So......game one of the Mets-Yanks three game Bronx series is in the books.
A 6-2 loss. Megill was simply lousy. Kranick was simply lousy.
The Mets hitters were simply lousy.
There…that was simply simple to summarize.
Mostly a good night in the minors, tho’.
Since I have picked on him lately, I must give favorable mention to Kevin Parada, who went 3-4 with a walk. Jumped him up to .151. Good for him.
Jonathan Santucci had a great outing yesterday, with 5 shutdown shutout innings, and his Brooklyn teammates scored their usual 6 runs in a home win.
Jacob Reimer (.336) had his 14th double and was on base 3 times. Another David Wright, but without the speed? We’ll find out. (He is 5 for 6 in steals.)
Reimer has an amazing 24 extra base hits and 30 RBIs in 34 games.
Lastly, Blade Tidwell pitched well vs. mighty Lehigh Valley, and he and his relievers combined to fan 15.
FINALLY, ON TO MY TOPIC DU JOUR
What are the Mets' prospects' prospects, as it pertains to ascending to the big leagues?
I list below the top 30 prospects on the Mets site.
Pitchers, as I see it, have it better at reaching the bigs, if they can avoid serious injury.
Why?
First, so many pitchers do get seriously hurt that openings routinely open up, and clubs often steward the innings of the healthy pitchers carefully, in hopes they too won't join the ranks of the wounded. As such, the barrier to entry is relatively low for pitchers in the system to make the majors.
Making the majors and staying there for a long time, though? That takes real talent and health.
Hitters?
The Mets are a franchise adverse to planning long-term on iffy hitters. Those who will make it have to have high expectations.
On top of that, Soto, Lindor, and Nimmo are here for years ahead, on out into the future, and Francisco Alvarez most likely also is.
While spots are few, I think it is easy to conclude that Marte, McNeil, Taylor, Siri, Winker, Torrens and possibly Pounding Pete may well be gone by 2027 or prior, but Pete could be here longer term....we'll see.
Vientos and Baty might linger as well - they could be short or long tenants.
But the top 30 list below contains 20 hitters. Clearly, given the above, all cannot make the Mets in the majors. Perhaps 5-8 of them will not. And of the remaining 12-15, several will perhaps make nothing more than limited Mets cameos.
Also, the Mets will continue to draft hitters and sign international ones in this and future years.
Result? So many hitters, so few spots.
Do I hear "trade chips", anyone?
The pitchers' portion of the list has 10 pitchers (yellow highlights below), and if I had to be very honest, I would think at least 9 of the 10 will reach the majors. Perhaps all 10 will. They just have it far easier to make the majors, even if briefly, because they are pitchers.
Of course, there are others not in the 10 Top Pitchers that are very likely future major leaguers, like fireballers Ryan Lambert, Raimon Gomez and others. I'd not be a bit surprised if 20 pitchers currently in the Mets minors make the majors sooner or later.
Pitchers? They have it easier in their quests to reach Queens. Period.
TOP 30 HITTERS / PITCHERS
1 Brandon Sproat RHP 6' 3" / 215 lbs
2 Jett Williams SS/OF 5' 7" / 175 lbs
3 Carson Benge OF 6' 1" / 184 lbs
4 Ryan Clifford 1B/OF 6' 3" / 200 lbs
5 Nolan McLean RHP 6' 2" / 214 lbs
6 Jonah Tong RHP 6' 1" / 180 lbs
7 Jesus Baez SS 5' 10" / 180 lbs
8 Elian Peña SS 5' 10" / 180 lbs
9 Ronny Mauricio 2B/SS/OF 6' 4" / 166 lbs
10 Drew Gilbert OF 5' 9" / 195 lbs
11 Jeremy Rodriguez SS/2B 6' 0" / 170 lbs
12 Jonathan Santucci LHP 6' 2" / 205 lbs
13 Boston Baro INF 6' 0" / 170 lbs
14 Marco Vargas INF 5' 11" / 170 lbs
15 Blade Tidwell RHP 6' 4" / 207 lbs
16 Trey Snyder SS/3B 6' 1" / 197 lbs
17 Nick Morabito OF 5' 10" / 185 lbs
18 Nate Dohm RHP 6' 4" / 210 lbs
19 Daiverson Gutierrez C 5' 11" / 206 lbs
20 Jacob Reimer 3B/OF 6' 0" / 205 lbs
21 Chris Suero C/1B/OF 5' 11" / 205 lbs
22 Eli Serrano III OF 6' 5" / 201 lbs
23 Jonathan Pintaro RHP 6' 2" / 235 lbs
24 Edward Lantigua OF 6' 1" / 174 lbs
25 Dom Hamel RHP 6' 2" / 206 lbs
26 Ronald Hernandez C 5' 11" / 155 lbs
27 A.J. Ewing OF/2B 5' 11" / 160 lbs
28 Jack Wenninger RHP 6' 4" / 210 lbs
29 Will Watson RHP 6' 1" / 180 lbs
30 Colin Houck SS/3B 6' 2" / 190 lbs
Injuries at the MLB level open up opportunities. Be ready, you prospects, for when they happen. You may get called up. Lou Gehrig was ready. He did OK.
17 comments:
Why are the Mets not winning more? While LAD is hitting .301 with runners in scoring position, the Mets hitters are sputtering at .223 in such situations. I'm not asking for .301, but .260 with RISP would be nice - and more appropriate, frankly.
The Mets current opponent, the Yanks, is hitting .261 with RISP, and the Cubs have driven in 50% more runs with RISP (126 vs. 85) than the Mets.
Are most of the Mets hitters....chokers?
Max Kranick had a 1.35 ERA heading into the last week of April. Since then, 14.2 IP, 18 hits, just 8 Ks, and 10 earned runs. Is it fatigue? Are hitters catching up to him?
Megill is his own worst enemy (although shoddy defense didn't help). He has good stuff but if things don't go his way he seems to mentally falter and not trust his stuff. He overthinks
Jon, makes sense. But Yanks hitting is tough.
Tom,
Singleton is exercising his option to be traded or released, is he an option as a DH in place of Marte? We need help there for certain.
Next up
Cherrystones on the half shell
Lenny's Clam Bar
Howard Beach
Everybody beeps
Well the Mets sent Nunez down to make room for Castillo, just like we thought they would. Not a fan of this move
Not really a fan of sending Nunez down
Mack, are you following me? I was at Lenny's last week. I had the scungilli in the hot sauce.
Didyou go to Peter Luger's yet? I was there a few weeks ago with friends. Enjoy, and best wishes to your brother.
Not really happy with the Nunez move. This guy Castillio is a tomato can. Nunez looks like he finally found his groove.
Bad move...hope its for a short period of time
Ewing and Reimer are going to fly up that list. Brooklyn’s lineup is fun, huh? Jett is settling in and starting to drive the ball, and Clifford looks like something has mostly clicked over the past few weeks. Good signs.
I get that Nunez gas options, but Castillo has been horrible. I guess Stearns and/or Hefner see something they can fix
A Castillo sized guy, Junior Santos, is now in AA with Washington. 16 innings, 15 walks. Oh my.
Mack, they call it Howard Beach because the Italians there say, "Hey, Howard you doin'?" and the Howard thing kinda stuck.
Vito. Mets pitchers seldom give up homers especially at home. Keep the fences where they are
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