7/3/26

MACK - Friday Observation - Weekly Prospect Update

 


 

 Taken off the report this week:

 

IF Trey Synder/A-St. Lucie

C Kevin Parada/AAA-Syracuse

 

None

 

SP Jack Wenninger/AAA-Syracuse –

As of end 6-10 - 11-G, 10-ST, 3-4, 2.68, 1.33, 50.1-IP, 49-K, 28-BB  

As of end 6-17 – 13-G, 11-ST, 3-5, 3.34, 1.38, 59.1-IP. 33-BB, 60-K

As of end 6-24 – 14-G, 12-ST, 3-5, 3.71, 1.43, 63-IP,36-BB, 64-K

As of end 7/1 – 15-G, 12-ST, 3-5, 3.84, 1.43, 68-IP, 39-K, 68-K – frankly, Wenninger keeps slowly going in the wrong direction. It really would be nice to see a turnaround this week…

 

SP Zach Thornton/AAA-Syracuse & MLB-Mets –

As of end 6-10:  AAA: 5-G, 4-ST, 1-2, 3.91, 1.26, 25.1-IP, 24-K, 11-BB

As of end 6-17 – AAA:  6-G, 5-ST, 1-2, 3.81, 1.38, 26-IP, 13-BB, 25-K

As of end 6-24 – 7-G, 6-ST, 4.80, 1.50, 30-IP, 14-BB, 29-K

On 6-25, Thornton was called back to Queens to pitch the next day, in place of the traded David Peterson.

6-25/MLB:  6-IP, 5-H, 1-R, BB, 7-K – nice. You would think, now that Peterson has been traded and Senga has been banished to the pen, that an outing like this will create an invite, but we’ll see…

7—1 – 5.2-IP, 3-H, 2-ER, 4-BB, 4-K – why this guy is back in the minors makes no sense to me

As of end 7/1 – 8-G, 7-ST, 1-3, 4.54, 1.46, 35.2-IP, 18-BB, 33-K – strange… killer MLB start this past week, but AAA stats much worse than Wenninger. Another starter that needs a great AAA start this week.

 

SP Jonah Tong/AAA-Syracuse – For some reason, some people around here think this guy is a prospect, so, by popular demand, he’s baaaaaaaak…

As of 6-24 – 12-ST, 1-5, 6.30, 1.62, 50-IP, 32-BB, 68-K

6-25 – 6-IP, 4-H, 2-R, 2-BB, 3-K – better. Build on this and you could be seeing the return of the future fifth starter.

As of 7/1 – 13-ST, 1-5, 5.95, 1.55, 56-IP, 34-BB, 71-K – ya know, I’m really starting to take him off my long-range plans board…

 

RP Jonathan Pintaro/AAA-Syracuse only -

As of end 6-10 - AAA - 19-APPS, 2-0, 3.16, 1.05, 31.1-IP, 38-K, 13-BB

As of end 6-17 – AAA – same as 6-10   

As of end 6-24 – 20-APPS, 20-APPS, 2-0, 3.63, 1.15, 34.2-IP, 14-BB, 41-K

As of end 7/1 – AAA – same

                           MLB – 5-G, 0-ST, 0-0, 5.11, 0.73, 12.1-IP, 3-BB, 12-K – Pintaro is currently being used as a fill-in reliever in Queens and you rarely will see this kind of ERA/WHIP swing.

 

RP Ben Simon/AAA-Syracuse –

As of end 6-10:  AAA - 7-APPS, 1-1, 2.16, 1.20, 8.1-IP, 6-BB, 4-K

As of end 6-17 – 9-APPS, 1-2, 2.38, 1.23, 11.1-IP, 7-BB, 7-K

As of end 6-24 – 11-APPS, 2.57, 1.14, 7-BB, 8-K

6-25 – 1.1-IP, 2-H, O-R

7-1 – 1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, BB, K

As of end 7/1 – 13-APPS, 2-2, 2.20, 1.16, 16.1-IP, 8-BB, 9-K – simply a guy that puts his nose to the grindstone. So far this season, 27 appearances in AA/AAA.

 

RP Dan Hammer/AAA-Syracuse – Hammer has quietly produced a great AAA stat line. Through 6-18, the 28/year old is 11-APPS, 2.13 A\after 10-apps, 2.77 in Binghamton.

