August 2, 2006
Minor League Recap
| Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
HBP |
AVG |
SB |
CS |
| Anderson Hernandez, SS |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.249 |
0 |
0 |
| Ruben Gotay, 2B |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.286 |
0 |
1 |
| Jose Offerman, 1B |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.224 |
0 |
0 |
| Michael Tucker, CF-RF |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.265 |
0 |
0 |
| Edgardo Alfonzo, 3B |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.213 |
0 |
0 |
| Victor Diaz, RF |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.231 |
0 |
0 |
| Heath Bell, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Chris Basak, LF |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.266 |
0 |
0 |
| Joe Hietpas, C |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.185 |
0 |
0 |
| Willie Collazo, P |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.167 |
0 |
0 |
| Jacob Cruz, PH |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.302 |
0 |
0 |
| Anderson Garcia, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Rashad Eldridge, CF |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
HBP |
AVG |
SB |
CS |
| Wilson Batista, 2B |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.238 |
0 |
0 |
| Chase Lambin, 3B |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
.324 |
0 |
0 |
| Jorge Padilla, LF |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.303 |
0 |
0 |
| Michel Abreu, 1B |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.343 |
0 |
0 |
| Jay Caligiuri, DH |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
.240 |
0 |
0 |
| Carlos Gomez, CF |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.281 |
0 |
0 |
| Bobby Malek, RF |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.239 |
0 |
0 |
| Corey Ragsdale, SS |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
.203 |
0 |
0 |
| Mike DiFelice, C |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
.277 |
0 |
0 |
| Bryan Edwards, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.167 |
0 |
0 |
| Ryan Cullen, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
HBP |
AVG |
SB |
CS |
| Jose Coronado, SS |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.228 |
0 |
0 |
| Corey Coles, CF |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
.342 |
0 |
0 |
| Caleb Stewart, RF |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.221 |
0 |
0 |
| Mike Carp, 1B |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.295 |
0 |
0 |
| Jesus Flores, C |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
.254 |
0 |
0 |
| Enrique Cruz, DH |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.282 |
1 |
0 |
| Jamar Hill, LF |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
.244 |
0 |
0 |
| Jonathan Malo, 3B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
.249 |
0 |
0 |
| Ryan Coultas, 2B |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.136 |
0 |
0 |
| Salvador Aguilar, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Chuck Smith, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Edgar Alfonzo, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Marcelo Perez, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
HBP |
AVG |
SB |
CS |
| Joe Holden, CF |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.224 |
0 |
0 |
| Jon Schemmel, 2B |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.284 |
0 |
0 |
| Dustin Martin, LF |
5 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.312 |
0 |
0 |
| Ivan Naccarata, 3B |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.244 |
0 |
0 |
| Jacob Eigsti, 3B |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.208 |
0 |
0 |
| Jason Jacobs, C |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.233 |
0 |
0 |
| Teddy Dziuba, C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Jonathan Sanchez, RF |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.217 |
0 |
0 |
| Mark Wright, DH |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
.263 |
0 |
0 |
| Timothy Grogan, 1B |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.248 |
0 |
0 |
| Jeremy Hambrice, PH-1B |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.216 |
0 |
0 |
| Luis Rivera, SS |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.286 |
0 |
0 |
| Tobi Stoner, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Ricky Sparks, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Josh Appell, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
HBP |
AVG |
SB |
CS |
| Emmanuel Garcia, SS |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
.285 |
0 |
0 |
| Alejandro Zuaznabar, 3B |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.254 |
0 |
0 |
| David Wabick, 1B |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
.305 |
0 |
0 |
| Junior Contreras, DH |
4 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.343 |
0 |
0 |
| Sean McCraw, C |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
.255 |
0 |
0 |
| Brahiam Maldonado, RF |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.293 |
0 |
0 |
| Will Bashelor, CF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.311 |
0 |
0 |
| Ritchie Price, 2B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
.233 |
0 |
0 |
| Jose Mateo, LF |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.222 |
0 |
0 |
| Julio Polanco, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Dustin Childress, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
HBP |
AVG |
SB |
CS |
| Jonathan Santos, DH |
