Mets Farm Report: April 12th, 2010

April 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Stars of the Night:
AAA – Ike Davis
AA – Nick Evans
LoA – Rafael Fernandez

AAA – Buffalo Bisons


Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Pridie CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143
Thole C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .063
Martinez, F RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .190
Davis, I 1B 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 .375
Hessman 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .267
Adams, R 2B 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267
Cervenak, M LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .211
Tejada SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Livingston P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Calero P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Cintron a- PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Livingston (L, 0-1) 4.1 5 8 3 4 4 0 6.23
Calero 2.2 1 1 1 2 3 1 2.08
Acosta 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00

Oh no it’s time to freak out Josh Thole only has one hit so far in the season! :p. Ike Davis is a TANK.
AA – Binghamton Mets


Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Nieuwenhuis CF 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .318
Malo 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .222
Evans, N 1B 4 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 .400
Duda LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278
Lutz 3B 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 .333
Hubbard DH 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .353
Nickeas C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000
Guzman, C RF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .333
Hernandez, Lu SS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .429
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Livingston (L, 0-1) 4.1 5 8 3 4 4 0 6.23
Calero 2.2 1 1 1 2 3 1 2.08
Acosta 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00

I’d say this is a positive outing from Eddie Kunz. He seemed to gas out a bit out the end and his command was eh, but he made up for it with terrific ground ball numbers thanks to his sinker and new change up.

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats


Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Zapata, P CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111
Fernandez, R RF 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
Flores, W SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Flagg 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .313
Lagares LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .381
Doyle DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250
Gronauer C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .182
Sandoval 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
Harris, A 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Whitenton (L, 0-1) 3.1 4 2 2 3 3 1 5.40
Church, J 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Gorski, D 4.0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0.00

Darin Gorski should be in the starting rotation. He is a relatively high pick with decent stuff. If Michael Antonini is still viewed as a starter I don’t see how Gorski isn’t.

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2010 Binghamton Mets Opening Day Lineup

April 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Starting Rotation:
Eric Niesen, who led the Mets minor league system in strikeouts last year, earned himself the opening day start for the 2010 season.  He will be followed in the rotation by Brad Holt, Scott Shaw, Michael Antonini, and wait for it Eddie Kunz?!?!?  Yes the former 1st round pick and closer Oregon State closer is being converted to a starting pitcher.  He has struggled lately with both his sinker and slider flattening out and losing their effectiveness, but he claims to have a newly found change up that he can throw real well.  I don’t think anyone saw this coming as I am not even sure if Kunz has pitched out of the stretch since he was child.

Starting Lineup:

Nick Evans (lf) – Kirk Nieuwenhuis (cf)* – Carlos Guzman (rf)*

Shawn Bowman (3b)*-Jose Coronado (ss)-Hector Pellot(2b)*-Zach Lutz (1b)*

Shawn Riggans (c)

Bullpen:

Dylan Owen
Edgar Ramirez
John Lujan
Jose De La Torre*
Josh Stinson*
Roy Merritt*
Derrick Ellison

Infield:
Lucas Duda* – 1b
Jonathan Malo – UTIL
Luke Montz – C

Outfield:
D.J. Wabick*

There seems to be wayyyyy to many corner infielder’s on this roster.  It would have made more sense to send Bowman to Buffalo so that Lutz could start at 3rd and Duda could play 1st base.

Update: Word is that Nick Evans will be getting at-bats at first base not the OF. If this is the case then there is an bigger logjam for corner infielders than I thought on this team.

* Denotes players to watch

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Mets Farm Reprt: July 23rd, 2009

July 24, 2009 By 1 Comment

Stars of the Night:
AAA – Nick Evans
AA – Lucas Duda
HiA – Reese Havens
LoA – Jean Luc Blaquire
SSA – PPD – (Rain)
Rk1 –  Darrell Ceciliani
Rk2 – Javier Rodriguez

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0
Louisville 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 3 9 0
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W: Jukich (7-4, 4.35); L: Figueroa, N (6-5, 2.42); SV: Manuel (9)
HR: None.
Batter AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Reyes, A SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .271
Feliciano, J CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .308
Ambres RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239
Castillo, Ja 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .266
Evans, N 1B 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .139
Petersen, J LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273
Cancel, R C 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220
Green, A 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .182
Figueroa, N P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125
Lamb a- PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Figueroa, N (L, 6-5) 7.0 9 3 3 0 5 0 2.42
Switzer 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.88

AA – Binghamton Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Connecticut 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 12 0
Binghamton 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 X 6 13 0
Recap | Box | Audio
W: De La Torre (1-0, 0.96); L: Paterson (2-4, 2.14); SV: Robertson, C (6)
HR: CON: Pill 2 (11), Alderson (1), Schoop (1). BIN: Duda (7).
Batter AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Garcia, Em CF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
Tejada SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278
Thole C 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .343
Davis, I 1B 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .294
Duda LF 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .280
Malo 3B 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .258
Wabick RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291
Stewart, C a- PH-RF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .196
Coronado 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255
Holt P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200
De La Torre P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Paniagua b- PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .221
Batter IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Holt 6.0 9 5 5 0 3 4 5.45
De La Torre (W, 1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 1 4 0 0.96
Robertson, C (S, 6) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.00

