New York Mets Daily Farm System Report - 4/28

by Stephen Schmidt on Apr 28, 2011 7:01 AM EDT

New York Mets Daily Farm System Report - 4/28

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*All results from games played on Wednesday, April 27th 2011

AAA - Buffalo Bisons (9-12)_______________________________________

BUFFALO 2, ROCHESTER 3 (Box)

Wedged squarely between the disappointment of the Sabres first round loss to the Flyers and the inevitable disappointment of the NFL draft in Buffalo (please don't pick Cam Newton...), the Bisons had the opportunity to steal the spotlight for a night heading out to play their local rivals just 60 miles up the road in Rochester. They jumped out to a two run lead following an RBI single from Jesus Feliciano in the third and a solo shot from the Duda in the fourth. The Rochester pitching would silence the Bison bats from that point on, however, and Rochester rallied for a 3-2 win. All three Bisons on longer hitting streaks (Tejada, Hernandez, Capt. Kirk) saw their respective streaks end last night. Ronny Paulino also had a poor night at the plate as he gets ready to join the big club. All in all, this game was exactly the opposite of the thriller we got to witness at the big league level last night. If you happen to be attending tonight's rematch, at least there will be cheap beer and tickets.

RF Fernando Martinez: 0 for 1, K
CF Kirk Nieuwenhuis: 0 for 4, K; All good things must come to an end
3B Nick Evans: 0 for 4, K
LF Lucas Duda: 2 for 4, K, HR
DH Ronny Paulino: 0 for 4
SS Ruben Tejada: 0 for 3, BB, 2 K
2B Luis Hernandez: 0 for 2, BB, R
RF Jesus Feliciano: 2 for 3, 2B
RHP Manny Acosta: 1 IP, BB, 2 K
RHP Josh Stinson: 5 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, HR

AA - Binghamton Mets (6-10)_____________________________________

BINGHAMTON 4, PORTLAND 9 (Box)

We saw more of the 2010 Brad Holt tonight than the 2008, 2009 version we'd been seeing so far this season as he allowed all sorts of baserunners in a very short outing. ~~Eddie Kunz~~ Allan Dykstra tried to single handedly keep the B-Mets in this one, but Portland smartly turned on the fog machine so the game was called in the 7th ensuring the win. Strange Note: This was the first game since June 26, 2007 that the Bingo staff did not record a strikeout.

SS Jordany Valdespin: 2 for 3, 2B, RBI
IF Josh Satin: 0 for 4
C Kai Gronauer: 1 for 3, 2 K, R
1B Allan Dykstra: 3 for 3, 2 2B, 2 R
RHP Brad Holt: 2.1 IP, 6 H, 7 R (6 ER), 4 BB
LHP Eric Niesen: 1 IP, 2 BB

Hi-A St. Lucie Mets (18-3)________________________________________

ST. LUCIE 9, BRADENTON 4 (Box)

None of our top pitching prospects were going last night in Florida, but the St. Lucie offense doesn't seem to need pitching this season (we might as well try out Nick Evans on the mound in that case). Juan Lagares and Matt den Decker led the way, but the rest of the Mets offense chipped in as well (and they got plenty of help from the opposing defense) to ensure the win. Francisco Pena continues to look like an actual prospect at the plate this season, here's hoping he keeps it up.

SS Wilmer Flores: 1 for 5, 2B, 2 R
RF Cesar Puello: 1 for 5, K, R
CF Matt den Dekker: 2 for 4, HR, 2B, K, R, 4 RBI
3B Jefry Marte: 2 for 5, 2B, R, K, RBI
LF Juan Lagares: 3 for 4, BB, RBI, SB
2B Rylan Sandoval: 0 for 4,K, 2 R
C Francisco Pena: 2 for 4, 2B

Lo-A Savannah Sand Gnats (7-12)__________________________________

SAVANNAH 2, DELMARVA 5 (Box)

It was a relatively uneventful game in Savannah, with both Gnats runs coming by way of the long ball. Eric Goeddel pitched well enough for the Gnats to hang around, but it's hard to expect too many runs when four of your starters are batting under the Mendoza line on the season. Also, Orioles super-prospect SS Manny Machado teed off for his second home run of this series.

