The Mets’ offense is bad. They just don’t score a lot of runs… face it, they don’t score a little runs too often. With not much offense coming from anyone not named David Wright or Daniel Murphy, I think I have the solution: It is time to bring Wilmer Flores up. Wilmer Flores is hitting .308/.349/.488 in AAA and he’s driving in plenty of runs 52 in 66 games. He’s played mostly second base and…
With 40 Rounds and the Mets selecting players between 11th overall and 1196th overall, the draft can seem daunting. This is a cheat sheet for Met fans who want to know about their draft picks without doing hours of research. 11th: Dominic Smith Position – He’s a solid first baseman and could be the first baseman of the future for the Mets. He has been a pitcher and an outfielder but his defense will only…
I went to an actual Met game for a change. It was a mistake as the Mets lost 8-4 but the highlight of the game for me was seeing the minor league update and hearing that Cesar Puello had collected three hits the night before. It’s likely that you’ve heard Puello’s name before but it might be more for his unfortunate connection to Ryan Braun and Alex Rodriguez than his baseball play. Puello jumped into…
Round 3: Winners: Boston got Denney and if they can sign him he’s the clear pick of the round. Pick #76: Ivan Wilson, RF, [Ruston HS] Scouting: At 6’3” and 220 Lbs Wilson is a big player who projects to have a big bat. The power is there and he seems to have enough of a hitting background to make an impact. He’s an athlete and while he’s listed as a center fielder he seems…
I wrote last Saturday about the draft and selected a pretty auspicious group of players to be joining the Metropolitan ranks. With my analysis the Mets would have come away with three college bats and a talented high school pitcher. You’ll recall that I thought the Mets could come away with: Hunter Renfroe, OF [Mississippi State, Junior] (Drafted: 13, San Diego Padres) Michael Lorenzen, OF [Cal State Fullerton, Junior] (Drafted: 38, Cincinnati Reds) Andrew Knapp,…
After a spot start in AAA Rafael Montero was returned to AA where I feared he might get sloppy and stumble. Frankly it’s been the opposite. It’s as if he’s said, “I’ve seen better, these AA guys don’t offer me any challenge.” Since coming back down he’s thrown 13.0 scoreless innings, given up only 9 hits and 3 walks and struck out 12. Ordinarily I would be elated by a pitcher doing this in AA,…
Round 1: With the 11th pick overall the Mets will likely be drafting a college outfielder. The good news is that this draft is deep in college outfielders. Once upon a time I might have hoped for Kris Bryant, but that is pretty well impossible. So who are we looking at? #11, Hope For – Austin Meadows: Meadows has “5-Tool Potential” a saying that makes me cringe and think of names like Alex Escobar and…
Triple-A Las Vegas has been an interesting place for the past 10 games or so. Some players are putting on shows and it HAS to make some people wonder when they might be called up to help that team in Queens. Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Omar Quintanilla, Josh Satin, Wilmer Flores and Francisco Pena all have made cases in the past week to be thought of for promotion. Nieuwenhuis is a name we know. He has been…
This was a tough week to choose a star. Instead it’s a group of names that some know and some don’t. Zach Lutz – Before the season Lutz looked like the best hitter in the Met’s upper minors but after being sent to the minors (because he doesn’t play a useful position) Lutz was mired in a slump. He hit a dismal .218 in April with only 1 HR to his credit. May has seen…
We are getting closer to the “Super Two” cut-off and that means we’re also getting closer to promotion time in minor league land. Once teams don’t need to sacrifice a year of cheap service they promote their star prospects to the majors and that vacuum will have an effect on players at every level of the system. Yet I wanted to talk about the player who I think is MOST ready for a promotion to…
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