Rough start for Brad Holt who gave up 9 hits and 4 home runs.  Even though he walked none reports were that his command wasn’t great and he did have a high pitch count.  Good night for the offense with Emmanuel Garcia, Ike Davis, Josh Thole, and Jose Coronado had multi hit games.  Lucas Duda hit his 7th homerun and if he  squeeze in 6 more before the end of the season he could go from terrible power to slightly below average and raise his prospect status.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Lucie 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 11 2
Brevard County 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 X 5 7 2
Recap | Box | Audio
W: Rapoza (3-1, 2.23); L: Alvarez, Ma (3-3, 3.67); SV: Aguilar, O (3)
HR: BRE: Gindl (12).
Batter AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Veloz DH 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .246
Nieuwenhuis CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .244
Havens SS 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .240
Welch, S 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333
Guzman, C RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .252
Pena, F C 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .227
Lutz 3B 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 .281
Pellot 2B 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .264
Maldonado, B LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .246
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Moviel 5.1 4 2 0 4 2 0 4.74
Stinson (H, 1) 1.2 1 1 1 0 5 0 3.46
Alvarez, Ma (BS, 4)(L, 3-3) 1.0 2 2 2 2 1 1 3.67

Decently encouraging stuff from Scott Moviel as he gave up only 4 hits and was able to keep the ball on the ground getting 6 groundball outs.  Reese Havens continues to hit since his return from the DL and if he gets his averagte up to .275ish with the power he is showing he becomes a B prospect.  A nice note is that Josh Stinson got all his outs via the K.

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Savannah 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 7 8 0
West Virginia 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 6 10 3
Recap | Box | Audio | Game Story: WV
W: Orta (1-0, 4.11); L: Alvarado (5-8, 5.23); SV: Cruz, R (19)
HR: None.
Batter AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Reyes, R RF 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255
Alvarez, I 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .172
Marte, J 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .237
Abruzzo DH 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .232
Flores, W SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286
Ratliff CF 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .271
Campbell 1B-LF 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .266
Satin 2B-1B 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .298
Blaquiere C 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 .220
August LF-RF 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .103
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Beaulac 3.0 7 4 4 2 3 0 2.79
Orta (W, 1-0) 2.2 0 1 1 2 2 0 4.11
Olivares (H, 6) 2.0 2 1 1 1 2 0 3.16
Cruz, R (S, 19) 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.90

Eric Beaulac was cruising along through 3 innings before imploding in the 4th inning giving up 4 runs in the inning after facing 6 batters and getting no outs.  Phillips Orta came in to bail him out and wound up picking up the win.  Jean Luc Blaquiere had the best offensive night putting up two doubles to go along with and RBI.

SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones

PPD – (Rain)

Rk1 – Kingsport Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kingsport 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 7 11 2
Pulaski 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 X 9 14 4
Recap | Box
W: Buckborough (2-0, 16.43); L: White, Jo (1-3, 7.97); SV: Valdez (2)
HR: KNG: Flagg (4). PUL: Britton (6).
Batter AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Ceciliani, D CF 5 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 .301
Harris, A 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .300
Lucas, R 3B 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .450
Flagg 1B 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 .324
Mollica SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .256
Mochizuki SS 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 .229
Puello, C RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .263
Howe C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .262
Steinhauer, K LF 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 .500
Zapata, P DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .339
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Aldama 2.0 3 3 2 4 2 0 5.47
White, Jo (L, 1-3) 4.0 8 4 4 2 0 1 7.97
Chism, T 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 4.35
Babin 1.1 2 1 1 1 1 0 2.84

Darrell Ceciliani had the all around great game getting on base 4 times, driving in a run, and getting 2 outfield assists.

Rk2 – GCL Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
GCL Astros 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 8 16 0
GCL Mets 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 7 11 2
Recap | Box
W: Schurz, M (1-0, 2.19); L: Valdez, S (0-1, 7.71); SV: Pio (1)
HR: AST: Bryan, L (1), Hinze (1). MTS: Rodriguez, Ja (1).
Batter AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Tovar, W SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .268
Tejada, M SS 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .118
Van Gurp 2B 5 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 .284
Grimes RF 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 .300
Rodriguez, Ja CF 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 .250
Zapata, N DH 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .317
Ortiz, G 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .320
Davis 1- PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182
Vernooij 1B 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .225
Rodriguez, O C 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
Concepcion a- PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297
Valdez, A C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .320
Dunn 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .067
Greene LF 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Hebert 3.0 2 1 1 1 2 0 3.00
Valenzuela, B 3.0 4 2 1 3 2 1 3.00
Tabata 2.0 6 2 2 0 1 0 2.51
Valdez, S (L, 0-1) 2.0 4 3 3 1 5 1 7.71

Michael Hebert sighting!

