfter that in the 4th round, Boston took Bobby Dalbec (64 homers in 1070 at bats in minors so far.
The Dalbec power bat was available, but the Mets went non-power. Once again.