AAA-
Pill 1.2 innings 8 hits 7 runs 2 walks 1 k (awful)
Muno 3-4, 2b, BB
Tovar 0-3
Rivera 1-3, 2b
Kirk 2-4, HR
Reynolds 0-2, 2 k's
AA
Cecchini 0-4, 1 BB, 2 k's
Maz 0-5, 2 k
Conforto 3-5, 2b (gotta be entering the "promote to add a spark" discussion pretty soon, 40 man issue may hold him back t0 2016)
Nimmo 2-5, 2 2b
Fulmer 6.1 innings 7 hits 1 run 3 walks 6 k's (nice start, walks are an issue so far this year)
Koch 1.2 innings 1 hit 0 run 0 walks 3 k's (FB up to 96 out of the pen)
A+
Stuart 1-4, k, SB (Stuart is a sad case. Tools to help the Mets one day, but k rate is absolutely awful)
McNeil 2-5, SB
Smith 3-4 (raking)
Rosario 1-4
Whalen 4.2 innings 4 hits 3 runs 4 walks 5 k's (not overly impressed with Whalen, local kid or not)
Savannah
Guillorme 0-4, 2 k's (0 for last 10 with 6 k's)
Becerra 0-4, K
Reyes 8.2 innings 3 hits 0 er 0 walks 11 k's (absolutely ancient for the level, live arm, promote)
Duff 0.1 1 k
Big 2014 IFA signing Kenny Hernandez is now 3/43 with 11 k's...............
Cyclones season begins today
Almost certainly won't be. No reason to at this point. Will likely play out the year in St. Lucie. The Mets don't push guys during hot streaks like this. He's very young.
Had to build up his confidence once already this year. No real advantage to a promotion any time soon anyway. Duda is here for a "few years". 2016 Dom will be in Bing and then we will go from there. I actually see a LOT of guys who should be promoted but Dom isn't one of them.
He's Kenji Garcia 2.0 :)
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One of the ZiPS' favorites -- and one of mine -- the less-heralded Matz is starting to get a lot more attention, even upping his strikeout rate in his first go-around in AAA from his breakout (and healthy) 2014 season. While Dillon Gee's pitching ultimately made him expendable, the opportunity to possibly give Matz a shot in the majors certainly hastened that process. Yes, I'm placing Matz above Bradley.
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10. RHP Noah Syndergaard (22), New York Mets
Strangely late in the season, the Mets have finally fully realized that "Thor" is one of their five best starting pitchers. In seven MLB starts, Syndergaard has struck out almost 10 batters a game and put up a 2.91 FIP. And most importantly, he doesn't need Tommy John surgery, which seems to be a popular thing for young Mets pitchers.
Fair enough but I don't see the upside and then Sandy comes back and downplays it aka "not the message we wanted out there" not a big deal just weird to do.
Make it fucking happen.
Matz, Conforto or Thor aka he won't be a Met.
deGrom, Harvey, Conforto, Thor, Matz and still come up with the best possible deal for Chapman. They just signed Mesoraco (and took a catcher high in the draft) so Plawecki is of no interest to them. So unless you think the very best they can do is a Brandon Nimmo headlined deal (almost no chance) he won't be a Met. I actually would do a deal of Nimmo (plus) for Chapman if it were a possibility. Chapman + Familia is a world series caliber back end.
To add Chapman you need to pay that price. Not being snarky but I don't understand the question? I'm not saying they SHOULD trade a deGrom, Harvey, Conforto, Matz or Thor for him. I'm saying given his value, market THAT would be the cost. I'd be fine giving up Nimmo in such a deal, but pretty positive the Reds would scoff. Plawecki has no value to them.
We have an elite, young closer. We need to fix the 8th inning and we don't need to give up our best prospects to do it.
Unless it's a clear no-brainer deal then the Mets should not be moving any of their elite pieces. But that also means being okay with not landing big upgrades. Teams aren't giving up a good starting OF better than Cuddyer or Granderson for a Plawecki or a Nimmo at this time. Same with Chapman. Gotta aim lower. I suggested a Parra/K-Rod deal for Gsellman and a second similar guy. That's the kind of deal Sandy should be looking at. I'd love to find some speed for tge bench as well.
If they wanted an elite back end they should have signed Miller. He and Familia would have been a nasty combo and they could have afforded him simply by non-tendering both Gee/Parnell. But who knows? Maybe Parnell becomes more of a pitcher and steps into the 8th inning role?
