Buffalo-
Mike Jacobs 2-4
Mike Hessman 2-4 double, rbi
Lucas Duda 1-2 homer (10), 2 rbi, 2 walks
Fernando Martinez 1-4 double, rbi
Tobi Stoner 6 innings 3 hits 2 runs 3 walks 5 k’s (5.51 era)
Brian Bruney 1 inning 0 hits 0 runs 0 walks 1 k
Ryota Igarashi 1 inning 0 hits 0 runs 0 walks 1 k
Manny Acosta 1 inning 1 hit 0 runs 0 walks 2 k’s
Bing-
Nick Evans 2-4 homer (16)
Kirk Nieuwenhuis 0-2 run scored, 2 walks
Sean Ratliff 1-4 double, rbi
Chris Schwinden 5 innings 6 hits 5 runs 3 walks 6 k’s
Eric Niesen 1 inning 2 hits 1 run 2 walks 1 k (3.81)
Eddie Kunz 1 inning 1 hit 0 runs 2 walks 1 k (5.49)
Roy Merritt 1 inning 1 hit 0 runs 0 walks 3 k’s
St. Lucie-1
Stefan Welch 1-4 homer (5)
Juan Lagares 1-4 double
Kyle Allen 0.1 inning 1 hit 0 runs 0 walks 1 k (not exactly sure what the situation was here I believe it may have been rain related)
Scott Moviel 4.2 innings 3 hits 5 walks 6 k’s
St Lucie 2
Juan Lagares 2-3 homer, 3 rbi
Wilmer Flores 2-4, grand slam
Eric Beaulac 6 innings 4 hits 4 runs 3 walks 8 k’s
Kingsport-
Justin Schafer 1-3 homer, 2 rbi
BK-
Rylan Sandoval 1-4 homer
Corey Vaughn 2-4 homer (9)
Joe Bonfe 2-4
Johan Almonte 5 innings 7 hits 3 runs (0 earned) 0 walks 5 k’s
31 comments
njstuckintx
7/20/2010-9:05am at 9:05 am (UTC -4)
How soon before Vaughn gets moved up?
rustyjr
7/20/2010-9:27am at 9:27 am (UTC -4)
He impressed me when I saw him live
metro
7/20/2010-9:34am at 9:34 am (UTC -4)
Probably won’t be at all. They don’t normally take hitters from BK their first year and promote them the same year.
ceetar
7/20/2010-9:42am at 9:42 am (UTC -4)
Isn’t San Diego State considered almost “AA” level though? Or only for pitching? Hey, maybe the kid has something insightful, scouting wise, to say about Strasburg.
fongy2
7/20/2010-9:47am at 9:47 am (UTC -4)
I’ll give you
the scouting report on Strasburg:
He’s real, real
good!
fongy2
7/20/2010-9:48am at 9:48 am (UTC -4)
b/t/w…..Sign George Sherrill!!!
oleosmirf
7/20/2010-9:58am at 9:58 am (UTC -4)
i agree
metsfan4decades
7/20/2010-10:29am at 10:29 am (UTC -4)
Wilmer Flores 2-4 with a GS.
I really hope they hold onto this kid for awhile, see if he’s the real deal.
He’s too young to ‘sell high’ and get back anything worth it in return anyway.
DNDJohan aka kistics
7/20/2010-11:21am at 11:21 am (UTC -4)
Ok.. so it sounds like Lily is out of the picture now according to the Metsblog. Mets have turned their attention to Westbrook now.
WTF??? What does Westbrook do for this team? Sure he’ll be a solid mid-rotation guy, but with Pelf struggling like this, do we honestly think adding Westbrook will increase the chance of making playoffs? I don’t think so.
stickguy
7/20/2010-11:33am at 11:33 am (UTC -4)
much rather go after myers than westbrook.
but hey, it is still better than millwood!
fongy2
7/20/2010-11:37am at 11:37 am (UTC -4)
Agreed…On all three.
BUT Westbrook’s gotta come cheap…………
Real cheap!!!
DNDJohan aka kistics
7/20/2010-11:41am at 11:41 am (UTC -4)
But are we content with Westbrook? I’m not.
fongy2
7/20/2010-11:45am at 11:45 am (UTC -4)
I’m not at all!
BUT I think thats about as good as its gonna getfor us at the deadline.
Omar boxed himself in A LONG TIME AGO,
with Castillo’s contract,mis-handling Beltran’s injury AND of
course Ollie.
DNDJohan aka kistics
7/20/2010-11:52am at 11:52 am (UTC -4)
Not only that, but it seems like the Mets are so hung up on their prospects that no team is willing to deal with them.
I understand what you want to keep your prospects, but this season is going down the drains real fast and you gotta do something. And Westbrook is definitely not the solution here.
fongy2
7/20/2010-11:55am at 11:55 am (UTC -4)
Agreed!…
fongy2
7/20/2010-11:57am at 11:57 am (UTC -4)
Also, I dont wanna get hi-jacked for a RP like Frasor or Downs,both of whom I’d like BUT really they’re not THAT good!
stickguy
7/20/2010-11:36am at 11:36 am (UTC -4)
The St. lucie game was rain delayed in the 1st. that is why Allen only went .1 innings.
