Mets Farm Report: July 22nd, 2009

Stars of the Night:
AAA – Argenis Reyes
AA – Ruben Tejada
HiA – Reese Havens
LoA – Chris Schwinden
SSA – Jim Fuller/Justin Garber
Rk1 – Ryan Mollica
Rk2OFF

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Buffalo 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 1
Louisville 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1
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W: McNab (4-2, 2.01); L: Ramirez, Ra (5-7, 4.39); SV: Knight (3)
HR: BUF: Reyes, A (2).
Batter AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Reyes, A SS 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 .277
Feliciano, J CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .312
Ambres RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .242
Rivera, Re C 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .252
Lamb 3B-1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229
Evans, N 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .133
Knight P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Petersen, J LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .375
Green, A 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .194
Snyder, K P 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .143
McNab P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Castillo, Ja 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Snyder, K 4.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 3.78
McNab (W, 4-2) 3.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2.01
Knight (S, 3) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5.06

AA – Binghamton Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Connecticut 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 1 0 9 9 1
Binghamton 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 1
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W: Bumgarner (7-1, 1.56); L: Niesen (1-5, 7.36)
HR: CON: Witter (2), Bumgarner (1). BIN: Tejada (3).
Batter AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Coronado 2B 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Tejada SS 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 .278
Thole C 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .341
Davis, I 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .283
Stewart, C RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .187
Duda LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280
Malo 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256
Garcia, Em CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .263
Niesen P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Frederick P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Warden P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Paniagua a- PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .224
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Niesen (L, 1-5) 5.0 5 6 6 5 5 1 7.36
Frederick 2.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 3.86
Warden 2.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2.00

WOW! Eric Niesen gets victimized by the Mad Bum show in every which way.  Not only did Mad Bum outduel him on the mound with 7 great innings of ball, but he also took him deep for part of a 5 run 5th inning hitting his first career homerun and grand slam.  Ruben Tejada was the only one to get to Mad Bum with a solo homerun. Ike Davis gathered a hit off the tough lefty which is an encouraging sign.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Lucie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 2
Brevard County 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2 5 0
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W: Willinsky (5-2, 3.18); L: Shaw, S (4-6, 3.75); SV: Henderson (2)
HR: STL: Havens (9).
Batter AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Veloz 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .247
Nieuwenhuis CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .245
Havens SS 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 .235
Welch, S 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .350
Guzman, C RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .256
Pena, F C 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .230
Lutz 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .271
Williams, S LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293
Maldonado, B DH 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .243
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Shaw, S (L, 4-6) 6.0 5 2 2 4 5 0 3.75
Ramirez, Ed 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.30

Another nice game since returning from the DL for Reese Havens.  Havens had the only multi hit game including his 9th homerun of the year in just 204 at-bats.  Bad night on the basepaths with Brahiam Maldonado and Kirk Nieuwenhuis getting caught stealing.  Decent night pitching for Scott Shaw just a tad too many walks, but solid night overall.

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Savannah 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 9 0
West Virginia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 11 7
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W: Schwinden (7-5, 3.14); L: Leach (3-1, 2.58)
HR: SAV: Gronauer (6).
Batter AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Reyes, R RF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .253
Marte, J 3B 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .240
Abruzzo DH 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .235
Flores, W SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .287
Ratliff CF 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .271
Campbell 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .270
Satin 2B 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 .295
Gronauer C 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 .240
August LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .114
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Schwinden (W, 7-5) 6.0 5 0 0 0 10 0 3.14
Church, J 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.86
Smith, T 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 3.48
Goldberg 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.88

Great night for Chris Schwinden.  By far Schwinden’s best night with the K’s striking out 10 Power on hte night and yeilding no walks and only 5 hits.  The rest of the pitchers outside of Tim Smith were spotless.  Kai Gronauer was the offensive star with a homerun and 3 RBIs.  Wilmer Flores also pitched in an RBI.

SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Vermont 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 2 2 0
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W: Stewart (2-1, 3.86); L: Fuller, J (3-3, 1.75)
HR: None.
Batter AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Servidio CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .204
Gaski 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .195
Rivera, L RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310
Giarraputo 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .185
Vaughn 3B 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333
Gregory LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .280
Shields SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125
Bonfe, J DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111
Centeno C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .179
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Fuller, J (L, 3-3) 5.0 1 2 2 3 6 0 1.75
Johnson, M 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.86

Ouch tough game for the offense, but nice job by Jim Fuller.

Game 2

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 7 7 1
Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 10 2
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W: McHugh (5-1, 4.11); L: Hicks (2-2, 6.31); SV: Powers (6)
HR: None.
Batter AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Garber CF 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 .286
Doyle C 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .264
Honeck 1B 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .320
Rivera, L LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .311
Vaughn 3B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .368
LeBlanc DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Shields SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .107
Servidio RF 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .209
Nieves 2B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .145
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
McHugh (W, 5-1) 5.1 8 4 3 0 5 0 4.11
Turgeon 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.17
Powers (S, 6) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.46

Much better job for the offense with just Robbie Shields (0-4, K) and Justin Garber (0-0 3BB RBI, 2 R) were the only batters who did not record a hit, but has you can see Garber had a nice game nontheless.

Rk1 – Kingsport Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kingsport 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 2
Pulaski 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 X 5 10 4
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W: Tome (2-3, 7.43); L: Torres, Jh (0-2, 3.00); SV: Merry (1)
HR: PUL: Britton 2 (5).
Batter AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Harris, A 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .308
Semel LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .239
Harris, R CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .244
Flagg 1B 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 .327
Puello, C RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .282
Mollica 3B 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 .267
Steinhauer, K DH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .444
Freeman, J C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .152
Ceciliani, D 1- PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
Mochizuki SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .221
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Torres, Jh (L, 0-2) 5.0 5 3 2 2 1 2 3.00
Melendez 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 0 9.45
Leduc 2.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 7.27

Rk2 – Kingsport Mets

OFF

Recent Transactions: Willy Mo Out, Fernando Up, MORE

MLB – New York Mets

  • Carlos Beltran to the DL
  • DFA Wilson Valdez and Ken Takahashi

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

  • Fernando Martinez, of; Elmer Dessens, rhp; and Pat Misch, lhp promoted to MLB
  • Released Willy Mo Pena, of and Javier Valentin, c

AA – Binghamton Mets

  • Connor Robertson Released
  • Send Emary Frederick, rhp and Jacob Ruckle, rhp to St. Lucie (HiA)

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

  • Promote Ike Davis, 1b to AA Binghamton
  • Activate Reese Havens from DL
  • Add John Maine, rhp and Oliver Perez, lhp
  • Add Jordan Abruzzo, c from extended spring training
  • Mike Nickeas, c off AAA DL and sent to Binghamton.
  • Julio De La Cruz, rhp  on Binghamton DL.

RK – Kingsport Mets

  • Ryan Coultas, rhp and Eric Niesen, lhp transfered to AA

… The ony move I really question here is the release of Willy Mo Pena I thought he was definitely going to contribute on the major league level before the end of the year would be interested to hear the Mets thought process on that one.  And the release of Robertson solidifes the idea that dealing Scott Show in the off season was stricly salary dump reasons…