Daily Mets Minors Report – 7-23-12

Date: 7-23-12

MLB –

Washington sent LHP John Lannan to Syracuse (IL).

MLB - Mets:

Jeremy Hefner will start Wednesday. Miquel Batista cut. Thursday TBA

Jay Jaffe‏ - This 7 train to Citi Field is slower than human evolution being dragged down the first base line by Bengie Molina

Keith Law –

            Q – Harvey and Wheeler ace potential or 2 and 3 stuff?

            A - Big gap there. Wheeler > Harvey for me.

AAA – Buffalo:

LHP Garrett Olson  gets the start today, his 19th of the season. Olson was moved to the bullpen since the break and has delivered three scoreless relief appearances. The southpaw has not pitched since April 17 when he tossed a pair of shutout innings against the Mud Hens. Olson faced the Knights on May 11 in Charlotte and struck out a season-high 10 in a no-decision. He worked a season-best 6.2 innings and yielded one run on four hits.

INF Oswaldo Navaro has hit in five straight games and eight of his last nine. Since June 28, the infielder has averaged .321 (9-28) with three doubles, a triple, two home runs and eight RBI.

Tim Smith  -  Let the Matt Harvey watch begin. The Mets will most certainly need his arm at Citi Field, if for nothing else than to appease a restless fan base that wants the team to remain viable and make a playoff run. That will be tough to do as the 8-5 loss dropped the Mets (47-47) to .500 for the first time since May 4. Santana’s shutdown comes at the worst time — 10 days before the trade deadline and with the Mets starting the day seven games down in the NL East and 4.5 games back in the wild card. They need all arms on deck

Sunday – L, 8-10

This went to hell early with Garrett Olson and Dylan Owen giving up 10 runs in five innings.

The Bisons almost came back, led by 3B Zach Lutz (3-5, 1-R, triple, RBI, .296).

AA-Binghamton:  

LHP Darin Gorski (5-4, 3.93) makes his 17th start and second against the Bowie Baysox. Gorski took the no-decision in his last start against the Trenton Thunder on July 16. The lefty allowed four runs (three earned) on nine hits over six innings in a game the B-Mets lost 6-5. Gorski has taken the no-decision in his last four starts, including his first game against Bowie on June 28. He surrendered four runs (three earned) over six innings in an 8-6 B-Mets loss.

RHP Mike Wright (0-3, 7.27) takes the mound for the fifth time for the Baysox. He lasted just three innings in his last start against the Erie SeaWolves on July 17. The South Carolina native was tagged for five runs on seven hits in his third loss. Wright started the season with the Frederick Keys (High-A), going 5-2 with a 2.91 ERA in eight starts. He was promoted to Bowie in late May. The righty made two starts before being placed on the disabled list. He returned on July 12 and has made two starts, each three innings in length. Selected by the Orioles in the 3rd round of the 2011 draft out of East Carolina University, Wright is in his second pro season.

Sunday – L, 2-6

SP Darin Gorski had another of those almost meh AA outings that he seems to be suffering through this season. It’s definitely not what he went through last season at St. Lucie: 4.0-IP, 5-H, 4-R, 6-H, 4.13 for the season.

RP Robert Carson gave up two more runs in one inning and raised his seasonal era to 4.93. This is going to be one of many tough decisions to make in the off-season.

DH Reese Havens 1-4, .230.

2B Wilmer Flores  0-4, .308

A+ - St. Lucie: -  

Yesterday’s game was suspended after five innings, but after today’s game was also postponed, they just made yesterday’s official

A – Savannah: -

Sunday – W, 5-1

SP Domingo Tapia blew them away… 7.0-IP, 1-H, 0-ER, 8-K… we all remember what Frank Viola said about Tapia just a couple of days ago. There is no reason to rush this 20-year old, especially since he can pitch under the tutelage of Viola for the rest of the season. Still, if the Clones make the playoff, he’s be there.

CF Gilbert Gomez  -  0-2, 2-R, 2-BB

A-Low – Brooklyn:

Sunday – W, 2-1, 11 innings

Lots of great pitching… SP Hansel Robles shined (8-IP, 9-K), John Mincone took care of the middle (3-0-IP, 0-R), and Tyler Vanderheiden mopped up.

Big game for 3B Dimas Ponce – 3-5, 1-R, 1-double

SS Phillip Evans 1-4, .235

CF Brandon Nimmo – 0-4, .225

Rookie – Kingsport:

Sunday – W, 6-5

SP Corey Oswalt (I still love this pick) finally put up a half-way decent outing – 5.0-IP, 2-R, 5-H, 4-K, 0-BB.

C Tomas Nido – 2-4, 1-R, double, .282

SS Gavin Cecchini – 0-1, .242

Rookie - DSL Mets:

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