5 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
.280 |
0 |
0 |
| James Newman, 2B |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.167 |
0 |
0 |
| Jeffery Voyles, PH-2B |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
.262 |
0 |
0 |
| Joaquin Rodriguez, SS |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
.268 |
0 |
0 |
| Ben Saylor, 1B |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
.317 |
0 |
0 |
| Nicholas Giarraputo, 3B |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.208 |
0 |
0 |
| Daniel Stegall, CF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
.163 |
1 |
0 |
| Gregory Cain, RF |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
.176 |
0 |
0 |
| Juan Montero, LF |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
.231 |
0 |
0 |
| Stephen Malvagna, C |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.188 |
0 |
0 |
| Rogelio Del Campo, PH-C |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.294 |
0 |
0 |
| Kevin Deaton, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Nathan Hedrick, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Jonathan Koller, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Matthew Rainey, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
HBP |
AVG |
SB |
CS |
| Ezequiel Carrera, LF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.301 |
0 |
0 |
| Cesar Diaz, LF |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.167 |
0 |
0 |
| Danny Guilarte, CF |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.277 |
0 |
0 |
| Juan Torres, 3B |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.279 |
0 |
0 |
| Luis Nieves, SS |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.214 |
0 |
0 |
| Jorge Mitchell, DH |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.286 |
0 |
0 |
| Gabriel Zavala, RF |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.257 |
0 |
0 |
| Marcos Vargas, 1B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.249 |
0 |
0 |
| Cesar Cordido, C |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.274 |
0 |
0 |
| Imbewer Alvarez, 2B-3B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.241 |
0 |
0 |
| David Rivas, SS-2B |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.224 |
0 |
0 |
| Marcos Tabata, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Jose Rojas, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Pitcher |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HBP |
HR |
ERA |
| Marcos Tabata (L, 4-3) |
5.0 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
3.08 |
| Jose Rojas |
4.0 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5.89 |
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mother fuckin’ Carp. Dude is on fire.
Mike Carp is, in the famous words of Freddie Prinze, “looking good”! The guy is raking pure and simple. I wonder if this guy will start making Delgado alot more of an expendable commodity in the final year of his contract?
I don’t know if Micheal or Eric are reading, but I was wondering…
how if the kid’s D? Is he a clogger on the basepaths. What is his OBP? Is he a leader type or more of an introverted fella…
I see Kevin Deaton pitched for the GCL Mets last night. Does anyone know what had happened to him
? I hadn’t seen his name in quite a while.
Forget about the OBP…I found it. He has an OBP that almost a hundred points higher than his BA. Not bad at all.
His slugging percentage could be a bit higher, but I’m not complaining.
I like his offensive numbers with men in scoring position, men on base, and in close and late game situations. He blows away the rest of the league in these categories.
By the stats I read, I can see that he hasn’t even begun to fill his 6-2 frame. He is listed at about 205 lbs and judging by his frame, one can see that he still has that gawky teenager look at some 19-20 year olds haven’t yet grown out of. Its not to unreasonable at all to believe the kid could fill up about 15-20 lbs of muscle to 220-225 lbs in the next-4 years.
Carp is “looking good”. Thanks for the add’l info Ramon, good stuff :) Its nice to have a cornerman with some power in our system.
You know who else is looking good? My boy Tobi Stoner. He’s got some fine numbers at Brooklyn so far.
41/76 BB/K ratio for Carp is real nice to see too.
Can Chase Lambin play 2nd base at all? I seem to remember him being a short stopin the past. His numbers seem strong and he has no shot of playing third base in the future for the Mets. Perhaps he can crack the mets as a second baseman.
Anyone That Complains That Wagner Has 5 Blown Saves Should Thank The Baseball Gods That It’s Not Derrick Turnbow Tryong To CClose For Us With His 8 Blown Saves With 2 Months To Go
oops Meant to post last comment in the TG Thread.
If Stoner ever makes it to the Mets. I forsee a new cheering section that I will head myself…WE WILL BE CALLED THE STONEHEADS…..LOL!
It would be amazing! We’d come in with stones on our heads and weed in our shoes rapped in plastic bags! LOL!
How about your boy Stoner Dep?
Carp is really coming on. He’s left Nick Evans in the dust at this point. I had them about even, but Carp is far ahead of Mr. Evans at this point.
Ramon, I wouldn’t worry too much about the power with Carp. Not only does he still have come filling out to do, as you mentioned, but he also plays in a pretty extreme pitcher’s park, if I am not mistaken. Carp’s performance is EXTREMELY encouraging.
Good to see Giarraputo have a good game for the GCL Mets. I am discouraged by Stegall’s stats. I had high opes for him, as he is a terrific athlete.
