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| Kids and Kubs |
The 21-year-old driver of the Jeep that struck John Alderson – the 87-year-old father of Mets general manager Sandy Alderson – late Saturday night in St. Petersburg, Fla. may only receive a traffic citation, according to St. Petersburg police. John Alderson was pronounced dead at 12:45 Sunday morning at Bayfront Medical Center. “The investigators found no evidence or signs of impairment regarding the driver of the vehicle,” St. Petersburg Police division manager William Proffitt told the Daily News via email, referring to Jeffrey Lachance, the driver. “The driver of the vehicle may receive (at the most) a traffic citation in this case.” Proffitt said no arrests were pending, but that the investigation of the matter continues, including the toxicology results for Alderson. A fatality report will also be filed and takes about a month to process. Court records indicate Lachance was arrested for marijuana possession in May in Pinellas County (Fla.), and that a trial is pending - Maller
11-16-10 from: - fangraphs - Because you’re reading this website I know I don’t have to tell you where that logic veers off course. I really like Wilmer Flores as a prospect, and while I don’t believe he’ll achieve his highest potential outcome, there is little reason to believe he won’t develop the power requisite for his prospect status. I think he’ll be able to get up to 25-30 home runs, but there is a development path we have to acknowledge that he could max out with 15-25. Either way, given his contact abilities and the assumption that more line drives are forthcoming, he should be a .300 hitter, too. Where his power potential exists somewhere in that 15-30 range, it’s far more difficult to predict his walk rate. It will be so hard for him to exceed a .360 wOBA should his walk rate not improve by a significant number.
2010 Stats: .268/.338/.372, 6 HR, 37 RBI, 10 SB - Prediction: Mets - The Mets have looked at the O-Dog a few times in the past. It appears they may finally sign him this year as they have realized that neither Luis Castillo nor Ruben Tejada is a viable answer at second base. -
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| Michael G. Baron |
11-15-10 from: - Project Prospect - Filthy, nasty, dirty, explosive, electric, dominant, powerful, high-upside talent. Any teenager who can touch the high-90s and blow away full-season talent will gain a lot of believers in a hurry. Mejia made a near-seamless transition from short-season ball in 2008 to Double-A in 2009. Performances like that don’t happen very often. When we saw Mejia, his changeup was very impressive. It was so good and he relied on it so much that he almost threw it too often. His explosive fastball sits in the mid-90s and has outstanding late cut. If he could learn to command it, he has enough velo and movement to throw it 80% of the time. His slider is inconsistent. Mejia tricks people into believing he has easy mechanics by utilizing a calm windup. While his windup is controlled, he employs max-effort arm action and a large amount of upper-body torque. Mejia’s deceptive but also relatively inconsistent. He’s demonstrated that he still has improvements to make with his command. Hard-throwers also are at risk of wearing their arms down faster than guys who don’t touch the mid-90s. Mejia was sidelined from June 24th to August 11th last year due to a strained middle finger. He’s an outstanding athlete. It’s easy to look at Mejia and think front-line closer. He could provide MLB value in 2010 if the Mets want to give him a chance at that kind of role. But with someone with his rare power/ground-ball arsenal, there’s too much upside to not give him a chance to prove himself as a starter.
11-15-10 from: - link - Campbell was one of the system's most pleasant surprises in 2010 but for a prospect not gifted with loads of speed or athleticism whose third base glove is highly suspect (so much so that he played 40% of his games in left in 2010), he's going to have to prove himself again in 2011. Prove that his power surge in the first half was for real, prove that he has enough bat for a corner position (1B/LF) and prove that his second half slump was strictly injury-related.
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