April 12, 2006
Minor League Recap
AAA Norfolk Tides
The Tides are on a roll of sorts and made it two in a row against the Buffalo Bisons. Lima Time!™ led the charge by besting a solid pitching prospect in Jake Dittler. Lima Time!™ went six innings, gave up four hits, one earned run, walked no one, and struck out three. Heath Bell came in for the four out save and struck out three of the batters including a bases loaded strikeout in the eight. He now has six strikeouts, no earned runs, no walks, and no hits in 2.1 innings. A very auspicious start indeed. On the offensive end, Lastings Milledge went 1 for 3 with a double and a walk, Chase Lambin went 2 for 4 with two runs scored a double, and a walk, and Sandy Martinez went 1 for 3 with two RBIs.
AA Binghamton Mets
The B-Mets won 8-7 to continue to keep pace with the big league club and upped their record to 5-1 by beating the Reading Phillies, who are keeping up with their big league club by going 1-5 to their 1-6. Evan MacLane gave up the first runs from a B-Mets starter and went five innings while giving up six hits, five earned runs, one walk, one homer, and struck out six. Anderson Garcia blew a save in relief and Orlando Roman picked up the win. Carlos Gomez went 1 for 4 with his fourth stolen base on the year, one run scored, one RBI, and a sacrifice. As for the rest, Jay Caligiuri went 3 for 4 with two runs scored, two doubles, one RBI, and one walk, Corey Ragsdale went 2 for 4 with a run scored and an RBI, Yunir Garcia went 1 for 4 with a run scored, a double, and two RBIs, and Jonathan Slack went 1 for 4 with a run scored, a double, a triple, and an RBI.
High-A St. Lucie Mets
St. Lucie beat the Daytona Cubs 4-1 to increase their record to 5-1 as well. Mike Pelfrey picked up his first pro win by going six innings giving up four hits, no earned runs, one unearned run, and struck out seven. He is good. Carlos Muniz picked up his third save of the season for his ninth inning work. Ambiorix Concepcion cooled of a bit and pulled an 0 for 4 day at the plate with one run scored. Shawn Bowman went 0 for 2, but picked up two walks, Mike Carp went 1 for 4 with two RBIs, and Jesus Flores went 1 for 4 with a double and an RBI. Up for today? Alay Soler goes for his first win as a professional.
Low-A Hagerstown Suns
Hagerstown continues to make a push for .500 by taking their second game in a row against the Lakewood Blue Claws 3-2. Jon Neise picked up the win and rebounded nicely from his first start. Niese went five innings giving up no earned runs, two unearned runs, three hits, one walk, and struck out five. He brought his ERA down to 3.24 with that solid effort. Joseph Serfass picked up a two inning save for his first of the year. Fernando Martinez went 1 for 3 with a walk, a run scored, and a double to bring his average up to .280. Hector Pellot and Nick Evans both went 0 for 3 with a strikeout and Jose Castro, Rafael Arroyo, and Matthew Anderson each had an RBI.
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Michael, how old is Sandy Martinez?
Wow I should really talk to my momma…
Kap. Old. 33 and turning 34 this October. He’s a non-factor. He is can defend though, but I’m not sure what the point of him is. A backup option in case Castro goes down?
What is the scoop on the Hagerstown player who got suspended for violating banned substances code?
Understatement of the century!
This is very good to see. I have high hopes for this kid. I believe he is still only 19. If he can pan out, imagine looking back at a draft that netted us Pelfrey and Neise. When is the last time something that good happened in a Mets draft?
I hope that is the understatment of the century. Hopefully he can help out in 2007 and will be ready to step into Traxx’s spot.
Wright and Heilman in the same draft. Not too long ago, but not that bad, no?
That is classic. I used to love RBI and would play it non-stop as a lad. Brush the batter back with the inside pitch. Comeback outside. Just strike everyone out. The Miller Lite Player of the game was hysterical.
RBI Baseball is one of the finest games ever made. It got to a point my sophomore year when our collective XBoxes, PS2’s and Gamecubes went untouched for almost as month as we held the World’s Greatest RBI Baseball Tournament. It was amazing.
