Well 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.
Stars of the Night:
AAA – Ruben Tejada (1-3, 2B, SB)
AA – Mike Nickeas (1-2, 2 BB, RBI)
HiA – Kyle Allen (8 IP, 1 R, 7 H, 3 K, 0 BB)
LoA – Game suspended
AAA – Buffalo Bisons
Dylan Owen had a pretty decent start. He ran into some trouble in the 5th inning when he loaded the bases, but was able to come out of the inning unscathed. He left with a chance at a win, but poor bullpen work from Jose De La Torre and Bobby Parnell cost him a second win in as many starts in AAA.
AA – Binghamton Mets
HiA – St. Lucie Mets
LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats
Game suspended due to rain in the 13th inning.
Stars of the Night:
AAA – Argenis Reyes
AA – Ruben Tejada
HiA – Reese Havens
LoA – Chris Schwinden
SSA – Jim Fuller/Justin Garber
Rk1 – Ryan Mollica
Rk2 – OFF
AAA – Buffalo Bisons
AA – Binghamton Mets
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Recap | Box | 
W: Bumgarner (7-1, 1.56); L: Niesen (1-5, 7.36)
HR: CON: Witter (2), Bumgarner (1). BIN: Tejada (3).
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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
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Recap | Box |
W: Willinsky (5-2, 3.18); L: Shaw, S (4-6, 3.75); SV: Henderson (2)
HR: STL: Havens (9).
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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
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Recap | Box |
W: Schwinden (7-5, 3.14); L: Leach (3-1, 2.58)
HR: SAV: Gronauer (6).
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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
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| Brooklyn |
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0 |
0 |
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0 |
2 |
0 |
| Vermont |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
X |
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2 |
2 |
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Recap | Box |
W: Stewart (2-1, 3.86); L: Fuller, J (3-3, 1.75)
HR: None.
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Ouch tough game for the offense, but nice job by Jim Fuller.
Game 2
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| Brooklyn |
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4 |
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1 |
0 |
0 |
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7 |
7 |
1 |
| Vermont |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
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4 |
10 |
2 |
Recap | Box | | Game Story: VER
W: McHugh (5-1, 4.11); L: Hicks (2-2, 6.31); SV: Powers (6)
HR: None.
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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
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| Kingsport |
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1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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3 |
5 |
2 |
| Pulaski |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
X |
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5 |
10 |
4 |
Recap | Box
W: Tome (2-3, 7.43); L: Torres, Jh (0-2, 3.00); SV: Merry (1)
HR: PUL: Britton 2 (5).
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Rk2 – Kingsport Mets
OFF
Stars of the Night:
AAA – Chip Ambres
AA – Ruben Tejada
HiA – Kirk Nieuwenhuis
LoA – Wilmer Flores
SSA – Nick Santomauro
Rk1 – Kurt Steinhauer
Rk2 – Charles Hinojosa
AAA – Buffalo Bisons
AA – Binghamton Mets
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| Final |
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E |
| Erie |
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0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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5 |
10 |
1 |
| Binghamton |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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5 |
0 |
Recap | Box |
W: Weber (3-2, 3.57); L: Brown, E (4-11, 5.98)
HR: None.
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This loss raises Eric Brown’s consecutive lose streak all the way up to 7. The dude has been straight up awful this year do not know why he is still starting I would much rather have a bag of balls on the mound. The offense didn’t help him out much with only 5 hits. Ruben Tejada had the only XBH and Jose Coronado had the only RBI.
HiA – St. Lucie Mets
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| Cmpl. Early: Rain |
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| Daytona |
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3 |
0 |
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0 |
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3 |
5 |
1 |
| St. Lucie |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
X |
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2 |
5 |
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Recap | Box |
W: Leverton (7-8, 4.35); L: Waechter (3-3, 7.11); SV: Pina (1)
HR: DAY: Chirinos (11).
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St. Lucie got screwed out of a win thanks to the rain ending the game early in just a 1 run game. Not much to speak of at all except Kirk Nieuwenhuis with a multi hit game and RBI.
LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats
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| Hickory |
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0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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2 |
4 |
2 |
| Savannah |
4 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
X |
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11 |
14 |
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Recap | Box |
W: Allen, K (7-5, 4.08); L: Wieland (2-2, 5.14)
HR: HIC: Morrison (15).
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The offense jumped on the opposition early and often tallying 11 runs in just 3 innings. The offense was led in part by a 4-4 performance by Wilmer Flores who by Mike Newman’s account hit the ball “hard and all over the field”, a very encouraging sign from the youngster. Sean Ratliff drove in 2 runs and Eric Campbell drove in 3. Kyle Allen was spectacular, but was extremely solid yet again. 09 draft pick John Church is putting up some good stats out of the pen using his somewhat ‘power arsenal’.
SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones
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| Final |
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9 |
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| Auburn |
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0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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1 |
5 |
0 |
| Brooklyn |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
X |
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2 |
7 |
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Recap | Box
W: Gorski, D (1-1, 3.52); L: Sever (2-2, 3.41); SV: Powers (5)
HR: AUB: Ramirez, W (2). BRK: Santomauro (1).
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Great day for 2009 draft picks. Nick Santomauro went deep for the first time in his minor league career, Robbie Shields was moved up to the 2 spot (like I said to do with him) and it worked going 2-3 with a triple and walk, Darin Gorski picked up his first win with 6 innings of 2 hit ball, and Wesley Wrenn pitched 2 scoreless innings with 2 k’s.
Rk1 – Kingsport Mets
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| Final |
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H |
E |
| Kingsport |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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13 |
14 |
2 |
| Greeneville |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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4 |
10 |
4 |
Recap | Box |
W: Hilliard (2-1, 2.16); L: Cruz, L (1-2, 5.35)
HR: KNG: Harris, A (7), Steinhauer, K 2 (3).
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This power that Alonzo Harris has been showing is unreal. He already has 7 homeruns and is up to 23 RBI’s. His slugging % is a whopping .581. He even has 6 steals. Darrell Ceciliani is really stepping up his game now going 3-5. Star fo the night is definitely Kurt Steinhauer with 2 homeruns and 4 RBI’s.
Rk2 – GCL Mets
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| GCL Marlins |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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4 |
6 |
1 |
| GCL Mets |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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3 |
7 |
5 |
Recap | Box
W: Tucker (1-0, 2.25); L: Hodge, L (2-1, 1.52); SV: Topp (2)
HR: None.
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Stars of the Night:
AAA – Mike Lamb
AA – Ruben Tejada
HiA – Francisco Pena
LoA – OFF – (All-Star break)
SSA – Doc Doyle
Rk1 – Alonzo Harris
Rk2 – Off
AAA – Buffalo Bisons
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| Final |
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E |
| Buffalo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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2 |
9 |
1 |
| Scranton/WB |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
X |
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3 |
5 |
0 |
Recap | Box |
W: Mitre (3-1, 2.40); L: Takahashi (0-1, 0.90); SV: Ramirez, E (3)
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AA – Binghamton Mets
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| Final |
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9 |
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H |
E |
| Binghamton |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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11 |
17 |
2 |
| New Britain |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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8 |
11 |
2 |
Recap | Box |
W: Robertson, C (1-0, 2.57); L: Gutierrez, C (1-3, 6.61) HR: None.
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HiA – St. Lucie Mets
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| Final |
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2 |
3 |
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8 |
9 |
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H |
E |
| St. Lucie |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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8 |
13 |
2 |
| Jupiter |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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2 |
6 |
1 |
Recap | Box |
W: Shaw, S (4-4, 3.57); L: Rosario, J (6-3, 2.59)
HR: STL: Pena, F (5).
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LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats
OFF – (All-Star Break)
SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones
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Recap | Box
W: Rondon (1-1, 1.48); L: Cohoon (4-1, 2.38); SV: Marte, R (2) HR: SI: Medchill (4).
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Rk1 – Kingsport Mets
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| Final |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
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R |
H |
E |
| Bristol |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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4 |
9 |
1 |
| Kingsport |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
X |
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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).
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