I think Binghamton has won like 12 in a row now…
People just want to complain and blame someone for the loss. Wagner made a mistake and the hitter made him pay for it. Sometimes pitchers make mistakes and don’t get hammered (like he did with Willingham), sometimes they make nasty pitches and they get hammered as (like he did with Olivo). As long he didn’t force a hitter’s count or walk runners, I am happy not to make rediculous Looper and Benitez comparisons.
I mean they do get hammered…as we all saw last night! :-(
Well, the thing with Carp is that his SLG and OPS is actually higher at home than it is one the road. So, I don’t know what kind of the effect the park is having on his power. Maybe he would hit a little better there, but his road numbers should be a bit higher if the park were really a factor.
As far as his frame is concerned. I think that he does have a ways of filling out to go based on pictures I’ve seen of him and physical stats I’ve read. Does anyone remember how really skinny Reyes used to be? He has filled out a little bit to look less wirey and far more sturdy and sinewy. Heck, look at pictures of Beltran when he was wearing an Astros uniform and you will see that he got thicker in the past year and half.
At 6′2″ I would love to see Carp at about 225 when he 25 years old. Another slugging first baseman for the Cardinals is listed as having these same height and weight numbers at the age of 26.
Yea my boy Stoner is looking good. I hope he keeps it up when he gets outta BK.
So a quick question, if Stoner’s BAA is .200 but his BABIP is .250 does that mean he’s been lucky or unlucky?
haha…check out this little profile on Stoner, please note his career batting average.
This guy has to make it to the show so he can my favorite player…he just has to!
Deaton - Tommy John Surgery in 2005, Just Coming Back
To fill the void for Humber at St. Lucie who gets the call up Guerra or Niese?
Carp has gotten hit about 20 times, his OBP% is a bit misleading, but he takes enough at a young age. So that is nice.
BA says he is average at first and a slow runner.
Danny, don’t worry about Stegall’s performance just yet. It’s early. These guys just came out of high school and moved down to Florida to play ball with guys they don’t even know. It must be nuts for them.
I’m more dissapointed with Greg Cain at Kingsport who is another great athlete doing nothing in his 2nd year.
Give Wags a break. He blew a few (games…not guys) early on and has been pretty much lights out. His BAA is under .200! Too many big hits and homers, but he’s been pretty damn good with the exception of May. Under a 2.00 ERA in every month but one.
They both stay. Niese walks too many to not be on the one level a year program and hasn’t dominated, though he’s shown flashed of dominating.
Guerra has dominated, but conventional wisdom tells me keep him where he is. HE JUST TURNED 17! It blows my mind. Him and F-Mart should stay. If they both played full seasons to this point, it would be one thing. Also, with so many guys in front of Guerra and Niese, there is no need to rush them. After three years a piece after this year (one at St. Lucie, one at Bing, and one at Norfolk), Guerra will be 20 and Niesee will be 22 after completing all levels if all goes well. Not many guys can hold their own that early. I tend to think pitchers should be rushed less (unless they went to college) than hitter for obvious reasons.
I forget, which is higher St. Lucie or Haerstown?
St-Lucie is the High-A Club
St Lucie is High-A.
FYI…no Gourriel anytime soon…
“I laughed when I saw those reports, because I was home as soon as we finished playing,” Gourriel told ESPNdeportes.com via telephone from his home in Sancti Spiritus in southeast Cuba.
bell has a .73 era ? WTF
I’ve just returned to England after 2 weeks vacation in Florida and managed to fit in 4 St. Lucie games whilst there. Mike Carp looks to have a better than average glove at 1st whilst his foot-speed is nothing to get excited about although he’s also not so slow as to clog up the bases either. He only hit 1 HR in the games that I saw and that was to the opposite field at Lakeland. He looks to have a nice stroke with pop and doesn’t strike out too much. He always seems to warm up with Corey Coles before games and they have a little routine going (at Tradition Field anyway) where Carp stays just on the leftfield side of 3rd base just in foul territory and Coles gradually moves back from a shortstop position and then behind 2nd and eventually out to the warning track in right-center. A very long distance game of catch! As a ‘party trick’ Carp will occasionally uncork one that flies beyond Coles and over the fence. I’d say he has a much better than average arm for a 1B.
Milledge got hit a lot last year at St. Lucie and then made more progress this year in plate discipline. I know Mike Carp is not Lastings Milledge, but its something to be aware of
Why did not laught? He should have been crying.
Awesome stuff Wayne. Thanks….
Can Chase Lambin play 2nd base at all? I seem to remember him being a short stopin the past. His numbers seem strong and he has no shot of playing third base in the future for the Mets. Perhaps he can crack the mets as a second baseman.
