Mets and Stuff - Cesar Puello, 0.00-ERA, TJ Rivera, David Wright, Chris Capuano

Cesar Puello and Darrell Ceciliani continue to not play in St. Louis. Puello is nursing a sore foot while DC repulled his groin while celebrating his walk off.

As of “close of business” Thursday night, there are 17 Mets minor league pitches, with the same or more innings pitched than the ‘zero machine’, Josh Edgin, that also have an ERA of 0.00:

Angel Cuan               A+                   7.0                  0.00               0.43

Chase Huchingson  A+                  6.2                  0.00               0.60

Darin Gorski            AA                   6.0                  0.00               0.67

Tyler Pill                    A                     6.0                  0.00               0.50

Greg Peavey            AA                   5.2                  0.00               0.35

Jack Leathersich     A                     5.0                  0.00               0.80

Alex Panteliodis      A                     5.0                  0.00               1.00

Marcos Camerena   A                    5.0                  0.00               0.80  

Kevin Mulvey          AA                   4.1                  0.00               1.85

Tysen Seng               A                     4.1                  0.00               0.46

Jared West               A                     4.0                  0.00               0.50

Jack Egbert               AAA                3.2                  0.00               0.55

Adam Kolarek         A+                   3.2                  0.00               0.27

Justin Hampson      AAA                3.1                  0.00               1.20

Elvin Ramirez           AA                   3.1                  0.00               0.60

Fernando Cabrera AAA                3.0                  0.00               1.00

Chuck James            AAA                3.0                  0.00               1.00

Josh Edgin                AA                   3.0                  0.00               1.33

-the Mets need to move TJ Rivera to St. Lucie. As Toby would say, the dude is hitting .419 in A-ball and he’s already 23-years old. I’m not sure what the Mets have here, but they’d have a much better idea if he was playing a level up each day


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Matt den Dekker‏ - @UpperDekker - How old do you have to be to pass out on a mall bench?

                        -that’s great… let’s see… should I dial 911 or tweet some lame ass line…

Ted Berg‏ @OGTedBerg - Again, Daniel Murphy should stay at second base in David Wright's absence

The pre-season question for New York Mets outfield prospect Cory Vaughn: was his poor performance in the second half last year for High-A St. Lucie (.219/.308/.395) related to a nagging heel injury, or was it a sign that his swing won't work against better pitching? Returning to St. Lucie this spring, Vaughn is 8-for-27 (.296/.387/.556 slash line) through seven games, with four doubles, a homer, three walks, and nine strikeouts. This is more like the Mets wanted to see last year, particularly with the power numbers, although he's still striking out a lot. I don't think anyone expects him to hit for a great batting average, but his power potential is substantial and he should draw some walks. The BB/K ratio is problematic, but as always, the sample size is quite small at this point in the season. If he continues to hit well, he will move up to Double-A later this year. Mr. Sickles    (nobody likes this guy’s swing… nobody)

Boy, there’s an awful lot of errors so far this young season on all the Mets minor league teams. Adam Loewen and Omar Quintanilla cost Jeremy Hefner a chance on winning Friday afternoon… Jordany Valdespin continues to play CF, replaced at 2B by Bobby Scales. Josh Satin has been relegated to DH which is doing him no good at all.

Binghamton weekend:

Saturday, April 14 @ Portland 1:00 pm LHP Darin Gorski (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Billy Buckner (0-1, 9.00)

Sunday, April 15 @ Portland 1:00 pm RHP Greg Peavey (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Chris Balcom-Miller (1-0, 1.64)

Monday, April 16 @ New Hampshire 6:35 pm LHP Mark Cohoon (0-1, 3.60) vs. TBA

The first four games of this year offered a showcase for Wright as the team’s once and future star. The Mets shrugged at non-existent expectations, sweeping the Atlanta Braves, then celebrating a ninth-inning victory over Washington. During that run of fun, Wright batted .583, slugged .833 and contributed several nifty defensive plays (with Wright missing, the Mets slipped into a two-game malaise and dropped the series to Washington). The clubhouse rippled with expectations that Wright was set for the type of dominant season he has not enjoyed since 2008. link

Darin Gorski‏ @darin_gorski20 - Atta boy @Collin_McHugh that's how you do it...great win tonight

Chris Capuano turned his strikeouts up a notch as he Ks seven Pirates in 5 1/3 innings Thursday night as the Dodgers squeak by Pittsburgh 3-2. Unlike his first start, Capuano did not walk a batter. That gives him 11 K and five walks in 10 innings. I watched a bit of the game early, and the Pirates announcers were concerned that their team was taking too many pitches for strikes. I wonder if they went into the game expecting Chris to be wild? That backfired on them. musings