Gulf Coast League
- The GCL Nationals beat the GCL Mets 13-10 Tuesday. 3 players drafted by the Mets in 2009 took part. Cody Holliday came on to play RF in the 8th inning. He did not have a plate appearance, and is batting .175 in 40 at bats this season. Travis Ozga pinch hit in the 7th inning and finished the game as DH. He went 0 for 2 and is batting .114 in 35 at bats on the season.  In the 3rd inning LF ZeErika Hall hit his 3rd double of the season and came around to score. Hall is batting .313 in 48 at bats this season. For more info see the box score and recap.
Appalachian League
- The Pulaski Mariners beat the Kingsport Mets 8-6 Tuesday. 5 players from this June’s draft played for Kingsport. P Brian Needham pitched a scoreless 8th inning. He gave up singles to the first 2 batters, then threw a wild pitch before walking the next batter to load the bases. Then he induced the next 2 batters to ground into force outs at home and retired the last batter on a grounder without allowing a run. For the season so far Needham has a 1-1 record with a 5.51 ERA. C John Freeman went 0 for 5 and is now batting .159 in 63 at bats this season. SS Ryan Mollica went 0 for 5 but did have 2 RBI ground outs in the game giving him 13 RBI for the season. Mollica is hitting .284 in 67 at bats so far. DH Ronald Harris singled in the 1st inning, was hit by a pitch and stole a base (his 7th) in the 3rd, and singled and scored in the 5th to go 2 for 4 in the game. For the season Harris is hitting .243 in 70 at bats. CF Darrell Ceciliani grounded into a fielder’s choice in the 3rd inning, then stole 2nd and 3rd bases giving him 8 steals on the season. He hit an RBI (his 7th) double in the 5th and later scored. He singled in the 6th to complete his 2 for 5 game. On the season Ceciliani is batting .254 in 63 at bats. See the box score and recap for more.
Ike Davis
Today we take a closer look at another Met prospect. Ike Davis is not on Baseball America’s Top 10 list of Met prospects, and Toby Hyde at his Mets Minor League Blog lists him as # 14, but he was the team’s #1 choice in the 2008 draft and he does appear at # 5 on the New York Post’s “Beating the Bushes” top Met prospect list. So without further ado, Ike Davis:
- Was the 18th overall selection in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft.
- Began his professional career with the Brooklyn Cyclones in short-season A ball. Had a 15 game hitting streak to start his career. Finished 2008 batting .256 with 15 doubles, no triples or homers and 17 RBI in 215 at bats over 58 games. His OBP/SLG/OPS were .326/.326/.652. Committed only 1 error in 492 total chances at 1B.
- Started the 2009 season with St. Lucie of the advanced A Florida State League. Batted .288 with 17 doubles, 3 triples, 7 homers and 28 RBI in 222 at bats over 59 games. His OBP/SLG/OPS were .376/.486/.863.
- Was then promoted to Binghamton of the AA Eastern League. So far there has hit .286 with 6 doubles, zero triples, 5 homers and 20 RBI in 98 at bats over 26 games. His OBP/SLG/OPS are .386/.500/.886. In his last 10 games he is batting .302 with 2 HR and 8 RBI. In those 10 games Binghamton is 6-4, a significantly better winning percentage than their overall 36-58.
- Davis recently broke up a no-hitter.
- He took part in the B-Mets largest offensive outburst this season.
- Shortly after he was promoted he helped end a 7-game losing streak.
- Mike Silva doubts Davis or anyone else can help turn around the “cycle of failure” of recently promoted Met minor leaguers.
- Adam Rubin considers Davis to be a member of the “second-tier” of Met prospects.
- Baseball America has a 7/21 Ike Davis update.
28 comments
CaseStreet
7/22/2009-11:08am at 11:08 am (UTC -4)
In case you missed the Bellies in Baseball:
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2009/07/20/2009-07-20_cyclones_bump_up_attendance_with_brooklyn_bellies__baseball_night.html
CaseStreet
7/22/2009-11:10am at 11:10 am (UTC -4)
Is it easier to hit homeruns in Florida, or did Ike learn this year that it’s okay to hit the ball hard?
GravediggerHebner
7/22/2009-11:14am at 11:14 am (UTC -4)
I don’t know anything about the various ballparks or for that matter the atmospheric conditions to say. Maybe someone who does know will comment.
What I am impressed with is that Davis has accelerated his home run pace even more after moving up to AA Binghamton. 5 in 98 ABs there after 7 in 222 ABs in St. Lucie.
CaseStreet
7/22/2009-11:59am at 11:59 am (UTC -4)
Adam LaRoche has been traded. No news on the destination.
CaseStreet
7/22/2009-12:06pm at 12:06 pm (UTC -4)
96.3 Radio says it’s to the Red Sox
CaseStreet
7/22/2009-12:22pm at 12:22 pm (UTC -4)
LaRoche to Boston is confirmed.
dirtysanchez
7/22/2009-12:24pm at 12:24 pm (UTC -4)
yea..i was frantically looking to find out where…bummer. Would have been interesting to have two old brave players to help the mets win lol
fongy2
7/22/2009-12:25pm at 12:25 pm (UTC -4)
Like I said in March:
Red Sox-Phils 2009
World Series.
