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Holt, Marte Make BA’s Hot Sheet
Posted by: | Comments| No. 8 | BRAD HOLT, RHP | METS |
 Team: Double-A Binghamton (Eastern)Age: 24 Why He’s Here: 0-0, 1.29, 2 GS, 13 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 11 SO, 3 BB, 19/4 G/F The Scoop: In his third try at Double-A, Holt isn’t out of the woods yet. But he’s off and running after allowing two runs through three starts. He flashed good stuff last year, but a combination of injuries, mechanical issues and lack of focus produced dreadful results (3-14, 8.34, 2.00 WHIP, 7.5 walks per nine innings). Through the early going this season, Holt is throwing his pitches for strikes, getting swings and misses, inducing grounders and generally living up to his No. 3 starter potential. |
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| No. 13 | JEFRY MARTE, 3B | METS |
 Team: high Class A St. Lucie (Florida State)Age: 19 Why He’s Here: .409/.481/.864 (9-for-22), 3 HR, 1 2B, 8 RBIs, 7 R, 4 BB, 6 SO The Scoop: St. Lucie has jumped off to a Florida State League-best 13-2 record and they’ve done so with some of the Mets’ finest prospects. Righthanders Matt Harvey and Jeurys Familia have given up a total of three runs in six starts, while the offense features shortstop Wilmer Flores and right fielder Cesar Puello, the system’s Nos. 2 an 3 prospects who both appear to be shaking off the rust early in the season. The same is not true of Marte, who paces the St. Lucie attack with a .340 average (17-for-50), eight walks, three home runs and 10 RBIs. Marte spent last season playing in the shadow of Flores and Puello with low Class A Savannah, but he appears to be completely healthy this season as he makes up for a so-so 2010 campaign (.264/.333/.401, six homers in 82 games). |
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Surprised Brad Holt got the nod over Matt Harvey or Jeurys Familia. Holt’s turn around has been just huge for this farm system and making it look a lot better than it was before the year. Happy for Mark Cohoon who also finally got some love from a big time scouting service.
When your fastball tops out at 90 mph, you need to have plenty of savvy, not to mention some quality secondary offerings, to make it work. That’s the case for Mets LHP Mark Cohoon, who’s allowed just one earned run in 19 innings this season for Double-A Binghamton. In his only start this week, the 23-year-old threw seven innings without allowing an earned run (he did give up two unearned) to lower his ERA to 0.47. He struck out 11, a career high, didn’t walk anybody and gave up just five hits . . .
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2011 Top 50 Prospects: Prospects 11-20
Posted by: | CommentsAll grades are subject to change.You can find a full listing of the Top 50 Prospects of 2011 Archive Page.
QUICK PRIMER ON GRADE MEANINGS:
Grade A prospects are the elite. They have a good chance of becoming stars or superstars. Almost all Grade A prospects develop into major league regulars, if injuries or other problems don’t intervene. Note that is a major “if” in some cases.
Grade B prospects have a good chance to enjoy successful careers. Some will develop into stars, some will not. Most end up spending several years in the majors, at the very least in a marginal role.
Grade C prospects are the most common type. These are guys who have something positive going for them, but who may have a question mark or three, or who are just too far away from the majors to get an accurate feel for. A few Grade C guys, especially at the lower levels, do develop into stars. Many end up as role players or bench guys. Some don’t make it at all.
-John Sickels
11. Lucas Duda | OF | AAA | Age – 25 | Drafted – 7th Round 2007 (C+)
Duda burst onto the scene in 2010 with some huge power numbers. This are the numbers that made him a top prospect out of high school, but he had never put it together in college or in the minors till this point. His bat looks like it will play anywhere, but it is just a matter of where it will wind up.
Best Case Outcome – All bat slugger
Most Likely Outcome – Platoon hitter
12. Armando Rodriguez | SP | LoA | Age – 23 | Drafted – IFA 2007 (C+)
Possibly the most overlooked prospect in the whole system. If you look at his numbers there is almost nothing you can complain about. The only thing holding him back from higher rankings anywhere is an average fastball and fringe average breaking ball.
Best Case Outcome – #3/4 starter
More Likely Outcome – Middle reliever
13. Zach Lutz | 3B | AAA | Age – 24 | Drafted – 5th Round 2007 (C+)
Similar to Reese Havens health has been the only thing holding him back. He can absolutely mash when he is on the field, but various different injuries have prevented that from happening. Not a terrible fielder still his bat will always carry him.
