I’m not going to get bogged down in “how good will the Mets be?” or “how bad will the Mets be?” but regardless of how the season goes there are a few prospects outside of the names many of us already know that I think are worth watching in 2010. The Mets haven’t officially announced what rosters will look like so “level” is based on an educated guess and may not be accurate. I will be doing this in a few “parts” 4
players at a time in no particular order-
#1. Cesar Puello- Puello is a 19 year old OF (today is actually his birthday) from La Romana, DR, Â who played last year for Kingsport where he put up a line of .296/.373/.423-.796 as an 18 year old. Puello is a broad shouldered/barrel chested 6’2 player with good present day pop in his bat which likely means more power is on the way. Puello has good speed and a plus arm. Puello likely would have played last season as an 18 year old in the SAL if not for a wrist injury that had him start the season later than expected. I rank Puello as our #3 best OF prospect in the system and certainly a player to watch in 2010- Expected 2010 role- Starting RF in Savannah
#2 Nick Santomauro- Santomauro is a 21 year old OF drafted in the 10th round this past year from Dartmouth. He’s got good size at 6’3 205 and flashed potential plus power for the Cyclones putting up a line of 241/368/441 (keep in mind that the NY/PENN is an extreme pitchers league and Keyspan Park also is a strong pitchers environment). Santomauro being from an Ivy League school hasn’t faced the level of competition of some other players. Â Expected 2010 role- Starting RF St. Lucie
#3 Darrell Ceciliani- Ceciliani is a 19 year old CF drafted in the 4th round by the Mets this past year from Columbia Basin CC. Ceciliani has garnered comparison’s to Johnny Damon (early career Damon before the power explosion) of the Tigers and Jacoby Ellsbury offensively. He is 6’1 185 pounds with plus speed and a legit CF glove and solid arm. Ceciliani’s overall line isn’t all that impressive 234/313/310 but he was set back by an undiagnosed case of asthma which caused him to miss 2 weeks of the season and in July showed what he can do hitting 303/361/447 with 8 steals. He also played a low level of CC ball and people need to be patient with the young OF. Expected 2010 role-  Starting CF Savannah
#4 Armando Rodriguez- Rodriguez is a 22 year old pitcher hailing from San Cristobal, DR. He is listed at 6’2 185 but appears much larger than that now probably pushing 210-220 pounds. Rodriguez features a FILTHY FB which sits 92-94 and touches as high as 97 with the makings of 2 potential plus breaking pitches. Rodriguez was an older signing (19 years old when he signed in 2007) so his age (22) shouldn’t turn too many people off. Last year Rodriguez pitched 62.2 innings 44 hits 29 walks 60 k’s with a 1.17 whip and 2.74 era Expected 2010 role- Rotation at Savannah
20 comments
Mr North Jersey
4/1/2010-10:35am at 10:35 am (UTC -4)
It is a good post but why are we not spacing them at least 30 minutes apart?
metro
4/1/2010-10:38am at 10:38 am (UTC -4)
Sorry, i tried setting it for 11:34, I thought I did… any way to take my post down? I apologize for this.
trs86
4/1/2010-10:39am at 10:39 am (UTC -4)
NO, it’s fine. Not a big deal at all.
Mr North Jersey
4/1/2010-10:53am at 10:53 am (UTC -4)
If you ever find that you need to change the time a post is displayed after you posted it. You can simply go back as if to edit your post and where it shows when a post is published simply click on the edit and you can reschedule the time.
On another note I noticed that FVF has no way to preview a post which sucks.
metro
4/1/2010-10:55am at 10:55 am (UTC -4)
Mr North Jersey thanks for the tip
trs86
4/1/2010-11:13am at 11:13 am (UTC -4)
Yeah a lot of issues to work out still.
Your point on rescheduling, don’t do that if you have already posted it. It causes some issues with feeds because the link will be broken.
trs86
4/1/2010-10:39am at 10:39 am (UTC -4)
We have not been using the workspace so sometimes it’s hard to tell what is coming up.
ceetar
4/1/2010-10:46am at 10:46 am (UTC -4)
I have a post scheduled for 10:29 tomorrow as well.
rustyjr
4/1/2010-10:40am at 10:40 am (UTC -4)
Free zapatta !
njstuckintx
4/1/2010-10:46am at 10:46 am (UTC -4)
Free shoes?
metsfan4decades
4/1/2010-10:47am at 10:47 am (UTC -4)
Good stuff on some very young, possible potential ML prospects.
GravediggerHebner
4/1/2010-11:14am at 11:14 am (UTC -4)
I followed the players that the Mets drafted in 2009 so I’m more familiar with them than I am with the average Met minor leaguer. Santomauro and Ceciliani were fun to follow, they both had their moments. I’ve never heard of Rodriguez but based on what you wrote about him here I’ll be paying attention now.
Good stuff. I look forward to this series continuing.
So since my basement flooded (again) late Tuesday afternoon what have I missed (besides Murphy going on the DL and the starting rotation order being Santana, Maine, Niese, Pelfrey, Perez)?
Mr North Jersey
4/1/2010-11:18am at 11:18 am (UTC -4)
2 words Grave Optimism and realism.
Other than that you haven’t missed much at all.
Sorry 2 hear about basement.
metsfan4decades
4/1/2010-11:20am at 11:20 am (UTC -4)
I feel your pain. Have had pumps going continuously in my basement now for 6 weeks. If it would ever stop raining for more than 2 days in a row, hopefully the water levels in this area will decrease. Sigh….
Well, officially Reyes is on the DL too and will miss the first 5 days of the season.
GravediggerHebner
4/1/2010-11:33am at 11:33 am (UTC -4)
Thanks MF4D and Mr. NJ for the updates and the concern. Now we know where to install pumps to avoid this in the future so it was a “learning flood.”
I like the conservative approach to Reyes so glad to hear he’s on the DL too. I’m sure by now someone must’ve already made this comment but I have to wonder if Murphy will have a job when he comes back. It would seem that if he doesn’t, that will mean the team has done well in his absence so at least at this stage that’s what I’m rooting for.
udontmesswthejohan
4/1/2010-11:29am at 11:29 am (UTC -4)
Oh Lord Baby Jesus in heaven, please make this so. Please.
http://riveraveblues.com/2010/04/steinbrenners-in-talks-to-sell-yanks-to-dolans-26081/
GravediggerHebner
4/1/2010-11:31am at 11:31 am (UTC -4)
I haven’t read the story yet, but just remember today’s date and how it’s celebrated.
udontmesswthejohan
4/1/2010-11:35am at 11:35 am (UTC -4)
Ah, you may be right. Reading some of the comments now. Oh well.
prismo
4/1/2010-11:46am at 11:46 am (UTC -4)
You got april fool’d!
ceetar
4/2/2010-6:42pm at 6:42 pm (UTC -4)
btw, this was the 2000th post of TRDMB