Believe it. Get him regular work in the bigs, he might be OK. I still have faith in the big guy.
Lambin can play second base, but he has had a terrible year at the plate this year. If he has any future in the majors (and I think he does) it is as a utility infielder.
Carp bats lefties but fields righty.
I just saw a pic of him, eek, not very intimidating.
I really hope he doesnt look like this.
http://media.scout.com/media/image/19/193203.jpg
Great to see Humber promoted to AA. The guy seems to be exceeding all expectations in his recovery… velocity, control, and rising pitch count all there. I’m excited to see how he fares against better competition.
If he continues to dominate at the next level, I’m guessing we get a peek at the kid in Spring Training, and a potential call-up during next season.
It was also good to see Bannister’s latest rehab effort.
Humber, Pelfrey, Bannister, Maine. Is it too much to hope that three of those four pan out?
I think 3 out of 4 is very reasonable expectation.
Humber is the only one we havent seen be successful (to some extent) at the ML level.
It would be quite nice to have a few pitching prospects pan out at the same time for a change. It has been a while.
ya know, the problem is in the past with regular work he hasnt been ok. His main problem, as far as i can tell, is that sometimes he can blow it by hitters, but when he doesnt, his stuff is VERY hittable. Not enough movement on his fastball and his other pitchers arent effective enough to offset the straight heat. I think he could be servicible in the majors if you never bring him in with runners on. He usually seems okay getting out of his own trouble, but he can’t handle other people’s trouble. Inherited runners always seem to score off him. The problem is, I do not trust Willie to not use him in those situations.
(ive actually been to at least two games this season where the game was very close and he was brought in with runners on and blew the game wide open)
As for Humber, I’m going up to Binghamton in a couple weeks to see the B-Mets, so i’m trying to set it up so i see Humber pitch. His first start is this Friday, so assuming they go with a 5-man rotation, he should start on thurs aug. 10th and tuesday aug. 15th (theres a couple offdays and a doubleheader stuck in there)
i was talking about bell at the beginning of my last post by the way, since i didn’t make that so clear…
Wow… An immediate comparison between Carp and Bill Parcells popped into my head as soon as I saw that picture of him.
i hate the way Carp looks man….i know it doesnt matter in the least, but he looks like a simpleton.
I think our minor league pitching coaches deserve some credit. I like seeing good performances from even less hearlded pitching prospects as well.
speaking of minor leagues pitching - i was just thinking about this - bannister has one start left in st. lucie then he goes up to AAA. Oliver will pitch in front of Willie and Peterson today then be sent down to AAA and Pelfrey most likely will be sent down to AAA soon (unless they put him back in AA?) how do they make room for all of them? Even if McGinley becomes permanently bullpen you still have Collazo, Lima, Iriki, MacLane, and D. Williams.
The Minor League Pitching Coordinator was the other guy we interviewed for the vacant pitching coach job when we fired Vern Ruhle. Rick Peterson got the job and Rick Waits went from being our pen coach to being our minor league pitching coordinator. He happens to be from Tucson and I had the chance to meet him a few times when he was our pen coach and right after he got the pitching coordinator job. He is a great guy, even giving me a shirt from the winter mini camp before the 03 season, which I wore last week to turner field.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he is converted to the pen. I have said since the day we acquired him that he has the chance of becoming a solid reliever. He’s Darren Oliver but younger.
The day to day coaches like Shawn Barton in Hagerstown, Rickey Bones in St. Lucie, Mark Brewer in Binghampton, and Steve Merriman in Brooklyn. Waits must have them all on the same page.
that would be fine by me. Still too many guys though… I’m holding out hope that Lima and Iriki will be jettisoned, but i have a feeling the club for some reason feels an obligation to hold onto Lima til the season ends or someone else wants him because he accepted demotions to Norfolk several times when he didnt have to (if you ask me theres absolutely no obligation there. he did it because he rightfully decided the mets would probably get injuries and call him up at some point. it was for his own good not ours)
Is that the same guy who used to pitch, I think for the Brewers, and it is pronounced Bon-us? Man, that guy blew! :)
well i seem to remember when peterson was hired and waits given the coord job, they talked about how peterson met with waits and the coaches and got them all on the same program. Not even trying to give all the credit to Peterson as much as I’m so happy to see the Mets organization finally doing something right in getting the minor league clubs to essentially work together instead of against each other which we even saw mess up Aaron Heilman for years…
(the one thing im still not so high on is if Pelfrey didn’t need a mouthguard for his medical condition in single-A or double-A why does he need one now? Hes really been chomping down on it and while theres no proof its hurting his game, i find it hard to believe its helping it. Are they really concerned hes gonna bite down on his tongue?