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Come on Mets Bring in Rios

July 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment

After watching another game against Philly with this lineup the Mets are throwing out there it is pretty evident that the Mets need to make a trade.  Despite reports that there are “no sellers” in the trade market right now everyone knows that the Toronto Blue Jays are desperate to make cap room in order to keep Roy “Doc” Halladay, one of the best pitchers in the league.  And why not Halladay is arguably the best pitcher in baseball.  Therer is also a chance Haladay takes a small home town discount in order to stay in Toronto, considering he took 3 years $40 mill last time, giving the Blue Jays every more reason to due everything in their power to make salary room for him.

If you take a look at the Blue Jays roster who are the two highest paid players still on the team next year? Alex Rios and Vernon Wells two outfielders.  Now the Mets find out Fernando Martinez is hurt leaving the outfield with what? Ryan Church, Gary Sheffield, and… a bunch of AAAA players.  Not the most attractive thing when you have to face a lineup like the Phillies stacked with hitters.  So what would be the Mets best option? You guessed it taking on the salary of Alex Rios.  It has already been reported that you can get him for very little so what’s the big deal?  For the 5 years you’d be getting him beyond 2009 you would have to pay him $58.7 million or an annual salary of $11.74 mill.  A little pricey, but nothing the Mets can’t afford. And let’s compare Rios to some of the current Metsies. (Click to make image bigger)

RiosCompAs you can see he is the best option there and what is not shown is that he playes MUCH MUCH MUCH better defense then the rest of the players listed.  Rios’s speed gives him the ability to play either CF or RF and would fit perfectly in Citi Field.  He has a cannon of an arm to go along with his great defensive coverage.  He also has the base stealing ability to go along with the speed/defense approach the Mets should take when building a team for Citi Field.

If the Blue Jays go nuts and ask for Jenrry Mejia, even though they said they don’t want a lot for him, you laugh at them and say no, otherwise you get him as fast as possible because he can play center to fill in for Carlos Beltran why he is hurt and then move him over to right field when Beltran and move Ryan Church to left field giving you the best defensive outfield in the league.  And let’s be realisitic with some of the bad contracts in basebal Rios’s is pretty decent.  He is also young with some more untapped offensive potential that maybe he can put together with a change of scenery.

I am a bit of a Rios fan so I am biased, but he fits the Mets perfectly right now, won’t cost you prospects, and will give you a solid outfielder for 5 more years beyond the trade.  It is a no brainer move you have to make

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Link Dump: June 29th, 2009

June 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment

The Real Dirty Mets Fan – We Did What You Said, Now What?

The one person right now, however, I would not want to be is Omar. Omar has a lot of pressure right now. He knows the fan base desperately wants the team to make the playoffs. He also knows that the farm system that he took over was beyond terrible and has been pillaged  already by him in the Santana and Putz trades. We have a few top prospects that will be sought after, the problem is that is basically ALL we have.

NY Sports Dog – Minors Stuff

B-Mets:
Monday, June 29 at Akron 7:05 pm RHP Dylan Owen (0-5, 6.83) vs. RHP Jeanmar Gomez (6-2, 3.06)
Tuesday, June 30 New Hampshire 7:05 pm RHP Eric Niesen (0-3, 7.20) vs. RHP Brandon Magee (4-5, 5.06)
Wednesday, July 1 New Hampshire 7:05 pm RHP TBA vs. LHP Luis Perez (4-6, 3.41)
Thursday, July 2 New Hampshire 7:05 pm RHP Brad Holt (0-1, 9.45) vs. RHP Rey Gonzalez (3-5, 3.18)

The Star Ledger - Jerry Manuel, Omar Minaya, Willie Randolph and a New York Mets fan club at 34,000 feet

34,000 FEET OVER LAKE ERIE — Does anyone fly to Milwaukee when the Mets aren’t playing there? I swear, about 75 percent of the people on this flight are Mets fans. There’s a cluster of about 15 of them sitting in front of me, all traveling together. Firefighters, from what I can tell. Big dudes. I wonder if they can swing a bat.  If they can, Jerry Manuel might just try to sneak them into the lineup Monday night at Miller Park, where the Mets will open a three-game series against the Brewers.

NY Post – Rough, Wild Night for K-Rod

The at-bat was just the third of Rivera’s career and he had been 0-for-2. The walk gave him the first RBI of his 15-year career. He previously struck out and flied out. Afterward, Rodriguez said the Rivera walk was a symptom of wildness he’s suffered in his last few appearances. “It’s been the last couple of outings,” Rodriguez said. “I haven’t been able to make pitches when I needed to. I’ve been a little wild out there. I just have to find a way to figure it out quick and make sure tomorrow to watch some tape and find out what I’m doing wrong and make sure tomorrow it won’t happen again.”

Mets Merized Online - Fantasy Focus: Nick Evans – The Second Time Around

With all of our stars sidelined aside from D Wright – it’s been an interesting year for many players in the organization that probably never figured to have an opportunity to play as much as they have in 2009.  So continuing our analysis of these role players that have suddenly become so crucial to our fate this season – let’s take a look at Nick Evans – who gets a second chance to prove he belongs in the majors as an important right handed bat in 2009.

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