.@SyracuseMets Joey Lucchesi
@RumblePoniesBB (game 1) Luis Moreno
@RumblePoniesBB (game 2) Troy Miller
@BKCyclones Felipe De La Cruz
@stluciemets Austin Troesser (quietest strong start in the organization. 13.2 innings 19 k's 2.63 era)
AAA
Acuna 1-6, 2B
Ritter 3-4, BB
Iglesias 2-5, 2 HR
Bannon 1-4, HR, 2 BB
Hamel 4.1 7 hits 4 runs 2 walks 3 k’s
Jay 2.2 innings 2 hits 0 runs 1 walk 0 k’s
BK
Lara 2-4, BB, SB, K
Clifford 2-4, BB, 2 k’s
Lorusso 2-3, 2B, 3B, BB, SB (.943 OPS)
McLean 0-3 BB, 3 k’s
Orellana 4.1 innings 3 hits 0 runs 1 walk 3 k’s (1.02 era!)
Ventura 3.2 innings 3 hits 0 runs 0 walks 5 k’s (I suspect he’s in Bing soonish)
St. Lucie
Mosquera 2-5, K
Houck 1-5, BB, 2 k’s
Suero 2-4, HR, BB, SB (remains my *super sleeper*. OPS up to .974, 8 game hit streak)
Baro (at 3B, season debut) 1-3, BB, error
Morabito 2-3, BB, K (hitting .397! Promote Nick!)
Baez 1-5
Hudepohl 5 innings hits 0 runs 2 walks 8 k’s
Loper 2 innings 0 hits 0 runs 1 walk 2 k’s
Alfonseca 1 perfect
Ovalles 1 perfect 1 k
Marco Vargas is injured, unclear if it's the same issue that has limited him to 3 games and a previous IL stint
-Infielder/centerfielder Jett Williams, the Mets’ top prospect, went on the seven-day injured list with Double-A Binghamton because of a right wrist issue.
After he jammed it, sat out for a week and didn’t feel well enough to play, the Mets opted to officially sideline him. He might get a cortisone injection, and the Mets are inclined to take his return very slowly, given his importance to the organization.
Before getting hurt, Williams was off to a slow start at the plate, batting .180 with a .668 OPS. He also played several games at second base, his first professional exposure to that position, his potential eventual defensive home.
Saul Garcia (received a nice report from @BaseballAmerica before the season) has been activated from the 7 day IL. Garcia has stuck out 7 over 3.2 innings of work for @stluciemets. He figures to join @BKCyclones shortly
“If you get to the point where you feel that you’re not going to make the playoffs, and we’re way, way ahead of ourselves on that. But if they get to that deadline and they feel they need to be sellers than buyers, I feel you have to trade him.”
I have said this for the past 3 years once it appeared the Mets would need a miracle to contend. lol.
Good thing is his value probably hasn't changed. or maybe that's a bad thing.
Team: Triple-A Syracuse (International)
Age: 22
Why He’s Here: .393/.438/.500 (11-for-28) 10 R, 3 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 1 SO, 3 SB, 2 CS.
The Scoop: Acuña hasn’t gotten off to a great start in Triple-A, but there’s still the building blocks of a good MLB player. He hits the ball harder than his .099 isolated power seems to indicate. He can really rotate when he rips a swing. But he hits a ton of ground balls. His power is generally to right center field, but until he gets more comfortable pulling the ball in the air, his bat-to-ball skills and adequate power are going to be masked. (JC)
Oh wow certainly unexpected but good news!
@AnthonyDiComo
Mets top prospect Jett Williams required a second cortisone injection in his right wrist due to continued soreness. The team is waiting for that to take effect. If it doesn't help, the Mets could begin exploring other options, such as surgery.
"June" for Gilbert
St Lucie please.
Justin Rocke
@JustinRocke
He’s going back to the Dominican Republic for the week. His grandfather unfortunately passed on Sunday.
Oakland is one of the cheapest teams in MLB. How come their doctors can identify a hamate injury yet the Mets seemingly wasted so much time with one of their top prospects?
If the Mets doctors has correctly handled this, Williams would've had a chance to get at least a few hundred crucial ABs this year.
Oakland is one of the cheapest teams in MLB. How come their doctors can identify a hamate injury yet the Mets seemingly wasted so much time with one of their top prospects?
If the Mets doctors has correctly handled this, Williams would've had a chance to get at least a few hundred crucial ABs this year.
Just to be 100% transparent, a player told me he "heard" from another player it was a hamate. I wouldn't bet my life that's what's going on. That's just what I heard second hand.
Oakland is one of the cheapest teams in MLB. How come their doctors can identify a hamate injury yet the Mets seemingly wasted so much time with one of their top prospects?
If the Mets doctors has correctly handled this, Williams would've had a chance to get at least a few hundred crucial ABs this year.
no 2 cases are the same, the fact that they are trying a 2nd cortisone shot would seem to imply this isnt an obvious surgical case. or maybe jett prefers to not do the surgery unless it's last resort? the surgeon is undoubtedly an accomplished ortho at HSS so this likely isn't a mets training staff thing.
on a quick search like any surgery, there are potential complications. obviously no idea if this is even the type of procedure he'd need but no surgery is without risks.
Return to Play and Complications after Hook of the Hamate Fracture Surgery - ( New Window )
just to be clear im not nitpicking any element of the rumor of whatever the injury is. just pointing there are like 100 variables nobody knows except the people in the training room making the decision. on surgical stuff i think we can feel confident in HSS giving the team/player the best possible info and recommendations.