Mike Pelfrey is an amazing prospect. Unlike Humber, who was a wuss-out and safe pick, Pelfrey is the complete package. Pitchers body, great sink on the fastball, great stats, great mentality. I can’t find a single reason NOT to like him, and that’s even after digging. Even Milledge has a tiny knock or two against him.
I read somewhere that Pelfrey was one of the only pitchers in the aluminum bat college era who could get guys out with only his fastball. THAT’S some praise. It’ll translate nicely to the majors. Now might be the time to buy some stock in Louisville Slugger, as he and Bannister will be sawing them off for years.
I don’t recall this much reason for Met optimism in my entire life. Even 1999 and 2000 you knew, deep down, weren’t sustainable. Sustainable dominance is what its all about.
And sweetlew is the man.
And FREE HEATH BELL!!!!
And of course, yours truly won the RBI Baseball Tournament. Sadly… I used Detroit. Sorry. They had so much more offense than NYM in that game it was silly. It more than made up for not having Gooden.
JRRM - thanks for the shout-out! Good luck with the lawschool decision.
You (and most guys on this site) are too young to remember the 1983-84 time frame. When Strawberry came up in 83 followed by Gooden in; we traded for Hernandez, HoJo, and IIRC Darling; then traded for Carter before the 85 season.
I think today is most comparable to then. We promoted Reyes and then Wright — two cornerstones for years to come. Also brought up Heilman and now Bannister - two super solid pitchers in the mold of Ron Darling (an unsung hero of those 80’s teams; who remembers his starting games 1-4-7 in the 86 series and that great performance in game one lost 1-0 on Tuefel’s error?). Imported Beltran and Delgado — one in his prime (like Hernandez in 83) and one a grizzled veteran but still a big bat (Carter in 85).
Plus, we have Milledge and Pelfrey as fairly certain things in the minors. Add in the possibilities like Humber, Owens, Gomez, Niese and Soler, and this organization is well positioned for a long-term run of success. One not seen since 84-90.
If you go back at look at the standings, if there was a wildcard in the 80’s, the Mets would have been in the play-offs in 84, 85, 86, 88, 89 and 90. In 85 they had more wins than everyteam in baseball except the annoying Cardinals. That was a helluva run that would have been better absent the coke snorting and binge drinking.
Okay, maybe Dayn Perry isn’t the idiot I think he is:
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Detroit was the best team in RBI. Me and my friends use to keep stats for everyteam in RBI. I remember the day I bought it, Osco drugstore in Tucson was no longer selling video games so they practically gave away games that were only a few months old. I think I bought it fopr 5 dollars.
Pelfrey did use like 70%+ fastballs in college. That is very impressive.
I think this year’s team is more comperable to ‘86 than ‘99 and ‘00. This team is better than those products.
If you go back at look at the standings, if there was a wildcard in the 80’s, the Mets would have been in the play-offs in 84, 85, 86, 88, 89 and 90. In 85 they had more wins than everyteam in baseball except the annoying Cardinals. That was a helluva run that would have been better absent the coke snorting and binge drinking.
Awesome observation.
Yeah man, Detroit was stacked. As good as Strawberry was (he may have been the best hitter in the game) you can’t win with solo shots only. Everyone other than Hrndz was an automatic out.
Was Matt Nokes really that good?
And back to real life baseball, I can not wait for tonights game. If we can get through this series 7-1 or 6-2, how good will we look?
I just got finished eatting dinner and all I was able to think about was RBI. I always liked playing with St. louis, even though, in those days, they were are sworn enemy. John Tudor would start every game for me with Daley coming in for relief. Jim Linderman was a god. One of the programmers must of been paid off to make him the best hitter on their team.
SPeaking of Detriot and how they were superior, Chet Lemon, Nokes, Evans and Gibson were just a solid middle of the order. after the game tonight, im setting up my NES and playing me some rbi.
I’m watching the game (Carlos Beltran is starting to heat up!)…but I wanted to thank you guys
for linking me!
