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Today the Mets have announced 21-year-old right-handed pitching prospect Jeurys Familia has been promoted from Hi-A St. Lucie to Double-A Binghamton.
This year Familia has posted a line of:
(1-1, 1.49) – 36.1 IP, 21 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 1 HB, 8 BB, 36 K, 0.80 WHIP
Last year Familia spent all of last year in St. Lucie and struggled with his command going 6-9 with 5.58 ERA. Despite the overall bad numbers it was a tale of two seasons for Familia who has been lights out ever since last July. He took a bit off his fastball to get better command and the results have been huge. He dropped his BB/9 from 5.50 to 1.98 which is not just good, but well above-average, especially for a pitcher his age. He hasn’t even suffered in the strikeouts still K’ing a batter per inning.
Scouts have said he doesn’t even look like the same pitcher and that is in a good way.
Earlier today the Mets had to place Chris Young on the DL with tightness in his right shoulder. He had an MRI and it showed some swelling in theback of that shoulder which would explain the tightness. That is the same shoulder he injured in 2009 and this is already his 2nd stint on the DL this year. Sandy Alderson has already said Young won’t be back when the 15 days are up.
This is exactly why Young was considered a high risk/high reward player. When he has pitched he has been phenomenal and the best pitcher on the staff, but that has only been for a very limited number of games and who knows how long this one will keep him out for.
The Mets had to promote Pat Misch to fill the roster spot.
Well Dillon Gee here is your chance, don’t blow it.
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