Mack – Sam Haggerty, Daison Acosta, BoSox Top Prospects For Wheels

Saturday, July 6^th –

     AA-Binghamton C. Dustin Houle, placed on IL

     AA-Binghamton IF, Sam Haggerty, came off the IL and was active onto the roster.

           Tom keeps saying that the 25-year old is chip material.

     Frankly, I need to see a little more from Cleveland’s 24^th round pick in 2015.

The second baseman has hit .288 in 139 at-bats this year for Binghamton.

Haggerty came to the Mets in the Kevin Plawecki deal. 

Plawecki is now hitting .209. Also, in that deal was pitcher Walker Lockett.

      Kudos –

DSL-1 CF, Franklin Linares: 4-5, R, RBI, 2.99

DSL-1 SS, Federico Polanco: 3-5, RBI, .345

DSL-1 DH, Freddy Valdez: 2-2, .294

DSL-1 SP, Alan Ramirez: 4-IP, 1-ER, 2.33

DSL-2 SP, David Marcano: 4-IP. 0-R, K, 1.13

GCL-Mets SP, Franklin Parra: 2-IO, 0-R, 5-K, 0.00

GCL-Mets RP, Jhofran Escalona: 4.2-IP, 0-ER, 5-K, 0.00

If there is going to be a red prospect that will develop out of this GCL pen, it will be Escalona.

Low-A Brooklyn RP, Mitch Ragan: 2.1-IP, 0-R 0.93

That’s now 5 games and 9.2 scoreless innings for Ragan

Low-A Brooklyn SP, Yeizo Campos: 2-IP, 0-R, 3-K, 1.09

     Campos has only given up runs in one of the last 10 games he has pitched in

Low-A Brooklyn RP (?), Tony Dibrell: 4.2-IP, ER, 6-K, 2.56

     My guess is that the Campos/Dibrell, SP/RP, was reversed for rehab reasons

AA-Binghamton C, Ali Sanchez: 3-4, 2-R, .298

AA-Binghamton 1B, David Thompson: 4-4, 3-RBI

A-Columbia RP, Cole Gordon: 2-IP, 0-R, 3-K, 0.00

Sunday, July 7^th –

                            

      AA-Syracuse sends SP, Zach Lee, to AA-Binghamton

      AA-Binghamton sends OF, Chandler Avant, to A-Columbia

      RHP Daison Acosta was promoted from Low-A Brooklyn to A-Columbia

The 20-year old blue chip went 0.98/0.82 for Low-A Brooklyn this season in 4 games, three starts

He then went out Sunday and gave up 5-R, 3-ER, in 4-IP for Columbia, raising his A ERA to 6.75

      RHHP Billy Oxford was placed on the A-Columbia IL

      OF Taylor Lane was placed on the A-Columbia IL

            Kudos –

Rookie-GCL Mets 1B, Warren Saunders: 3-4, R, .444

Rookie GCL Mets, C, Endy Rodriguez: 2-4, .379, 1.066-OPS

Rodriguez played LF in this game, obviously trying to make room for Matt O’Neill behind the plate.

Rookie GCL-Mets SP. Andrew Mitchell: 1-IP, 0-R, 0.00

      A shortstop playing first base… a catcher playing left… your top reliever starting. Who the hell is making out the card down in Florida? Terry?

A+ St. Lucie 2B, Blake Tiberi: 3-5, R

AAA Syracuse RP, Stephen Nogosek: 1.2=IP, 0-R, 2-K, 0.00

PC - Ed Delany

     Spoiler Alert – AAA Syracuse RP, Ryley Gilliam: 1-IP, 3-H, 2-ER, 13.50

      This elevation to the AAA level just doesn’t see to be working for Ry. Frankly, his AA stats this year weren’t much to write home about: 12-G, 4.24.

      Me?

      I would shut him down for a month with some IL excuse and then bring him back mid-August for a rehab session for St. Lucie.

AA-Binghamton RP, Stephen Villines: 2-IP, 0-R, 2-K, 0.40

AA-Binghamton RP, Joseph Zanghi: 1-IP, 0-R, 2-K, SV-3, 1.64

A-Columbia RP, Nelson Leon: 1-IP, 0-R, K, 1.59

Monday, July 8^th –

                      Ken Rosenthal - @Ken_Rosenthal – Red Sox pushing to add a starting pitcher, sources tell The Athletic. Would prefer to act sooner rather than later. Casting wide net.

                       So, what if we offered Wheels?

     Well, first we have to realize that the Red Sox affilaites have been hit on a lot in the past could of years. As of today, they only have one player ranked in the Top 100 prospect list.

     These are three players we might look at:     

             3B/1B Bobby Dalbec – big power, big arm, above average defense… problem is K/AB. Miss guy which usually comes with a power hitter. 24/yrs. old. 2019: AA… 279/AB, .229, 19-HR, 48-RBI, 93-K, 27.76/K%

             CF Gilberto Jimenez – big speed, hitting ability and defense. Latin player of the year in the chain in 2018. 19/yrs. old. 2019: A- ball… 66-AB, .364/.400/.439.

             LHP Darwinzon Hernandez – a steal out of the IFA signing in 2013. He has three excellent pitches, including a fastball that sits at 98. His next step is to harness his natural talent. 22/yrs. old. Pitched five innings for Boston so far this season… 11-Ks in 5-IP, but 5.06-ERA. Combined minor stats this season for AA/AAA: 1-5, 5.04, 1.61, 55-IP, 75-K.

     Kudos –

             DSL-2 SP, Ricardo Rodriquez: 5-IO, 0-R, 4-K

             DSL-1 2B, Federico Polanco: 3-4, 2-R, RBI, .359

             Rookie-Kingsport RP, Josh Hejka: 0.1-IP, 0-R, K, 0.00

             Low-A Brooklyn 3B, Yoel Romero: 3-4, R, .315