ANd nice to see Kirk with 2 BBs. it seems to be a common problem with Met top hitting prospects. lousy BB rate and OBP. F Mart, Kirk, Flores. If these guys don’t start walking more 9and in some cases striking out less) they will never make the leap to stardom.
But, I guess chicks dig the long ball!
And that shafer kid at Kingsport was a 34th round pick, and is currently 2nd in the league in BA 9something like .373). Now that is productin from late in the draft!
stickguy
7/20/2010-11:39am at 11:39 am (UTC -4)
last thought to leave you with. This is cribbed from Toby’s minors blog. Just think about what he says at the end about the manager, and see how you think it relates to the Jidiot.
” Brooklyn leads the NYPL in all triple crown categories, and then some. They are 1st in: BA, runs scores, hits, doubles, triples, homeruns, rbi, TB, SLG., and OPS. That is remarkable. I wonder how much of that has to do with the fiery attitude that Cyclone manager Wally Backman brings. Players have to play and perform yes, but a good manager can get the most out of his teams talents”
fongy2
7/20/2010-11:42am at 11:42 am (UTC -4)
Maybe….BUT I’d think a Mgr
in low-A ball should be more about teaching than motivating. If 20y/o kids with
a yr or less of pro ball under their belts can’t get motivated, you’ve got the wrong kids in your system!
GravediggerHebner
7/20/2010-12:18pm at 12:18 pm (UTC -4)
I don’t know enough about the minor leagues and how “it all works” to know if this is true or not but I have read in the past from multiple sources that the Mets organization sends talent to short-A Brooklyn that most other organizations would send to other levels of their system with winning games in mind ahead of development.
GravediggerHebner
7/20/2010-12:27pm at 12:27 pm (UTC -4)
As far as the Mets and any trades go I’m leaning toward don’t trade away anything useful.
My late March/early April assessment of this club was that it wasn’t quite good enough and they haven’t shown me anything consistently enough to make me change that opinion so I am still leaning toward hold on to as much of what you think you can use going forward and only trade for something that helps you beyond 2010. I don’t see much point in trading for free-agent-to-be Westbrook.
DNDJohan aka kistics
7/20/2010-12:49pm at 12:49 pm (UTC -4)
You are saying that this team is not a playoff team?
fongy2
7/20/2010-1:20pm at 1:20 pm (UTC -4)
I’m saying it’s not likely!
GravediggerHebner
7/20/2010-1:28pm at 1:28 pm (UTC -4)
Short answer: yes that’s what I’m saying.
Long answer: in late spring training I thought that overall the pitching staff would be a weakness too great to overcome and that a lot of things would have to break the right way for the Mets and the wrong way for their competitors for the Mets to be there at the end. It hasn’t specifically unfolded much like I thought it would at all (which reinforces to me how different baseball reality is from baseball “on paper”) but in a general sense it has unfolded like I thought it would so far – the team is just too inconsistent. Can they find consistency and propel themselves into the playoffs? Sure, there’s still time, but I’m not betting anything substantial on it. 5 games out of division and too many teams ahead in wild card combined with this team’s inconsistency for me to believe strongly everything will break the right way for the Mets.
DNDJohan aka kistics
7/20/2010-1:45pm at 1:45 pm (UTC -4)
That’s why I think adding a front of the rotation guy like Oswalt or Haren WILL help the team to propel themselves into the playoffs and possibly into the NLCS or WS.
Back in April when the Mets were going really good, what was the driving force there? When the Mets had that great run in the month of June, what was the driving force there? It’s consistency in pitching and mostly starting pitching. When Dickey, Taka, Pelf and Niese were all going well, the Mets were a very good team. But we all saw that Taka is vulnerable now. We all are witnessing the league catching up to Pelf and his splitter.
With the way that Johan is pitching it’s not too late to add more pitching help AND propel this team into the top of NL East or WC. Sure Bravos are playing well, but they are not running away with the division either (at least not now). Mets have a chance to be real good this season.
njstuckintx
7/20/2010-1:49pm at 1:49 pm (UTC -4)
It’s going to be costly.
GravediggerHebner
7/20/2010-1:51pm at 1:51 pm (UTC -4)
I agree completely with what you say here. I just don’t have any faith/hope/belief that the Mets will acquire either of those guys or anyone else who fits their description.
But there is still a week or so left for them to surprise me.
Kingman 26
7/20/2010-1:34pm at 1:34 pm (UTC -4)
I wholeheartedly agree with Grave.
For a change.
oleosmirf
7/20/2010-1:06pm at 1:06 pm (UTC -4)
if the reports are true that the Mets can get Westbrook for next to nothing if they pick up the tab on his expiring 11 mil contract, then you have to make that trade.
I mean thats ridiculous if they pass that up…
DNDJohan aka kistics
7/20/2010-1:31pm at 1:31 pm (UTC -4)
I agree if it’s giving up some c-prospect and picking up his salary. But that move alone will not help the Mets to make the playoffs.
oleosmirf
7/20/2010-2:37pm at 2:37 pm (UTC -4)
of course not but if the Mets can play like they did in June during August and September then he will certainly help.