I saw the same picture. This was why I made a big deal about his gaining some weight. He obviously looks to be a bit skinny and gawky. He should fill up quite nicely if he ever were to hit the weight room regularly.
Am I correct that Carp is about 20? I don’t know about you guys, but I was pretty damn scrawny at that age.
I am sure he will fill out quite a bit in the next three years.
He’s barely out of his teens. We’ve gotta live one with him!
Who has any info on Coles? Is he a little old or what? A .342 BA in the FSL is pretty damn impressive!
I hope you guys are right. He needs to do something about that hair though.
Why? Is this the Yankees?
Naw I dont mean it like that…the hair is what’s killing, I just dont like the red irish fro’s or whatever it is.
I want him to look mean!!!
I think Coles is 24…I found a DOB of 1/30/82.
Yea, seems a wee bit old.
If he is 24 in the FSL, I am officially no longer impressed!
Coles was drafted in 2003-5th round, the Mets 3rd pick and 2nd CF, behind Milledge. He needs to be farther up the ladder by now.
LOL!
Royce Ring called up… Pelfrey down..
http://blogs.nydailynews.com/mets/archives/2006/08/pelfrey_demoted.php
Good move on both accounts. Let Pelfrey get some work out of the spotlight in AAA, and after
sucking behind last year, Ring has been pretty damn impressive this year.
Got Bell?
Not eligible. Four Lefties in our pen. Congrats to Royce Ring
So now the Mets have Pelfrey, Perez, MacLane, Collazo, Lima, Williams, Ikiri at Norfolk with Bannister on the way and Soler not far behind.
Bell has had a lot of chances. Granted he has been yoyo-ed alot but he has never been able to keep up solid performance. Give Royce another shot now (it actually makes sense, since Bert probably isnt as effective against lefties as Sanch so now we’ve got another LOOGY other than Feliciano) Dont forget Oliver and Wagner don’t really count because they will mostly be used in their respective roles.
yeah Bryan i was just talking about that a little while ago. Some good some bad there, but Pelfrey McClane Collazo and Banister have to get their starts i dont care what we do with the other guys…
Wow Chris Russo is a moron. he’s criticizing Sanchez for going out at 2am looking for a dominican restaurant saying it was irresponsible. (he then went on to say that he can’t blame him for not wearing a seatbelt though because chris doesnt wear a seatbelt in taxis) what an idiot.
(oh he also criticized sending pelfrey down and giving the spot to Maine, calling maine a “journeyman” jeez.)
That’s not entirely true though…over June and July Heath Bell was very solid outside of the Yankees game where he got lit up.
Date Opponent Score Dec IP H R ER HR BB K W L SV IP ERA
Jul 24 CHC L 7-8 - 2.1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 25.1 3.20
Jul 16 @ CHC W 13-7 - 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 23.0 3.52
Jul 2 @ NYY L 7-16 - 2.1 6 8 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 22.0 3.68
Jun 27 @ BOS L 4-9 - 2.2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 19.2 2.29
Jun 24 @ TOR L 4-7 - 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 17.0 2.65
Jun 22 CIN W 6-2 - 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.0 2.25
Jun 21 CIN L 5-6 - 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15.0 2.40
Jun 16 BAL L 3-6 - 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.0 2.57
Jun 14 @ PHI W 9-3 - 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.0 3.00
Jun 11 @ ARI W 15-2 - 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11.0 3.27
Jun 6 @ LAD L 5-8 - 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 10.0 3.60
Jun 4 SFO L 6-7 - 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 3.38
25 yr old ‘journeyman’ with 17 starts in the majors. awesome. that guy is crazy.
They realize the Mets didn’t play the next day, right? So Dirty wasn’t even being irresponsible.
Russo is a fool and a moron…I hadda turn off the radio after I heard him blaming Dirty for the accident.
It pissed the dpty off mucho!!!
I’m psyched Royce Ring is finally getting his shot at the ML level this year.
JUST THROW STRIKES ROYCE!!!
I feel like, last year, every time Willie brought him in to face a leftie, he promptly walked him on 4 pitches.
Image of Carp and Coles.
Coles has no power whatsoever not even a single HR this season for St. Lucie. Terrific hitter though with plenty of singles back through the box. He dealt with most everything hit his way in centerfield in the (few) games that I saw.
