New York Mets Daily Farm System Report - 8/4/11

by Stephen Schmidt on Aug 4, 2011 7:17 AM EDT in Mets Minor League

*All results from games played on Wednesday, August 3rd 2011

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AA - Binghamton Mets (44-67)_____________________________________

ALTOONA 4, BINGHAMTON 3 (Box)

Tobi Stoner left the Curve dazed and confused through seven excellent innings, but the B-Mets bullpen couldn't nail down the victory for him. Josh Stinson allowed 3 runs in the 8th to take the loss last evening. Eric Cambell broke an 0-13 skid with a pretty nice night at the plate to lead the B-Mets offense.

2B Reese Havens: 1-3, BB, RBI
3B Eric Campbell: 2-4, HR, K, RBI, 2 R
CF Matt Den Dekker: 1-3, K
1B Allan Dykstra: 0-1, K
SS Jordany Valdespin: 0-4, K
RHP Tobi Stoner: 7 IP, 2 H, 1 R (0 ER), 4 K, 3 BB

Hi-A St. Lucie Mets (20-18)________________________________________

ST. LUCIE 6, JUPITER 1 (Box)

There was a second game that got started but was suspended in the third inning due to rain. Nobody we usually highlight has done anything as of yet, so I'll skip that one for this morning. St. Lucie is trailing 1-0 in the top of the third, and it's scheduled to be finished today.

Pedro Zapata got the game going the right way for St. Lucie, homering on the first pitch of the game. That was really about all the help Greg Peavey would need in this one, although the Mets piled on 5 more runs in the 6th once they got into the bullpen.

RF Cory Vaughn: 0-2, K, RBI
3B Jefry Marte: 1-3, 3B, BB
SS Wilmer Flores: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R
RF Cesar Puello: 1-4, K, R
C Francisco Pena: 0-1, 2 BB
RHP Gregory Peavey: 7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 6 K, 1 BB - Complete game

Lo-A Savannah Sand Gnats (25-14)__________________________________

SAVANNNAH 2, AUGUSTA 0 (Box)

Ryan Fraser and Michael Hebert combined to allow just 4 hits on the evening as Savannah cruised to yet another win. The win pushes the Gnats to 20 games over .500 on the season, and I'd expect to see some guys from Brooklyn promoted as the season winds down to help the offense in the playoff push (namely Danny Muno).

CF Darrell Ceciliani: 0-3, BB
3B Aderlin Rodriguez: 1-3, 2B, R
2B Wilfredo Tovar: 0-4, K
C Blake Forsythe: 1-4, 2 K, R
C Albert Cordero: 2-3
RHP Ryan Fraser: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 5 K, 2 BB

Short Season A- Brooklyn Cyclones (25-21)_______________________________________

BROOKLYN 3, WILLIAMSPORT 2 (Box)

The Cyclones won this one on a walk off sac fly by Javier Rodriguez. Travis Taijeron and Nelfi Zapata drove in a pair of runs in the second, but that would account for all of the offense until the ninth. The clubs conclude their series tonight at 7 with the game scheduled to be on SNY.

SS Danny Muno: 2-4, 2B, BB, K
RF Javier Rodriguez: 0-2, 2 BB, RBI
3B Brian Harrison: 1-4, R
CF Travis Taijeron: 2-4, 3B, RBI, R
C Nelfi Zapata: 3-4, RBI
OF Chase Greene: 1-4, R
RHP Marcos Camarena: 5 IP, 1 ER, 5 K, BB

Applachian League (R)- Kingsport Mets (19-23)_______________________________________

ELIZABETHTOWN 6, KINGSPORT 5 (Box)

The Mets scored 5 times against the Twins starter but managed only two baserunners once they went to their bullpen. Outfielder Dustin Lawley had an excellent outing for the Mets, going 3-5 in the losing effort.

