AAA – Buffalo Bisons

BATTING
2B: Hernandez, Lu (4, Jones, Jas), Cervenak, M (15, Jones, Jas).
HR: Jacobs 2 (13, 1st inning off Jones, Jas, 1 on, 2 out; 4th inning off Jones, Jas, 0 on, 0 out), Duda (8, 7th inning off Jones, Jas, 0 on, 0 out), Turner (2, 9th inning off Villone, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Turner 5; Hernandez, Lu 2; Padilla, J; Jacobs 8; Martinez, F; Cervenak, M 3; Duda 5; House 2.
RBI: Jacobs 3 (47), Duda (23), Cervenak, M (18), Turner (22).
2-out RBI: Jacobs 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: House; Hernandez, Lu; Misch 2; Cervenak, M.
S: Misch.
GIDP: Hernandez, Lu.
Team RISP: 3-for-11.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Padilla, J (3, 2nd base off Balester/Burke, J).

FIELDING
E: Jacobs (6, fielding), Cervenak, M (9, throw), Hernandez, Lu 2 (4, fielding, throw).
DP: 2 (Misch-Jacobs-Hernandez, Lu, Turner-Pascucci).
Pickoffs: Misch (Whiting at 1st base).

Wow a complete game on just 98 pitches.  That is an extremely rare accomplishment by Pat Misch.  If Takahashi doesn’t start picking it up and Oliver Perez doesn’t perform at Triple-A I would be willing to give him a shot as the #5.

AA – Binghamton Mets

BATTING
2B: Nieuwenhuis 2 (26, Owens, Owens), Satin 3 (9, Owens, Moreno, Aguero), Ratliff 2 (8, Owens, Moreno), Nickeas (12, Owens), Hubbard (12, Aguero).
HR: Evans, N (15, 5th inning off Owens, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Nieuwenhuis 5; Malo; Hubbard 2; Evans, N 5; Satin 6; Ratliff 6; Nickeas 3; Reyes, R 2; Fisher.
RBI: Evans, N 2 (46), Ratliff 2 (21), Reyes, R (14), Nickeas (22), Hubbard 2 (30), Satin (11).
2-out RBI: Reyes, R; Satin.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Fisher 2; Schwinden 2; Reyes, R 2; Ratliff.
GIDP: Evans, N.
Team RISP: 9-for-24.
Team LOB: 11.

FIELDING
E: Malo (4, throw), Fisher (1, throw).

a-Doubled for Frederick in the 10th.

Does Kirk Nieuwenhuis stop?  Dude has 3 or more hits in 3 of his last 4 games and has gotten his average over the .300 mark.  His splits are great, the power is great, the speed is great, the defense is great so if plate discipline ever comes around man can be a serious force and during his recent hot streak the K:BB has been much better.  The same thing goes for Sean Ratliff.  He has been much better against the lefties this year and staying in longer on the pitches hitting them for hard line drives more often.  He already has 21 RBI’s in 23 games for Bingy after being an FSL All-Star so his stock is definitely way up this year.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

Darin Gorski was decent, but not dominant tonight.  I’ll be interested in Mike Newman’s report on him to see if his stuff is still the same as last year or if he has made any improvements.  The only way this offense works when Jefry Marte and Cesar Puello are going like they were tonight.  Otherwise they will score no runs every game.

RK – Kingsport Mets

BATTING
2B: Schafer (5, Buch, R), Rodriguez, A (4, Marshall, R).
3B: Rodriguez, Ja (2, Marshall, R).
TB: Schafer 3; McQueen; Rodriguez, A 2; Rodriguez, Ja 3; Zapata, N.
RBI: Rodriguez, A (9), Rodriguez, Ja (12).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rodriguez, Ja; Rodriguez, A; Semel.
S: Tijerina.
SF: Rodriguez, A.
GIDP: Semel.
Team RISP: 2-for-9.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Schafer (2, 2nd base off Buch, R/Blackwood).

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Van Gurp-Lora, Van Gurp-Schafer-Lora).

a-Hit a sacrifice bunt for Lora in the 9th.

