HEY!!
I DO SEE SOME GOOD THINGS HAPPENING IN BINGHAMTON
First…Mets lose AND Soto leaves the game due to his back. Day-to-day.
Senga was pummeled by a Crow, falling to 0-6.
9-6 loss, in which the Mets trailed 9-3 headed into the ninth.
I could have done 0-6 for the Mets much more cheaply than Senga.
Simply said, there is…
NO JOY IN METSVILLE.
OK…what else?
It can’t be all bad with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies (BRPs), right?
I’ve occasionally been rough on them…and for good reason…
They are last in hitting…last in OBP…2nd to last in HRs…last in runs…
But 2nd in steals.
I watched a little Binghamton baseball on Sunday on SNY.
Score? 0-0 thru 6. What is this, soccer?
Me? I prefer lots of runs.
Zero? Off went the TV.
I did see they had 9 guys on the IL, which might make them first-included hitters Reimer, Serrano, Smith, and Vargas. (Severity unknown to me.)
I also learned that .230 hitting Wyatt Young has 13 of 15 steals, including 8 this month, as he tries to boost Binghamton scoring. He also had just 3 infield errors in 57 games this year. He is a gamer, my friends.
In the box score, I saw Young pitched the 11th inning and took the loss, allowing one run…nine runs fewer than Freddy Peralta and 4 fewer than David Peterson.
Young has volunteered to pitch in SIX GAMES this year, going 7 innings (with a 3.86 ERA, lower than, again, Peralta and Peterson). The 138 game season is half over now, so he is on pace for 12 relief outings.
Better than Senga? Maybe.
I also learned that Nick Lorusso has been hitting with power.
So I looked into it a tad further.
Through May 1, he was hitting .164. Then he recovered from hypothermia. He’s raised that 60+ points thereafter.
He had just 2 HRs through May 16, but jettisoned 9 more into lower earth orbit through June 20, a span of just 25 games.
I like 9 HRs in 25 games. And then he added yet another one last night.
They also recently signed Nick Lucky and Nick Roselli.
It’s better to be lucky than good.
And it is not bad to be named Nick. At Nite.
And the BRPs brought back Jaylen Palmer, who had 4 RBIs on Saturday.
The second half started this Tuesday, with 69 games down, 69 to go.
Maybe in the second half, they’ll get Lucky. In the Nick of time.
Last note: some guys improve dramatically as they go higher.
Such has been the case with the BRP’s Kevin Villavicencio.
His stats this year:
A BALL: .115/.148/.115 in 52 ABs. Terrible. Worse than terrible.
HIGH A BALL: .203/.230/.390 in 59 ABs. Not good, either, but a lot better.
AA BALL: .261/.320/.370 in 49 ABs. Solid. A whole lot better.
AAA BALL: .333/.333/.333 In 3 ABs. OK…Small sample. But HOF if he could do a slash line like that at the MLB level for another 2,499 games.
A promotion from AA to AAA seems to be doing wonders for Kevin Parada.
SO…PERHAPS…PROMOTE EVERY SINGLE HITTER THAT IS STRUGGLING.
THE FASTEST APPROACH IN TURNING FLOUNDERERS INTO BEHEMOTHS.
HIGHS AND LOWS
Chris Suero fanned in all 4 of his Bingo ABs last night.
While St Lucie’s Julio Zayas added 4 hits. Also…
A decent MILB hitter will roughly have the same number of hits as Ks per game. So, 72 hits and 72 RBIs in 72 games. A strong hitter will do better.
But Ryan Clifford has just 52 hits in 72 games, with 107 Ks.
Benson in Brooklyn had 3 of Brooklyn’s 14 hits in last night’s 8-7 Brooklyn win. His .276 stands out mightily in Brooklyn.
Mitch Voit has a .403 OBP in June, and 11 steals in 16 June games. He is the best offensive player in the Mets minors. GOOD draft pick.
Benson and Voit are two neon lights for the .197 hitting Cyclones.
Last year, we couldn’t stop raving about Tong, Thornton, and Wenninger. CANNOT MISS!
This year in the minors, these 3 have in fact missed - combined, they are just 5-15, and have allowed 110 earned and unearned runs in 168 innings. They have essentially morphed into the equivalent of exMinor Mets Dom Hamel and Mike Vasil. Which is greatly disappointing. So far, anyway.
TIME TO SELL?
The Mets got flounced by the Phillies. The Mets seem to be outmatched, a condition I think will persist, even when Lindor returns.
“SELL SELL SELL”, I could picture stocks maven Jim Cramer exclaiming.
ZIEGLER BY THE TWO’S
Calvin Ziegler is finally pitching in rehab games. On Tuesday, he started, well, technically, as he recorded 2 outs, 2 strikeouts, 2 runs, and 2 unearned runs.
More than 2 grins, though. We are super happy he is pitching again.
DSL PITCHING DOOZIES
The Mets Blue team has an 8.29 ERA through 17 games.
Not so bad, really. Seven DSL teams have worse ERAs.
The Blue have walked 123 and fanned 125.
Not so bad…
A DSL Braves team has amazingly issued 157 walks in 116 innings.
They just got instructions on where the strike zone is, so that should help.
23 comments:
At this pace, Zeigler should be ready around the turn of the century
Decided a new approach
Manage the Mets with artificial intelligence
They seem to do that anyway
I like Voit overall. He's a ballplayer with good instincts. What's with all the injuries in Binghamton? I continue to maintain that the top pitching prospect in the organization is Santucci. Overall, the pitchers are throwing too many pitches, too few of which are strikes. Wenninger has hit a rough spot; Thornton was never top tier in my mind; and Tong is either in the midst of an intentional change in his delivery mechanics or his brain is protecting his body by lowering his arm angle. Either way, he is in the phase of developing pitches and seeing how the ball reacts from his new arm angle. So I give him a pass at this point.
He was never going to last for very long as a top flight pitcher given his previous mechanics. He could pitch in only one plane; and his lumbar spine would be subject to extreme stress. And you cannot build a sustainable career around 'deception' -- certainly not as a starter. That was always my take and the reason I wasn't as high on him as others were. I viewed him last year as the best trade chip the Mets have among their prospects. He's hurt his value now, but at this point, we just have to wait and see what he looks like at the end of the season as this is clearly a process.
Artificial Ignorance is more like it
Tim Lincecum, a comparable, needed hip surgeries, so the point about bodily stress is a good one for Tong. Could have sold SKY HIGH last off season.
Who leads MLB in hitter WAR? Why, Pete Crow Armstrong, who else (4.7 WAR).
Who leads MLB in games played? Pete Alonso, who else?
The Mets, meanwhile, have Peterson, Senga, Vientos, Baty and Polanco, whose combined WAR is negative. As in, below zero. Those 5 are why the Mets SUCK in 2026.
Speaking of AI, the STUPIDEST idea in history was actually confessed by Steve Gelbs in that they asked the booth questions initiated by AI during the broadcast. I cannot believe that that segment wouldn’t go to a viewer but would ask an AI question. SNY goes out of their way to show how out of touch they are. Last year I wondered what Gelbs’ job actually is and why they wouldn’t have a metrics guru in that position educating the fans and explaining different metrics teams use. This year, they use AI questions….. morons.
Oh Tom, come on. Why so meodest there are way more reasons why the Mets suck:
42 million reasons why Bichette is lost
There is Carlos Mendoza is still managing.
There is Marcus Semien is playing every game like he is someone deserving of it.
There is Five Inning Freddy not giving fine decent innings.
So many reasons…
“The Mets Suck” non-fiction book has oh, so many chapters.
.Bichette, though, is .346/.361/.590 in June.
But in June…
Vientos is .194/.231/.387
Semien is .186/.260/.386.
Baty is .167/.262/.185.
Ultra pathetic.
If those three jackanapes could do something amazing in June like hit .240, they might actually win a few.
Gelbs caters well to low IQ fans.
All the while Bob Klapish is taking notes for his follow up to "The Worst team Money can buy" and This has to really piss off SC who expected what 2 WS rings by now. It will be a very interesting rest of the season and off season for sure.
It gives a whole new meaning to the phrase BLOW IT UP!
I love rooting for the homegrown kids, but Baty and Vientos are what they are. They've had plenty of opportunities to improve. I think it's time to cut bait. As Mack said the other day, Mauricio should get just as much time to develop as these two, to really see if he can contribute
You can root for Benge and Ewing! McLean and Scott! Alvarez? Baty and Vientos have worn out their welcome. It happens. But why are they playing? Answer is that the alternatives available suck worse and show it every time they play, i.e. Melendez and Short. I think we have to come to grips with just how many genuine holes this team has.
And if we sell, exactly who do we sell and what are the likely returns. By my accounting, some of the people we would love to sell are not moveable, either because they have no trade value or the salaries are roadblocks.
Here is a tentative list of trade candidates. I may have left some out.
Pitchers: Holmes, Manaea, Senga, Peralta,, Minter, Peterson, Brazoban, Warren, Raley. All are either impending free agents or we should want to rid ourselves of. Of this group, I would be inclined to keep Holmes and extend him, also whichever of Raley or Minter with lesser trade value, and extend. Open to keeping Brazoban and resigning for short term again; same with Warren. Manaea's trade value depends on how much of the salary Cohen is prepared to take on.
Non pitchers: Young, Melendez, Short, Baty, Vientos, Mauricio, Taylor, Robert.
Semien,
Bichette has all the leverage so we can't just decide to trade him. Semien has too much money owed, but Bae is appealing replacement until Voit is ready. Only Taylor could net anything of this group. I always prefered Mauricio to the other Baby Mets. He has more power than both Baty and Vientos, is an average fielder, really just a left handed bat, and an as yet insufficiently disciplined approach at the plate. But a much higher offensive ceiling compared to Baty and Vientos. But in general, this group consists of players with no trade value.
I don't think the ignorance is artificial Tom. Strikes me as authentic.
Holmes ain't stayin'
Not sure Steve is too.
I think Baty deserves to be replaced by Mauricio.
More holes than my favorite Swiss cheese
If we sell, there will be mistakes made. But some salaries and taxes saved.
Mauricio’s spotty defense over the years has been a hindrance to his career. Voit though rocks on defense. Hurry up, Mitch!
I wouldn’t stay if I were Holmes.
He's looking for a new Holmes surely
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