Monday, the Mets announced that OF Lucas Duda and SS Reese Havens would complete the Mets contributions to the Surpris Rafters in the Arizona Fall League. Duda and Havens join 1B Ike Davis, RHP Jenrry Mejia, SS Ruben Tejada, RHP Scott Moviel, LHP Eric Niesen and RHP Josh Stinson in the desert.
The 23-year old Duda [...]
I’m baffled by the Jerry Manuel quotes in this article by Ryan Cloaianni at MLB.com about Nick Evans.
Here’s Jerry:
“I just think we are in a situation where we are somewhat forced to bring people up probably quicker than we would have liked,” Mets manager Jerry Manuel said, “and he is probably one of those guys [...]
The Major League season is slowly coming to its painful close for the Mets, but the team has already been busy firing minor league staffers.
Adam Rubin in the Daily News reports that the Mets have fired AA Manager Mako Oliveras and GCL Manager and longtime big leaguer Julio Frano. Rubin describes Oliveras as an “ally” [...]
Baseball America is running through their series of the best prospects in each minor league. None of the GCL Mets made their league’s top 20, but Cesar Puello is #9 in the Appalachian League says BA.
With the caveat that there are questions about his makeup, Puello’s potential for five major league average tools affords him [...]
The US defended its IBAF World Cup title by beating Cuba 10-6 on Sunday in front of a sellout crowd of 5,600 in Nettuno, Italy, a sea-side town a little over an hour south of Rome.
Entering Sunday’s game, Ike Davis, who had played in seven games was hitting .308/.419/.692 with 5 XBH in 26 AB. [...]
In light of Special Assistant Ramon Pena’s firing, lets take a look at some of the Mets top international prospects performances this season. All of the players listed numerically are among my top 30 Mets prospects.
1. Fernando Martinez – signed July 2, 2005 (pre-Pena). Made his MLB debut at age 20, after tearing the cover [...]
Wednesday, both the New York Times and the Daily News reported that the Mets were going to fire Special Assisant to the General Manager Ramon Pena, who was described as the “top official in charge of signing international talent” in the News. Minor League Field Coordinator Luis Aguayo, who ran much of the instruction in [...]
At Baseball Prospectus, Dan Maikel constructed a model to analyze whether teams should play promising rookies (he used Cameron Maybin and Matt Wieters) over established and mediocre veterans. Not surprisingly, the model, an expected value framework, favored playing the youngsters, who have the chance to be special, over the proven pedestrian.
In part 2, Maikel asked [...]
Most Mondays in this space, I’m going to write something about football. Why? Because I want to. Sunday was a big early-season day for both NY, or if you prefer, New Jersey teams, as both the Jets and Giants won to go to 2-0. Both teams are now alone in first in their divisions. You [...]
SSA: LHP Mark Cohoon
ERA
G/GS
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
SO
BB/9
SO/9
SO/BB
GO/AO
09 NYP
2.15
14/14
92
69
26
22
4
20
70
1.96
6.85
3.50
2.21
Born: 9/15/87
Where he came from: Drafted 12 rd 2008 out of North Central Texas JC
What he is: A 6’2”, 195 lb lefthander with below average stuff who throws strikes.
When he grows up: An organizational arm
Other Good Candidates:
Brandon Moore
ERA
IP
HR
BB
SO
BB/9
SO/9
K/BB
GO/AO
WHIP
AVG
Cohoon
2.15
92
4
20
70
2.0
6.8
3.5
2.21
0.97
.210
Moore
2.09
82
4
17
71
1.9
7.8
4.2
1.27
0.95
.206
Moore has the slight edge in ERA, K-rate, K/BB ratio, WHIP, [...]
