51: - SP Steve Matz – The best at thing I can say about Steve at this point in his professional career is he gives a great interview. Oh yeah, he’s from New York too. That’s two things. I had very little on him when the Mets drafted him and a lot of the fans have forgotten he’s still in the system. Hopefully, he will heal up this winter and we’ll see him in the spring. No sense in printing old velo stats; the kid is basically starting over here. He’ll start with baby steps. I have him in K-Port. ETA: ???
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54: - SP Domingo Tapia – I probably have Tapia too low. He’s making quite a name for himself this season, throwing at 100 for K-Port. 2012 will be the 5th year in the Mets system for Dom, who will play 2012 as a 21-year old. I have him starting for Savannah next season, but this is a closer in waiting. You give him one more season throwing 100+ heat, plus control on some pitch with sink, and you watch how fast this kid moves. ETA: Projected Mets closer 2014.
Rosters So Far:
Buffalo: (14) –SP Chris Schwinden, Collin McHugh, Brandon Moore, RP Robert Carson, Eric Beaulac, Jose De La Torre, IF Alan Dykstra, Reese Havens, Jordany Valdespin, Zach Lutz, OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Fernando Martinez, Mike Baxter, Juan Lagarus
Binghamton: (9) – SP: Mike Harvey, Zack Wheeler, Jeurys Familia, Darin Gorski, RP Josh Edgin, Brad Holt, IF Jefry Marte, OF Matt den Dekker, Cesar Puello
St. Lucie: (13) – SP Greg Peavey, Taylor Whitenton, Angel Cuan, Tyler Pill, Ryan Fraser, RP Cory Mazzoni, Jack Leathersich, Chase Huchingson, IF Wilmer Flores, Aderlin Rodriguez, OF Cory Vaughn, Gilbert Gomez, Darrell Cecilliani
Savannah: (6) – SP Akeel Morris, Alex Panteliodis, Erik Goeddel, Logan Verrett, RP T.J. Chism, IF Cam Maron
Brooklyn: (5) – SP: Michael Fulmer, Juan Urbina, Domingo Tapia, IF Phillip Evans, OF: Brandon Nimmo
Kingsport: (4) – SP Luis Mateo, Christian Montgomery, Steve Matz, OF Vincente Lupo
GCL: (0) –
DSL: (1) – IF Elvis Sanchez,
8-21-11: - http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/prospect-pulse-left-handed-hitters.html - Darrell Ceciliani – This 21 year-old center-fielder, who the Mets made their 4th round draft pick out of Columbia Basin Community College (Wash) in 2009, is still very raw, and if he does reach the majors, it won’t be before 2014. This year he has been the Savannah Sand Gnats everyday center-fielder. In three full seasons, (two short season, and this one) he has amassed 800 lifetime minor league AB’s, with a lifetime .283 BA. He has a .358 OBP, and a .403 SLG%, but his problem so far has also been too many K’s. His K/BB ratio reads: 173/78, and for a lead-off hitter those numbers need to improve.
8-25-11: - http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ycn-9021595 - Fernando Martinez - I know he's not on the major league roster, but shouldn't he be by now? Is he in the witness protection program? I suppose he fits right in with the Mets organization…over-hyped, slow to develop, always injured.
(Colin McHugh) I don't pretend to know what the future holds for me and my baseball career. I don't know if I will ever have the chance to pitch at Fenway again. But for a brief moment my wife, my father and I got a glimpse of where I could go. What I could do. We came face to face with the reality of why we put in all the work. It felt good, natural even. At the very least, it was a story I shared with those closest to me, and one that I will continue to share with my kids and grandkids. I think we forget, in the day to day grind, that we are building a life's worth of memories here. This was one that I will never forget. - http://adayolderadaywiser.blogspot.com/
42. 3B Elvis Sanchez
10-28-10: - The Mets signed international free agent, 16-year old, Elvis Sanchez. He comes with scouting reports of huge power and a game similar to Aderlin Rodriquez.
