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Mets Farm Report: June 11th, 2010
Posted by: | CommentsStars of the Night:
AAA – Josh Thole (2-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI)
AA – Eddie Kunz (3.1 IP, 1 H, 3 BB, 2 K’s in relief)
HiA – Off
LoA – Taylor Whitenton (4 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 6 K’s in relief)
AAA – Buffalo Bisons
Pat Misch got into trouble today thanks to a lot of long at bats. He only walked 3 and gave up 7 hits, but managed to throw 115 pitches in just 5 innings. Batters were fouling pitches left and right causing his 70 strikes thrown to just 45 balls. No matter how you look at it he still had a poor day at the office, but not as Jose De La Torre. De La Torre, who has actually been very effective this year, get bombarded for 4 runs on 6 hits in just 1.1 innings. It is interesting to note the last 5 batters of the game were retired via the K.
Two Bisons returned from injuries tonight and had successful comebacks. Fernando Martinez got placed right back in the five hole and delivered with a double in the 7th inning to put to men in scoring position. Josh Thole who was coming back from a concussion didn’t miss a beat driving in both Martinez and Mike Cervenak with a 2-RBI double. The only hit the Bisons had with men in scoring position.
AA – Binghamton Mets
A whole lotta bad news from this game. First Eric Niesen was pulled after just 1.1 innings. He was pitching pretty poorly and struggling with his command, but there was no way he got pulled for a high pitch count so I would have to think he got pulled because of an injury. Then Reese Havens got pinch hit for in the 3rd inning by Jon Malo and you know that was not for skill reasons. I still haven’t heard why the two of them were pulled yet, but we should definitely know by the a.m. The only positive from this game might have been Eddie Kunz‘s widely effective performance out of the pen for the BMets.
St. Lucie Mets
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Savannah Sand Gnats
I think it is safe to assume this is the worst outing of Collin McHugh‘s career. As good as he has been all year he couldn’t have been much worse today. He got the two first outs of the inning and everything was looking normal and then a single, double, single, single, wild pitch, double, walk, single, and home run all in a row resulted in 8 runs and increased his ERA by 1.27. Lance Hodge and Taylor Whitenton deserve props for pitching a combined 7 innings of relief and giving up just 3 runs.
Bad Draft News For Mets Fans
Posted by: | CommentsWell this is at least bad news in my opinion. According to Frankie Piliere of AOL Fanhouse “it appears that they[the Mets] are down to two players: Matt Harvey and Zack Cox“. That is just great the two players I do not want the Mets to select. Harvey has some great upside and was right up there with Rick Porcello for being considered the best prep pitcher in the 2007 MLB draft, but has been a bit of an enigma in college. I love the velocity and the amount ground balls 
he gets with his fastball, but the lack of command and consistency of his performances make him too risky for a college player to take so early in the draft. If the Mets love him so much then they should have taken him back in 2007 instead of Eric Niesen, Brant Rustich, Scott Moviel, Nathan Vineyard, or Eddie Kunz (who have all done nothing so far) and bought him out of his commitment to UNC.
Cox on the other hand just seems to “safe” of a pick when you don’t pick again until the 89th pick in the draft. When I say safe I mean it is not smart to take a player with such a low ceiling/high floor like Cox in the Mets situation. I don’t want Cox because he is not a good player, because he is, I just do not want him because unless he moves to second base his power will be below average and second base is the least of the Mets’s concerns within the system right now as Ruben Tejada is ready to take over once the Mets wise up and cut Luis Castillo and Reese Havens is working his way up through the system with a full head of steam. Not to mention I like both of these players more than Cox at the moment.
Piliere also says the Mets are also considering Michael Kvasnicka, Christian Colon, and Justin O’Conner. It would be a HUGE reach to take Kvasnicka so early so he should not even be in the conversation. Colon is a solid player, although I would not even take him before Cox. O’Conner on the other hand could be an interesting player to pick especially if the Mets would be planning to use him as a catcher.
I realize I sound like I am contradicting myself that I think Harvey is too risky and Cox is to safe, but what I am trying to say is if you are going to take a college player take someone like Michael Choice, Bryce Brentz, or Chris Sale of he falls. I know the Mets don’t like to go over slot, but with just one early pick they should go all out and take the best player available he regardless of slot perhaps even buying a high school player out of a strong commitment.
Mets Farm Report: June 22nd, 2009
Posted by: | CommentsStars of the Night:
AAA – Adam Bostick/Eddie Kunz
AA – OFF
HiA - John Maine
LoA – OFF SAL All-Star Game
SSA – Sam Honeck
AAA – Buffalo Bisons
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Brandon Knight had a rough night finding the plate walking 5 batters in just 4 innings of work. He also gave up 8 hits for 7 earned runs. A real killer of an outing. The combo of Adam Bostick and Eddie Kunz had a great game and gave the Bisons a chance in this game. Even though they were down 6 after 4 the four shoutout innings from those kept the game “in reach” with the Bisons falling just one run short.
The offense did a great job driving the ball to the gaps getting 4 doubles, two by Jose Castillo. In a weird day where he took at-bats for two different teams Fernando Martinez went 1-4 with a single. Emil Brown, Cory Sullivan, and Mike Lamb all got two hits for the Bisons.
AA – Binghamton Mets
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HiA – St. Lucie Mets
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OUCH Bad Ollie strikes again. Oliver Perez was hit pretty hard giving up 7 hits and 6 runs (2 earned) in just three innings of work and was taken deep by the 22-year-old Henry Wrigley who is batting .205 this year and now with 2 homeruns. The only good news was that he only walked one batter. The unearned runs were due to a Hector Pellot throwing error in the 3rd. John Maine faired better giving up only 1 run over, but the control issues are a little concerning. 3 walks to 1 K is never good no matter what level you are on, but he is going to have to sharpen his command before he comes back to the big leagues.
Not much interesting offensively from the Mets offense in either game. In the second game Brahiam Maldonado went deep for his 7th shot of the year. Pellot hit for a triple in the first game and then a double in the second game getting himself 2 extrabase hits and Richard Pena was 2-3 in game 2.
LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats
OFF SAL All-Star Game
SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones
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The Cyclones picked up the first loss of the short season, but the story of the night was the small lefry from Panama, Angel Cuan, making his debut in the States tonight The young lefty lasted 5 innings and got hit around pretty well giving up 8 hits and 3 runs. His control was still good walking just 1. What intrigues me more is that he was able to keep the ball on the ground recording 8 groundouts to 2 flyball outs. He is not quite Jenrry Mejia, but I can see him having a great season and rising up prospect charts.
The offense was generated from 11th round pick Sam Honeck who went 3-4 with an RBI. He hasn’t showed the power yet, but the 4 hits in 9 at-bats looks pretty good. 17th round pick and hitting maniac Alex Gregory picked up a hit as well as 20th round pick Joey August in hist first game with the Clones.
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