Carp now has much shorter hair and comes across as a really nice guy - this during a very brief conversation that I had with him before a game. He’s also got a decent knuckleball!
dep. do you have heath’s Inherited Runners Scored numbers? thats where he really gets me…
Oops - ed, can you fix 71 please.
I dont, but you’re onto something there….unfortunately he hasnt been used regularly and i think it takes him a batter or two to settle in.
When he’s brought in after long batches of rest with runners on, he does tend to let them come in.
solid point.
I cant wait for Carp to get up here so I can start making fun of him more :)
Big Goon.
I saw this on metsblog from a comment posted….
someone asked about whether or not Jeremy Barfield was signed (i think this popped up here a few days ago)
this was what was posted:
Carp’s a little pudgier than the other picture I saw…But he can still fill out.
Chase Utley won player of the month over the Beltranator.
Thats some BS…carlos better have been a real close 2nd.
That stupid hitting streak earned him the honor.
yupyup Ramon. oh well.
We both know who the real player of the month was.
people find it very hard to ignore long hitting streaks.
dep. that led me to my point that in some ways the problem is as much Willie as Bell, but as long as Willie is managing this team that will be an issue…
It’s a shame we traded him away.
Oh fan club, fine….Nady can be the honorary player of the month for July.
Great point Leetch, I cant argue that. Willie has been better this year with his bullpen mgmt but he’s still far from good. Maybe next year will be Bell’s year, he just needs to prove himself enough so that Willie trusts him enough to use him consistently. I dont see that happening anytime this season.
Great little story…apparently Pedro likes to talk back to the TV while watching ESPN…..
Willie and Omar have some interesting views on who should be in the bullpen. Sometimes they are brilliant like seeing something left in Roberto Hernandez and sometimes they are just perplexing. Heath Bell is far from perfect, but I think that he is a better option than Royce Ring. The whole refusing to start Aaron Heilman thing is another example.
It looks like the Mets also promoted DeFilice up to Norfolk… surely to catch Pelfrey.
I dont think Bell was eligible to be called back up. That whole 10-day rule.
Ramon, Bell is not eligable to be called up since he was just sent down last Wednesday and no one is going on the DL. He has to be in Norfolk fo 2 weeks b4 he can be called up unless someone goes on the DL. I can’t even argue about the whole Heilman thing anymore.
So who’s 40 man slot will Mike Defilece take this septemeber when he is called up? Jose Lima already has dibs on the spot that will be vacated when the Mets place Sanchez on the 60 day DL.
you surprised?
russo did 5 hours today all on the sanchez incident.If sanchez tore his shoulder up last night pitching where would that have left us.at leas omar had time to replace him in the pen with a vet because it happened sunday.my 2 cents on the issue.
Utley had a pretty amazing run. He is hitting above .400 during the streak and has a ton of HRs.
Best part of the streak…the Fillies are 15-17 during it! HA!
Yea…Utley had 6 homers and 24 RBIs vs our boy’s 10/32.
Beltran did only bat .269 in July vs. Utleys .425. (great point Sweetlew)
Beltran sucks! I changed my mind. :)
Alay Soler. Whats with this guy? He looked pretty good a few outings for the Mets. I thought he would settle down and turn into a consistent starter..I think the Mets made a mistake sending him down.
Rick Waits is not the pitching coach for Norfolk figured id share that. Randy Niemann is the pitching coach for Norfolk
Title: Pitching Coach
Bio: Randy Niemann, 50, returns to Norfolk after spending the 2003 season as the Tides pitching coach. An eight-year Major League veteran, he ended his career in Norfolk in 1988 while playing with the Tidewater Tides. Niemann pitched in the Majors with the New York Mets, Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins from 1979 - 1987, and compiled a career record of 7-8 with a 4.64 ERA in 62 games. He was a member of the Mets’ 1986 World Series Championship team, and spent the 2005 season as the rehabilitation pitching coordinator for the Mets in St. Lucie, Florida.
Rich, i dont think anyone referred to Waits as the pitching coach for Norfolk. We said hes the Mets Minor League Pitching Coordinator.
hmmm Darren did you happen to only watch his good outings? The problems he had in his good outings at the beginnings - having trouble throwing strikes - those were amplified horribly in his other starts. He didn’t challenge hitters and got himself into deep trouble that he couldn’t find his way out of. His stuff can be good enough sometimes, but his makeup wasnt there this time around. He may have been injured for the last start in which case perhaps he can come back and be effective at some point, but after seeing him pitch in the majors, I don’t think anyones holding their breath…