Mack - 2019 Mets Transactions, Kudos, Comments, and Draft Update

Saturday, June 29^th –

      First, the bad news…

      Our two top pitchers took it in the apple on Saturday night:

           AAA-Syracuse SP, Anthony Kay: 5-IP,4-ER, 9.64

           AAA-Syracuse RP, Ryley Gilliam: 0.2-IP, 3-ER, 15.63

      Add to this David Peterson’s miserable numbers this season, and Stephen Villines’ disastrous Syracuse outings earlier this season, and I’m left shaking my head at all levels this year.     

      Pitcher Walker Lockett was optioned from the New York Mets and added to the AAA-Syracuse active roster.

      AAA-Syracuse placed RHP Zach Lee on the IL

      RHP Nelson Leon was transferred from Low-A Brooklyn to A-Columbia.

      A-Columbia placed RHP Jose Moreno on the IL

      The Mets sign undrafted free agent, pitcher Corey Gaconi, out of Southeastern Louisiana University. The 22-year old was a four year starter and went 7-1. 3.15 before signing with the Mets.

      He opened Saturday night as a reliever for Low-A Brooklyn (3-IP, 1-ER, 3.00).

     

           Kudos –

DSL-1 second baseman, Federico Polanco, continues his primo hitting: triple, 4-RBI, .318

DSL-1 starter, Luis Moreno: 3.2-IP, 0-ER, 0.73

DSL-2 RP, Daniel Juarez: 2-IP, 0-R, 4-K, 0.00

Rookie-Kingsport CF, Cole Kleszcz: 3-5, R, 2-RBI, .320

Low-A Brooklyn C, Jose Mena: 2-4, R, RBI, .385

AA-Binghamton SP, Mickey Jannis: 6-IP, 1-ER, 4-K, 2.68

AA-Binghamton RP, Stephen Villines: 1-IP, 0-R, SV-5, 0.00

Sunday, June 1^st –

     OF Rymer Liriano was activated off of the AAA-Syracuse IL

     RHP Jeuryrs Familia began a rehab assignment for AAA-Syracuse

     AAA-Aaron Altherr was placed on the AAA-Syracuse IL

     P Luc Rennie was transferred from AA to AAA-Syracuse

     RP Joe Zanghi was placed on the Temporary Inactive List

     P Austin McGeorge was activated from the IL

     RP Dave Roseboom was sent from AAA to AA-Binghamton

     SP Jordan Humphreys started a rebab in Florida with Rookie-GCL

Jordy, the ex-red prospect, was rolling along in 2017, where he had went 10-1, 1.42, 0.72, 80-K, 69.2-IP for A-Columbia.

The Mets promoted him to A+ St. Lucie when an elbow problem developed. He had TJS in August 2017 and did not play for the entire 2018 season. Even more concern developed this past April when Mets doctors decided to keep him in Extended Camp.

It’s hard to determine right now what is left of him right now. (He pitched one inning today and gave up one run).

     RP Jhonfran Escalona was transferred from Rookie-DSL1 to Rookie-GCL

           How’s this for a season so far for the 20-year old…

     He’s pitched 5 games (8.1-IP) for the DSL-1 Mets: 0.00

     And today he’s pitched 4-IP, 0-R, 0-H, 0.00, 0.25 for the GCL-Mets.

     Is the four innings today a sign of being stretched out?

     We will keep an eye of this blue prospect.

     Kudos –

Rookie-GCL 3B, Brett Baty: 2-2, 2-R, RBI, 3-BB, .400

A+ St. Lucie SP, Tony Dibrell: 6.1-IP, 2-ER, 2.60

A+ St. Lucie RP, Darwin Ramos: 0.2-IP, 0-R, K, 0.53

AAA-Syracuse SS, Luis Guillorme: 4-4, 3-R, 4^th HR, 2-RBI, .313

AAA-Syracuse C, Rene Rivera: 2-5, 3-R, THREE HOME RUNS, 4-RBI

He’s up to 12 home runs now, batting over .300. Nido is doing well. What do we do here?

Two rehab pitching performances for AAA-Syracuse last night:

 Luis Avilan: 1.1-IP, 0-R, 3-K, 0.00

Jeurys Familia: 1-IP, 0-R, 2-K, 0.00

Low-A SS, Wilmer Reyes: 3-2, 2-R, 2 HOME RUNS, 3-RBI, .313

      Reyes is off to a good start this season, but the problem is he was born in 1997 and is a shortstop.

      Maybe a throw-in in a multi-player draft.

Another Mets pitching rehab assignment, this one for Low-A Brooklyn:

      Justin Wilson: 1-IP, 0-R, 2-K, 0.00

Summation:

                       Probably too late, but three excellent relief rehab outings by players who, on paper, were supposed to lead our team to the Promised Land this season.