Take care and LETS GO METS!
Yeah… Hernandez can’t turn the DP… he can’t hit… get Matsui in there!
Of course, the above is dripping with sarcasm.
Break up the B-Mets, another win tonight. Hagerstown won too after Fmart went 4 for 6 with a triple and 2 doubles
Great observation, sweetlew! And that’s coming from someone who WAS there in the 80s and remembers those exciting Met teams!
The biggest difference I do see is a LOT less bad boy attitude on this current team. I mean I loved those 80s Mets, but Knight and Straw in particular were ready to duke it out with anybody and everybody on any given night. You almost came to expect it becasue every team wanted a piece of the Mets and the 80s Mets would have it no other way. Although I don’t usually get off on seeing fights, my all time favorite brawl is still Mets-Reds in ‘86 when Knight went after Eric Davis in Cincy - what a great game that was! I can’t recall who the pitcher on Cincy was, but in referring to him, Tim McCarver delivered one of my all-time favorite McCarverisms: “He’s tougher than a fast-food steak.” Briiliant, and that was back when Timmy was just being Timmy.
We’ll see how “Bad Boy” the mets get when teams start getting pissed at them the way teams get pissed at the Yankers (you know, frustration with the team that bought all the talent they could, then got lucky on a few youngins). Me, I would like to see a Brooklyn Beat down on any Brave from Mr. Loduca
I heard some dillusional (and obviously jealous) Yankee fan call in to a show saying how the Mets haven’t beaten any good teams yet. Okay, fair enough. But this caller made that comment after his “awesome” Yankee team had barely escaped with an opening day win vs, the ROYALS!! You just gotta laugh at those silly Skankee fans.
This is to the person who said taking Humber a Wussout move. You have no clue of what your talking about. Many scouts listed him as the TOP pitcher in college that year, and better then any of other Rice Pitchers who are very good as well. If the Mets had to do it again, IM pretty sure they would still pick Humber at that selection and so would I. Remember his scouting report said a 96 MPH fastball, the best Curveball in college and impeccable control, so tell me how is that a Wussout??
Another Minor leaguer today Alay Solar had a great outing! Can you imagine Humber, Solar, and Pelfrey pitching in Norfolk in about 1 year, that is if Pelfrey isn’t called up to the Majors this year. I’ve also been looking at Maine in Triple A, he pitched very well in his first game, and I have my eye on him. Can you Imagine a Staff with Pelfrey, Humber, Bannister (if he continues to pitch like this), Pedro, and Solar :) I hope they all continue to pitch well and avoid the injury bug. I wonder who the Mets will take first in this years draft. If smart they need to pick a Catcher, 1st baseman, VERY EARly so by the time Delgado and Lo Ducas contract runs out they will be ready to play.
really who? As I recall the debate revolved almost solely around Verlander and Weaver- Humber was seen as the “safest” pick (whatever that means)
well that guy certainly seems to have blown it on Verlander…
There’s more but the reports on Humber were pretty consistent- I can’t find anyone who thought he was #1- about 50-60% were saying Weaver- andother 30-40% were saying Verlander (The Weaver fans woudl just piss on Verlander though- they’d rank Weaver #1 and Verlander #25 or somthing- in hindsight it’s pretty damn funny) and everynow and then someone really liked Nieman.
Pelfrey? Quite a few, definately a plurality and possibly a majoprity saw him as the #1 pitcher in last year’s draft.
I’ve debated this here before.
I’m not saying that Humber is not a talented guy. He’s got plenty of weapons. However, he was not the best pick there at the time.
The Mets were thinking they had the pieces already… it was a shortsighted move. They picked Humber because he was closest to the Majors. Weaver, Drew, and other picks would require time… they wanted a sure thing.
Humber may well develop into a fine pitcher, but of recent Met first rounders, I would rank him well behind other pitchers we’ve taken in terms of potential.
My list would go like this, in terms of ceiling: Pelfrey, Kazmir, Heilman, Humber. But honestly, a #3 overall pick SHOULD be amazing.. look who was picked around him.
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