3-11-11: - Up: - 3B – Elvis Sanchez - the first surprise was finding him in camp with the minor leaguers that are scheduled to go to one of the top four minor league teams next month. You would have expected a kid this young to not report until April 15th when the extended camp kids come to Florida. In addition, word from the camp was everyone was impressed with his bat speed and his ability to spray the outfield with line drives out of the cage
5-29-11: - The Elvis Sanchez era began last night on opening night for the DSL Mets2 team. Sanchez homered in the 7th inning, leading his team to a 6-5 win over the Royals.
Josh Edgin:
8-14-11: - Stock Up - We continue to be proud to be the first Mets writer to recognize what the team has in this kid. He mopped up Sunday for two more scoreless innings and it’s hard to come up with better stats than he has put up this season. First, there were 16 saves in 24 outings for Savannah, producing 41K/31.0-IP and an ERA of 0.87. Now, after 18 more outings for St. Lucie, he has seven more saves, 25K/26.0-IP and a “hefty” 1.38 ERA. Together: 2-0, 1.11, 42-games, 23-saves, 57.0-IP, 66-K.
Armondo Rodriguez:
8-14-11: - Stock Up: - So much time is spent writing about the “big 4” (Harvey, Wheeler, Mejia, Familia) that people forget about the other very good developing starters in the organization. One is Rodriguez, who pitched big for St. Lucie on Sunday: 7.0-IP, 0-R7-K, 0-BB, 3-H, 3.75. The 23-year old isn’t overpowering and may be one of many pitchers (Gorski, Cuan, Peavey, Morris, Fulmer) that could be outstanding trade bait come 2013.
Bradley Marquez:
8-14-11 – Stock Up: - The Mets signed CF Marquez who will attend Texas Tech and play football there. The Mets have agreed to pay for the school and the Mets will have him in June and July. He was drafted in the 16th round by the Mets, out of Odessa High School, in Texas
Elvis Sanchez:
8-15-11: -Stock Down: - Sanchez continues to slump in his first professional year. He went 0-3 again last night and is now batting .154 for the DSL2 team. He also played first base.
Fernando Martinez:
8-14-11: - Stock Defaulted - Fernando Martinez was placed on Buffalo DL with left wrist strain. Just shoot him.
19. 3B Elvis Sanchez
10-28-10: - The Mets signed international free agent, 16-year old, Elvis Sanchez. He comes with scouting reports of huge power and a game similar to Aderlin Rodriquez.
3-11-11: - Up: - 3B – Elvis Sanchez - the first surprise was finding him in camp with the minor leaguers that are scheduled to go to one of the top four minor league teams next month. You would have expected a kid this young to not report until April 15th when the extended camp kids come to Florida. In addition, word from the camp was everyone was impressed with his bat speed and his ability to spray the outfield with line drives out of the cage
5-29-11: - The Elvis Sanchez era began last night on opening night for the DSL Mets2 team. Sanchez homered in the 7th inning, leading his team to a 6-5 win over the Royals.
-P Collin McHugh was promoted from St. Lucie to Bighamton before last night's game. Collin has had some difficulty this season and, hopefully, he gets a new deck of cards at AA. Pitch well, bud.
-Erik Goedell was supposed to return to starting on Sunday for the Sand Gnats, but he was placed on the DL prior to the game with a right shoulder strain. Replacing him on the roster was Adam Kolarek who had pitched briefly this season for St. Lucie.
-Interesting lack of information yesterday from the pre-game notes by the B-Mets. The next four games, beginning on Monday, all list the starting pitchers as “to be determined”. Sounds like some moves will be happening.
-I think it is becoming quite apparent to the average Met fan that any chance of making the playoffs this year is beginning to come to an end. The Philly series is proving that, even when you do your best, you just don’t have enough consistent talent on this team to compete with the big teams.
-The Elvis Sanchez era began last night on opening night for the DSL Mets2 team. Sanchez homered in the 7th inning, leading his team to a 6-5 win over the Royals.
