Harol Gonzalez has been with the Mets for a while, so you probably know his name by now. He was 19 when first played with the Mets in 2014 and started to play in the states the following year, starting in Kingsport. He first started to make noise on prospect lists in 2016 after posting a 2.01 ERA over 85.0 innings (he was the average age for the league) Since then he’s had success mixed in with set backs.
He literally had one start in AAA Las Vegas in 2018 and had to work his way back in 2019. In 17 games and 97.1 innings in Binghamton, he posted a 3.14 ERA and earned a stint in Syracuse where he was 2.2 years younger than the average player. In 8 games and 40.1 innings with a 2.68 ERA. He was slated for more AAA experience in 2020.
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Harol faces a very crowded pitching field in 2021.
The remedy is for Harol to soak up info, pick brains, strive to grow, elevate his game and do his best in bullpens and spring games.
Pitching well will leave positive impressions and position him for potential call up in 2021, in a season in which many arms will be needed - and pitchers with minor league options will be especially valuable. He'll have to secure a 40-man roster spot which will be difficult, but pitching well could also open opportunity via trade.
Gonzalez doesn't strike out enough guys particularly at the upper levels to do more than take a couple of starts when the first 10 options go down and hope to give you an ERA no worse than 5.00.
With his HR rate in the minors, if he can pitch at replacement level that'll help the team in August when the Mets old, injured, iffy, rehabbing rotation is in tatters.
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