New York Mets Daily Farm System Report - 8/29/11

by Stephen Schmidt on Aug 29, 2011 6:00 AM EDT in Mets Minor League

*All results from games played on Sunday, August 28th 2011

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AAA - Buffalo Bisons (59-76)_______________________________________

BUFFALO 3, ROCHESTER 1 (Box)

Buffalo got 7 solid innings out of Pat Misch, and AAAA Pascucci hit another homer to lead the Herd past the Red Wings last night.

SS Jordany Valdespin: 1-4, K
IF Josh Satin: 0-2, BB
3B Zach Lutz: 1-4, 2 K

Hi-A St. Lucie Mets (32-30)________________________________________

ST. LUCIE 11, BRADENTON 5 (Box)

There isn't really much I can add to this box score...hitting lots of balls a long way generally wins games.

RF Cory Vaughn: 2-5, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 R
3B Jefry Marte: 1-4, BB, R
SS Wilmer Flores: 0-5, R
RF Cesar Puello: 4-4, 2 R
RF Gilbert Gomez: 4-5, 2 HR, K, 2 RBI, 3 R
C Francisco Pena: 0-5, K
RHP Gregory Peavey: 4 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 K, 2 BB

Lo-A Savannah Sand Gnats (37-26)__________________________________

CHARLESTON 5, SAVANNNAH 1 (Box)

It was a pretty weak showing for the Gnats, as Yohan Almonte did not have his best stuff last night. The offense didn't really do anything to help either by waiting until the 8th to put any runs on the board. The solo run came as the result of a pair of doubles from Luis Nieves and Wilfredo Tovar.

3B Aderlin Rodriguez: 1-4, K
2B Wilfredo Tovar: 2-4, 2 2B, RBI
C Albert Cordero: 0-3, K
RHP Yohan Almonte: 4 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 2 K, 1 BB

Applachian League (R)- Kingsport Mets (37-29)_______________________________________

KINGSPORT 5, BRISTOL 3 (Box)

Kingsport got going in the second with a couple of doubles, a walk, and a single. They'd tack on two more in the sixth with a two RBI single by Jonathan Clark, and the 5 run lead would be insurmountable. It was a nice outing from Jacob Lugo to keep Bristol contained while the Mets built up their lead.

CF Brandon Nimmo:1-2, 2 BB, K - Keith Law is not impressed
C Jeffrey Glenn: 2-5, 2B, 2 K, R
RHP Jacob Lugo: 5 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 6 K, BB

★ Star of the Night ★

Kind of a toss up tonight between Vaughn and Gomez, so I'll let them split the honors. Throw in Puello, and it was a very good night for hitters in the FSL

Goat of the Night

I'll keep it in the FSL and give it to Francisco Pena. He had a poor night in an otherwise tremendous offensive game.

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Keith Law seems like an angry little man.

by tmu on Aug 29, 2011 8:38 AM EDT reply actions

Harper or GTFO!

by Shevshevy on Aug 29, 2011 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions

In fairness

If I had to deal with the ESPN commentariat asking me questions about prospects all the time, I would probably be an even larger asshole than klaw.

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by Jeffrey Paternostro on Aug 29, 2011 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions

But with slightly less attention to fairness

he really ought to know better than to tweet a flip, curt response when asked about a prospect who has been playing for all of a handful of games.

by tmu on Aug 29, 2011 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah

I mean, I’ve seen Goldstein do the same thing for plenty of guys, though he is probably less actively a jerk on twitter than klaw is. I don’t know, it was a stupid question. But if he had the characters to just tweet “7 games” or something I guess that would have been better.

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by Jeffrey Paternostro on Aug 29, 2011 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm sure Law's full answer would be Small Sample Size, relax a little guys.

But he’s kind of a dick, so he just goes with No.

by FrancoTAU on Aug 29, 2011 11:56 AM EDT reply actions

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by Coolpapabell on Aug 29, 2011 12:14 PM EDT reply actions

Eh, no biggie.

When I write about Keith Law(which isn’t often) the words ‘not impressed’ almost always immediately follow, so I guess I’m used to seeing those words lumped together and not worrying too much about it.

by Mike Uhrich on Aug 29, 2011 1:00 PM EDT reply actions

Do we care about Cory Vaughn's Ks?

It seems to me like an .800+ OPS in a pitchers’ league like Savannah isn’t too shabby. He could be in Bingo by the end of next season.

by tmu on Aug 29, 2011 1:24 PM EDT reply actions

Or earlier

Not sure he’ll start there, but he is 22. . . .

by tmu on Aug 29, 2011 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Yes

His swing has a lot of moving parts, so the fact that he is striking out this much at A ball should be worrisome, especially since he hasn’t shown elite power this year.

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by Jeffrey Paternostro on Aug 29, 2011 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I would say the strikeouts are less worrisome than his overall performance,

as it is still ‘just’ 22% of the time. I don’t know about the FSL, but average k-rates are usually 17-19%. The walking is nice, but the rest of his stats portray a poor, BABIP driven season. His high came when he was raking in Savannah without much power but a .400 BABIP, been all downhill since.

@tmu, I would say there is no way he starts at AA next year, though I imagine he will work hard and be in a good position for a promotion as the season progresses. I personally don’t think the numbers say he is ready yet for AA; and I think den Dekker and Lagares will be 2/3 of the OF rotation for Bingo, with upper level OF depth filling out the other spots to start the season

I LIKE IKE!

by astromets on Aug 29, 2011 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions

satin...

what are the chances he doesnt get the call? i feel like hes been struggling a bit lately…i hope a late season, week-long slump doesnt stop them from a few september ab’s

by metsmetsmetsmets on Aug 29, 2011 1:46 PM EDT reply actions