As of 6-24 – AAA: 13-APPS, 0-1, 2.25, 1.56, 16-IP, 13-BB, 18-K

6-24 – 1-IP, 1-H, 0-ER, BB, 2-K

6-27 – 1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, K

7-1 – 0.2-IP, 1-H, 0-R, BB

As of end 7/1 – 16-APPS, 1-ST, 0-1, 1.93, 1.55, 18.2-IP, 15-BB, 21-K – Hammer is sort of becoming a real deal…

 

C Kevin Parada/AAA-Syracuse

As of end 6-3:  AAA:  31-AB, 0-HR, 9-RBI, .355/.400/.484/.884

As of end 6-10 - AAA:  38-AB, 1-HR, 10-RBI, 10-K, .342/.381/.526/.907

As of end 6-17 – 50-AB, 1-HR, 10-RBI, .320/.397/.460/.857

As of end 6-24 – AAA: 66-AB, 1-HR, 12-RBI, .318/.387/.455/.841

6-24 – 0-3

6-26 – 1-4

7-1 – Parada was reassigned to AA-Binghamton. A demotion like this makes me take him off this active prospect list;

 

2B Ji Hwan Bae/AAA-Syracuse

As of end 6-10:  192-AB, 3-HR, 19-RBI, .297/.400/.406/.806

As of end 6-17:  212-AB, 3-HR, 21-RBI, 31-BB, .283/.383/.396/.779

As of end 6-24 – 227-AB, 4-HR, 35-RBI, 35-BB, .278/.381.410/.790

6-24 – 0-4

6-25 – 1-5, RBI, 2B (12)

6-26 – 2-4, 2-R, BB, 3B (3)

6-27 – 0-3, R

7-1 – 2-5, R, 2B (13)

As of end 7/1 – 248-AB, 5-HR, 26-RBI, 37-BB, .274/.375/.411/.786 – your perfect AAAA infielder waiting for his phone to ring.

 

SS/3B/2B Yonny Hernandez/AAA-Syracuse –

As of end 6-24 – 178-AB, 2-HR, 20-RBI, .287/.381/.360/.741

6-24 – 0-4, R

6-25 – 4-5, RBI, 2B (8)

6-26 – 3-4, R, 3-RBI, 2-2B (10)

6-27 – 2-4, R, RBI

6-30 – 0-1

7-1 – 1-3

As of end 7/1 – 199-AB, 2-HR, 25-RBI, .307/.390/.387/.777 – Yonny is becoming more relevant each week…

 

OF Nick Morabito/AAA-Syracuse

As of end 6-10:  199-AB, 5-HR, 22-RBI, .246/.352/.382/.734

As of end 6-17 – 219-AB, 5-HR, 25-RBI, 31-BB, .251/.360/.379/.736

As of end 6-24 – 243-AB, 8-HR, 28-RBI, 34-BB, 26-SB, .263/.368/.416/.784

6-24 – 2-3, BB, 2B (10)

6-26 – 1-5

6-27 -1-5, RBI, 2B (11)

6-30 – 3-5, 2B (12) – Nick is having quite the week

7-1 – 1-5, 2-RBI

As of end 7/1 – 266-AB, 8-HR, 31-RBI, .271/.369/.421/.790 – this was a good week for Morabito. A couple more like this should cement a trade deadline callup.

 

SP Jonathan Santucci/AA-Binghamton –

As of end 6-10 - 11-ST, 1-5, 3.93, 1.23, 52.2-IP, 24-BB, 63-K              

As of end 6-17 – 12-ST, 1-5, 4.13, 1.31, 56.2-IP, 29-BB, 68-K

As of end 6-24 – 14-ST, 2-5, 3.95, 1.33, 66-IP, 34-BB, 80-K

6-30 – 2IP, 0-H, 0-R, 2-K – I hope nothing happened to Santucci…

As of end 7/1 – 15-ST, 2-5, 3.84, 1.31, 68-IP, 33-BB, 83-K – excellent K/9 ratio

 

RP Felipe De La Cruz/AA - Binghamton -

As of end 6-10:  AA - 16-APPS, 0-0, 1.37, 1.12, 19.2-IP, 11-BB, 26-K   

As of end 6-17:  AA - -APPS, 0-1, 2.11, 1.31, 21.1-IP, 12-BB, 29-K

As of end 6-24 – Combined AA/AAA – 20-APPS, 0-1, 2.45, 1.31, 25.2-IP, 35-K

On Tuesday, 6-30, De La Cruz was reassigned to AA-Binghamton.

