link - The Royals designated Jose Guillen for assignment, according to Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star (on Twitter). The team, which called up Philip Humber in a corresponding move, now has ten days to determine Guillen's future. A trade seems likely, though a release is possible.
link - And so, it’s been hard to figure David Wright out this season. At times, he looks like the best player in the league, hitting the ball with authority to all fields as an imposing figure in the middle of the Mets lineup. He has made the impossible play possible in the field at times this season, and has the ability to control the game with his own actions. But then there are the slumps, and the inconsistent defense that he gets mired in. From an offensive standpoint, when he is struggling, he always appears to be tinkering with his stance, or where he stands in the batters box, and I know that making adjustments is part of being a big leaguer, or any hitter for that matter. But for the most part, while Wright has had a good year on paper, it hasn’t been consistent or fluid – as productive as he can be at times is as unproductive as he can be at others, which seems to be the way the team itself has functioned in 2010.
link - Since 2007, he’s moved down on Baseball America’s Top 100 list from the 20th to 30th to 77th position. Now, according an e-mail from BA editor Jim Callis, he’s off the list. All this has happened before Martinez’s 22nd birthday. Is it him, or is it a curse of expectations that became too high? Martinez has spent this season with Triple-A Buffalo. A recent surge, after Callis sent his e-mail, has his average up to .256. He has struck out 59 times and walked just 17, a ratio the sabermetricians hate. But he has 12 homers in 258 at-bats with an isolated slugging (batting average minus slugging average) above .200. That’s at the level of most developing sluggers
link - No, we didn't forget about Ventura and the walk-off grand slam single in the 15th inning of the epic Game 5 of the 1999 NLCS (honorable mention to Shawon Dunston, whose marathon-at-bat base hit leading off that inning is this blogger's favorite Met moment), or his two-homer day on Opening Day, 2001 that sparked an extra-inning Mets win. Problem is, he did little else, hitting just .204 against the Braves as a Met in regular season play (and 3-for-25 in that NLCS). But who needs any more than the two moments listed above?
link - Reese Havens, SS, Grade B-: Hit great for St. Lucie and Binghamton (.312/.386/.592) but limited to 32 games by an oblique injury. I like him a lot, if he can stay healthy.
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