According to a Hawaii Winter Baseball press release, Major League Baseball has decided to “consolidate” its fall operations to Arizona.  As the press release explains,
The decision essentially ends any participation in HWB by players from the MLB and its minor league affiliates.
Hawaii Winter Baseball combined a few really excellent ideas:
1. A second fall league [...]

John Manuel of Baseball America ranked the top 20 Prospects in Hawaii Winter Baseball, a list that did not include any Mets. However, he took two Mets questions in his associated chat
Jack from Africa - for now asks:
John, How did Scott Shaw not make the list? He didn’t have to be #1 but he [...]

The Hawaii Winter Baseball Season has come to a close. HWB is played at a level slightly above advanced-A, but not all the way up to AA. None of the Met hitters assigned to the league performed up to league average.

HWB Hitters Final

Player
AB
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
OPS as % of League AVERAGE

HWB Average
4779
.248
.337
.370
.707
-

Jordan Abruzzo
70
.200
.273
.229
.502
71

Ruben Tejada
86
.233
.284
.291
.575
81

Greg Veloz
87
.207
.281
.230
.511
72

However, [...]

And now we compare the Mets pitching in HWB to their league brethren.

HWB Pitchers Vs. League Average

Player
IP
TBF
BB
SO
ERA
BB%
K%
Opp AVG
ERA +

HWB
1124.0
4991
533
1089
4.58
10.7
21.8
.251
-

Junior Guerra
15.2
87
13
9
8.62
14.9
10.3
.371
53

Roy Merritt
20.0
85
10
22
3.60
15.3
25.9
.221
127

Scott Shaw
28.1
108
7
33
1.91
12.0
30.6
.105
240

Josh Stinson
21.0
93
13
13
4.29
14.0
14.0
.224
107

Josh Stinson has a below average walk and strikeout rate, but a slightly better than average ERA.
Scott Shaw’s walk rate is a touch below average, but his strikeout rate is one [...]

Because it was so much fun to compare the hitters in the Dominican Winter League to their overall league environment, I thought I’d run through the exercise (and spreadsheets) for each of the important winter leagues.  Here’s Hawaii Winter Baseball.

HWB Hitters Vs. League Average

Player
AB
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
OPS +

HWB Average
4302
.251
.339
.374
.713
-

Jordan Abruzzo
63
.222
.279
.254
.533
75

Ruben Tejada
78
.244
.262
.308
.570
80

Greg Veloz
84
.214
.290
.238
.528
74

Once again, Scott Shaw turned in the best Mets performance in the Islands.  Saturday, Shaw threw five shutout innings dropping his ERA to 1.91.  In those five innings, he gave up one hit, walked two and struck out six.  Thirty-eight of his 68 pitches - 56% - were strikes.
In 28.1 IP, Shaw has given up [...]

Josh Stinson: W, 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K … Stinson is now 2-0 with a 0.87 ERA. 
2B Greg Veloz: 0-2, BB,  SB (2)
LHP Roy Merritt: .1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 HR, 1 HBP

The North Shore Honu scored twice in the bottom of the 10th inning off Mets reliever Roy Merritt to beat the Honolulu Sharks and their many Mets 11-10.
Junior Guerra: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 1 K
Roy Merritt: L, 1.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
SS [...]

In Saturday’s game, the Honolulu Sharks pounded Yankees 2007 first rounder Andrew Brackman for seven runs in 2.1 IP in the massive righty’s professional debut. C Jordan Abruzzo was 1-4 with an RBI and 2B Greg Veloz was 1-4 with a double. Josh Stinson gave up two unearned runs in three innings, fanning two [...]

The Honolulu Sharks begin their season tonight. Here’s the scoreboard. Saturday, the Mets added RHP Scott Shaw to the roster.