In his first start in the Dominican Winter League, Nelson Figueroa helped his team the Aguilas snap Licey’s seven game winning streak Sunday:

7 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K

Mike Carp for the Caribes de Anzoategui

Friday: 1-3, 2B;

Saturday: 0-3.

Overall: 2H, 11 AB, 1 2B, 3 BB, 2 SO – .182/.400/.273

Jose Coronado hasn’t played for the Caribes in a week.  He was 4-for18 (.222/263/.222) in six games.

I’ve got a little road trip coming up this weekend, but I’ll be sure to watch:

-Stanford @ Cal on Saturday

-Giants @ Cardinals on Sunday

Tej at Mets Prospect Hub posted his top 30 Mets prospects earlier this week.  You can click here to read his commentary.

1. Fernando Martinez OF
2. Wilmer Flores SS
3. Jon Niese LHSP
4. Dan Murphy 3B/2B/1B/LF
5. Brad Holt RHSP
6. Mike Carp 1B/LF
7. Nick Evans LF/1B
8. Reese Havens SS
10. Jenrry Mejia RHSP
11. Jefry Marte 3B
12. Bobby Parnell RHP
13. Scott Moviel RHSP
14. Maikel Cleto RHSP
15. Dillon Gee RHSP
16. Robert Carson LHSP
17. Ike Davis 1B
18. Francisco Pena C
19. Eddie Kunz RHRP
20. Michael Antonini LHSP
21. Jeurys Familia RHSP
22. Kyle Allen RHSP
23. Ezequiel Carrera OF
24. Ruben Tejada SS
25. Brant Rustich RHP
26. Nathan Vineyard LHSP
27. Angel Calero LHSP
28. Greg Veloz 2b
29. Lucas Duda 1b/OF
30. Nick Carr RHSP

Fernando Martinez was 0-4 Wednesday night, snapping a 10 game hitting streak.  Through 21 games for Escogido, he’s hitting .360/.402/.587 with 4 2B, 2 3B and 3 HR and is 4/5 stealing bases.  The only nit is that he’s walked 5 times and fanned 14 in 75 AB.   His .989 OPS is 6th in the DWL.

Thursday, Dillon Gee’s Ponce team completed a week old game in which Gee pitched one inning.  In 12 IP in the PWL, Gee has allowed just seven hits, NO WALKS and fanned 13.

The table below compares the performance of Mets farmhands in the AFL to the AFL average pitcher.

AFL Pitchers vs. League Averages

-Eddie Kunz should just shake his head, go for a hike in Oregon and come to spring training ready to earn a roster spot.

-Bobby Parnell and Jason Vargas now have happy thoughts on which to dwell during their off-season conditioning to prepare for Spring Training and their battles to earn roster spots.

-Tobi Stoner acquitted himself well and also gets to think happy thoughts as he battles to make the AAA roster out of spring training.

-Kunz and Parnell both walked a higher percentage of batters than the league as a whole while Stoner and Vargas walked fewer.

-Parnell was the only pitcher with a better than average strikeout rate.

AFL Hitters vs. League Average

What I take away:

- Dan Murphy can really hit.  (But Mets fans knew that already.)

- Shawn Bowman can hit for power.

- Josh Thole can’t.  But he can get on base and that’s valuable.

Please note: OPS+ is not park adjusted.  100 in the league average.