Don’t know why the Mets are trying to use Jeff Walters as a starter he doesn’t have the command at all for a starting role and should be put in the bullpens where his stuff plays the best.  Eddie Lora is looking like a major bust. Just one hit five games.  That hit was a home run, but still disappointing and he has a ridiculous 10 strikeouts in 16 games.  Great return on Billy Wagner….

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

BATTING
2B: Cervenak, M (14, Mandel), Duda (6, Mandel).
TB: Adams, R; Padilla, J; Jacobs; Cervenak, M 3; Duda 4; House; Turner.
RBI: House 2 (14), Duda 2 (22).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Martinez, F; Hernandez, Lu; Padilla, J 2.
GIDP: Jacobs.
Team RISP: 4-for-10.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Adams, R-Hernandez, Lu-Jacobs, Hernandez, Lu-Adams, R-Jacobs).

a-Walked for Lujan in the 7th. b-Struck out for Alvarez, Ma in the 9th.

Lucas Duda continued his hot stretch with 3 more hits, but a closer look at his numbers are a little concerning.  His lefty/righty splits  are ridiculous hitting nearly .200 points higher against righties.  The only positives are that he has maintained decent patience against lefties so he isn’t getting himself out and he is still showing power against them.

AA – Binghamton Mets

BATTING
2B: Nieuwenhuis (24, Alderson), Cohoon (1, Alderson), Hubbard (11, Watson, T).
HR: Ratliff (7, 2nd inning off Alderson, 2 on, 1 out), Evans, N (14, 2nd inning off Alderson, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Nieuwenhuis 5; Ratliff 6; Evans, N 4; Hubbard 3; Satin 3; Manriquez, S 3; Cohoon 2.
RBI: Hubbard 3 (28), Ratliff 4 (19), Evans, N (44), Nieuwenhuis 3 (49).
2-out RBI: Nieuwenhuis 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Coronado 2; Satin; Ratliff 2.
S: Cohoon.
SF: Nieuwenhuis.
GIDP: Hubbard.
Team RISP: 7-for-17.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
E: Ratliff (1, fielding).
DP: (Coronado-Satin-Hubbard).

a-Flied out for Ramirez, Ed in the 8th.

Mark Cohoon had a decent, but only went 4 innings and I am still trying to figure out why it was such a short outing.  The offense kicked things into gear off a pretty good pitching prospect in Tim Alderson.  The pitcher Cohoon even chipped in offensively with a double of his own and was helped by huge games out of Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Sean Ratliff.  Ratliff has seem to cut down on the strikeouts and improve his power since being promoted to Double-A which is a pretty impressive feet.  Now if he can just learn to take a walk we are in business.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

BATTING
2B: Flores, W (1, Andujar), Beltran (4, Andujar), Welch, S (22, Andujar).
TB: Valdespin; Flores, W 5; Beltran 3; Welch, S 2; Gronauer; Lagares.
RBI: Welch, S (49), Lucas, R (37), Valdespin (24), Flores, W 2 (8), Gronauer (6).
2-out RBI: Lucas, R; Valdespin; Flores, W 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Barrett 4; Flores, W; Beltran; Welch, S 2.
Team RISP: 5-for-19.
Team LOB: 11.

BASERUNNING
SB: August (7, 2nd base off Andujar/Jefferies), Lagares (3, 2nd base off Garcia, J/Jefferies).

FIELDING
PB: Gronauer (3).

Oliver Perez was shockingly very good today.  While his command wasn’t great it was respectable and his stuff was good with just 2 hits and 7 K’s.  He did get in trouble in the 6th by walking the leadoff batter and giving up a run on a single.  Scott Moviel came in and gave up a hit, walk, and walk to allow one of Perez’s inherited runners to score.  Right now Wilmer Flores is honestly on another planet with the bat.  He just can’t be stopped.