3B Aderlin Rodriguez: 1 for 4, HR
RF Cory Vaughn: 0 for 4, 2 K
C Albert Cordero: 0 for 4
2B Wilfredo Tovar: 1 for 4, K
OF Javier Rodriguez: 0 for 2, BB
C Blake Forsythe: 1 for 3, HR, BB, K, R, RBI
RHP Erik Goeddel: 6 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, BB, HR, 4 K
LHP Angel Cuan: 2 IP, 3 R (1 ER), 5 H, 2 K

★ Star of the Night ★

Has to be Allan Dykstra tonight. He was exceptional in an otherwise lousy game for Binghamton. It would sure be nice to actually look back on that trade (or any trade for that matter) in a few seasons and see a clear win.

Goat of the Night

Toss up between Brad Holt and the Bisons offense. I'll give it to Holt this evening just because I was starting to expect good things from him again.

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really disappointing with Holt

i hope it’s just one of those outings and he can put it behind him.

really excited about Goeddel, i think he’s going to become one of our top pitching prospects.

and when did jesus feliciano get back to AAA? i thought he was demoted to AA for a little while because we needed to give PA for our younger OF prospects.

by jhMLB on Apr 28, 2011 9:42 AM EDT reply actions

feliciano

he re-joined buffalo on Sunday after spending a few weeks down in binghamton. and while ab’s were kind of tough to come by with the bisons — and still are — he was mainly sent down because B-Mets CF lorenzo scott was on the DL for a couple weeks and they had no one else on the roster who could capably man center.

by Rob Castellano on Apr 28, 2011 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions

gotcha, thanks for clearing that up

good man he took one for the team.

by jhMLB on Apr 28, 2011 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions

den Dekker

damn this kid has not stopped raking since he became a pro. Finally hit his first HR as a pro (didn’t Ike Davis take awhile before his first 1 too?) Only knock on him so far is his walk rate, but when he is hitting as much as he has, why should he wait around for the walk?

Rob (or anyone who has got to watch him), how fast is he? Has his defense been as good as advertised? I remember stories about how he was the best defensive CF in the draft.

Finally, if Lorenzo Scott is the only CF in Bingo keeping Den Dekker from a promotion, I would imagine it is only a matter of weeks before he is up there.

I LIKE IKE!

by astromets on Apr 28, 2011 12:12 PM EDT reply actions

den dekker

how fast is he? very. see for yourself.

as for his glovework this season, by all accounts he’s lived up to his reputation and then some. and yes, he’ll definitely be up in binghamton at some point in 2011 but i don’t know if it will be quite that soon. unless he forces it by hitting like this for an extended period, i’m thinking closer to the the all-star break.

by Rob Castellano on Apr 28, 2011 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions

ive seen that a 100 times

just wondering how he is on the bases, will he be a basestealer?

I LIKE IKE!

by astromets on Apr 28, 2011 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions

but thanks

i still like that vid

I LIKE IKE!

by astromets on Apr 28, 2011 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions

in short

yes, he’s got more than enough speed to be a very effective base stealer. in his final 3 years at florida he averaged 20 sb’s a year (in approx. 60 games/season).

i can’t speak to his baserunning smarts and i’m sure that’s something that we’ll learn more about this season but he’s got more than enough foot speed.

by Rob Castellano on Apr 28, 2011 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions

also, not mentioned but

Darrin Gorski struck out 10 batters in four innings! I almost expected him to get the star of the night for that. Don’t know much bout this kid but thats impressive

I LIKE IKE!

by astromets on Apr 28, 2011 12:17 PM EDT reply actions

Was going to say the same thing

Who is he? The K/9 is out of control!

by TheBigStapler on Apr 28, 2011 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions

gorski

the 6’4", 23-year old lefty is certainly off to an interesting start for st. lucie:

like you mentioned, the K-rate is incredible and you’ve got to love just 3 walks. strangely lefties are actually hitting .348 against him though. in 2010 he posted a 4.58 ERA with savannah in 25 games (18 starts). while he’s always had pretty decent K-rates, typically he’s had more issues with control and as a pro he’s been a pretty heavily slanted flyball pitcher.

gorski was an ‘09 seventh rounder out of DII kutztown U, so he’s not a complete nobody but he was certainly more of a reach than a steal. BA tabbed him as the fourth best pitcher in DII baseball coming into that draft but also pegged him as a 10th-12th rounder due to a lack of velocity. despite his size and length he still only works in the 88-90mph range which is why we don’t all know his name. he also features a decent curve/change combo.

here’s his scouting video from back in college.

like fellow long lefty chase hutchingson in savannah, it’s always nice to see a big lefty emerge like this but based on his history and more importantly his stuff, i’ll need to see a lot more before i buy in.

by Rob Castellano on Apr 28, 2011 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs