There Are Some Prospects to Watch in Kingsport

June 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

With the Kingsport Mets season starting tonight I took a quick look at their roster and boy am I impressed.

The pitching in stacked. The rotation has guys like Juan Urbina, Akeel Morris, and Domingo Tapia in it that all of super high upside. Then there is Michael Hebert, who I never understood why the Mets have taken it so slow with, as well as 2010 draft picks Brett Mitchell and Jonathan Kountis.

Then there are a bunch of 2011 draft picks who are going to get their first taste to show us what they are worth.

Jeff Glenn and Camden Maron are a pretty good catching duo. I am excited to see Chad Zurcher and Alex Sanchez in the infield.

Greg Pron, Julio Concepcion, Tillman Pugh, and underachieving Miguel Tejada are all guys to watch closely in the outfield.

This team is looking like it will be one of my most fun to follow for the remainder of the season.

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2011 Season Predictions: R.A. Dickey, SP

March 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

R.A. Dickey | Starting Pitcher

Season Predictions
W-L: 13-8
ERA: 3.84
GS: 32
IP: 202
SO: 120
BB: 62

2010 Numbers: 11-9 | 2.84 ERA | 27 GS | 174.1 IP | 104 SO | 42 BB

162 Game Averages: 9-10 | 4.70 ERA | 21 GS | 171 IP | 104 SO | 61 BB

What Dickey was able to do last year was magical coming out of practically no where to post a sub-3 ERA. His FIP was much higher than his ERA at 3.65, but shows the season was not completely a fluke and that Dickey pitched extremely well.  I will not try to pretend I know how he was before he came to the Mets, however, he seems to have matured as a pitcher last year.  Throwing two types of knuckle balls Dickey makes it difficult for hitters to sit on one speed and happens to generate a lot of ground balls with the harder of the two knuckle balls.  As nice of a guy Dickey seems from his interviews and as much as he makes me want to see him succeed I don’t see him repeating the success he had last year.  A solid season should still be in store from what hopes to become the Mets’ version of Tim Wakefield.

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Meet Your 2009 K-Mets!

June 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Pitchers (click column headers to sort)
# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
5 Eduardo Aldama P R R 6′ 1″ 175 12-23-1989 Active No
23 Travis Babin P R R 6′ 1″ 205 12-02-1986 Active No
31 Julio Bello P L R 6′ 5″ 175 10-16-1986 Active No
10 Thomas Chism P L L 5′ 10″ 190 08-09-1988 Active No
29 Chris Hilliard P L L 6′ 0″ 175 10-26-1987 Active No
17 Guillaume Leduc P R R 6′ 4″ 192 07-28-1987 Active No
45 Oscar Melendez P R R 6′ 0″ 170 09-15-1986 Active No
32 Brian Needham P R R 6′ 6″ 185 09-21-1986 Active No
46 Armando Rodriguez P R R 6′ 2″ 185 01-28-1988 Active No
35 Luis Rojas P R R 5′ 10″ 185 07-29-1989 Active No
33 Zachary Rosenbaum P R R 6′ 4″ 190 04-25-1987 Active No
19 Tim Smith P R R 5′ 11″ 195 06-25-1986 Active No
43 Samuel Taveras P R R 6′ 2″ 190 04-14-1989 Active No
40 Zachary Von Tersch P R R 6′ 4″ 195 04-22-1988 Active No
15 Johnathan White P R R 6′ 1″ 205 01-19-1988 Active No
Catchers (click column headers to sort)
# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
– Rogelio Del Campo C L R 5′ 11″ 198 07-25-1986 Active No
12 John Freeman C L R 6′ 0″ 190 08-24-1987 Active No
18 Tyler Howe C R L 6′ 1″ 200 02-07-1986 Active No
7 Michael Moras C R R 6′ 1″ 200 09-11-1985 Active No
Infielders (click column headers to sort)
# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
34 Joseph Bonfe 3B R R 6′ 4″ 220 12-28-1987 Active No
27 Jeff Flagg 1B R R 6′ 6″ 246 11-07-1985 Active No
16 Alonzo Harris 2B R R 5′ 11″ 165 01-16-1989 Active No
24 Ryan Mollica 2B R L 6′ 0″ 185 02-25-1986 Active No
Outfielders (click column headers to sort)
# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
– Justin Garber LF R R 6′ 0″ 190 12-03-1984 Active No
21 Ronald Harris OF L L 6′ 2″ 205 02-19-1987 Active No
11 Evan LeBlanc OF R R 6′ 4″ 218 09-09-1986 Active No
4 Cesar Puello RF R R 6′ 2″ 195 04-01-1991 Active No
26 Pedro Zapata CF R R 6′ 4″ 185 10-03-1987 Active No
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