Michael Salfino -
@MichaelSalfino
So
Harvey sat 92-96 but that really was 94-98 in normal baseball weather
.
.
David Price @DAVIDprice14
Matt Harvey is
my new favorite pitcher outside of current and former teammates!! He's nasty
Anthony DiComo - @AnthonyDiComo
Now
the reality check. Mets started 4-0 last season before losing 88 of their last
158
It’s
tough to pick up a player for a Mets minor league team and get it past me.
I
was updating my rosters late yesterday (sorry for not posting… I had an
important doctor’s appointment followed by the Sand Gnats Media Day) which, by
the way, I’m still waiting for the ‘official’ St. Lucie roster, and I caught
the name Rhyne Hughes.
I
got to tell you. I didn’t know who Rhyne Hughes is or was, so it was off to the
Cube.
Hughes
was a 2004 8th round pick out of Pearl River Community College by
Tampa Bay. He played five years in their organization, rising to AAA (2009 –
214-AB, .313/.361/.533/.894.
On
August 8, 2009, the Orioles traded catcher Gregg Zaun to
the Rays for cash or a player to be named later. A week later, the Orioles announced that
Hughes was the player who would complete the trade[i]. He
went on to play three season with the Orioles, raising to the parent team in
201 for 47-at bats.
His
2011 (AA) and 2012 (AAA) season combined for 28 home runs and 110 runs batted
in (608 at-bats). He’s 29 years old and is fighting Alan
Dykstra for bat time and an emergency call-up in case something happens
to Ike Davis.
Former Newsday
sports columnist Stan Issacs died Tuesday night.
David Rubin/MM’s -
Growing up a rabid baseball/sports fan in NY, Stan was one of a group of
amazing sports-writers who left their mark on all of us lucky enough to have
read his columns. Neila's dad is one of the few great sports-writers who remain
from those days, and it's truly sad that kids today don't get to grow up
learning sports from the typewriters of these amazingly insightful writers.
RIP, Stan.
Michael Scannell asked - If C Kevin Plawecki makes it to STL this year, do you think
he's got the goods to be an interesting trade chip?
Mack – Frankly,
I was surprised that Plawecki went this high in the draft. I didn’t have him in
my top 5 catchers, but what the hell did
I know?
That being
said, he was a hitting machine at Purdue… .343 in 2010… .341 in 2011… amd .359
in 2012. Limited pop here, but you have to love a 2012 OPS of 1024!
He had an
additional 216 at-bats for Brooklyn last year and hit .250, which is like
all-star number after a whole season in college followed by the pro-grind.
Still, I was pre-warned yesterday at Media Day to not ask him if he was happy
being assigned to Savannah. I agree. He should be in St. Lucie regardless of
who is there.
In my book, Travis d’Arnaud is the Mets
catcher for the next 5+ years. Cam Maron and Plawecki will fight it out for the #2 prospect in the
system, though pedigree wise, Kevin gets the nod.
Yes… he could
be a major piece in a multiple player package for an outfielder, but probably
needs a killer 2013 to pull that off.
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