Thursday morning applesauce: Gee wins 11th, Santana back to St. Lucie, run Reyes run

by Stephen Schmidt on Aug 18, 2011 9:18 AM EDT in Applesauce

The Mets managed their first ever series win at Petco yesterday with a 7-3 win. The last time we took a series in San Diego was at Qualcomm park in 2002. The win marked the 11th of the season for rookie Dillon Gee.

Jose Reyes is scheduled to do some running on Friday, and if it goes well I'd guess he'll return fairly quickly. In more news from the injury front, Johan Santana is returning to St. Lucie. He will begin throwing in about a week.

After notching his 300th save, Izzy isn't certain he's retiring. It doesn't sound like he's wiling to be the type of bargain he was this season, so I'd guess the chances of a return to Queens are fairly minimal.

Ed Coleman has a piece on 1st rounder Brandon Nimmo, and it has quite a few soundbites for you.

We touched on Terry Collins comments regarding Pedro Beato yesterday. Howard Megdal offers his take on that subject here.

Jeff called out Ted Berg for his hatred of prospects yesterday, which he responded to on his blog.

Around the NL East:

The Philies beat the D'Backs9-2 yesterday. In other philthy news, BTB took a look at the volatility of Cliff Lee.

The Braves weren't as successful as the Phillls yesterday, losing to the Giants. They added Wes Helms to the team yesterday as well.

The Marlins lost to the Rockies yesterday.

The disappointing Reds beat the Nats 2-1. Stephen Strasburg had a very unimpressive rehab start as well. In better news for the Nats, FanGraphs was impressed by the results of their draft.

Around MLB:

Brandon Morrow must have had a good feeling when he shut down his old club.

Red Sox DH David Ortiz will be out of action for about a week.

Kurt Suzuki went deep twice as the A's got past the Orioles.

FanGraphs does a little Q&A with Charlie Haeger about his knuckleball. This kind of stuff never gets old to me.

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We need to traid for this Charlie Haegar

Immediately.

Ryan Miller was the true MVP. See my profile for rant.

by Jsz on Aug 18, 2011 9:39 AM EDT reply actions

News flash to Izzy

You’ve been a sub-replacement level pitcher on the season.

by Balagast on Aug 18, 2011 9:40 AM EDT reply actions

With the Izzy business

is there any chance he’s a type B free agent? And if so is there anyone dumb enought to sign him?

by revans on Aug 18, 2011 9:48 AM EDT reply actions

He's close.

As of 8/15, he sits at 47.6 points according to MLBTR’s Elias rankings and the lowest threshold for Type B status is 55.97. He’s not there yet, but there’s a shot that he might just get there if he pitches well and is lucky enough to vulture a few saves and wins.

Chamption of the R.A. Dickey Face contest and "Cromulent Photoshopper Extraordinaire" of Amazin' Avenue!
You might know me as mistermet.

by Steve Schreiber on Aug 18, 2011 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions

Wouldn't you think he'd accept Arb if offered though?

No one is going to give him a muli-year deal.

by Balagast on Aug 18, 2011 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions

The supplemental pick for us, we need a lot of things to happen:

1) He actually qualifies for Type B
2) Mets offer him arbitration
3) He rejects arbitration
4) Another team signs him
5) And he doesn’t change his mind and retires before next season (or gets injured)

So, we shouldn’t count on that.

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The Unwritten Rules of AA

by Michkin on Aug 18, 2011 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions

If he accepts, so what?

He’s making like 500k this year. He’d make what…like a million in arbitration next year? I understand he’s worth slightly negative WAR this year, but he’s been relatively decent and that’s not much of a risk for the potential gain of a top 50 draft pick.

He also might be able to get more on a one year deal elsewhere.

Chamption of the R.A. Dickey Face contest and "Cromulent Photoshopper Extraordinaire" of Amazin' Avenue!
You might know me as mistermet.

by Steve Schreiber on Aug 18, 2011 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I know I am going to get bashed for this...

Normally I would not do this and have never before but here goes…

My wife and I were displaced due to the historic Mouse/Souris River Flood in Minot ND. (If you need to verify this flood just google.) Black Eyed Peas (yuck) are hosting a benefit concert in Minot, tickets are $100 a pop. My wife is a fan and really wants to go but cant afford to take her. There is a “rockstar” contest going on to win 2 tickets. I would like to win but I need some help. All I ask is that you go to facebook.com/TeamRockstar, like their page, click on photos>IMMA Rockstar Contest album>Find my photo (black and white pic of my wife and I dancing at our wedding) and like the picture.

If it helps any, my wife told me that if we can go to the concert, she will take me to a Mets game. She is a fan. Also one of the top pics on the site, they are Phillies fans….I despise them!

by LSUtoast on Aug 18, 2011 10:11 AM EDT reply actions

That is the most convoluted scheme to go to a baseball game with your wife!

Where do you go to see the Mets in North Dakota?

by TheBigStapler on Aug 18, 2011 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions

Not in ND

but it will be in NY. And Hey its the only way i get to go

by LSUtoast on Aug 18, 2011 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions

I "liked" the picture

but it’s not very rock starish.

by lstorie1971 on Aug 18, 2011 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions

Brandon Nimmo seems reasonably smart and articulate

I like this kid.

by TheBigStapler on Aug 18, 2011 11:03 AM EDT reply actions

All Ted

What annoys me is the impatience with which fans seem to track prospects and the authority with which they purport to scout them. Even for baseball teams armed with legions of professional scouts, predicting which young players will turn out good and which will suck is a game of educated guesswork.

Love it. And it’s equally true when fans decree that a given GCLer will never make it because he strikes out too much, etc. We need to recognize our fallibility when bashing or lauding prospects. That said, Brandon Nimmo is a surefire hall-of-famer.

by tmu on Aug 18, 2011 12:06 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs