New York Mets Daily Farm System Report - 6/9/11: The DJ Duda show isn't enough

by Stephen Schmidt on Jun 9, 2011 7:00 AM EDT

*All results from games played on Wednesday, June 8th 2011

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AAA - Buffalo Bisons (26-35)_______________________________________

BUFFALO 0, INDIANAPOLIS 1 (Box)

The Duda had another fine outing, smacking two doubles to lead the Bisons offense. DJ Carrasco was exceptional, allowing only three baserunners while striking out eight in seven innings of work. Unfortunately for them, the rest of the team seemed content to sit back and watch them do their thing instead of contributing in any meaningful way leading to the 1-0 loss.

RF Fernando Martinez: 0-4, 2 K
CF Kirk Nieuwenhuis: 0-3, BB, 2 K
LF Lucas Duda: 2-4, 2 2B, K
2B Luis Hernandez: 1-3
RHP DJ Carrasco: 7 IP, 2 H, BB, 8 K
RHP Ryota Igarashi: IP, BB

AA - Binghamton Mets (19-38)_____________________________________

BINGHAMTON 4, HARRISBURG 1 (Box)

Tobi Stoner was solid if unspectacular, and that was enough for Binghamton to get the win. Bubba Bell stole second in the sixth inning and was driven in by ~~Eddie Kunz~~ Allen Dykstra to put the Mets ahead for good. Nice to see the B-Mets snap their all too familiar losing streak...they have way to much talent to be losing two out of every three.

2B Reese Havens: 1-3, 3B, RBI, BB, 2K
SS Jordany Valdespin: 0-3, K
LF Eric Campbell: 0-2, K, BB
IF Josh Satin: 1-4, R, 2K
1B Allan Dykstra: 1-3, RBI, 2K
RHP Tobi Stoner: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, HR

Hi-A St. Lucie Mets (31-28)________________________________________

ST. LUCIE 4, CHARLOTTE 2 (Box)

Matt Harvey did what Matt Harvey has been doing all year, striking out 9 and walking none. As usual, the St. Lucie offense did enough to support the pitching and remained in the lead of their division. Nice to see den Dekker taking a few walks in this one, as that's the only part of his game that really seems to be missing.

SS Wilmer Flores: 2-4, 2 RBI, R
RF Cesar Puello: 1-4, RBI, K
CF Matt den Dekker: 1-3, 2B, R, 2 BB, K
3B Jefry Marte: 1-4, K
C Francisco Pena: 0-3, BB, K
RHP Matt Harvey: 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 9K

Star of the Night

It's nice to see several guys have really good nights at the same time, but it has to be Carrasco for me. Three baserunners and an 8-1 K/BB ratio is fantastic, hopefully he's back in the big pen soon. Matt Harvey and the Duda get hat tips as well.

Goat of the Night

Tough call here as well, but the entire Bisons offense outside of the Duda really should get the horns tonight. It always hurts to see a great start like that go to waste.

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wow dj has really turned things around

nice to see business as usual from harvey

by jhMLB on Jun 9, 2011 7:27 AM EDT reply actions

Harvey

just looked up his numbers, and they are awesome, especially if you take out the 1 bad start where he gave up 8ER in 3.2 IP. that gives him 56.2 IP with only 8 ER the rest of teh season

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by Rickfansince76 on Jun 9, 2011 7:30 AM EDT reply actions

Harvey and Familia

Even though Harvey’s numbers are more dominating, I like Familia’s approach to develop a pitch, walks/hits be dammed. Might be that Harvey is already more polished with a developed repertoire, but Familia’s numbers might be misleading. The prospects should use their time in the minors to improve. If Harvey can develop and post the results at the same time, great.

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The Unwritten Rules of AA

by Michkin on Jun 9, 2011 8:28 AM EDT up reply actions

Harvey has four pitches he can throw for strikes

Though the starts I have heard, he has mostly been dominating with his fastball.

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by Jeffrey Paternostro on Jun 9, 2011 8:50 AM EDT up reply actions

Is he using all his pitches?

Or has the organization forced him to work on just 3?

by TheBigStapler on Jun 9, 2011 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions

From the starts I've listened to

He hasn’t thrown the curveball all that much, mostly FB/CU/SL

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by Jeffrey Paternostro on Jun 9, 2011 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions

Can you tell us more about his secondary pitches? (pure stuff, usage, command, movement, swing strikes, etc)

Can you give us a comparison about his progression and development to Pelf or even Mejia?

