Vasil and Seymour to BK, Mangum to AAA, Cortes demoted to AA all per Mike Mayer
-Ziegler's injury is said to be "minor" by a source, and seemingly confirmed by Mayer
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Mauricio 2-4 HR, K (I've been sitting on this for a bit, but Seidler made reference to it this morning... I've heard from 2 different writers that teams are down on Mauricio. It's been said his plate discipline now "swing decisions" remain well below average and while he mashes pitches in the zone, he hasn't made positive movement towards improvement. Both noted his trade value is "less than" one would think. Don't shoot the messenger)
Alvarez 0-3, BB, 2 k's (back in a slump sadly. One of the same people was 0% worried about Alvarez and had him as a mid-2023 callup and still believe that to be the case vs. those thinking he was close during his hot streak)
Ritter 0-4 K
Senger 1-4
Young 2-3, 2B, BB
Otanez .1 perfect
BK1
Newton 1-3, HR, K
Palmer 1-3, HR, K
Santos 5 innings 4 hits 2 runs 2 walks 4 k's (back to back solid starts)
BK2
Newton 1-3 HR, K
Palmer 1-2 HR, K (Palmer is heating up. .238/.347/.476 in May, that does however come with 19 k's over 42 ab's)
Schwartz 1-3
A1
Ramirez 0-4, K
Dominguez 0-4, 4 K's
Consuegra 0-4, 2 k's
Lee 0-4 3 k's
A2
Ramirez 3-5, K
ODLS 1-5 2 k's
Lee 1-3, K
Consuegra 0-4, K
Vasil 1 inning 2 hits 0 runs 0 walks 2 k's (final St. Lucie appearance)
Scott 3 innings 3 hits 0 runs 0 walks 6 k's (Top 20 prospect in the system for me)
A "top" prospect, one that one headline a trade for a major addition. His stock is very much down league wide. Perceived as having a very low floor. Looking more like a 7 hitter type. Low OBP with pop but if he outgrows SS... that's essentially a non-starting MLB player.
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Before you assume he has the full trade value of his list ranking or OPS: every other team in baseball can pull up his Z-Contact and chase rate on their internal dashboards too
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what does "one think" it is? Who are they arguing against?
A "top" prospect, one that one headline a trade for a major addition. His stock is very much down league wide. Perceived as having a very low floor. Looking more like a 7 hitter type. Low OBP with pop but if he outgrows SS... that's essentially a non-starting MLB player.
I thought the general consensus on him (at least among Mets fans) was that he was a low floor/high range of outcome player, rather than a "top" prospect. That's why my confusion.
i think capone told us at one point the nym turned down Tyler Oneil for Duda when I think he was a top 100 prospect, so presumably he was a guy that got shopped, wasn't for everyone, and still worked out pretty good.
think back to some of the big deadline deals, Keibert Ruiz had some knocks, PCA was injured and basically pre-debut, etc.
Mauricio (or any prospect in any trade) doesn't need to be anything other than better than whatever the next team is offering.
Other aspects of Ruiz’s game have come and gone. His power output fluctuates, and his conditioning and on-field effort have, too. He’s a free-swinger who has historically been bailed out by his incredible feel for contact, and that doesn’t always hold water against big league pitching.
But Ruiz’s feel for contact is incredible. He’s a switch-hitter with a very controlled, smooth, short stroke from both sides. He’s run strikeout rates in the 8 to 12% range during his minor league career and he projects to have a 70-grade hit tool, which is almost unheard of for a catcher. He especially mauls fastballs. Per proprietary xStats sent to me by two different clubs, Ruiz’s xwOBA against all pitches, as well as fastballs over 93 mph, is .458. He is hitting for impact power again this year for the first time since that outlier Pioneer League season a half decade ago. Per Synergy Sports, Ruiz has swung and missed just 11 times against fastballs all year, and he’s almost impossible to beat in the strike zone, typically only swinging over top of breaking balls in the dirt. Ruiz has freaky bat-to-ball ability and it could spearhead an All-Star-laden career at what is a shallow position league-wide.
How much power will there be? I think it’s fair to assume Ruiz’s epicurean approach will at least limit his power output. At catcher, that’s going to be okay. The power output here is the unknown variable that will dictate whether Ruiz is a star or merely quite good. There have also been times during his career when Ruiz has looked aloof or out of shape, and his BABIPs have sometimes been comically low because he was hitting so many soft groundballs that he couldn’t exactly leg out for hits. He’s also pretty cavalier when it comes to blocking balls, greatly preferring to try to backhand pick short-hoppers in the dirt rather than move in front of the ball to block it with his pads. When he picks it clean, it’s really sexy. When he doesn’t, it’s ugly and looks like a mistake that could have been avoided with simple effort.
it's a pretty safe bet to say either would bring back a package headlined by a top 100 prospect between #20-80 since that tends to be the deadline rate and Mauricio qualifies for that.
Baty and Vientos too, and I think if you polled 30 games it wouldn't shock me if each of the 3 was the top choice of 10 different GMs. Every organization is just going to have different priorities but the fact that Mauricio has a lot more potential defensive value would I think hold value to teams that prioritize that.
But I'd be pretty shocked if there wasn't 1 team out there that wouldn't take Mauricio over Baty since he's a year younger, outslugging him, k'ing less, and more defensively capable (40-45 grade SS > 40-45 grade 3B).
all that said im not sure trading a big package for 1 of those guys makes sense unless scherzer or jdg have a big set back.
Other aspects of Ruiz’s game have come and gone. His power output fluctuates, and his conditioning and on-field effort have, too. He’s a free-swinger who has historically been bailed out by his incredible feel for contact, and that doesn’t always hold water against big league pitching.
his prospect status had ebbed and flowed - at one point i think he was a top 10-15 prospect and ahead of Will Smith, and obviously that shifted.
i wasn't saying Ruiz wasn't still a good prospect he was, just like Mauricio is today. both just perhaps not as high as once thought (fluctuations are normal for most prospects other than the phenoms like Alvarez who are basically untouchable).
Pache was kind of similar. I remember several years ago dreaming of getting him back for Wheeler. His stock obviously fell off since then but he was still a good enough prospect to bring back Olsen.
I remember his tomato garden in bull pen
I just realized Robert Dominguez is on St Lucie roster as well but on 60 day IL. Do we know what he injured? Jordany Ventura hurt as well.
Also DSL opens June 6. It didn't start yet.
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And Atencio are both very intriguing. It seems as if Simon Juan is dinged as he’s yet to debut despite the DSL seasoning opening
I just realized Robert Dominguez is on St Lucie roster as well but on 60 day IL. Do we know what he injured? Jordany Ventura hurt as well.
Arm surgery for Dominguez I know. Not sure if Tommy John or what.
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And Atencio are both very intriguing. It seems as if Simon Juan is dinged as he’s yet to debut despite the DSL seasoning opening
Also DSL opens June 6. It didn't start yet.
They have played at least 6 exhibition games and he’s yet to play in one
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“DSL Mets have played about 5 preseason games, and big IFA signing Simon Juan has yet to play in any of them to this point .“
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And Atencio are both very intriguing. It seems as if Simon Juan is dinged as he’s yet to debut despite the DSL seasoning opening
Also DSL opens June 6. It didn't start yet.
They have played at least 6 exhibition games and he’s yet to play in one
Got you. Thought you meant regular season had started.
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Per the MiLB Transaction page, Khalil Lee has been assigned to the Syracuse Mets.