-Fernando Martinez finally reported to Buffalo along with LHP Mark Cohoon. The 23-year old has had a relatively successful season so far for Binghamton, though the lack of bats there has limited his stats: 9-G, 1-3, 3.81, 1.46, 52.0-IP, 44-K, 17-BB, 19.2% K/PA, .329-BABIP, 4.36-FIP. Mark is more of a finesse pitcher and doesn’t dominate you with his fastball. I see it as a combination of an opening created because Chris Schwinden had been taken out of the rotation, awaiting confirmation if he would spot start for R.A. Dickey, and the fact that room is needed in Binghamton for an upcoming promotion of Matt Harvey from St. Lucie.
Here’s what I have on Cohoon (#13) in “The Keepers”:
Cohoon was selected in the 12th round of the 2008 draft by the Mets.
2008 was a fast track year for Mark. He started out with Kingsport (1-1, 5.89), splitting time as a reliever and a starter. He was sent up to Savannah, where he started seven games (2-2, 3.82).
For reasons never explained, the breaks were put on Cohoon in 2009 and he pitched the entire year for Brooklyn: 9-2, 2.15, 0.97, in 14 starts, 2-CG, 1-SH.
His combined two year professional stats are: 12-5, 3.05, 1.14.
1-1-2010 Forecast: - Early on, the Mets had a problem deciding whether Cohoon would be a starter or come out of the pen. Things became much easier when his ERA was well over double as a reliever. Last year, they slowed him down and he became the ace of the Brooklyn staff
4-19-10: - Mark Cohoon - SP - A-Savannah - Cohoon is off to a great start, going 2-0, 0.77, 1.03 in 11.2-IP. He was one of the Cyclones' aces last season posting 9-2, 2.15, in 14 starts. Mark was the 12th round pick in 2008, out of North Central Texas College.
5-22-10: - Mark Cohoon: I’ve learned over the years not to get to excited about A-level pitching. That being said, this year’s version of the Sand Gnat rotation might be the most talented I have ever seen. One of them, Mark Cohhon, pitched Saturday night and threw up 6.0-IP, 2-ER, 5-K, 0-BB, 2.05-ERA.
6-17-10: - And, just when you thought A-SP Mark Cohoon has showed us all his bag of tricks... all he did last night was go out and throw his third complete game shutout... in a row! Start getting used to this name because it looks like you're going to read a lot about Mark from now on. Trust me, he's be in St. Lucie next week.
6-27-10: - Cohoon pitched his first game at the AA level on Saturday… and got the win, but it wasn’t the cake walk he has been used to at the A and rookie level. The stats were quite different: 5.2-IP, 11-H, 5-ER, 1-K, 7.94… welcome to the almost big time, Mark.
8-4-10: - stock down – the B-Mets came out with their projected rotational pitchers in the next five games and Cohoon’s name has been removed from his slot, replaced with TBA (to be announced). Speculation is this position might be filled with Jenrry Mejia, but it is definitely a set-back for Cohoon, who has had a rough time at the AA level this season (8-starts, 1-3, 6.63). We’ll keep an eye on this and see if he he is sent to St. Lucie, which he jumped earlier this year.
8-29-10: - I had the pleasure this year of watching Mark Cohoon completely dominate the Sally League. He was sent to Binghamton around the all-star break, which, I believe, is the first time the Mets have promoted someone directly from A to AA since Savannah became an affiliate. That being said, I expected a bump in the road due to this two level jump, which, as predicted, did happen; however, Cohoon now seems to have settled down and is beginning to dominate in Binghamton. Yesterday, he went: 8.0-IP, 0-ER, 5-H, 5-K, 2-BB, 4.36. His combined Savannah/Binghamton stats this year are: 11-4, 2.73, 122-K, 30-BB, 148.1-IP. You simply can’t do any better than this and it will be interesting to see what the Mets will do with him this winter.
9-7-10 - 2011 Forecast: - Cohoon had 13 starts at the A+ level and was promoted to AA. He then had 13 more starts at AA. It will be interesting to see what the Mets do with him in April. He turns 23 next week and it will be tempting to start him off in Buffalo, but I'm going to go the safe route and say he'll first go back to Binghamton to get his pitch count in order. Either way, 2011 could easily be the last year Mark spends in the minors.
