The Mack Report - Mike Vasil, Together Again, 7LArmy at Phillies Games, Stanley Consuegra

 The Mack Report - Mike Vasil, Together Again, 7LArmy at Phillies Games, Stanley Consuegra

 Jim Bowden - 27 prospect names you don’t know but should - 

5. Mike Vasil, RHP, Mets

Age: 23

HT: 6-5 WT: 225 

Scouting grades: FB: 55 CB: 55 SLI: 55 CH: 45 CTL: 50 CMND: 50

Stats (Double A): W-L: 0-1 ERA: 2.70 IP: 30 H: 17 BB: 4 SO: 41 

Vasil has a four-pitch mix and throws them all for strikes with average major-league command. His fastball is in the 94 to 97 mph range. He has a 12-6 curveball, which I think is his best secondary pitch, although his slider is also a plus pitch and looks more like a cutter at times. His changeup is below average but keeps improving. Scouts like his competitiveness and composure. But the biggest thing they rave about is how much he’s improved his control and command from last year. 

Zack Meisel and Tim Britton - The Francisco Lindor trade, revisited - 

It always felt as though both sides were blowing smoke, in a sense. For the final year or two of Lindor’s tenure in Cleveland, there was a ton of posturing. You don’t often hear players speak openly about negotiations or about what they feel they’re worth. And you never hear Cleveland’s front office discuss negotiations on the record. Yet both sides routinely voiced their view of the situation (or, at least, the view they wanted to present publicly). 

There was an inevitability to all of this. After all, this organization just recently started handing out $100 million deals, and Lindor seemed destined for a big market the instant the two sides failed to find common ground on a long-term deal after the 2016 season. 

While Giménez has endured some struggles and Rosario is a polarizing figure among Cleveland fans, they helped ease the sting of the trade by offering production that guided the club to its surprising breakout last season. 

Joe Pantomo -  Together again: Mark Vientos, Francisco Alvarez, Brett Baty showing Mets what youthful revolution can bring - 

In no way is what Vientos, Alvarez, and fellow top prospect and third baseman Brett Baty are doing easy. Entering a veteran-laden clubhouse and taking playing time away from more established players adds to the pressure of performing for an underachieving big-market club. 

But the self-assured aura that comes from the trio making their big-league journeys provides immeasurable support.

 

Kevin Kinkead - Bush League Phillies Once Again Allowing Mets Fan Group to Throw Out First Pitch at Citizens Bank Park - 

Barring these doofuses from wearing Mets attire doesn’t change anything. The optics are a joke, total bush league vibes, like something the Arizona Coyotes would do. You’re the Philadelphia Phillies. You shouldn’t be letting a Mets fan throw out the first pitch. Imagine if the Eagles let some Cowboys fan like Scooter Magruder flip the coin, or the Flyers brought in Sidney Crosby to drop the puck, or the Sixers invited Anna Horford to ring the bell.

 

Eric Samulski - Mets prospect Stanley Consuegra is emerging for the Brooklyn Cyclones - 

In 90 plate appearances for the Brooklyn Cyclones year, outfielder Stanley Consuegra has four home runs and is slashing .267/.343/.511 with two stolen bases. He has cut his strikeout rate to a career-low 20.6% and is walking at a 9.8% clip.