6-30 – 2-IP,  0-H, 0-R, 4-K – back at home in the Eastern League

As of end 7/1 – AA – 19-APPS, 1-1, 1.93, 1.24, 23.1-IP, 12-BB, 33-K – he really should be in Syracuse.

 

RP Saul Garcia/AA-Binghamton –

As of end 6-10:  21-APPS, 4.24, 1.24, 23.1-IP, 34-K, 7-BB         

As of end 6-17:  24-APPS, 0-1, 3.67, 1.22, 27-IP, 9-BB, 39-K

As of end 6-24 – 25-APPS, 0-1, 3.86, 1.25, 28-IP, 10-BB, 40-K

6-24 – 0.1-IP, 0-H, 0-R

6-26 – 2-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 4-K – been quite a while since Garcia threw out a clunker. (through 6/26, Garcia has a career-best 7.9% walk rate and is second in the Eastern League with 27 appearances).

6-30 – 1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 2-K

As of end 7/1 – 28-APPS, 0-1, 3.45, 1.12, 31.1-IP, 10-BB, 46-K – check two things here… one, the steady weekly declining of the ERA, and two, the K/IP ratio,

 

SP Jose Chirinos/A+ Brooklyn –

As of end 6-10 - A+:  2-ST, 0-1, 3.27, 1.18, 11-IP, 6-BB, 14-K

As of end 6-17 – A+ - 3-ST, 1-1, 2.81, 1.31, 16-IP, 8-BB, 20-K

As of end 6-24 – 4-ST, 1-2, 3.86, 1.47, 21-IP, 9-BB, 23-K

6-25 – 5-IP, 5-H, 5-ER, 2-BB, 5-K

As of end 7/1 – 5-ST, 1-2, 4.85, 1.46, 26-IP, 11-BB, 28-K – still hasn’t adjusted to this level.

 

SP Nicholas Carreno/A+ Brooklyn –

St. Lucie -

as of end 6-10:  11-G, 6-ST, 2-1, 1.94, 1.05, 41.2-IP, 21-BB, 58-K 

as of end 6-17 –

  A-St. Lucie:  2-1, 1.94, 1.06

  A+ Brooklyn:  0-1, 5.40, 1.50

   Combined A/A+:   2-2, 2.61, 1.14

As of end 6-24 – AAA: 3-ST, 0-1, 7.71, 1.64, 14-IP, 9-BB, 15-K

6-27 – 4-IP, 2-H,  0-R, 4-BB, K

As of end 7/1 – 4-ST, 0-1, 6.00, 1.61, 18-IP, 13-BB, 16-K – starting to adjust

                                    

SP David Hurtado/A+ Brooklyn -

As of end 6-10 - A+ - 3-ST, 1-0, 0.69, 0.46, 3-IP, 2-BB, 11-K

As of end 6-17 – A+ - 4-ST, 2-0, 0.50. 0.44, 18-IP, 3-BB, 13-K

As of end 6-24 – 6-ST, 3-1, 1.91, 0.60, 28.1-IP, 4-BB, 24-K

6-30 – 6-IP, 1-H, 0-R, BB, 8-K – boy, this guy just continues to impress!

As of end 7/1 – 7-ST, 4-1, 1.57, 0.55, 34.1-IP, 5-BB, 32-K – Had a 27.4% K rate to a 4.2% walk rate in June.

 

SP Dakota Hawkins/A+ Brooklyn – not sure Hawk is a starter now, though he did start on Sunday, tossing 3.2 scoreless innings, giving up only two hits, walking one and striking out two. The important thing is he has now lowered his seasonal ERA to 2.08, far below the minimal 2.99 needed to make this report. Welcome Hawk.

As of end 6-24 – 14-G, 4-ST, 1-0, 2.08, 1,00, 26-IP, 6-BB, 26-K

6-26 – 5-IP, 4-H, 0-R, K – “Hawk” is really turning into a productive starter.

