-Sorry for the absence, but shit happens, right?
-I’m not up to spin on all the events these past few days,
but it doesn’t look like anyone (except Noah
Syndergaard) is setting the world on fire in Met-land. The Las Vegas
pitchers continue to turn ERA into a lost equation, while Jake deGrom (3-starts, 4.91) is starting to realize
that it’s going to take more than an emergency start (his first) to impress AA
hitters. As I understand, both Darin Gorski and Hansel Robles are now on the DL, so this list of
injured starters continue to grow. Don’t expect any surprise movements of
payers here. The Mets pitching heads will not sacrifice the future by rushing
the few healthy arms they have left. For now, target on the good news, SP wise:
-Zack Wheeler is striking out 27% of the batters he has
faced at AAA
-After
five AA outings, Rafael
Montero has a 1.95, 0.80, 27.2-IP, 35-K, 3-BB stat line
-After
five AA outings, Logan Verrett has a 4-0,
2.48,,0.98 stat line
-After
five A+ outings, Domingo Tapia has a 2.49, 1.07,
25.1-IP, 23-K stat line
-After
five A+ outings, Noah Syndergaard has a 1-0, 3.24,
25.0-IP, 26-K stat line
These are the names we keep writing about as being part of
the future 2014-2016 Mets rotations. They remain the top prospects and they
remain healthy.
SP Robert Gsellman was
promoted directly from Extended Camp to St. Lucie to fill the slot left open
when Robles went on the DL. He started last night. He pitched at Kingsport
(1-3, 3.92, 11-G, 5-starts) last year and the GCL Mets (0-0, 4.15) in 2011. He did the job he was asked to do: 4.0-IP, 0-ER, 2-H, 2-K, 2-BB.
Savannah's Luis Cessa had his first shit outing last night (5.2-IP, 11-H, 6-R). Let's make a mental note five days from now to see how he comes out on the next outing. Everybody has one of these. Two is a problem...
Savannah's Luis Cessa had his first shit outing last night (5.2-IP, 11-H, 6-R). Let's make a mental note five days from now to see how he comes out on the next outing. Everybody has one of these. Two is a problem...
Hey! Josh Edgin pitched a scoreless inning! Plus, he struck
out two while walking none. He’s back at Binghamton and maybe the rest of the year
there and in Vegas is good thing. I
haven’t given up on him though he is currently not on my projected 2014 team.
-I’m going to continue to remind everyone that this was
never going to be a great season for the Mets. We all agreed that a .500
percentage was a reachable goal to set and, as best I can tell, nothing has
changed. There are highlights:
David Wright is 16th in the league in BA
(.309), 4th on OBP (.436) and 10th in OBP (.942).
Daniel Murphy is 21st in the league in BA
(.300).
Lucas Duda is 5th in the league in OBP
(.429), 17th in the league in slugging percentage (.531), and 7th in
OBP (.960).
John Buck is 8th in the league in slugging percentage
(.575)
This is far more production than we expected from this team,
though both Duda and Buck have started to tail off some.
Pitching wise, we all know that the only two starters that
have a future (past 2014) on this team is Mike Harvey and
Jonathan Niese. Forget what the rest of them
doing. We’re just playing through the schedule this season and we’re making the
decision to sell off some pieces easier.
No one is going to man the phones yet, but players like John Buck, Shaun Marcum, Frank Francisco, Scott Rice, Jordany
Valdepin, and Wilmer Flores will be put
into play at the all-start break.
2014 will begin to line up:
Starters: Harvey, Niese, Wheeler, Montero, Gee
Pen: Parnell, Leathersich, Familia, Mejia
Field –
d’Arnaud, Davis, Murphy, Tejada, Wright, Duda
10
to go…
1 comment:
Actually stayed up to near 1 AM for last night’s fiasco.
Heat-of-the-moment reaction(s): The Cowgill era is over. Ditto Byrd. I had actually thought that one of them would be the early season (pleasant) surprise. I have a draw full of old lotto tickets too.
DFA them and assign Cowgill to LV if he clears. Give Andy Brown & Josh Satin a shot. Going out for more lotto tickets.
Post a Comment