About Wednesday’s game…
-A much needed win.
-Yes, there was finally a decent offensive output, but the majority of it came after nine innings.
-Philly lost, but Atlanta really wants to make us miserable this season.
-David Peterson's performance last night reminded me of what a Mets pitcher told me once. He said that, when he would warm up in the pen prior to a game he was going to pitch in., that 1/3 of the time he was spot on, 1/3 of the time he was crap, and the other third was a work in progress. Peterson last night was a combo of crap and work in progress. He almost hit 100 pitches early in the third inning.
-Hats off to the much criticized pen. 6.2 innings of scoreless innings, that included nine strikeouts.
-And another scoreless inning from Collin Holderman, who has strengthened this pen all season.
We are done looking at expiring contracts on teams going nowhere (since no one made one comment about any of these, this was a part of my post going nowhere too!), let’s take a peek at what our team looks like regarding players that will depart at the end of this season, unless they are extended:
RHCL Edwin Diaz
2022 stats - 1.4-WAR, 2-1, 1.95
2022 salary: $10,2mil
RHSP Carlos Carrasco
2022 stats - 0.5-WAR, 9-4, 4.64
2022 salary: $12mil with $3mil 2023 club option.
RHSP Chris Bassitt
2022 stats - 1.2-WAR, 6-5, 4.01
2022 salary: $8.65mil with 150K mutual option in 2023.
RHSP Taijuan Walker
2022 stats - 2.2-WAR, 7-2, 2.86
2022 salary: $8mil with $3mil player option in 2023.
RHRP Trevor May
2022 stats - -0.4-WAR, 1-0, 8.64
2022 salary: $7.75mil
OF Brandon Nimmo
2022 stats - 2.3-WAR, .276, 6-HR
2022 salary: $7mil.
RHRP Adam Ottavino
2022 stats - 0.9-WAR 2-2, 2.67
2022 salary: $4mil
RHRP Seth Lugo
2022 stats - 0.5-WAR, 1-2, 3.69
2022 salary: $3.925mil
RHP Trevor Williams
2022 stats - 0.2-WAR, 1-5, 4.34
2022 salary: $3.9mil.
OF Travis Jankowski
2022 stats - 0.1-WAR, .209, 0-HR
2022 salary: $1.25mil
Mack - Lots of work needed here.
Next up,
We will continue looking for an option with the 75th pick in this draft (thanks to Noah Syndergaard).
Brady Neal is a 5-10/180 LHH 17/year old catcher, out if the premier IMG Academy (FL).
MLB.com says this about Neal:
Scouting grades:
Hit: 50 | Power: 45 | Run: 40 | Arm: 55 | Field: 55 | Overall: 50
Neal was standing out as an underclassman at IMG Academy in Florida in 2021 when he reclassified to be a part of the 2022 Draft class. He’s now one of the top high school catchers with solid tools both at and behind the plate that were on display at summer showcase events like Major League Baseball’s PDP League, and he was the youngest player at the Perfect Game All-American Classic. He’s continued to look like a top three-round type of catching prospect during his senior season.
Neal is a young backstop with the ability to do a lot of things well on both sides of the ball. He has a nice left-handed stroke with an advanced approach at the plate. He uses all fields well and he’s coming into some more power, especially to the pull side.
With a prototypical stocky catcher’s body, Neal has a slightly above-average arm that’s accurate and quick. He does a very good job receiving and has shown an ability to catch a high-level pitching staff at IMG. Committed to LSU, he reminds some of Tucker Barnhart in terms of being a solid all-around backstop without a plus tool.
Mack - Could be a nice addition if Daniel Susac was picked before we had a chance to snag him.
Prospect Live dropped their latest mock draft this week here.
14. New York Mets
Jace Jung, 2B/3B, Texas Tech
Again, all I keep hearing with the Mets and the first round is splash, splash, splash. Williams is still on the board in this situation, so he’s worth monitoring, but I think they’ll take a college bat here to save some money for more waves in the second round. Jung still on the board is a slam dunk. Keep an eye on Brock Porter and Dylan Lesko with them still on the board, however.
Wednesday’s tweets -
Pitcher DIGS @DigsPitcher
NL DIGS+ (min 5 GS)
1. Alcantara #MakeItMiami 146
2. Burnes #ThisIsMyCrew 140
3. Scherzer #LGM 140
4. Fried #ForTheA 140
5. Rodon #SFGameUp 139
NL BaGS+ (min 100 PA)
1. Goldschmidt #STLCards 177
2. Harper #RingTheBell 167
3. Machado #TimeToShine 157
4. Betts #AlwaysLA 155
5. Acuna Jr #ForTheA 151
6. Alonso #LGM 149
Mathew Brownstein @MBrownstein89
Max Scherzer passed John Smoltz on the all-time strikeout leaderboard last night and is now 18th on the list with 3,090.
Next up is C.C. Sabathia with 3,093.
Joe Doyle @JoeDoyleMiLB
The growing sentiment within the industry that Chipola 3B Cam Collier is tending toward going inside the Top 3 picks.
9 comments:
I'm moving on from CC but lets not forget Medina he saved the game. W/O his work there's no tenth.
Gary
True.
Deserve a mention here
Hey Mack,
Keep on trucking.
The expiring contract not on the list is the big cheese himself, Mr. deGrom. Olney saying Bravos could be landing spot in 2023. Yuck. This is the biggest decision, the rest will go from there. Bassitt, Walker, and deGrom will cost a fortune.
I'll cut Peterson some slack. He got pushed up with no notice on his prior start and pitched well. Then his wife had a baby and he's been in a world wind between starts physivally and mentally for sure.
Medina has be great and has guts. Holderman too.
I hate to pick on him but Lindor is amongst the worst #3 hitters in baseball and is providing negative D at SS. Buck needs to address that #3 spot or push the GM to add a bat without parting with a premium prospect.
Thanks TP.
Always hoped that these daily reports were going to generate a super amount of comments.
Can't have everything, right?
Mack your Daily Reports make my day!
Hi Mack,
I have always been a pitching fan. My question is, is it better to develop pitchers and sign free agent hitters or to sign free agent pitchers who have had success in the majors and develop hitters? With the draft, is it better to have young power arms and hope in 3 or 4 years they develop? I find putting a team together fascinating and then developing a pipeline where a player or 3 can come up and help.
Shawn
Thank you
My opinion
Draft young arms and sign seasoned bats.
Too many veteran arms out there wearing out.
Pitching. Pitching. Pitching
Atlanta. Has been on a great roll, but we got Holderman back…oh yeah, Max too…and maybe Dom Smith.
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