Archive for Roster Moves
Harvey About to be Promoted to Double-A
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According to this artile at MiLB.com, Matt Harvey is on the verge of his long awaited promotion to Double-A:
Harvey scratched: St. Lucie Mets right-hander Matt Harvey had been penciled in by South Division manager Jim Morrison to get the All-Star start. Instead, it was Mets left-hander Darin Gorski who got the call.
Harvey, 8-2 with a 2.44 ERA, wasn’t available because he is scheduled to be promoted to Double-A Binghamton after making one more start for St. Lucie. He has won four straight decisions, recording 36 strikeouts against only five walks over 23 innings.
The Mets selected the former North Carolina pitcher with the seventh overall pick in the 2010 Draft and he made his Minor League debut with St. Lucie this season. He did not allow an earned run until his fifth start and has 88 strikeouts to 22 walks in 70 innings over 13 starts.
His final start for St. Lucie will all but certainly come tonight against Charlotte as the Mets will look to clinch their first half title and who better to start the most important game of the year than your top prospect.
It would not be shocking to see Matt Den Dekker follow him up to Double-A when the first half season ends as well. Den Dekker is hitting .301/.365/.506 with 19 doubles, 8 triples, 6 home runs, 52 runs, 36 RBIs, has been 12-for-17 in stolen base attempts, and has shown the best defense of any prospect in the system.
The Duda is Back and In the Lineup
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After last nights win against the Milwaukee Brewers the Mets announced that Nick Evans had been designated for assignment. The Mets now have 10 days to trade, waive, or outright send him to the minors. If sent to the minors Evans can decide to opt out of his contract and become a free agent.
Evans was hitless in 12 at-bats for the Mets with five walks.
To fill out his spot on the roster the Mets have recalled slugging Lucas Duda who has been on an absolute tear in Buffalo.
“Lucas Duda won’t have the International League to kick around anymore. The Mets intend to recall the 1B/LF today to replace Nick Evans, the replacement for the inured Ike Davis. The 25-year-old Duda belted three homers and three doubles this week for Triple-A Buffalo as part of a 10-for-25 (.400) week that included a solid 4-to-5 walk-to-strikeout ratio. He’s been one of the IL’s hottest hitters since May 1, hitting .390, compiling a 1.415 OPS (74 PA) and bashing nine homers in 19 games” – Baseball America.
Duda was 2-for-20 earlier and struggled early on after the demotion, but his absolute tear as of late as made his season numbers in Triple-A look like this, .302/.414/.597, 8 2B, 10 HR, 24 RBIs, and a 23:27 BB:K. By the way his OPS is only a mere 1.011.
Duda will hit sixth and play left field in the game tonight. Jason Bay will be riding the pine. Hmm…
Another Reliever With Control Problems
Posted by: | CommentsThe Mets have optioned reliever Mike O’Connor to Triple-A Buffalo and according to Adam Rubin are expected to announce that reliever Manny Acosta has been added to the roster.
O’Connor went 0-1 with a 2.70 ERA in 6.2 innings on five hits and three walks while striking out eight.
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O’Connor looked good early on, but really labored in the last couple of outings. His command was off and he gave up some big hits, including a devastating one to Chase Utley in the Phillies series. The Mets are now left with just Tim Byrdak is a left-handed pitcher out of the pen.
In 20 games for Buffalo this season Acosta has gone 1-0 with four saves and a 1.77 ERA. On the positive side he has given up just 13 hits and struckout 27 men. On the negative side he has allowed 17 walks in just 20.1 innings.
It is a little frustrating to have yet another reliever who has struggled with is command come onto the team. Ryota Igarashi came up and posed an absurd 8.5 BB/9, Pat Misch and D.J. Carraso each posed a 5.1 BB/9, and Bobby Parnell‘s BB/9 is sitting pretty at 7.0 and it looks like he can’t throw a strike right now. Heck even Francisco Rodriguez has walked 4.3 per 9. The only pitchers that have been consistently good with their command all year are Pedro Beato and Taylor Buchholz, who is now sitting on the DL.
Acosta was much better in the month of May than April with his command so hopefully most of that was attributed to early season rust.
