Wilmer Flores:
8-11-11: - http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/baseball-americas-mets-top-10-list-prior-to-2011-where-are-they-now.html - SS – Wilmer Flores: Once again the young prospect has struggled with his overall play. He has sown some flashes of his potential, but has not put together a season that proves is anywhere near major league ready at this point. He also not proven that he is deserving of being ranked at the top of the Mets farm system, hence all of the mid-season lists having him dropped to the bottom of the top 10 now. Started 2011: Single-A Currently: Single-A
Val Pascucci:
For 32 games in 2005 Valentino Pascucci lived his dream of being a major leaguer hitting .177 with 1 Double, 2 Home Runs, and 6RBI’s in 62 at-bats with the Montreal Expos. Since then, the 32 year old first baseman has spent the last seven years trying to get back. In addition to a stint in Japan in 2006 with the Chiba Lotte Marines, and 14 games with the Camden Riversharks of the Atlantic League, Pascucci has been a Triple-A stalwart with a career that has included stops with the Edmonton Trappers, Albuquerque Isotopes, New Orleans Zyphers, Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs, Portland Beavers, and most recently the Buffalo Bisons which has been his home for the last two seasons. Since his Triple-A debut in 2003, Pascucci has blasted 168 Home Runs at the level. In the outstanding read, Pascucci talks about refusing to give up on his dream, the frustrations of not yet getting a second chance at the big leagues, raising a family during his long journey though baseball - http://topprospectalert.com/2011/08/13/val-pascucci-dreams-of-one-more-shot-in-the-majors-seven-years-after-his-last
Chris Schwinden:
8-14-11: - http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/32042/projected-prospect-call-ups - CHRIS SCHWINDEN, rhp (7-6, 3.53 ERA in 23 appearances, 21 starts, with Buffalo and Binghamton): The Dillon Gee-type feel-good story of the current crop of prospects, Schwinden came out of nowhere. A 22nd-round pick in 2008 from Fresno Pacific, even Schwinden has been pleasantly surprised by his success. “I didn’t think I was going to do as good as I am now. It’s kind of shocking. It’s turned out for the best so far,” Schwinden said earlier this season.
Matt Harvey:
8-14-11: - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904006104576504653753002880.html - Harvey, a 22-year-old pitcher, hasn't even finished his first minor-league season. He was promoted to Double-A Binghamton less than two months ago. But with the Mets effectively out of playoff contention, fans are looking to the future. And they want that future, in the form of Harvey, to arrive soon. Preferably, tomorrow or the next day. The question was premature, but not entirely outlandish. Harvey, whom the Mets selected seventh overall in the first round draft of the 2010 draft, was recently ranked by Baseball America as the 30th best prospect in the game. In 14 starts with Class-A St. Lucie, he was dominant. He posted a 2.37 earned run average and averaged 10.9 strikeouts, only 2.8 walks and 0.6 home runs allowed per nine innings.
Zack Wheeler:
8-15-11: - http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/08/15/colemans-corner-the-latest-word-on-mets-prospect-zack-wheeler - Zack Wheeler seems to be adjusting quite nicely to his new surroundings. Though he suffered the loss in his last start on Saturday — Wheeler is now 1-2 with a 3.00 ERA in three starts for the Single-A St. Lucie Mets — he’s making progress with his revamped delivery and seems to have settled in with his new teammates. Wheeler has a big arm and a great fastball, but experienced control problems before the trade while with Single-A San Jose in the San Francisco Giants organization. He issued 47 walks in 88 innings, and decided to change his mechanics back to his high school delivery, placing his hands up higher along with a high leg kick, before his final two starts with San Jose. The adjustment, says Wheeler, has obviously worked.
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