MACK - Sunday Morning Observations

 

(thru Friday’s results) 

 

Mack’s Observations -

 

David Stearns is doing everything he can to ruin a great lead in portion of this post. 

I decided this was a great time in the early season to write about possible promotions that could be coming in this organization. I figured it might be a little early especially since the Mets are well known for their snail pace at promoting thise that should be.

Well, Stearns looks like a breath of fresh air, what with this week’s promotions of Jonah Tong, Danny Young, and Christian Scott, doing their best to ruin what I had already wrote and saved since this past Sunday night.

 The top three Syracuse hitters (J.D. Martinez, Tomas Nido, Mark Vientos) have already caught the shuttle to LaGuardia so I don’t, baring injuries, see any additional bats coming to Queens soon. Vientos has since returned, leaving him one more option.

 Starter Joey Lucchesi has put up impressive numbers so far, but remains in the Mets doghouse what with the Scott promotion being the second starter promotion (Butto) out of this affiliate.

 Reliever-wise, Dedniel Nunez, Danny Young, Reid Garrett, and Sean Reid-Foley have already got the call. No other Syracuse relievers have combined for a decent amount of innings thrown and an equally decent ERA.

 As for AA-Binghamton, there really is only one bat that should be promoted to AAA-Syracuse and that would be CF Alex Ramirez. And I really don’t care who they kick to curb to make room for him. This is the top producing outfielder in the chain so far this season and someone already in Syracuse needs to be either demoted of given a tent and told to move to the Columbia University campus lawn.

 Pitching wise, RHSP Blade Tidwell looks to be the first that will move forward, possibly causing Mike Vasil to be sent back here for addition AA work. This could quickly follow the Scott promotion on Wednesday.

 Reliever wise, RHRP Wilkin Ramos is establishing himself early as their top AA pen arm.

 Regarding A+ Brooklyn, right now, no pitchers or catchers are posting the results to make a case for a promotion. Both starters Brandon Sproat and Nolan McLean need more time at this level to develop.

 In St. Lucie, RHRP Jawilme Ramirez, SS Nick Moribito, and C/1B/OF Christopher Suero look to be the next in line once room is made for them in Brooklyn.

  

New Met:

                                 INF Mike Brosseau 3B/2B/1B/OF 30/yrs 

5-10 200 RHH

 UDFA - Oakland University

 Career: 3.1-WAR 582-AB 26-HR .242

 Played for David Stearns in Milwaukee

 Against LHP: .265/.326/.464

 Against RHP: .209/.293/.374

 29.5% K-Rate

 77% play at third base

 Opinion: Stirckly a depth platoon player against lefties.

 

 Roster Moves - 

Mets:

 Promote RHSP Christian Scott from AAA-Syracuse

 traded Zack Short to the Red Sox for cash.

 LHRP Josh Walker to AAA-Syracuse

 LHRP Danny Young selected from Syracuse.

 RP Drew Smith - 15-day IL: shoulder inflammation

 RP Dedniel Nunez recalled from Syracuse

 

Syracuse:

 RHP Justin Jarvis transferred from AA to AAA Syracuse

 Signed veteran INF Mike Brosseau to a minor league deal

 3B Mark Vientos returned from the Mets

 OF Taylor Kohlway released

 LHRP Nate Lavender - 60 day IL: TJS

 RHP David Griffin transferred from AA to AAA Syracuse

 RHP Hunter Parsons transferred from AA to AAA Syracuse

 

Binghamton:

             IF José Peroza placed on the 7-day IL

             IF Mateo Gil transferred from A+ to AA Binghamton 

            OF Jaylen Palmer off 7-day IL 

            IF Jett Williams on 7-day IL

             OF Rhylan Thomas placed on the 7-day IL

             OF Joe Suozzi transferred from A+ to AA Binghamton 

            RHP Andre Scrubb activated off the development list. 

            RHP Cam Robinson activated off the 7-day IL

 

Brooklyn:

RHP Jordan Geber transferred to AA-Binghamton

 

St. Lucie:

         RHSP Jonah Tong promoted to A+ Brooklyn

         3B Boston Baro promoted from FCL Mets

  

Prospect List Changes -

     Brooklyn RHSP Douglas Orellana black to BLUE 

MetsMinors.Net @Mets_Minors 

St. Lucie Mets center fielder Nick Morabito has been one of the best hitters in minor league baseball to start the season. 

Here’s how he ranks among 902 minor league hitters: 

2nd - .538 OBP

3rd - .411 AVG

3rd - 218 wRC+ 

 

The Mets have signed Jake Stevenson to a minor league deal and he has been added to the Brooklyn Cyclones roster. 

            Jake Stevenson  @JakeStevenson38

 6th Live 4/17, 25 pitches

 FB (7) top 97.1 avg 96.1 17.6 vb 7.4 hb

 CT (8) avg 90 6.9 vb -4.1 hb

 SL (10) up to -19 hb

avg 81.9 -1.1 vb -12.4 hb

 FA looking for affiliate opp

2023 Stats in Pirates org

1.85 ERA, 24.1 ip, 26 ks, .173 oBA, .210 oSLG

 

 Jon Heyman @JonHeyman

 The Mets hold a winning record despite a very difficult early schedule and obvious star underperformance. So where are the fans (19th in attendance)?

 

Dom Smith has deal with Red Sox, pending physical

 

Anthony DiComo @AnthonyDiComo

Today in Fun With Reed Garrett Stats:

 Only two pitchers in Mets history have recorded at least five wins in a season without a loss, plus at least one save:

             1. Reed Garrett, 2024

2. Jerry Blevins, 2017

 -The last reliever with five wins through his first eight outings of a season was Cecil Upshaw (1971 Braves).

 -The only RP with more wins through eight outings are Hugh Bedient (1912 Red Sox) & Rube Waddell (1905 A's).

 

 Kevin Kernan @AMBS_Kernan

 So Guardians lose one run game in game they had runner picked off second on inside move and had another runner thrown out at 2B who couldn’t bother to slide. New baseball

  

Mike Mayer @mikemayer22

 Mets top minor league hitters by wRC+ through April:

 209 Nick Morabito

186 Christopher Suero

165 Nick Lorusso

156 Ben Gamel

151 Jose Peroza

146 Ryan Clifford

143 Alex Ramírez

137 Mark Vientos

133 Rylan Bannon

126 JT Schwartz

122 Rhylan Thomas

120 Wyatt Young

119 Matt Rudick

 

Mets top minor league pitchers by K-BB% through April:

 45.6% Jonah Tong

36.2% Dakota Hawkins

32.5% Jack Wenninger

31.9% Christian Scott

29.8% Jordany Ventura

28.3% Austin Troesser

23.8% Blade Tidwell

23.1% Tyler Stuart

21.0% Jordan Geber

20.0% Douglas Orellana

 

 John Harper @NYNJHarper 

Was doing TV last night so just getting around to this: Severino brilliant, obviously. Use of 2-seamer this season has made him more unpredictable; 4-seamer playing up again. Also, thought it was cool the way he acknowledged crowd's ovation after 8th. Not enough pitchers do it.

 

 Mike Puma @NYPost_Mets

 Ji Man Choi has an opt out in his contract that could have been exercised today. Choi has decided to remain with the Mets - he's currently assigned to Triple-A Syracuse.

 

 Baseball -

  

Kevin Kernan @AMBS_Kernan

 I’ve come to the conclusion that with all the tinkering in baseball there are simply now too many rules. They’ve gone too far. Keep it simple MLB

  

Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN

 From MLB: Through 452 total games played through the end of April, the 2024 Major League season set records for combined games played by players 23-and younger and 22-and-younger. Major League players Age 23-and-younger combined for a total of 413 games played, while players age…

 

 Baseball Prospectus @baseballpro

 The Splitter “Revolution” Part 2

by Daniel R. Epstein (@depstein1983)

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 BA - The Youngest Big Leaguers Keep Getting Older, Delaying Free Agency And Money-Making Opportunities

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 https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/the-youngest-big-leaguers-keep-getting-older-delaying-free-agency-and-money-making-opportunities/?s=03