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

BATTING
3B: Zapata, P (6, Estevez, Wi).
HR: Ozga (1, 3rd inning off Brewer, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Zapata, P 3; Harris, R.J.; Puello, C; Marte, J 2; Ozga 4; Harris, A; Tovar, W.
RBI: Puello, C (22), Ozga (3), Tovar, W (4), Marte, J (32), Harris, A (33).
2-out RBI: Tovar, W; Marte, J; Harris, A.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Doyle 2; Marte, J; Puello, C 2.
Team RISP: 4-for-13.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Zapata, P 2 (23, 2nd base off Brewer/Bethancourt, 2nd base off Brewer/Bethancourt), Harris, R.J. (2, 2nd base off Lorick, J/Bethancourt), Harris, A 2 (12, 2nd base off Brewer/Bethancourt, home off Brewer/Bethancourt), Puello, C (25, 2nd base off Brewer/Bethancourt).
CS: Tovar, W (1, 2nd base by Brewer/Bethancourt), Marte, J (3, 2nd base by Estevez, Wi/Bethancourt).

FIELDING
E: Marte, J (21, throw), Harris, A (19, throw).

The Sand Gnats actually scored some runs today by doing the only thing they can do, steal bases.  They swapped 6 bases in total including a steal of home plate by Alonzo Harris.  Collin McHugh had a good game today giving his team a 4-run lead going into the eighth inning, but then that’s when the collapse happened.  The bullpen got into 1-out trouble and then Jefry Marte commited his 21st error of the season to allow the runner to score and everyone else to reach base safe.  Then after getting the second out the batter hit a triple, but wound up scoring on the play thanks to an Alonzo Harris error.

SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones

BATTING
2B: Ceciliani, D (7, Chirinos, Lu), Flagg (6, Chirinos, Lu).
HR: Bonfe (1, 7th inning off Toves, 0 on, 0 out), Steinhauer, K (1, 9th inning off Conley, 2 on, 2 out).
TB: Ceciliani, D 2; Vaughn; Flagg 2; Bonfe 5; Brown 2; Schroeder; Steinhauer, K 4.
RBI: Cherry (12), Bonfe (6), Steinhauer, K 3 (5).
2-out RBI: Steinhauer, K 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Freeman; Flagg.
SF: Cherry.
Team RISP: 2-for-5.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
SB: Vaughn (4, 2nd base off Chirinos, Lu/Hord, D).

FIELDING
E: Vaughn (2, throw), Cherry (1, fielding).
DP: (Brown-Sandoval-Flagg).

a-Grounded out for Brown in the 7th.

RK – Kingsport Mets

BATTING
2B: Rodriguez, A (3, Batista, R), Greene (2, Streilein).
TB: Greene 2; Schafer 3; Stewart; Rodriguez, A 3; Cordero 2; Zapata, N 2.
RBI: Schafer 2 (8), Rodriguez, Ja (11), Greene 2 (2), McQueen (4).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rodriguez, Ja 2.
Team RISP: 3-for-8.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
CS: Cordero (1, 2nd base by Batista, R/Wallace), Schafer (3, 2nd base by Batista, R/Wallace).

FIELDING
E: Schafer (1, fielding).
DP: (Van Gurp-Schafer-Stewart).

I really like Bret Mitchell.  He had sleeper pick written all over him and is doing pretty well so far in his first minor league stint.

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

Dilllon Gee pitched a stellar game today it is to bad he couldn’t have pitched this well all season because then we could have tried to swing him in a Lee trade. Boy has Lucas Duda been raking since being promoted to AAA.

AA – Binghamton Mets

The same old story continued today with Eric Niesen.  He got decent results, but continued to struggle with his command.  If he doesn’t start attacking hitters soon with his plus stuff then he is never going to be able to make it further in his development and become a starter in the bigs.  Emary Frederick did a great job coming in and stranding two of Eddie Kunz’s inherited runners.  In the third inning the BMets got a coupe of bloops followed by a walk which allowed Raul Reyes to come up and strike again, this time with a grand salami.  This is the second straight game Sean Ratliff has taken a walk with no strikeouts.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

Mets pitching gave up 3 runs on just 6 hits thanks to an incredible 8 walks! They did strike out 7 batters, but just wow 8 walks.  It was a bitter sweet start for Brad Holt who only gave up 1 run and 2 hits while striking out 5 in 5 inning, however, is control was still an issue also delivering 5 walks.  Something tells me the success was more due to the level of competition than Holt actually getting things straightened out.  Nothing looked noticeably different in the videos from last year to this year so it is really odd how big of a 180 he has undergone.  It is amazing that the offense had 15 hits yet just 1 went for extra bases (double from Richard Lucas).  Wilmer Flores was at it again today with 3 more hits and now has 13 hits in just 6 games for St. Lucie.  Because it was a day game Carlos Beltran DHed and picked up a hit now reaching base in every rehab game so far.  He will play center field tomorrow.