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without being snarky is should we be preparing these packages for everybody that might be an upgrade? I know you are not suggesting it, and I all think we know enough that elite players would cost a lot
Unless it's a clear no-brainer deal then the Mets should not be moving any of their elite pieces. But that also means being okay with not landing big upgrades. Teams aren't giving up a good starting OF better than Cuddyer or Granderson for a Plawecki or a Nimmo at this time. Same with Chapman. Gotta aim lower. I suggested a Parra/K-Rod deal for Gsellman and a second similar guy. That's the kind of deal Sandy should be looking at. I'd love to find some speed for tge bench as well.
I agree 100%. At this point if they want an impact player they might as well start getting a bid ready for Upton this offseason. He is just as good, if not better, than any other bat that has changed teams in the last 3+ seasons. Unless I'm forgetting someone obvious.
Speedy/veteran 4th OFer is 100% the direction they should go this season to improve the club. A BP arm would be nice, but I actually think they have enough there to get by assuming the medical stuff isn't worse than they are letting on.
Since we're on a closer roll, we can't overlook the best of them all. On one hand, Chapman is the only closer out there whom other teams drool over. And unlike Papelbon, who can block deals to 17 teams, Chapman has no control over where he ends up. So it won't be just clubs looking for pure closers that have interest.
On the other hand, the Reds have all major deals on hold for another four weeks, until after the All-Star Game. So teams in need of immediate help might not be able to wait that long. Nevertheless, he's a dominator who can't be a free agent until after 2016. And "he's on the short list of the very best guys out there," said one of the execs quoted earlier. So next to Hamels, he might be the biggest difference-maker on the shelves next month.
Our prediction: Gets traded to the Dodgers to form a scary, late-inning, swing-and-miss tag team with Jansen.
Oh it would be a massive haul - like Matz, Nimmo, Plawecki, Montero, & Robles. But if it only required 1 of our top 3 guys as part of the package we'd probably have to consider it, and it's still probably more than most other teams could offer (that's 3 top 100 prospects and 2 pitchers who could step into the clubhouse staff right away when healthy - most teams don't have that).
It's all likely moot though because the Reds are only 5 games under .500 and it seems much more likely they will try to keep Frazier long term.
I don't see it unless they can find a taker for Granderson.
Dan, what do you think of adding Victorino? He should be coming back from DL soon but doesn't really have a spot open in the lineup. He's always hurt but in a 4th OF role it seems like he's a lightning in a bottle type of guy. Might even be able to nab him for Gee/Niese at this point.
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find it hard to believe the Mets will pay the price on Upton but we shall see. Gotta believe 8-10 years at the highest AAV ever given out by the team. I'm guessing 160-200 million.
I don't see it unless they can find a taker for Granderson.
Dan, what do you think of adding Victorino? He should be coming back from DL soon but doesn't really have a spot open in the lineup. He's always hurt but in a 4th OF role it seems like he's a lightning in a bottle type of guy. Might even be able to nab him for Gee/Niese at this point.
I'd take a guy like that for really cheap. PJ says his rep is very poor in the clubhouse however so I have no idea?
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We'd have to clear our system to get Frazier and Chapman in the same deal.
Oh it would be a massive haul - like Matz, Nimmo, Plawecki, Montero, & Robles. But if it only required 1 of our top 3 guys as part of the package we'd probably have to consider it, and it's still probably more than most other teams could offer (that's 3 top 100 prospects and 2 pitchers who could step into the clubhouse staff right away when healthy - most teams don't have that).
It's all likely moot though because the Reds are only 5 games under .500 and it seems much more likely they will try to keep Frazier long term.
I think Conforto would have to be in there instead of Nimmo for them to make that deal with us.
I obviously agree that if it only took one of Matz/Thor/Conforto I'd do it in a second. I just don't see any way CIN would.
Kimbrel is not at all analogous. The Braves were dumping tons of salary in the deal (BJ Upton) nearly 50 million owed. Not even close to similar.
2 years ago he was a 6 WAR player with a wRC+ of 119.
Obviously you'd hope to get a good report from scouts that he's moving around well on defense, etc. But he's the perfect guy to start 3-4 games a week total across all OF positions and come in as a late game double switch guy for defense/pinch hitting/pinch running. Can leadoff when he plays for Granderson and let Cuddyer not get run down too much in general.
Who is MMO?
I think Collins made a much bigger mistake in his comments than Legares arm, went right under the radar thankfully.