As of end 7/1 –

7-ST, 4-1, 1.57, 0.55, 34.1-IP, 5-BB, 32-K – boy, I hope he can do this in NY State

 

SP Channing Austin/A+ Brooklyn –

           A+ - 8-ST, 2-1, 1.17, 38.1-IP. 48-K, 22-BB

5/27 - Austin was placed on the IL with an oblique issue.

6-25 - reinstated

 

RP - Bryce Jenkins/A+ Brooklyn

As of end 6-10 - 16-APPS, 1-2, 2.49, 0.83, 21.2-IP, 8-BB, 23-K

As of end 6-17 – 18-APPS, 1-2, 2.66, 0.84, 23.2-IP, 9-BB, 25-K

As of end 6-24 – 20-APPS, 1-2, 2.49, 0.87, 25.1-IP, 10-BB, 27-K

6-24 – 1.2-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 2-BB, 3-K

6-27 – 1-IP, 1-H, 0-R, K

As of 7/1 – 22-APPS, 2-2, 2.25, 0.89, 28-IP, 12-BB, 31-K – Jenkins is starting to project as a future mid-pen workhorse.

 

RP Juan Arnaud/A+ Brooklyn – The 22/yr. old righthander is quietly doing a good job this season.

As of end 6-24 – 23-APPS, 2-1, 2.66, 1.43, 23.2-IP, 14-BB, 35-K

1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 2-K

6-27 – 1-IP, 1-H, 1-ER, 2-K

As of 7/1 – 25-APPS, 2-1, 2.81, 1.36, 25.2-IP, 14-BB, 39-K – love the k/9 ratio

 

RP Hunter Hodges/A+ Brooklyn - made this list after going 1.0-IP, 1-H, 1-ER, 1-BB. Yeah, I know. Not that impressive, but he should have been on the list earlier due to his 2026 accomplishments.

early Cyclones stat line: 22-G, 0-2, 2.63, 1.17, 27-1-IP, 39-K.

6-24 – 0.1-IP, 0-H, 0-R

6-27 – 1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 3-BB, 2-K

As of 7/1 – 24-APPS, 0-2, 2.51, 1.22, 28.2-IP, 28-BB, 55-K – that’s a whole lot of strikeouts for the new kid on the block…

 

OF JT Benson/A+ Brooklyn –

As of end 6-10 - A+ - 53-AB, 1-HR, 11-RBI, .264/.371/.472/.843

As of end 6-17 - A+ - 66-AB, 2-HR, 15-RBI, .258/.380/.485/.865

As of end 6-24 – 92-AB, 4-HR, 19-RBI, .283/.371/.565/.937

6-24 – 0-4, BB

6-30 – 0-3

7-1 – 2-5, 2-R

As of end 7/1 – 107-AB, 5-HR, 23-RBI, .280/.374/.551/.925 – In June, JT led the Mets minor league teams in just about every offensive category.

 

RHSP Emilio Obispo/St. Lucie –

As of end 6-10 – 7-G, 4-ST, 2-1, 1.93, 1.07, 23-1-IP, 6-BB, 27-K

As of end 6-17 – 9-G, 6-ST, 3-1, 1.67, 1.17, 32.1-IP, 10-BB, 38-K

As of end 6-24 – 10-G, 7-ST, 3-1, 1.49, 1.26, 36-1-IP, 15-BB, 41-K

6-30 – 5-IP, 5-H, 4-ER, 2-BB, 3-K (2.18) – everybody has a clunker and, hopefully, this is Emilio’s one and done.

As of end 7/1 -

 

 RP – Zack Mack/St. Lucie -

As the end 6-24 – 13-APPS, 2-0, 1.89, 1.21, 19-IP, 7-BB, 24-K

6-25 – 1-IP, 3-H, 0-R

As of end 7/1 – 11-G, 8-ST, 3-2, 3.48, 1.28, 41.1-IP, 17-BB, 44-K – hoping the last outing is a “one and done”.

