Last night I was able to see some of the rising stars in the Mets system. Players such as
Gregory Peavey (#23)
(Click on links in the page to see pictures from last night!)
Although the Gnats were pounded due to ineffective pitching from Erik Goeddel and Angel Cuan I saw a lot of promise. For one thing, Corey Vaughn and Aderlin Rodriguez are huge. They are so much bigger than the rest of the players for either team. Rodriquez did struggle a little at the plate last night and Vaughn struggled in RF but you can tell the potential is everywhere for these two. Darrell Ceciliani was also impressive. He has a savoy about his game. He’s kind of short and stocky but seems to have excellent speed and played a good CF. One prospect that I have not heard much about that impressed me last night was Javier Rodriguez. You might have read a little about him in our:Ladies and Gentlemen, Your 2011 Savannah Sand Gnats!! preview. He seemed to have all the physical tools and leads the team with 11 total bases in just 4 games.
I get the opportunity to go back tonight and while I most likely will not take as many pictures I will still share a few tomorrow as well.
For now, if you have facebook access, take a peak at these pictures. You should be able to see them without an account. If you can’t, I plan to get these uploaded soon.
7 comments
metsfan4decades
4/12/2011-10:07am at 10:07 am (UTC -4)
Nice, thanks for sharing.
I’ve been hearing good things about Vaughn and Aderlin.
Just started reading about Peavy this past month.
Cory is the one playing with an insulin pump, right? I can’t imagine….
So you were at the Gnats game last night? Ah….spared the frustration of watching the Mets BP blow yet another game.
TRS86
4/12/2011-10:19am at 10:19 am (UTC -4)
Yeah but unfortunately the Gnats got eaten by the Crawdads. I get to go back again tonight. I am just learning how to use my new camera but could not have ask for a better field view. I was sitting beside the Gnats dugout 1st row.
saltygary
4/12/2011-10:22am at 10:22 am (UTC -4)
Wow packed house huh? Hopefully the weather was good, looks like a great park.
Also are there crawfish indigenous to that area of NC?
TRS86
4/12/2011-11:21am at 11:21 am (UTC -4)
It’s a great park. And yeah there are quite a few crawdads in the area.
There was maybe 300 people there last night. I wanted to go to tomorrows game too but it’s at 11am. Seriously, 11am for a minor league game. Who comes to that?
metsfan4decades
4/12/2011-11:38am at 11:38 am (UTC -4)
11 am on a weekday? Must be ‘getaway’ day for them. lol.
TRS86
4/12/2011-2:13pm at 2:13 pm (UTC -4)
Oddly enough… no. They have a night game there on Thursday. Makes no sense at all.
Jeanette
2/14/2012-11:57am at 11:57 am (UTC -4)
All things consiederd, this is a first class post