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

John Church was reportedly hitting 93-94 mph tonight on the gun which would be a tick above previous velocity reports.  Church had put up good numbers the last couple of years so if the velocity sticks he could make some noise as a legitimate prospect.  Nick Santomauro continued the climb back up to .200 with another hit today.  You know you are in the low minors when a game has 7 errors in it.  Alonzo Harris had the biggest blow of the night hitting a 3-run jack in the sixth inning.

SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones

How can you not love what Cory Vaughn is doing right now?  He now has 3 home runs in his last 3 games and has hit 4 more home runs in Brooklyn than Ike Davis.  Not only that, but his biggest flaw was supposed to be plate discipline and he is currently rocking a 7:5 K:BB. It is a small sample size, but a very encouraging one.

RK – Kingsport Mets

I still think it was a terrible draft pick, but hey at least Javier Rodriguez is actually doing something now.

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats
Game 1

Game 2

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

OFF

AA – Binghamton Mets

OFF

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E St. Lucie 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 10 15 0 Palm Beach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Recap | Box | W: Stronach (1-1, 4.09); L: Fick (3-3, 5.54) HR: STL: Guzman, C (11), Pena, F (6), Welch, S (2).

What a great game by Tim Stronach.  Despite only striking out one he was still able to throw a no-hitter through 8.1 innings before finally giving up a hit to Oliver Marmol, who ironically is only batting .226 on the year.  Sp after getting a no-hitter from our GCL pitchers who now get a near no-hitter from HiA.

Francisco Pena has been Albert Pujols like in his last 3 games going a combined with 3 homeruns.  Yes the catcher has doubled his HR total for the year in 3 games by homering in each of the games.  Stefan Welch has continued to rake since his promotion to St. Lucie. Can this be a result of consistent playing time?

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Kannapolis 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 2 Savannah 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 X 3 4 0 Recap | Box | | Game Story: KAN W: Familia (7-6, 3.09); L: Griffith (0-1, 1.69); SV: Cruz, R (17) HR: None.

Nice bounce back start for Jeurys Familia who was rocked last time out.  He and the bullpen combined for a four-hitter.  Sean Ratliff hit his 7th triple of the year to go along with his 19th double while driving in runs 48 and 49.  Wilmer Flores contributed his 2nd triple of the year.

SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Williamsport 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 2 Brooklyn 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 X 4 9 2 Recap | Box | W: Moore, B (4-0, 0.97); L: Way (1-1, 0.87); SV: Powers (4) HR: None.

Now I know this game was on SNY and I have it recorded on DVR so I will check it out tomorrow to see another dominating performance for Brandon Moore.  Why is Angel Berroa in SSA? He should be in AAA.

Rk1 – Kingsport Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Kingsport 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 7 4 Princeton 4 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 X 10 12 3 Recap | Box | W: Bencomo (2-0, 3.09); L: Leduc (2-2, 8.10) HR: KNG: Harris, A (6), Puello, C (2). PRN: Cedeno (1).

Guillaume Leduc has lost his ‘prospect’ status for me.  Move him to the bullpen and try and make him a lights out one inning reliever.  Alonzo Harris is showing amazing power to go along with his outstanding speed now homering in 3-straight games.  Think of a Jimmy Rollins clone (minus the switch hitting.  Cesar Puello fresh off his suspension hit his 2nd homerun.

Rk2 – GCL Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E GCL Mets 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 GCL Cardinals 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 4 10 2 Recap | Box W: Rosenthal, T (2-1, 5.79); L: Tabata (0-1, 1.74); SV: Butler (1) HR: None.