 

1B Randy Guzman/A-St. Lucie –

As of end 6-3:  173-AB, 9-HR, 29-RBI, .260/.363/.480/.843

As of end 6-10:  210-AB, 9-HR, 29-RBI, .257/.357/.469/.826         

6-10 – on IL-7  

 

2B/3B/SS Trey Synder/A-St. Lucie –

As of end 6-17 – 40-AB, 7-RBI, .300/.364/.425/.789

As of end 6-24 – 59-AB, 0-HR, 7-RBI, .271/.328/.356/.684

6-24 – 0-4, RBI

6-25 – 0-4, BB

6-30 – 0-4

7-1 – 1-4

As of 7/1 – 80-AB, 0-HR, 10-RBI, .225/.279/.288/.567 – dropping Trey from the report.

 

SS Elian Pena/A-St. Lucie –

As of end 6-10:  199-AB, 3-HR, 22-RBI, .271/.404/.377/.781

As of end 6-17 – 220-AB, 3-HR, 23-RBI, 42-BB, .264/.393/.364/.756

As of end 6-24 – 234-AB, 3-HR, 25-RBI, .261/.397/.355/.751

6-24 – 0-0, BB

6-25 – 2-3, RBI, 2-BB

6-30 – 0-4

As of end 7/1 – 241-AB, 3-HR, 26-RBI, 36-BB, .261/.400/.353/.753 – still hanging around waiting to explode. Maybe now that Wandy Asigen is playing can get Elian going.

 

OF Yohairo Cuevas/A-St. Lucie –

As of end 6-17 – A – 78-AB, 2-HR, 11-RBI, .308/.466/.551/1.017

As of end 6--24 – IL

As of end 7/1 – still on IL

 

C Yovanny Rodriguez/FCL  –

As of end 6-10:  74-AB, 5-HR, 18-RBI, .297/.402/.541/.943

As of end 6-17 – 89-AB, 5-HR, 21-RBI, 30-K, .281/.387/.483/.870

As of end 6-24 – 102-AB, 5-HR, 26-RBI, .284/.380/.480/.861

6-26 – 1-2, R, 2-BB

6-28 – 0-1, BB

As of end 7/1 – 108-AB, 5-HR, 26-RBI, .278/.394/.463/.857 – very limited play this week.

 

SS Vladi Gomez/FCL

As of end 6-10 - FCL - 47-AB, 1-HR, 8-RBI, .340/.500/.532/1.032

As of end 6-17 – 58-AB, 1-HR, 9-RBI, .345/.486/.517/1.004

As of end 6-24 – FCL – 70-AB, 1-HR, 11-RBI, 19-SB, .371/.483/.514/.997

6-25 – 1-3

6-26 – 0-3

6-28 – 1-2, 2-R – ya know, I’m starting to get quite impressed with this guy…

7-1 – 1-3, R

As of end 7/1 – 84-AB, 1-HR, 13-RBI, .357/.466/.488/.954 – no one talks about this guy when they discuss Mets prospect shortstops… maybe they should start.

 

3B Roybert Herrera/FCL –

As of end 6/17 – 35-AB, 5-BB, 1-HR, 7-RBI, .371/.476/.514/.990

As of end 6-24 – 46-AB, 1-HR, 7-RBI, .304/.429/.413/.842

6-26 – 1-4, R, RBI

6-28 – 0-2

7-1 – 0-2

As of end 7/1 – 56-AB, 1-HR, 9-RBI, .286/.403/.375/.778 – Herrera is fading fast… I’ll give him one more week to bounce back.

 

RF Bohan Adderley/FCL

As of end 6-10 - 88-AB, 4-HR, 13-AB, .295/.354/.477/.831

As of end 6-17 – 101-AB, 4-HR, 14-RBI, .287/.345/.446/.791

As of end 6-24 - 112-AB, 4-HR, 15-RBI, .313/.364/.482/.846

6-25 – 1-3, R, BB

6-26 – 2-4, 2-R

6-28 – 1-2, RBI

As of end 7/1 – 127-AB, 4-HR, 16-RBI, .315/.367/.465/.831

 

 

END OF THE WEEK DSL STATLINES (end of games 7/2):

 

C Frank Moreno – 56-AB, .339, .920-0PS, 2-HR, 15-RBI, 0-SB      

1B Jonnhan Sanchez -  67-AB, .373, 1.024-OPS, 2-HR, 18-RBI, 8-SB

SS/3B Michalle Mercedes –  74-AB, .297, .788-OPS, 1-HR, 19-RBI, 2-SB

OF Henry Manrique –  73-AB, .329, .941-OPS, 0-HR, 12=RBI, 5-SB

OF Cleiner Ramirez -  82-AB, .305, .972-OPS, 5-HR, 14-RBI, 7-SB

 

HELIUM ALERT

 

OF Nick Lucky/AA-Binghamton – Lucky was drafted by the Boston Red Sox (14th round) in 2018, out of Coastal Carolina and signed by the Mets on 6-16, away from Indy Lancaster Stormers. So far, as of 6-24, he’s hitting .381, which is sorta good.