C Camden Maron: 1-3, 2 BB, R
CF Tillman Pugh: 1-4, K, RBI
LF Julio Concepcion: 1-4, R
OF Gregory Pron: 0-3, BB, K, R
C Jeffrey Glenn: 0-4, 2 K

Gulf Coast League (R)- GCL Mets (19-18)_______________________________________

GCL CARDINALS 5, GCL METS 4 (Box)

The Mets manged 7 hits and 4 runs in the first 4 innings of this one, but were then held to only 2 more hits in this 14 inning affair. Poor offense and poor fielding didn't make this a great one to watch, but the 7 pitchers the Mets used managed to keep it close despite all of that.

CF Eudy Pina: 0-6, 2 K, R
C Jeyckol De Leon: 2-6, 2 RBI
RF Gilbert Gomez: 1-5, HR, BB, K, RBI, R
SS Randoll Santana: 0-5

★ Star of the Night ★

Greg Peavey gets the nod for a very solid complete game for St. Lucie. Tobi Stoner was a close second.

Goat of the Night

Josh Stinson earns the horns for ruining Stoner's great outing. I guess that's the life of a reliever though...

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I wonder what this means going forward

I was looking at Hyde’s blog, 17 year old 3rd baseman Elvis Sanchez in the DSL, one of the higher rated IFA’s we signed last year has a .151/.383/.217 in 213 PA. He has a 25.4% BB%. That is ridiculous and not that small of a sample size. I wonder how BB% hold up for someone in the DSL as they advance, cause it may just be the pitchers are really wild and he’s just taking advantage of it and getting on base.

by Evan_S on Aug 4, 2011 7:39 AM EDT reply actions

yeah

i pointed that out last saturday, sanchez is definitely putting up an extremely unique line. but to your point, how much should we take from it?

well, looking at some previous examples, i’d say a little but let’s not go nuts. ruben tejada spent his age 17 season in the VSL — a level as raw if not more so than the DSL — and posted a very nice 1:1 BB-to-K rate. going forward they definitely regressed a bit as he’s climbed the ladder but he has always maintained the strong plate discipline he showed in the DSL.

juan lagares also spent his 17-yr old season there and posted around 6% BB-rates, compared to a career rate around 3%. however, the silver lining there is that he was a rushed prospect and now that he’s caught back up he is posting rates around 6% again.

however, then we look at jordany valdespin who also posted an impressive nearly 1:1 BB-to-K rate but as he progressed that plate discipline absolutely fell apart and now that is one of the biggest weaknesses of his game. however, he played in the DSL as a 20-yr old, for whatever that’s worth. basically i’d say that it likely shows a repeatable skill set but like all numbers in the DSL, should be taken with a huge grain of salt.

by Rob Castellano on Aug 4, 2011 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions

Thanks

I hope it’s a repeatable skill. Nobody walks 25% of the time other than early 2000s Barry Bonds, but if he can maintain a ~15% walk rate as he progresses, and learns to hit, he’ll be an excellent prospect.

by Evan_S on Aug 4, 2011 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Is Michael Hebert a prospect to watch?

He’s still relatively young (looks like he’ll be 21 next week) and he’s pitched very well in a small sample between his rehab in the GCL and now in Savannah. As a former 7th rounder out of HS, does he have any chance of a major league future? What is his stuff like?

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by Steve Schreiber on Aug 4, 2011 11:20 AM EDT reply actions

hebert

i mention a bit about him in the upcoming Savannah review (tomorrow) but in short, i wouldn’t say he’s a prospect but he’s at least worth keeping an eye on. he’s the kind of guy who hasn’t quite pitched up to his stuff — solid 91-94 fb, good/inconsistent curve — but as a 20-21 yr old, he could easily figure things out and put his name on the map. in fact, like you pointed out he’s already begun to do that so i wouldn’t be surprised at all to see a strong year out of him with savannah in 2012.

by Rob Castellano on Aug 4, 2011 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions