BEFORE I START ON MY TOPIC DU JOUR:
Jacob Reimer hit THREE homers on Wednesday night.
Teammates Ronald Hernandez went 4 for 4 with 4 RBIs.
And the Mets win 19-5 the other day.
Canning was great. Mets break it wide open. Nimmo 4 hits, 2 HRs, 9 RBIs. Now 21 for the season, with 2 games left in April. I thought he was slumping.
Vientos hits a 3 run shot of Amed Rosario(?) in the 9th, his first career homer that was more than a 2 run shot! He had 6 of his series RBIs on a misplayed 3 run flare triple on Friday and a 3 run shot off a position player - but all RBIs look the same in the stats, come September.
Lindor was HBP twice - in the same inning - by the same pitcher! And Juan Urena picks up the save for the Mets despite allowing 5 runs on 7 hits in 3 innings.
All in all, 21 hits, some walks, and a rollicking good time.
So, in the 4 game series, the Mets coughed up two one run 9th inning come from behind losses, and won the other 2 by an 18 run differential. Ahh, baseball!
Of course, if it was 35 degrees and not 75 degrees, as it was for this game, the Mets probably end up with 2 runs, 3 hits, and 4 frostbites. Love warm weather. So do the players, clearly.
WEDNESDAY: METS LOSE 4-3, WITH AN ODD PITCHING CONSORTIUM
Check out the box score. Stanek ain’t no Kranick.
Soto is sputtering.
METS MINOR LEAGUERS - WHO'S HOT
Well, I’ll first start by listing an unnamed Mets minor leaguer who is NOT hot.
He has been around for several years now, has fanned a lot in his career, and this year, through Saturday in AA, is 2 for 22 with 17 Ks.
In spring training, he was 0-10 with 6 Ks.
Total that, and you get 2-32, with 23 Ks.
Worst stat line ever?
Hall of Famer Joe Sewell on the other hand fanned 24 times - total - in his 6 lowest strikeout SEASONS, combined.
And this Mets unnamed suspect with the gaping bat hole is not released to bump someone else more deserving up the chain because?? Head scratcher.
OK, back to the positive side…who’s hot in the Mets minors?
About 25 pitchers. Maybe 50, I ran out of fingers and toes.
Incredible. None named Sproat.
Head scratcher, huh?
So far, there is a guy whose AAA career stats look like this:
47 innings, 52 hits, 37 runs, 21 walks, just 34 Ks, 7.04 ERA, 1.54 WHIP.
His name is not Mike Vasil. Those stats belong to Brandon Sproat.
Ex-Mets failed prospect Mike Vasil had a 5.78 ERA and 1.52 WHIP in AAA.
Bad numbers, but better than those of Sproat.
(BTW, Mike Vasil, much to my surprise, is pitching for the lowly Chicago White Sox in the big leagues. Through Thursday, he had 15.1 IP, 1.17 ERA, 1.04 WHIP. Go figure, huh? Maybe all that Brett Baty needs to do to hit 30 big league HRs is be traded to the White Sox.)
Back to Sproat. He is disappointing right now.
In fact, if I had to call up a prospect emergency starter to the Mets right now, I'd go with Blade Tidwell, with alternatives of Nolan McLean or Jack Wenninger or Joander Suarez. My 4th choice would be Brandon Sproat. What???
Let's go, Brandon. You're better than this.
However, let’s get to RED HOT NEWS…
How about…Raimon Gomez?
Saw this thrilling missive on the Mets’ site:
“There are plenty of things that can exceed 104 mph. Cars, trains, airplanes, even wind. A pitch, however, generally isn't one of those -- unless you're Raimon Gomez.
“The Mets right-hander came out blazing in the first inning, reaching triple digits with his heater on 11 of 12 pitches for St. Lucie. Discounting the 86.9 mph slider he threw to end the frame, the slowest offering from Gomez was a 100.2 mph fastball that missed the strike zone.”
His fastest pitch? An insane 104.5 on the FM dial. Insane. Love it.
(He fanned 4 in 2 scoreless innings, and has a 0.00 ERA in 7.2 IP).
Other arms?
In AAA, Blade Tidwell has an ERA of 5.00, but a ripping 37 Ks in 27 IP.
In AA, McLean, Wenninger, Suarez are just a few studs.
Wenninger especially has been masterful. 4-0, 0.90, 0.80 WHIP, 32 Ks in 20 innings.
Runner-up is Jo Jo Suarez - 14 scoreless, 0.43 WHIP.
And Felipe de la Cruz and Doug Orellana have combined to fan 34 in 20 innings, with just 4 ER allowed. Dynamos.
And of course, one must not forget Jonah Tong, with his 30 punch outs in 17 innings.
In High A:
Zach Thornton? One earned run in 21 IP, 3-0, 25 Ks. What?
Chandler Marsh? 0.00, 3 baserunners in 10.2 IP, And 14 Ks. Sick.
Joel Diaz? 16 IP. 0.00, with an 0.70 WHIP. Jeesh.
Ryan Lambert? Sizzling with 8 IP, 3 hit, one run, 17 K ball. Scorching.
Anthony Nunez? 8.2 hitless innings, with 15 Ks! Mind-blowing.
Dylan Ross? 8 IP, 2 hits, 2 runs, 15 Ks. Ross is the Boss.
And, with less innings, Al Vega, Saul Garcia, Eduardo Herrera, and Ryan Amons have nonetheless combined for a sick 19 innings, 3 hits, 0 runs, 24 Ks. DUDES!
A few guys like Jonathan Santucci, on the other hand, are struggling so far.
But Brooklyn pitchers have fanned 227 in 172 IP. Bringing it!!
In low A:
More sizzlers.
Chris Gomez has given up some runs, but fanned 17 in 9 IP.insane.
Will Watson has been great so far.
Frank Elissalt superb so far.
Hunter Hodges and Hoss (Cartwright) Brewer, too.
Matt Allan? Glad to say he’s very solid, at 10 innings, 7 hits, 3 runs, 12 Ks.
Nate Dohm? .2.84 ERA, 24 Ks in 19 IP.
Lots of scuffling pitchers in St Lucie too, however. Won’t list those.
So, I listed 24 hot pitchers. Should have been 25, Brandon Sproat.
Hitters?
AAA - is a veteran’s haven, a veritable old age home, so let’s mostly skip that team.
Wait, there is Drew Gilbert, who was hot prior to Sunday. As his team scored 26 runs in two 7 inning games Sunday, Drew missed the party, going 0 for 8. Dropping him to .250.
AA - hot is just and only Jett Williams, at .290/.353/.516.
He is hitting 170 points higher than his fellow 2022 first round pick Kevin Parada, who is hitting a buck twenty with 20 Ks in 50 ABs. In 10 of his 15 games, hitless.
Parada is starting to remind me of what Will Smith said in movie in “I Am Legend” about the mutants…
”Devolution is complete.”
High A - a few hitters.
Estarling Mercado in 12 games is .405./.480/.595.
Jacob Reimer is .303/.369/.566 with 16 RBIs, very solid.
Chris Suero has slipped to .250 with 24 Ks in 17 games, but has 5 jolts so far.
D’Andre Smith a very solid .302/.415/.465 in 14 games.
LF Kevin Villavicencio has played low A and High A already, and is simply raking at .409.
Low A?
Messrs. Vargas, Ewing and Mercado are hitting .409, .400, and .394, respectively. Dandy. Ty Cobb is digging those 3. So am I.
And Mack’s favorite Trace Willhoite has 17 RBIs in 16 games and 52 ABs, despite a .231 average and a golden sombrero in one game. Love those RBIs.
So, thatis my hot prospect recap, and I am sticking to it.
P.S.
Aside from sizzling prospects, the Mets’ Jesse Winker on Friday lined out to Nathaniel Lowe to start a triple play.
Except Jesse really didn’t line out.
You see, 1B Nathaniel Lowe caught the liner on a short hop. Not reviewable, however, because the ball had not left the infield. Baseball has so many rules.
That one?
Stupid rule.
Lowe was later asked if he’d ever been involved in another triple play.
Yes, he said. The batter that time was…you guessed it…Jesse Winker.
Another baseball oddity. That’s what makes baseball BASEBALL.
9 comments:
Mets jump to 9th in runs scored with their 19 run explosion yesterday and 7 runs the game before. Just keep averaging 13 runs per game and everything will be fine
Lots of God stuff here.
I'm currently posting a series on my current RED and BLUE prospects in the chain, by position
The infield is being featured this week followed by out in the field and then these guys mentioned
*good stuff
I said to my brother yesterday that the top 24 minors pitchers that I listed in this article probably have a combined 1.00 ERA and 500 Ks in 320 innings. That wasn’t even close to reality at this time last year when, aside from Sproat and Tong, the minors pitching was BAD.
I noticed that former Mets prospect Allan Winans, 29, faces Syracuse today. He must have visited the lab….0.00 ERA with 20 Ks in 9.1 IP.
Some interesting tidbits
Saw this too: Marco Vargas and A.J. Ewing both earned promotions to Brooklyn after tearing it up in Port St Lucie. So...does Reimer get bumped up to AA to make room for them?
Sounds like he will get bumped up soon.
Jack Wenninger went less than 5 innings last night and gave up 6 runs. It happens.
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