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by Michkin on Jun 9, 2011 9:21 AM EDT up reply actions

I got just a bit concerned when you say he has mostly been dominating with his fastball.

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by Michkin on Jun 9, 2011 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions

Don't have my notebook in front of me

But from what I remember. Fastball has plus velocity, flashes plus plus at time. Velocity holds up okay, but he still needs to build up some stamina.

The slider is his best secondary offering. It’s coming along nicely, considering it is a new pitch and has a chance to be above average. He throws it for strikes consistently.

Change-up is solid, about 10 mph slower than his fastball. Gets swings and misses by Hi-A hitters, but I don’t know if it is a pitch he controls well enough yet to beat more advanced hitters.

Curve seems like a show me pitch at this point.

Command and Control have been better than his scouting report coming out of college, but it still leaves him at times.

Basically he’s a polished college guy with a very, very good fastball. That is enough to beat up FSL hitters. We won’t really know what we have in Harvey until we see him at the upper levels. Pelfrey was actually more dominant at lower levels than Harvey, but his secondary stuff today might not be as refined as Harvey’s.

He doesn’t have Mejia’s upside, I think, but is more likely to be a starter in the majors for a long time.

If he refines his secondary stuff a little more, I could see him turning into Daniel Hudson. A big, pretty durable righty that throws mostly plus fastballs, but mixes in a good slider and change.

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by Jeffrey Paternostro on Jun 9, 2011 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions

It's a really good fastball

He stills throws other stuff, but that fastball is probably already at least on par with Mejia

by Stephen Schmidt on Jun 9, 2011 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions

this

Familia sounds so exciting as a prospect, mastering his changeup at A ball, his slider at AA and a fastball > 94 mph

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by astromets on Jun 9, 2011 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions

The stats I look at most with minor leaguers are strikeouts and walks

So even though he gave up some hits and runs, I consider this an excellent start for Harvey. Amazing peripherals.

by TheBigStapler on Jun 9, 2011 8:39 AM EDT up reply actions

Den Dekker

still over .300 and over .900 OPS, with 52 strikeouts in 249 PA is basically 1K/5 AB

I would say he needs to cut that in half to be a top of the order guy

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by Rickfansince76 on Jun 9, 2011 7:32 AM EDT reply actions

Den Dekkers's K's are high at a 22.3% rate

That’s not great, but we’ve seen worse. I agree with Stephen that he needs to raise his 5.9 BB% rate. He currently has an .863 OPS, BTW, and a .382 wOBA and 135 wRC+ which is pretty good.

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by Russ on Jun 9, 2011 7:51 AM EDT up reply actions

this

k-rates are a problem, but won’t prevent a hitter from being great if they walk and hit enough. i am really not afraid of guys with high k-rates if their bb-rates are really high too because it says to me they are very selective in their approach

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by astromets on Jun 9, 2011 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions

DJ Carrasco.

Has serious thought actually been given to putting him back in the big league pen? I only ask because I could see the front office being worried about our ridiculous lack of SP depth. Mr. Santana should be back in hopefully a month, month and a half or so. The key will be treading water (to use an oft-quoted phrase) until we get Ike, Wright and Santana back.

I say put him in the pen right now. These late losses are brutal.

by Fmaxpont on Jun 9, 2011 9:55 AM EDT reply actions

carrasco

i’m sure they’ve considered it and are probably doing so again as we speak after last night’s mess. parnell and beato are one thing but the club just won’t carry a guy like thayer for long if he’s not going to produce, especially not sandy & co. who seem quick to act on these types of matters.

as for carrasco, he’s certainly tightened things up over his last couple starts but even before that he seemed to be consistently pitching at that good, not great level that has made him a solid reliever the last few years. i’m expecting that we’ll see him in the next couple weeks.

by Rob Castellano on Jun 9, 2011 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions

Like Takahashi?

Carrasco could be like Hisanori Takahashi from last year, first put in the bullpen and called to be a starter if the starting rotation is thin like it was when he started a few games last year.

by htmlfreak on Jun 9, 2011 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions

thing is

Schwinden was going to be our first guy up from AAA to make a spot start anyway, so what is the point of Carrasco being a backup starter in the minors?

Also, why did we demote O’Connor when he was one of our best relievers?

I LIKE IKE!

by astromets on Jun 9, 2011 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions

The Captain

I think Kirk hurt himself today – Left the game after a swing, apparent left shoulder injury. Probably related to the injury from the diving catch before.

sigh.

Duda went yard again. beast.

by Dep on Jun 9, 2011 11:53 AM EDT reply actions