Best Case Outcome – Everyday Hitter
Most Likely Outcome – Role Player/Bench Bat
14. Juan Urbina | SP | GCL | Age – 17 | Drafted – IFA 2009 (C+)
I am not as big on Urbina as some other people. He does have some intriguing upside with a decent fastball and good change up, but I need to see some more positive results before I go any higher. I love the control for a young pitcher.
Best Case Outcome – #2/3 starter
Most Likely Outcome – Too early to tell. Anything from #3/4 starter to career minor leaguer
15. Sean Ratliff | OF | AA | Age – 23 | Drafted – 4th Round 2008 (C+)
Ratliff had a really big, breakout season in 2010. His numbers only got better after being moved out of the tough environment in St. Lucie and up to AA. His BABIP was high, but it has been high throughout his whole career. If he could ever get his strikeouts under control he can become a force.
Best Case Outcome – Starting Outfielder
Most Likely Outcome – Platoon Fielder
16. Darrell Ceciliani | OF | SSA | Age – 20 | Drafted – 4th Round 2009 (C+)
A great fielder and speedster, had a great season swinging the lumber in Brooklyn. The 12 triples just show you what kind of speed he poses, but he is still a little raw on the basepaths. Not much to complain about so far.
Best Case Outcome – Good leadoff hitter and fielder
Most Likely Outcome – 4th outfielder
17. Mark Cohoon | SP | AA | Age – 23 | Drafted – 12th Round 2008 (C+)
Cohoon completely changed my opinion on him as I was a huge hater. Dominance is an understatement for his efforts in the Sally and after a few terrible starts in AA he really settled down and was great again. If only he had a big time fastball he would be a huge prospect, but until he makes it in the pros he will always have some doubters.
Best Case Outcome – #3/4 Starter
Most Likely Outcome – #5 Starter/Loogy
18. Albert Cordeo | C | LoA | Age – 21 | Drafted – IFA 2007 (C+)
Good athletic defensive catcher who has shown some pop. Has some high upside if the bat continues to develop along. I like him a lot. Huge sleeper potential in 2011.
Best Case Outcome - Starting Catcher
Most Likely Outcome – Bench player
19. Dillon Gee | SP | AAA | Age – 24 | Drafted – 21st Round 2007 (C+)
Pitched much better in AAA than his ERA says. Great peripherals and an inflated BABIP were his killers. On the flip side he didn’t pitch nearly as well in NY as his ERA. Should compete for the 5th starter spot in camp.
Best Case Outcome - #4/5 starter
Most Likely Outcome - #5 starter/middle relief
20. Matt Den Dekker | OF | LoA | Age – 23 | Drafted – 5th Round 2010 (C+)
Had a great start to his career after signing. Stark splits as he kills righties and didn’t do to well against lefties. His defensive alone should help him find a way onto a big league roster at some point.
Best Case Outcome – Fringe starter/platoon partner
Most Likely Outcome – 4th outfielder
Mark Cohoon Goes to AA, Huge Roster Changes for Gnats
Posted by: | CommentsMark Cohoon, who has dominated the SAL and whom I talked about before, has been promoted. Instead of going to HiA St. Lucie the Mets decided to promote him straight to Double-A Binghamton. I think this is a good call by the Mets. He is an older, smarter pitcher who probably would have dominated the Florida State League just as he dominated the South Atlantic League so why not give him the biggest challenge for a minor leaguer which is the move to AA.
There was a plethora of other moves made to go along with this including top prospect Wilmer Flores getting the bump from LoA Savannah to HiA St. Lucie. There were 6 other Sand Gnats who became St. Lucie Mets today; Juan Lagares, Brandon Moore, Rafael Fernandez, Kai Gronauer, Erik Turgeron, and Michael Fisher.
To make room for all these players a lot of players had to be shifted around:
- Wilfredo Tovar was transferred from the St. Lucie roster to the Savannah roster.
- Brandon Sage was activated and placed in Savannah roster.
- Juan Torres was transferred from the St. Lucie roster to the Savannah roster.
- R.J. Harris was transferred from the Brooklyn roster to the Savannah roster.
- Ryan Mollica was transferred from the St. Lucie roster to the Savannah roster.
- Gabriel Zavalawas added to the Savannah roster.
- Travis Ozga was transferred from the Kingsport roster to the Savannah roster.
- Marcos Tabata was transferred from the St. Lucie roster to the Savannah roster.
Mark Cohoon is the SAL Pitcher of the Week
Posted by: | CommentsFrom MiLB.com:
South Atlantic League
Mark Cohoon, Savannah
1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 G, 1 GS, 1 CG, 1 SHO, 9 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Mets prospect Mark Cohoon receives his second consecutive Sally League Pitcher of the Week award. The last guy to do that? Madison Bumgarner. Cohoon sealed the deal by tossing yet another nine-inning, complete-game shutout, his second in as many starts. The 2008 first-rounder perplexed the Grasshoppers in Greensboro, taking a perfect game into the fifth inning and allowing just three hits over the course of his day’s work. He struck out five and walked one, and he improved to 6-1 with a league-best 1.44 ERA. His only loss came in mid-May, and the last time he allowed an earned run was on May 22.
Mark Cohoon is really becoming an amazing story. Coming into the year he had absolutely no prospect value what so ever. He was just another late round draft who like most college pitchers with good command do, dominated the New York Penn League. Most prospect evaluaters, including myself, overlooked Cohoon because of his underwhelming stuff and the commonality of pitchers in his mold to dominate that league.
All that being said no one saw this kind of domination coming from him in Savannah. He might be a little old for the league, but I tend not to care too much about that unless you are 26 in rookie ball, because it is not the player cannot control which league he plays in that is up to the organization. What Cohoon has been able to control is opposing batters who he is holding to a .212 AVG and he hasn’t even gotten that “lucky” with his BABIP sitting at .272.
I recently read a comparison between Cohoon and Mark Buehrle and I think it is pretty good one to use as his possible ceiling. It is pretty hard to compare someone to an All-Star, but their stuff matches up pretty good and they had similar success in the minor leagues (even though by Cohoon’s age Buerhle was already in the big leagues.
What I Saw: Brooklyn Cyclones 6/12/09
Posted by: | CommentsI attended the Brooklyn Cyclones vs. Staten Island Yankees game on July the 12th and despite putting up a great record and being in first place I saw more negatives prospect wise with the Cyclones than positives.
Mark Cohoon, who at the time was leading the league in wins and strikeouts, had his worst outing to date and did not look good at all. He has some deception in his delivery, which is the likely cause for all his success at the lower levels. He has a fringe fastball sitting 85-89 with some movement I believe he hit the 90′s only once coming in at 91 in the first inning. He has a solid curveball in the mid 70′s that he rarely uses, but uses effectively. His change up was his worst pitch by far. It was around 83 with almost no late movement and it got hit hard by the Yankees line up. He is either going to have to take more off the pitch or get more movement for it to be effective. He uses two different pickoff moves, 1 which is a little check over move and the other the typical lefty balk pickoff that he used to pickoff two batters, but one of them made it to 2nd safe thanks to an errand throw from Alex Gregory.
The offense wasn’t too impressive at all. The hardest hit ball came from John Servidio who hit it into the left-center gap for a double berfore being thrown out at 3rd base. My favorite Cyclone Nick Santomauro is a great athlete. Has a pretty solid lower half, but more room for growth in his upper body, has a nice swing, and great approach at the plate working the count on 3 different occasions despite having littel success. If he keeps up this same play though he should see serious improvemnt in his nubmers. One thing he must work on is his throwing accuracy which was terrible.
The most exciting player on the field for either team was Brooklyn’s Luis Nieves. He is extremely small probably slightly below his listed 5’11, but plays amazing defense. He made an error on a routine play, but came back the very next play and turned an amazing double play jumping over the incoming Yankee and throwing a bullet to the first baseman. He then made a play going to his right, taking him into left field, and making another perfect throw to the first baseman in plenty of time. At the plate he is a pesky hitter, think Luis Castillo at short, he has to hit more to be a real prospect.
Other notes:
- Doc Doyle was 2-3 with a walk, but both were blop hits that he was jammed on. He wasn’t very impressive.
- Mike Lynn looks like Dylan Owen v2.0
- Luis Rivera is listed 6’1 190, but looks more like 6’0 215+ lbs.
- The picture is of Robbie Shields who was at the game, but didn’t play.
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