 

BTW

 

Per Pitch Profiler       @pitchprofiler

Nolan McLean's curveball is the best-graded pitch in baseball this season at a 134 proPitching+. At 81.8 mph with 40 percent whiffs and a .138 wOBA allowed on 190 thrown, hitters have genuinely no answer for it. Bryan Baker's changeup checks in at 132.


14 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

I still like the speedy Trey Snyder. Coming off of long term injury, I am hoping he will kick it into high gear now.

Elian Peña concerns me a bit. I know he is young, but after a scorching April, he has hit .215 since. He does walk a lot and steal a lot, though, so I will assume it is some growing pains average-wise.

The Parada demotion to AA is puzzling. He was hitting. If he can be demoted, why not Clifford?

Hurtado impressing so far is right.

I’m just wild about Vladi. He and Bohan are stealing everything g not locked down.

Mack Ade said...

Re Snyder

Snyder is far from a top prospect. He made this list because of his output
That has now dissipated. He will return to this report if he produces

Mack Ade said...

Re: Pena

I share your concerns

Mack Ade said...

Re: Parada

I assume they decided that others better suit as possible Mets catchers in Queens.

Mack Ade said...

Re: Hurtado

Currently my #1 starter

Tom Brennan said...

I like Snyder speed. 147 minor league games, he stolen 51 of 62. That being said, as the old adage goes, they can’t steal first base. I still think Snyder’s better than he shown so far, and that he’ll be back on your tracking list before Long.

Tom Brennan said...

I am still a Tong guy. I am thinking he is “working on expanding the repertoire”. But to say, I am not disappointed with his 2026 would be a lie. I am very disappointed so far.

Mack Ade said...

expanding his repertoire, my ass... Tong has had one of the largest repertoire's for years. he simply is sucking this year

Jules C-- The Cautious Optimist said...

As you know, I was never a 'Tong' guy. I had even expressed the view that we should put him in a trade for Skubal at the deadline, when I was fantasizing before the season that we would be in the hunt for a championship and buyers at the deadline.

I have not bought into Tong, which would be crazy given how he is performing this year. But I have softened into a wait and see and that's because while everyone seems to be discussing how efforts to increase his repetoire have not taken hold, I keep pointing out that the main issue is that he has made a significant change in his release point, which he had to do to avoid injury. This kind of change requires several additional changes to accommodate it into a new movement pattern; and new release point impacts how all pitches respond. It also eliminates his 'deception' as a weapon -- which is not sustainable anyway. To I want to see how he develops at this point and am giving him as much runway as possible. It would be nice, however, to see an uptick or two in performance over the remaining period this season in Syracuse.

Mack Ade said...

I would convert him to a backend reliever

Zozo said...

Good Morning All,
I think they should just make Parada a DH and forget about the catching position?
I believe he was sent down to make room for Polanco and Roberts to get at bats. Let the guy concentrate on just hitting and see if he can maintain what he has been doing in AAA.

Jules C-- The Cautious Optimist said...

Interesting idea. You are right about why he was demoted. Hope it is temporary. It wouldn't be the worst thing if your DH could serve as an emergency catcher. Right now, our #1 catcher, Alvarez is not likely to do either well enough.

D J said...

Tom,
I am not sure as to the accuracy, but another website stated that Parada was sent back to AA because of his defense and the desire to have the AAA pitchers throwing to a better defensive catcher.

Jules C-- The Cautious Optimist said...

DJ-- Interesting point.about Parada, though not sure why they believe his defense will improve in AA. I do think its important that pitchers get to pitch to good defensive catchers. How come that doesn't seem as important to the Mets at the major league level. If it were, Alvarez would never have been catching the bulk of the games. It is worth pointing out that since Green has taken over, Torrens is getting the bulk of the catching while Alvarez DHs. I mean, 'strikes out'.