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Mets Daily Farm Report- 8/11/13: Pitching Prospects? Yeah, we got 'em

Catch up on all of yesterday’s minor league action from around the Mets farm system!

By Jeffrey Paternostro
The Star-Ledger-USA TODAY Sports

*All results from games played on Saturday, August 10th 2013

AAA - Las Vegas 51's (64-55)______________________________________

LAS VEGAS 4, OKLAHOMA CITY 3  (Box)

Rafael Montero is beginning to make his adjustments to the Pacific Coast League. After a bit of a rocky start, he is averaging seven innings over his last three starts with a 20:5 K:BB ratio. On Saturday he struck out nine in seven innings of work, and the only blemish on his record was a home run to Astros top prospect George Springer. On the offensive side of things, Travis d'Arnaud was 2-3 with 2 doubles and Kirk Nieuwenhuis blasted his eleventh home run of the year.

  • SS Ruben Tejada: 0-4; Bad week has knocked his slash down to .257/.314/.319, but I'm still not convinced he should be here while Quintanilla plays every day.
  • DH Travis d'Arnaud: 2-3, 2 2B, 2 R, BB
  • 1B Zach Lutz: 0-4, 2 K
  • LF Matt den Dekker: 2-3, R, RBI, BB, K, SB (6)
  • RHP Rafael Montero: W, 7 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 9 K, 1 HR; Yep, that'll play. Struck out 26% of the batters he's faced in his last three starts, more in line with his Double-A rates.

    • AA - Binghamton Mets (74-46)_____________________________________

    ERIE 6, BINGHAMTON 4 (Box)

    A rare 2013 loss for the B-Mets, as the usually strong bullpen coughed up six runs in the seventh and eighth. And by 'bullpen,' I mean Armando Rodriguez, who somehow pitched both innings despite surrendering five hits and walking two. But I've buried the lead, haven't I? Noah Syndergaard got the start and went five strong as the Mets continue to manage his workload down the stretch. Syndergaard was brutally efficient, needing just 56 pitches to get through five (or fewer than ArmRod threw in three), while striking out five SeaWolves. Danny Muno and Wilfredo Tovar continue their hot second halves for Bingo,

  • 2B Danny Muno: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, BB, CS (10); 11 for 21 in steal attempts this year. Should probably stop doing that.
  • RF Travis Taijeron: 0-4, 2 K
  • LF Cory Vaughn: 1-3, BB, K
  • 1B Allan Dykstra: 0-3, BB
  • SS Wilfredo Tovar: 1-3, 2B, 2 R, BB; .310/.358/.480(?!?!?!?!) since the Eastern League all-star break.
  • RHP Noah Syndergaard: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K; In hindsight I should have stopped in Erie on my way to Kingsport yesterday.

    • Hi-A - St. Lucie Mets (24-19 // 61-49)_______________________

    ST. LUCIE 5, PALM BEACH 4 (10) (Box)

    The Mets snapped a three-game losing streak with a walk-off win at Tradition field yesterday. Rylan Sandoval provided the bonus baseball heroics, with a gritty walkoff infield hit in the tenth to finally break a run of ten scoreless half-innings. Dustin Lawley struck the big blow for the Mets with a three-run home run in the third, his twenty-fourth of the year. On the mound, Hansel Robles was pretty mediocre, and reports are that his velocity has dipped back into the upper 80s. Not good.

  • DH Jayce Boyd: 1-5, 2B
  • C Kevin Plawecki: 2-4, 2B, R, RBI, BB; I might give him a taste of Double-A to be perfectly honest. Not like there's anyone blocking him there.
  • SS Matt Reynolds: 1-4, K
  • RF Gilbert Gomez: 1-4, R, K
  • RHP Hansel Robles: 6 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, HBP; Logical offseason 40-man casualty.

    • Lo-A - Savannah Sand Gnats (25-20 // 68-46)_____________

    SAVANNAH 2, HICKORY 0 (Box)

    The Crawdads have one of the most prospecty lineups in organized baseball, full to the brim with tools. They might set a South Atlantic League home run record. Seth Lugo shut them down, hard. The Ragin' Cajun struck out 10 in seven innings of work, making it back-to-back double digit strikeout games for the 34th round pick. The Sand Gnats bats couldn't muster much offense either, but single runs in the seventh and eighth innings were enough to seal the victory and move the Gnats to within three games of the division-leading Lexington Legends.

  • CF Brandon Nimmo: 1-3, K, HBP
  • RHP Seth Lugo: 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 11 K; Toby Hyde wrote more about Lugo's arsenal this morning.


    • SS-A Brooklyn Cyclones (25-26)_______________________________

    BROOKLYN 2, STATE COLLEGE 1

    Another game, another good pitching performance. John Gant has been dominating the New York Penn League this summer, and last night was no exception. The twenty-one year old made Happy Valley an unhappy place with his six strong innings on the bump, and RBIs from Gavin Cecchini and LJ Mazzilli was enough support to get the Cyclones one game closer to .500.

  • DH Gavin Cecchini: 2-4, RBI, K
  • 2B LJ Mazzilli: 0-2, RBI,BB
  • CF Patrick Biondi: 1-4, R, 2B, K
  • RHP John Gant: W, 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 7 K; 61 K in 49.2 NYPL innings.
  • RHP Johnny Magliozzi : SV (4), 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0K

    • R - Kingsport Mets (28-20)_______________________________

    GREENEVILLE 5, KINGSPORT 2  (Box)

    Kingsport couldn't do much against Jandel Gustave, who was an easy 93-95 with some command. And really, Kingsport couldn't do much of anything against any of the Greeneville pitchers, striking out 15 times as a team. Starter Andrew Massie massaged his way through 5+ innings, but Edioglis Villasmil let in a go-ahead home run and Champ Stuart lost a ball in the lights in the ninth to give the Astros some insurance.

  • SS Amed Rosario: 1-3, 2 K, E (13); Easily could have been charged with a second error as he muffed a soft liner he had to jump for. Sashimi-grade raw, and horribly overmatched by Appy League pitching. I get three more looks to see if there is 1.7 million in tools here, but I have my doubts.
  • CF Champ Stuart: 1-4, 2 K, SB (9); Beat out an infield grounder (4.16/6+ run) despite a stumble out of the box. Stole second easily, played a very nice CF (lost ball in the lights aside). Mets got very, very good value here.
  • 3B Pedro Perez: 0-4, 2 K; Covers the ball well, has an idea of what he is doing up there. Setup is a bit noisy, and don't love where he starts his hands. Strong kid, bad body. Still only 18, intriguing.
  • LF Joe Tuschak: 0-4, 3 K
  • RHP Andrew Massie: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K; Reportedly was in the low 90s when drafted. Was 85-88 last night. Oh well. Tips his breaking balls with slower/longer arm motion, higher release point. Struggled to locate fastball early in counts. Throws slightly across his body with some effort in the delivery.

    • R - GCL Mets (14-30)_______________________________

    GCL NATS 10, GCL METS 2 (Box)

    Mets continue to get killed in this Best-of-5,000,000 series with the GCL Nats.

  • SS Luis Guillorme: 2-5, R, E (6)
  • DH Dominic Smith: 2-4, HR (3), R, RBI: Not a bad day at all.
  • RF Wuilmer Becerra: 1-4, 2 K
  • CF Ivan Wilson: 0-2, 2 BB, K, SB (9), CS (1)
  • RHP Andrew Church: 5.1 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HR

      • 2013 Amazin' Avenue Mets Top 50 Prospect Rankings

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      (credit: Matthew Lug)

      Noah Syndergaard was the #1 Mets prospect on our Midseason Top 25. Thor (and his hammer) has K'd 118 batters in 109 innings of work between St. Lucie and Binghamton.

      Star of the Night

      And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Syndergaard, and Montero followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

      Goat of the Night

      Armando Rodriguez took a beating last night against Erie. The goat horns merely add insult to injury.

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