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 1 Scranton/WB 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 X 3 5 0 Recap | Box | W: Mitre (3-1, 2.40); L: Takahashi (0-1, 0.90); SV: Ramirez, E (3)

AA – Binghamton Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E Binghamton 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 11 17 2 New Britain 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 8 11 2 Recap | Box | W: Robertson, C (1-0, 2.57); L: Gutierrez, C (1-3, 6.61) HR: None.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E St. Lucie 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 8 13 2 Jupiter 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 Recap | Box | W: Shaw, S (4-4, 3.57); L: Rosario, J (6-3, 2.59) HR: STL: Pena, F (5).

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

OFF – (All-Star Break)

SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 6 2 Staten Island 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 X 5 8 1 Recap | Box W: Rondon (1-1, 1.48); L: Cohoon (4-1, 2.38); SV: Marte, R (2) HR: SI: Medchill (4).

Rk1 – Kingsport Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Bristol 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 1 Kingsport 2 1 2 4 0 0 1 0 X 10 14 1 Recap | Box W: Hilliard (1-1, 2.25); L: Simmons (0-2, 14.40); SV: Von Tersch (1)  HR: BRS: Gonzalez, Mi (3). KNG: Harris, A (4), Flagg (3).

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Buffalo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 Pawtucket 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Recap | Box | W: Stoner (2-2, 4.28); L: Gonzalez, En (7-8, 5.57); SV: Snyder, K (1)

Great performance by Tobi Stoner. Still say his best case scenario is Brian Bannister lite.

AA – Binghamton Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Binghamton 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 1 New Britain 0 3 1 0 2 1 2 1 X 10 17 2 Recap | Box | W: Burnett (1-2, 2.00); L: Alfonzo, Edgar (4-3, 3.45); SV: Slama (19)  HR: NBR: Lis (7).

Eric Niesen got lit up yet again in a AA start.  I keep saying should have left him in HiA to give him some trade value we could have used right now with the trade deadline approaching.  He has kept a good K rate, but the amount of homeruns has gone up now that he is not in the pticher friendly FSL anymore.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

PPD – (Rain)

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Savannah 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 5 10 2 Lexington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 0 Recap | Box | W: Schwinden (6-4, 3.52); L: Bono (8-5, 2.58); SV: Cruz, R (15)  HR: SAV: Ratliff (9), Campbell (5).

The long ball was absolutely working with homeruns from both Sean Ratliff (9) and Eric Campbell (5).  Campbell had three more hits on the night going 4-4 with  2 RBI’s.  Chris Schwinden is continuing to be a pleasent surprise after dominating the NYPL. 7 more innings of 1 run ball for the righty.

SSA- Brooklyn Cyclones

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brooklyn 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 3 0 Staten Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 Recap | Box W: Moore, B (3-0, 0.62); L: Vizcaino (0-3, 2.82)

Brandon Moore who has been stupid good this season put up a complete game shutout in the 1st half of the double header.  He now has a crazy 2:24 BB:K on the season.  I was hoping to see him pitch this weekend, but now it looks like I will get Collin McHugh or Mark Cohoon.

Game 2

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brooklyn 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 1 Staten Island 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 1 Recap | Box W: Bailey (2-1, 3.77); L: Fuller, J (3-1, 1.08) HR: SI: Paredes (1).

Jim Fuller pitched fairly well pitching into the 7th inning striking out 7 walking only 1, but giving up 3 earned runs, his first earned runs of the year.  Nick Santomauro drove in runs in both games of the double header.

RK1 – Kingsport Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Elizabethton 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 9 11 1 Kingsport 0 0 0 1 7 0 2 0 X 10 9 0 Recap | Box W: White, Jo (1-2, 8.79); L: Ibarra (1-1, 8.10); SV: Babin (3)  HR: ELZ: Pinto, J (5). KNG: Harris, A (3).

Alonzo Harris is showing great power for a 20-year-old second baseman.  The small righty slugged his 3rd homerun in just the 16th game of the season.  Ryan Mollica of the 2009 draft calss put up a noteworthy performance of 3-3 with a double and 3 RBI’s.  Poor pitching with the only good perfomance from Travis Babin.

Rk2 – GCL Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E GCL Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 GCL Mets 0 3 0 1 0