Morning Report – 3-10-14 – Thorsday, Erik Campbell, Collette-Chat, Grant Green,

Coming Up –

        10 am – Christopher Soto -- Position Battles Worth Watching- Week 1          

        12 noon – Craig Mitchell -- How to Live and Die in L.A. as a Met Fan

2 pm – Mack – Projected Prospects

4 pm –  D1 - Top Prospect Pitching Stats - Thru Games 11-9-14

6 pm -   D1 - Top College Prospects Bats - Through 3-9-14

8 pm – A Quick Look - LHP - Forrest Griffin - The First Academy (FL)

Matt Harvey ‏@MattHarvey33  - 2014 Harvey day will happen

        Mack  - Obviously, Harvey’s arm feels wonderful after his back-to-back throwing session. It’s also interesting that he sent this tweet on early Saturday which Mets Prospect Hub Chief Tej called ‘Thorsday’. There may be a little ego tug here by Harvey who is probably missing all the ‘Harvey Day references when he pitched last year.

        The bottom line here is that he intends on pitching sometime this year, which could create the Mets version of an Obama-Putin standoff (BTW… which one is Obama because that’s the one that will lose this battle).

        Me? I really would like him to chill until pitchers/catchers in 2015.

There are a lot of Mets fans that are getting their first look at utility infield/outfielder Eric Campbell and they like what they see. Long time Mack’s Mets readers know that I have been high on this guy for years now and it’s great to see he’s finally getting himself some press.

The Boston College prospect was drafted in the 8^th round of the 2008 draft and 2014 represents the 7^th year as a Met (2,076-AB, .279/.376/.409/.785, 365-K, 292-BB). There’s little power here (40/HR), but frankly, he plays many positions (210x-1B, 188x-3B, 144x-LF, 74-CF, 41-RF, 2x-2B, 1x-P) well and doesn’t embarrass himself with a bat in his hand. The 6-3 bats right and, so far, is in the lead for a UT slot come spring. 

Collette-chat –

        Comment From Percy - Nick Franklin to __________________ for _______________?

         Jason Collette: Tacoma , playing time

        Comment From Wily Mo Money Mo Problems - In a dynasty league, keep 2 of Matt Adams, Everth Cabrera, Danny Salazar, Zach Wheeler. All are $1.

         Jason Collette: Cabrera & Wheeler.

        Comment From Detlef Shrempf - Owings or Gregorious – who is starting down in Zona?

         Jason Collette: I was having this conversation the other day with someone. What is stopping the Mets or Pirates from calling up AZ and making a deal for Gregorius? AZ clearly likes Owings and needs another C behind Montero. Gregorius would enhance that Pitt infield defense and would be a big improvement for the Mets. 

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS - Grant Green having a very impressive camp for angels. @MikeDiGiovanna notes he's handling SS today.

Mack – could this be another possible candidate for short at Citi Field? LA already has Erick Aybar ($8.75mil/yr through2016) and Andrew Romine (MLB), Eric Stamets (2015), and Jose Rodon (2017) in system. The 25-yr. old hit .280 last year as a second baseman, but that now belongs to Howie Kendrick.

        Mike DiGiovanna ‏@MikeDiGiovanna - For those asking about #Angels: Green playing SS doesn't make Aybar expendable. Just means he's getting strong consideration for UTIL spot

Terry Collins mentioned on Saturday that he had no idea when either Lucas Duda or Ike Davis would be back in the lineup. Both are suffering from leg,calf, hammy problems, which just take time to heal. The process is quite frustrating (trust me... I've pulled my hammy multiple times). You think everything is healed and then you step into the batters box and try to put the proper weight on both your legs through your swing. It's just not there. And, in this case, this is professional baseball which has very little margin of error.

        Let's put it another way... remember how shitty Davis looked last year when his hammy was fine? Well, try to imagine what it would be like now if a lefty through him a curve.

         You just may be seeing Matt Clark on opening day in this position.