Stock: Dustin Lawley, Carlos Gomez, Randy Fontanez, Josh Stinson, Lucas Duda

8-22-11: - Stock Up – OF Dustin Lawley – Lawley hit his 8th home run last night for K-Port, raising his stat line to .304/.341/.527/.867. We’d gladly take a .527 slugging percentage from all the Mets outfielders. Don’t like the 9-E in 50-G, but the system will gladly live with it if he keeps producing this kind of pop.

8-22-11: - Stock Up – P Carlos Gomez – Let’s not forget about somebody I did a lot of talking about last season Gomez aced the DSL league in 2010 as a starter (7-2, 1.47) and he’s equaling that as a reliever this season for the GCL team (1.59 after 8-G). I was surprised when he didn’t start this year, though I understand there isn’t a lot of velo here.Still, he continues to excel.

8-22-11: - Stock Down – P Randy Fontanez – Boy, talk about a bad outing! Fotanez was crusing this season in Brooklyn (9-G, 6-St , 0-1, 2.79) until today: 1.1-IP, 6-R, 3-ER. We usually write these hiccups off, especially ones like this. Fontanez was called upon to pitch after Chris Hilliard on ly went two innings. There’s a good chance he wasn’t mentally prepared for this outing.

8-22-11: - Stock Up – CL Josh Stinson – Okay, remember this night. Stinson disappointed as a starter this year, afer a surprisingly great stint in 2010 for Buffalo. The Mets are now using him as a closer and he’s consistently sitting at 94-95 and hitting 96. Okay, it’s straight, but it’s working and you might see him closing for the Mets in Septemeber… if there ever is another closing opportunity.

8-24-11: - Stock Up – Lucas Duda – Duda continues to play like the Mets are still in a pennant race. He hit another home run last night, and you may see many more before the season ends. We’ve witnessed his hot bat in the minors and it looks like the Mets have found their permanent right fielder.