Some thunder, some blunder, down under.
There is some thunderous scoring in the 50 team DSL.
Of course, 50 teams mean some organizations have 2 teams (as do the Mets) while others have just one.
Two teams with one squad each (the Rockies and Nats) are scoring at decidedly different rates. The Nats have just 88 runs in 32 games, while the Rockies in 32 games have scored a monstrous 283 runs, or just under 9 per game.
The Mets’ two teams are scoring a very middle-of-the-pack 172 runs and 170 runs, each about 5.2 runs per game. (18 teams have scored between 160 and 180 runs, a tight cluster).
Naturally, the Dodgers’ 2 teams are rolling in runs with 255 and 252, an average of 8 runs over their 64 combined games, and the Yanks’ 2 teams total 457 runs in 63 games, or 7.3 runs per game. Those two franchises know how to generate run production, seemingly forever.
Oddly, there are five hitters at or above .400 in the league so far, and 4 are catchers. None are Mets.
The Mets’ top 3 hitters are 51st (catcher Julio Zayas, .319), and 54th (SS Branny de Oleo, .317), and 55th OF Jostyn Almonte (.316).
Jefry Rosa The boomer, and is 2nd in HRs (8), and 4th in slug % (.658), despite relatively low at bats so far (76).
A glance soon from moi meme at the pitching side of the fence in the wild, wooly DSL.
RAIN DELUGE IN BOSTON
Game suspended, with Mets up 4-3 in the 4th. Then they win a close game completion, but Max Scherzer loses the nightcap, allowing 4 HRs and upping his HRs allowed to 22 in 100 innings in 2023. His 4.20 ERA is 2 runs higher than 2022.
Mad Max has become Mediocre Max.
Somewhere, Edwin is rehabbing.
Last night, and all of 2023, makes me think of these lyrics:
Slip slidin’ away
Slip slidin’ away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you’re slip slidin’ away
But Mark Vientos?
3 for 6 in his first 2 games back. BUILD ON IT. PLAY HIM.
Actually, he is now 9 for his last 36 MLB ABs, and has hit the ball hard in his Mets ABs this year.
Remember: 37 XBH in 228 AAA ABs, .307, 50 RBIs in 60 games.
Play him.
SHAKY MIKE VASIL:
In early May in AA, we were loving the performances: in a 3 start stretch, 21 innings, just 8 hits and 1 run allowed. ERA of 2.19.
“How long until he joins the Mets?”
Since then, however, in 37 innings in AA and AAA, 44 hits allowed, including a whopping 10 HRs, and 30 runs. Two solid outings in that stretch, spanning 9 innings and 2 runs. In the other several, 28 innings, 28 runs.
Now not feeling at all comfortable that he will be ready to pitch for the Mets next April.
Could the recent results just be growing pains…or is it more?
24 comments:
thanks for the pick up
minors report at 11am
Most pitchers go throw stalls when they advance a level
some blow up and fade
frankly I would consider shutting both Vasil and Hamel down soon resting them, and assigning them to winter ball
On Vientos that Neil Diamond song applies: PLAY ME! Ronnie Mo killing it again and waiting for the call up. Problem is WTB or what the Buck will play Porky at any opportunity results be dammed. Nice game last night for the Baby Mets but this win one lose one thing is just enough to tease the fan base into thinking we're still in it and we're not.
Mack, can’t argue with at least giving both a rest.
Yanks team played Brooklyn last night. Guy named Thorpe pitched 8 innings, 2 hits, 1 walk, 13 Ks. 2nd rounder. He fanned Parada 3 times. We needed pitching, perhaps we should have drafted him.
Hay,Mr what have you Done for me Lately,trade McNeil for prospects?
Drew Thorpe was a great pitcher at Cal Poly
10-1 so far this season
I assume the Mets are playing these porkers to hopefully market them for a 35 year old reliever with a 5+ ERA
Vientos becoming a primary DH and not just an only-against-southpaws option would be a big step in the right direction.
Why they brought up Mendick instead of Mauricio is something only the mystics in the front office can answer...why a AAAA infielder instead of one destroying AAA pitching? And yes, he's filled in at 2B, SS and the outfield (though the latter is a work in progress at best). Play him at 2B, move McNeil to LF or RF while Marte and Pham are unavailable and see how they do.
Woody
You seem agitated lately
Try pepto
If that doesn't work try xlax
I would trade McNeil yesterday for a top 50 ranked prospect AAA starter
My guess Mendick was a quick call before Guillorme is examined
But
Mauricio is a failed second baseman
His Mets future lies in the outfield or DH
Don't need another DH. Play him in LF. How bad can he be?
Thorpe is the Yanks’ # 6 prospect. Their # 7 prospect is seemingly also a good pitcher prospect. If the Yanks want McNeil, that might be something to consider. The alternative in 2024 is to spend big $$ on free agent starters. Does anyone really think Ohtani wants the Mets? Aren’t they simply the East Coast Angels?
It stuns me that Mauricio could play SS for years, even if shakily, and not be able to handle 2B. McNeil played a decent amount of minors SS, wasn’t good there, but easier 2B he was very good at. It is Mauricio’s own fault he is not defensively ready to play 2B or OF already. It is called practice on your own time in the off season.if I was a hitter, it would be my bat improvement that would hold me back, not inability to field.
Bad but learning
I happen to think Ohtani will go to the LAD
I still say play him in left at AAA for the rest of the season and then play him their in winter ball
Mack, works for me.
How many career homers combined have Verlander and Scherzer allowed? If you guessed 653, you are correct.
I'll never understand why Mauricio has not been force fed in LF for the past year.
What about him at 3b
It’s not like baty is gold glove
Baty could be LF
Eddie
It should be RF not left
And why is it that a SS should be able to play anywhere except when drafted by the Mets
Rosario played the OF for Cleveland but we couldn’t buy him a OF glove
Eddie
Eddie, reasonable questions and good points.
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