Mets Daily Farm Report, June 28, 2014: Marcos Molina affirms prospect status in dominant performance

*All results from games played on Friday, June 27^th, 2014

Triple-A - Las Vegas 51's (48-33)_______________________________________

SACRAMENTO 1, LAS VEGAS 4 (Box)

• CF Matt den Dekker: 1-3, 2 R, 3B, BB
  
• 2B Matt Reynolds: 2-4, R, 2B, RBI, K
  
• 3B Wilmer Flores: 1-3, 2 RBI, BB
  
• RF Andrew Brown: 1-4, 2 K
  
• LF Brandon Allen: 1-2, R, HR RBI< 2 BB
  
• C Kevin Plawecki: 0-3, BB
  
• 1B Josh Satin: 0-4, 2 K
• RF Cory Vaughn: 0-4, 2 K
• OF Cesar Puello: DNP; If you dive into the comments section on a daily basis then you probably know by now that Puello is on the DL. We don't know anything beyond he was listed as being on the DL on the Friday roster.
  
• RHP Giancarlo Alvarado: 5.2 IP, 4 H, R, ER, 5 BB, 2 K

Double-A - Binghamton Mets (46-33)_____________________________________

BINGHAMTON 8, ALTOONA 2 (Box)

• RF Kyle Johnson: 3-5, R, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI; a homer shy of the cycle. He's been pretty good since coming over from Anaheim in exchange for Collin Cowgill. It's going to be interesting to see what happens in the Vegas outfield between now and the beginning of next season.
• 3B Brian Burgamy: 1-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI
• 1B Jayce Boyd: 1-4, 2 K
  
• LF Darrell Ceciliani: 1-4, R, 2B
  
• 3B Dustin Lawley: 1-5, R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 K
  
• PH Brandon Nimmo: 1-4, 2 K
  
• SS Dilson Herrera: 2-5, R, 2B, RBI, K
• RHP Tyler Pill: 6.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K; 2-3, 2 R; I think Pill is the same guy who homered and tossed a near shutout the other day. "But can he play shortstop?" is my question.

Advanced-A - St. Lucie Mets (4-3 / 44-32)_____________________________________

POSTPONED (RAIN)

Low-A - Savannah Sand Gnats (5-4 / 49-26)__________________________________

ROME 2, SAVANNAH 4 (Box)

• CF Champ Stuart: 1-2, R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, K
  
• 1B Dominic Smith: 1-4, 2B, RBI
• LHP Alex Panteliodis: 7.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K

Short-A - Brooklyn Cyclones (11-4)__________________________________

ABERDEEN 0, BROOKLYN 2 (Box)

Marcos Molina got the start for the Cyclones Friday night, the Mets' number 10 prospect per Baseball Prospectus, and he did not disappoint, giving up zero runs in six innings while striking out eight, including seven in the first two innings. I'm impressed, as was our own Jeffrey Paternostro, who was in attendance:

Fastball is 92-94, explosive and can run it. Already has feel for a breaking ball that is one of the best I have seen in the Penn.

— Jeffrey Paternostro (@jeffpaternostro) June 27, 2014

Molina started throwing 92-93 Mejia cutters in the second. Never seen a 19-year-old with feel for two breaking balls either. This is stupid.

— Jeffrey Paternostro (@jeffpaternostro) June 27, 2014

Molina just threw three straight offspeed pitches. Spotted two for strikes, tapper back to the mound on the third. Dude is NINETEEN.

— Jeffrey Paternostro (@jeffpaternostro) June 27, 2014

He's also already written him up, so go check that out as well.

• CF Tucker Tharp: 0-4, K
  
• SS Amed Rosario: 1-4, 2B
  
• LF Michael Katz: 1-3, R, BB, K
  
• RF Michael Bernal: 0-3, 2 K
  
• 3B Jhoan Urena: 1-4, 2 K
  
• RHP Marcos Molina: 6 IP, 2 H. 0 R, BB, 8 K

Rookie - Kingsport Mets (5-4)__________________________________

KINGSPORT 3, PRINCETON 9 (Box)

• DH Eudor Garcia: 0-3, BB
  
• CF Oswaldo Caraballo: 0-3
  
• 3B Pedro Perez: 1-4
  
• 1B Zach Mathieu: 0-4, K
  
• LF Vicente Lupo: 1-3, R
  
• RF Wuilmer Becerra: 1-3, R, K
  
• 2B Branden Kaupe: 0-4, 2 K
• LHP Yoan Gonzalez: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, K

Rookie - GCL Mets (3-4)__________________________________

GCL CARDINALS 7, GCL METS 3 (Box)

• CF John Mora: 2-3, RBI, BB
  
• LF Emmanuel Zabala: 2-4, R
• SS Alfredo Reyes: 2-4, R, K
• C Darryl Knight: 1-3, 3B, K
  
• 2B Milton Ramos: 1-4
  
• RHP Logan Taylor: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K; Very excited to see Logan Taylor making his way back from Tommy John surgery (I believe). He was dominating Savannah when he sustained his injury, so much so that he was profiled favorably in this piece at Fangraphs. The return of Taylor and Cory Mazzoni is a nice boost for the system.

Star of the Night

Marcos Molina. You gotta love it when a guy lives up to the expectations. It's only two starts, SSS, yeah, yeah, I know. I don't care, I'm excited.

Goat of the Night

I don't know. Kaupe? Hate to pick on short-season guys.