Mejia Receiving Praise From Everyone
ByFirst on Wednesday there was the scout who talked to Joel Sherman and had this to say about Mejia who he considers the Mets best prospect comparing him to a shorter version of Roger Clemens or Curt Schilling. To me he is a replica of Roy Oswalt:
“This kid has a muscular, powerful body,” the scout said. “There is power to his body. I have no issues with his perceived lack of height. He held his velocity at 95 mph through seven innings. I don’t see him wearing down just because he is not 6-foot-4. He also has a good mound presence. He has a plus changeup, and an average slider and curveball. So he has a change that is very good and his curve might be better than average. He just doesn’t have to use it much right now. So he has two plus pitches, and a couple of average ones. So he starts for me.”
Now John Sickels had this to say in yesterday’s hit and run:
**The Mets are another team that loves to rush prospects, and right now things are going well with RHP Jenry Mejia. He began the year going 4-1, 1.97 with a 44/16 K/BB in 50 innings for St. Lucie, with a 2.21 GO/AO ratio in nine starts. Promoted to Double-A Binghamton earlier this month, he’s 0-2 in three starts, but with a 2.25
ERA and a 17/7 K/BB in 16 innings, with 17 hits allowed. I like the fact that he’s maintained his strong GO/AO, with a 2.22 mark so far in the Eastern League. Mejia is just 19 years old, and skipped low Class A, having pitched in the New York-Penn League last year. He posted a 3.49 ERA in 57 innings for Brooklyn, with a 52/23 K/BB. In 66 combined this year, he has a 2.04 ERA with a 61/23 K/BB. The fact that he’s maintained virtually identical ratios at a higher level of competition is a really good sign, especially given his age. As with Stanton, I’d leave him in Double-A the rest of the season. I gave him a Grade C+ “but with a very high ceiling” rating in the book. I’m jumping that up to Grade B+ now, and he could be a Grade A- or perhaps even a Grade A by the end of this season.
…When reading what Sickel’s had to write keep in mind that he is normally extremely, extremely difficult on young pitchers so for him to state that Mejia could possibly be a flat out A when he said this when grading Neftali Feliz an A this summer “ I don’t give out Grade As lightly, especially to pitchers.” it shows you just how good of a prospect he is. When watching him pitch you get to watch someone who has that bulldog mentality, but has A+ stuff to back it up with a 93-96 fastball, a good offspead pitch being called a change up, and a developing big hook. Similar repitoire to Oswalt to go along with the small stature and similar mechanics. If his career turns out as well as Oswalt’s I for one will be happy…
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