7-26-11: - http://www.amazinavenue.com/2011/7/26/2287253/mets-mid-term-farm-system-review-2011-binghamton#storyjump - IF Josh Satin - STOCK UP - Quickly becoming one of the more polarizing players in the system, Satin eschewed questions about his advanced age (26) and proved that his bat is for real in his time with Binghamton. He posted a .325/.432/.528 line with 11 homers and an Eastern League-leading 35 doubles before a recent call-up to Triple-A. The issue is and always has been his lack of a position. He's not a major league second baseman and he's still leearning first and third. I've always considered him a righty Dan Murphy and that seems even more true today. He takes his walks, has a knack for line drives which means tons of doubles and decent home run pop and he has no position.Who knows where he fits but the bottom line is the guy can hit and that's a good thing.
Hideki Irabu:
But Irabu was often morose and given to long fits of depression. Despite efforts by Derek Jeter, David Cone, and David Wells to help him integrate into the team, he spent much of his time alone, sitting by himself in the Yankee stadium bullpen out in right center field. On the road, he would shut himself in his hotel room poring over anatomy books, trying to understand physiology. (He liked to draw pictures of the human body and became quite skilled at it.) Still, acquaintances described Irabu as being lonely for company—if he hooked up with you for dinner one night, then he'd call you up the next and the night after to go out. It seemed that when he drank, he liked to do so in the company of others, not home alone as others might. - http://www.slate.com/id/2300602/pagenum/all
Bobby Parnell:
Parnell, 26, has had some rough times. That's part of the growing process, but it's time to grow up. Francisco Rodriguez is gone and Jason Isringhausen has been a warrior but doesn't have the arm he once had and faltered in his last two outings. Parnell's numbers over his previous nine games were terrible entering Tuesday night. In those nine games he pitched eight innings, allowed 13 hits, four walks, hit two batters and seven runs, six earned for a 6.75 ERA. - http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/mets/relief_in_sight_f4X5OTHJGvvTUlO22hXDaP#ixzz1U3j59fPt
Rain:
Yeah, I think we all could use an extended break at this point. Of course, a scheduled off-day isn't really a scheduled off-day without an MRI. Hopefully this rainfall was truly refreshing and contained traces of cortisone and chicken soup to heal Johan Santana's shoulder (which would mean that Santana would have had to walk around in the rain for two hours and catch a cold.) But having to watch the Yankees game instead gave me a revelation of sorts: Yankee fans who bitch about their starting pitcher after an 18-7 win only proves to me that when a true global calamity occurs, and Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection kicks in, they'll be the first to go. They're more than welcome to ride Mike Pelfrey's Wonder Pinto for a season if they'd like to see how the other half lives. - http://www.metstradamusblog.com/2011-articles/august/maybe-god-is-merciful-after-all.html
Wally on Harvey:
Binghamton manager Wally Backman is already on record as calling Familia's curveball the best he has seen since a young Dwight Gooden. Now he sounds ready to include Harvey, last year's No. 1 draft pick out of North Carolina, in the same conversation. "He got 16 swings at curveballs in his last start," Backman was saying over the phone Wednesday, "and not one of them even made contact. I know it's Double-A, but this kid has a big-league, swing-and-miss curveball."- http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2011/08/04/2011-08-04_wally_backman_sees_matt_harvey_as_arm_of_mets_future_paired_with_jeurys_familia_.html?r=sports%2Fbaseball%2Fmets&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nydnrss%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2Fmets+%28Sports%2FBaseball%2FMets%29
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