New York Mets Daily Farm System Report - 8/7: TGI Kingsport

New York Mets Daily Farm System Report - 8/7

*All results from games played on Saturday, August 6th 2011

My presence at last night's rain-drenched affair + early morning breakfast plans = short and sweet report

AAA - Buffalo Bisons (48-66)_______________________________________

BUFFALO 1, PAWTUCKET 11 (Box) There's very little worth saying about this game. I guess it's notable when IF Josh Satin doesn't get two hits, which he had the past four nights in a row. Starter LHP Pat Misch was predictably meh. The corpse of LHP Gustavo Chacin allowed seven earned in 1/3 of an inning. Former Met farmhand Royce Ring closed the game out for the PawSox; do yourself a favor and check out the 'stache he's currently rocking.

• 3B Zach Lutz: 1-3, BB; First game back since getting beaned in the head (again) back on July 19th...was hit by a meteor walking back to his car after the game
• 1B Josh Satin: 2-4, 2B, E(2); Shifted to first with Evans back up, hit streak to 13 in just his 15th Triple-A affair
• RF Fernando Martinez: 0-4
• 1B Nick Evans: DNP; I hope somebody is racking up frequent flyer miles for all his trips back and forth this year
• RF Mike Baxter: 0-3, BB, K, OF Assist; Gunned a man at 3rd
• SS Ruben Tejada: 1-3, K

AA - Binghamton Mets (46-68)_____________________________________

READING 9, BINGHAMTON 3 (Box)

• 2B Reese Havens: 0-2, R, 2 BB, SB(2); Gotta love the secondary skills
• SS Jordany Valdespin: 0-4, R, BB, SB(32); Twenty walks makes twice as many as last season, but batting .182 over his last ten games
• LF Juan Lagares: DNP
• 3B Eric Campbell: 0-3
• CF Matt Den Dekker: 1-5, 3 K; 60 K's vs. 19 BB's in Double-A, batting .162 over his last ten
• 1B Allan Dykstra: 2-3, 2 RBI, K, HBP, 2 E(10)
• C Kai Gronauer: 0-3, BB, K, PB(6); Also allowed 5 stolen bases
• LHP Robert Carson: L, 4 IP, 5 ER, 4 H, 4 BB, 3 K; Stock is dropping fast
• RHP Brad Holt: 1 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, 1 BB, 0 K
• RHP Rhiner Cruz: 2.2 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 3 BB, 3 K

Hi-A St. Lucie Mets (21-21 | 59-53)________________________________________

CHARLOTTE 6, ST. LUCIE 3 (Box) 

• RF Cory Vaughn: 0-3, 2 BB, K, 2 OF Assists; Slump continues but six walks over his last three games certainly helps
• 3B Jefry Marte: 1-5, 2 K
• SS Wilmer Flores: 3-5, 2B, K
• CF Cesar Puello: 1-3, R, RBI, 2 BB; Best part of that line are walks no. 14 and 15 as he approaches the century mark in strikeouts

Lo-A Savannah Sand Gnats (27-15 | 66-45)__________________________________

CHARLESTON 6, SAVANNAH 5 (Box)

• CF Darrell Ceciliani: 2-4, 2 R, RBI, BB, 2 K
• 3B Aderlin Rodriguez: 0-5, E(36); Stock is sinking like a stone
• SS Wilfredo Tovar: 3-4, BB, CS(7)
• C Albert Cordero: 3-3, 2B, RBI, 2 BB, E(14), PB(12); Despite strong ability he still shows a lot of rawness behind the dish
• DH Blake Forsythe: 1-5, HR(5), 4 K; Good day? Not so sure
• LHP Angel Cuan: L, 6 IP, 4 ER (1 unearned), 7 H, 1 BB, 7 K, 2 HR, Balk
• RHP Gonzalez Germen: 2 IP, 0 ER (1 unearned), 1 H, 1 BB, 2 K, Balk; Expect to see him out of the 'pen for the duration as he's already blown past his 2010 IP as well as career high IP totals

Short Season A- Brooklyn Cyclones (26-22)_______________________________________

STATEN ISLAND 6, BROOKLYN 4 (Box) The 'Clones dropped this one to the hated SI Yanks with their loyal AA contingent in attendance on this night. Talk about unclutch. Starter RHP Jeffrey Walters continued to show off his mediocre skill set, allowing four runs over four innings. And after opening some eyes with a lights out first half with Kingsport, 21-yr old reliever RHP Ernesto Yanez has now allowed runs in each of his three appearances with Brooklyn. Despite the poor pitching both teams were rather evenly matched on this night. However, the deciding factor was Brooklyn's inability to hit with men on -- 3B Brian Harrison's 2-run bomb notwithstanding -- and Staten Island's inability...not to.

• SS Danny Muno: 2-4, 2 K; Finally cooling off, batting .219 over his last ten
• LF Javier Rodriguez: 0-4
• 3B Brian Harrison: 2-4, 2B, HR(2), 2 R, 2 RBI, K
• CF Travis Taijeron: 2-4, RBI, 2 K
• DH Richard Lucas: 1-4, CS(2)
• 1B Cole Frenzel: 2-3, 2 R, BB

• DH Camden Maron: 1-3, 2B, R, RBI, 2 BB
• LF Julio Concepcion: 2-4, 2B, RBI, K
• C Jeffrey Glenn: 0-3, R, BB, 2 K
• RF Gregory Pron: 2-5, 2B, RBI, 2 K
• SS Juan Carlos Gamboa: 0-2, R, RBI, 2 BB, SB(1), E(1); K-Mets debut for 21-yr old Mexican shortstop after batting .340 with the GCL squad
• RHP Akeel Morris: W, 5 IP, 0 ER (1 unearned), 2 H, 5 BB, 4 K, E(2)

★ Star of the Night ★

Brooklyn 3B Brian Harrison will get the honors for his nice 2-for-4 performance, including a double and a 2-run bomb. K-Met RHP Akeel Morris deserves some consideration as well, but not only did Harrison please the AA cheering section on hand, he makes me look a little less dumb for pegging him as a big-time sleeper coming into the season.