I like Acosta and he has earned the promotion, I just liked the idea of having two lefties in the pen and I get very irritated with relievers who don’t come in and throw strikes.
Hu & Iggy Gone, Beato & Tejada Up, Evans to Follow?
Posted by: | CommentsIn a merciful act the Mets announced, after the 2-1 loss to the Florida Marlins, that Chin-lung Hu and Ryota Igarashi were sent down to Triple-A Buffalo. To replace them on the roster shortstop/second baseman Ruben Tejada was called up and relief pitcher Pedro Beato was activated from the DL.
I do not think I have seen a batter be worse at the plate than Hu was, but the Mets players will surely tell you, “It took a lot for Hu to come in cold in that one game against the Nationals and deliver a sac fly with one at to put the Mets ahead, but not get the base hit to crack the game wide open.” This was one of the only times Hu made contact all year. The surest thing to an automatic out in the MLB.
Igarashi at least has good stuff, but his command was still atrocious and at his age he is unlikely to improve it all that much.
Getting into a 3-ball count, against the pitcher, hitting in late innings is a situation a Major League pitcher should never find himself in. Igarashi put himself in a situation where everyone in the ballpark knew he had to throw a fastball down the middle and he got burnt. You know what they say about playing with fire. At the very least he should have thrown that ball down the middle with 1 ball so the batter still had it in the back of his mind there was a chance Iggy threw a slider.
Should be the last we see of either of these players in a Mets’ uni.
Tejada should get significant time at 2nd base with Justin Turner getting most of the playing time at third base. Tejada was struggling at shortstop defensively, but his hitting looked much improved posting a .267/.337/.407 line. He is on pace to shatter his career high of five homeruns.
There were also some rumblings that David Wright will be placed on the DL Tuesday and Nick Evans called up. Evans has played third base in the past and can play first allowing Daniel Murphy to play third on occasion. The addition of Tejada and Evans creates a lot of versatility with the infield for Terry Collins to work with although this move is not 100% confirmed yet.
Evans has been heating up in May hitting .316/.391/.404 with a homer, double, 3 RBI, and a 7:8 K:BB in 15 games.
Familia Up to AA, Chris Young has Swelling
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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.
Weekend Transactions
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Triple-A | Buffalo Bisons
- C Mike Nickeas was optioned from MLB New York to Triple-A Buffalo. (4/29/11)
Double-A | Binghamton Mets
- RHP Dylan Owen assigned to SSA Brooklyn from Double-A Binghamton. (4/30/11)
HiA | St. Lucie Mets
- LHP Michael Powers assigned to Double-A Binghamton from HiA St. Lucie. (4/30/11)
- LHP Chris Hilliard assigned to HiA St. Lucie from SSA Brooklyn. (4/30/11)
- LHP Hamilton Bennett assigned to SSA Brooklyn from HiA St. Lucie. (4/30/11)
LoA | Savannah Sand Gnats
- LHP Angel Cuan assigned to SSA Brooklyn from LoA Savannah. (4/30/11)
D.J. Carrasco Optioned to Triple-A, Zach Lutz to the DL
Posted by: | CommentsThe Mets activated starting pitcher Chris Young today from the DL to make his start Tuesday night against the Nationals.
A spot needed to be made on the 25-man roster and in a bit of a shocking move the Mets optioned D.J. Carrasco to Triple-A Buffalo. Carrasco has been terrible in 2011 posting a 5.91 ERA and struggling with his control.
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In an off-season in which the Mets front office was reluctant to give anyone more than a one year deal they were willing to give Carrasco a two year deal.
Carraso will be stretched out in Buffalo in attempt to convert him into a starter, a role he prefers. Dillon Gee will be placed into the bullpen for the major league club. Gee has great control and should help fix some of the problems from earlier in the season.
In some minor league news Bisons’ third baseman Zach Lutz was placed on the DL with a right hamstring strain the same day Fernando Martinez was activated from the DL with the right hamstring strain.
How ironic is it that two most injured sluggers in the Mets’ pipeline swap spots on the DL with same injury on the same day. Stuff like this cannot be scripted.
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