Atleast it provides
Met AND yank fans
rooting interests!
CaseStreet
7/22/2009-12:31pm at 12:31 pm (UTC -4)
I’d agree if you said Red Rox-Dodgers.
fongy2
7/22/2009-2:02pm at 2:02 pm (UTC -4)
Might be!
As long as the
yanks
aren’t involved!
dirtysanchez
7/22/2009-12:35pm at 12:35 pm (UTC -4)
btw great job with this stuff grave. I dont know where/how you get this info but Well done
CaseStreet
7/22/2009-12:40pm at 12:40 pm (UTC -4)
agreed, this is alot of work
metsfan4decades
7/22/2009-1:04pm at 1:04 pm (UTC -4)
Agreed. I read these daily. Give us Met fans something to maybe look forward to in the distant future….
metsfan4decades
7/22/2009-1:40pm at 1:40 pm (UTC -4)
Or maybe not so much to look forward to – per Adam Rubin’s story on 6 July….
GravediggerHebner
7/22/2009-1:44pm at 1:44 pm (UTC -4)
Time will tell us who is right, Rubin or others.
Specifically regarding Ike Davis though, I prefer the 7/21 Baseball America article. Much more uplifting than Rubin’s take.
fongy2
7/22/2009-2:04pm at 2:04 pm (UTC -4)
Not that anyone cares BUT I’ll provide my take in two weeks
when I get to see Bingo Mets V.
H’burg Sens for 3 days!
metsgirl31
7/22/2009-2:10pm at 2:10 pm (UTC -4)
Wow…Harrisburg Senators…I used to live in Lancaster…that brings back memories.
fongy2
7/22/2009-2:24pm at 2:24 pm (UTC -4)
They have really fixed
up the stadium, now
“Metro Bank Park”
AND even with the increase in the prices
of food and drink its
always a nice day/eve.
Too bad the Nats minor
league system doesn’t
produce much more than
the Mets! John Stearns
is the Mgr though and
as big a fan as I was
of his as a kid,I’ve
found he also appears
to be a pretty good guy
DNDJohan aka kistics
7/22/2009-2:26pm at 2:26 pm (UTC -4)
Looks like the Pirates gave BoSox LaRoche and Cash for 2 crappy minor leaguers.
Mets could have gotten Nyjer Morgan and LaRoche. Morgan would be a legit leadoff hitter/OF and LaRoche could be everyday 1B over Murphy.
I bet Omar could have given up Murphy a crappy prospect and cash for those two. WHEN WE NEEDED THEM!
fongy2
7/22/2009-2:32pm at 2:32 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah BUT Omar thinks we’re OK!
Well hang in ’til our “Stars”
come back, then we’ll make a
run!Gotta Love that crazy guy!
Right?!
metsfan4decades
7/22/2009-2:37pm at 2:37 pm (UTC -4)
Well, since it’s looking like some of these ‘stars’ won’t make it back this year, that ‘run’ must be in 2010……
Not that I expected him to say anything else last night, but I actually laughed out loud when he said something to the effect that we have a good shot and can make a run when we get our guys back.
fongy2
7/22/2009-2:46pm at 2:46 pm (UTC -4)
I would have
laughed too
BUT after you’ve bought
enough cars in
your lifetime the salemen go
from being a
needed evil to
a amusing evil
to an unwelcome
evil.And THAT’S
were we are now
with Omar and
his cast of zany,crazy characters.
DNDJohan aka kistics
7/22/2009-2:54pm at 2:54 pm (UTC -4)
Omar basically gave up on this season.
Lack of moves and trades, Omar insisting making small moves, finding solution with in the organization, trying to hold on to the prospects….. All of it sounds like Madoff F***ed us, so our hands are tied.
The only spending after the Madoff incident was Ollie. I bet you that was more of a publicity signing saying that “We are financially okay”. Nice going Jeff and Omar. You fooled us in the beginning, but you ain’t fooling us anymore.
fongy2
7/22/2009-2:48pm at 2:48 pm (UTC -4)
And who needed a LaRouche anyway?
Omar just got us a former ROY!!!
Love ya, O !!!
CaseStreet
7/22/2009-2:55pm at 2:55 pm (UTC -4)
he’s saving ‘em for the Big One!
fongy2
7/22/2009-2:56pm at 2:56 pm (UTC -4)
Jon Rauch??
trs86
7/22/2009-3:09pm at 3:09 pm (UTC -4)
No real point in Laroche now. Who knows if he was available when we needed him. Anyway I would let Murphy play everyday at 1b and Evans in Lf. Lets see what they have. IF they cant show anything then we dont need them next year either and you can trade them in the offseason.
DNDJohan aka kistics
7/22/2009-3:22pm at 3:22 pm (UTC -4)
Mets could have used LaRoche and Morgan before falling behind 35 games. Murphy, couple raw talents and cash would have gotten the job done.