@RumblePoniesBB Nolan McLean
@BKCyclones *Dakota Hawkins* (first professional start, this is likely a piggybacking situation especially with Ventura on the IL but we’ll see… 1.88 FIP!)
@stluciemets TBD
@FCLMets TBD #Mets
It was supposed to be early June so maybe not healing as quick as they wanted. Hardly good news to find currently.
This per Will Sammon
obviously he showed some capacity to take coaching and make adjustments at the level. he is hitting xbh and popping good EVs. we know the athleticism should play if he can make good contact. k-rate down to 17% which continues a nice downward trend.
Joe DeMayo
@PSLToFlushing
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Acuña in May:
.290/.336/.374 with 6 doubles, the below home run and 10 stolen bases
Home run power will likely never be a meaningful part of his game, but he is making better contact and working better at bats
@mets #38 prospect (@fangraphs) LHP Luis Alvarez has been assigned to @FCLMets. The 21 year old Alvarez has thrown 10.2 innings total since signing with @mets in 2021 #Mets
good point - and i guess to my point if mcneil went IL (or whoever) you'd still have iglesias on bench in the Baty roster spot.
im just glad acuna has himself in the conversation because id personally be shopping someone like marte already and willing to move on if someone else is willing. he'd be my eduardo escobar/brian mccann right now, and hopefully since he looks decent you could get something useful for him. and if you can move marte then mcneil can play more of an all over role, and then there's room on the roster to call up acuna and play him a lot at 2b which would probably upgrade 2 positions defensive (RF/2b).
i wonder if there is a baseball trade to make with marte where you can flip him with cash for an experienced but expensive closer in a desperation eat $ move like gott last year (if red sox were out id say kenley?).
maybe something like marte + cash for old friend rafael montero? houston offense is struggling, marte could play some LF for them.
i dont believe we can split that, but my guess is those ratios have changed in this hot streak as the result of whatever adjustment he made.
@mets #38 prospect (@fangraphs) LHP Luis Alvarez has been assigned to @FCLMets. The 21 year old Alvarez has thrown 10.2 innings total since signing with @mets in 2021 #Mets
Him showing signs of life is a great great sign for us, and needed given the situation with Gilbert and Williams.
As far as promotion goes, there's no point right now. Like you say, let's see him play good at AAA for another 4-6 weeks and maybe post all-star break we can talk about the big club.
The Mets aren't contending this year, so his development is more important than big club Ws and Ls sadly. Maybe another 150-200ABs and McNeil can show that he's not completely shot.
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are 2 players in the IL with a higher GB% than Acuna right now (neither are MLB prospects) in any way and *2* players have a lower line drive%. Good to see him heating up, now do it for a decent stretch. Absurdly high GB% and low LD% = poor offensive projection vs. better pitchers.
i dont believe we can split that, but my guess is those ratios have changed in this hot streak as the result of whatever adjustment he made.
Which would agree with what I'm saying. That he needs to show success for a longer period than 10ish games. To have the third highest GB% and 3rd lowest LD% means you've been pretty awful for most of the season. Billy Hamilton was a legitimate 80 runner and he had a 42% GB%, 23.1% LD at the big league level (a real slap hitter no less), Acuna at AAA is currently at 57.1% GB and 16.1%, those are both horrendous numbers. Hit for another 3-4 weeks, prove it.
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despite his hot streak has an unbelievably poor 57.1 GB% at the moment. Let him put up 4-6 weeks of production.
@mets #38 prospect (@fangraphs) LHP Luis Alvarez has been assigned to @FCLMets. The 21 year old Alvarez has thrown 10.2 innings total since signing with @mets in 2021 #Mets
Him showing signs of life is a great great sign for us, and needed given the situation with Gilbert and Williams.
As far as promotion goes, there's no point right now. Like you say, let's see him play good at AAA for another 4-6 weeks and maybe post all-star break we can talk about the big club.
The Mets aren't contending this year, so his development is more important than big club Ws and Ls sadly. Maybe another 150-200ABs and McNeil can show that he's not completely shot.
There should be no rush. If he's up in 4 weeks (July 29th) he'd still have roughly 60 MLB games available to him through the end of the season. I'd like to see some of the young players as well but when they are ready, not because they had a hot 10 game span that followed an awful first 6 weeks.
pulling the ball a lot more than the rest of his career and less up the middle than last year specifically. interestingly in 2022 it looks like he had a really similar line his first year in A+, but by the time he went up to AA that same year he was hitting way more line drives/flyballs despite it being a tougher level, while also going the other way a lot more.
i dont dive all that deep into the swing decisions/launch angle waters but when i see differences like this i expect that it's all part of the cat/mouse game that comes with moving up levels and making adjustments - which then continues perpetually in the big leagues forever as pitchers adjust back.
my guess this year (just a guess) is that in the last few weeks he's somehow made adjustments that have gotten him back to pulling the ball less on the ground and hitting more line drives/fly balls.
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are 2 players in the IL with a higher GB% than Acuna right now (neither are MLB prospects) in any way and *2* players have a lower line drive%. Good to see him heating up, now do it for a decent stretch. Absurdly high GB% and low LD% = poor offensive projection vs. better pitchers.
i dont believe we can split that, but my guess is those ratios have changed in this hot streak as the result of whatever adjustment he made.
Which would agree with what I'm saying. That he needs to show success for a longer period than 10ish games. To have the third highest GB% and 3rd lowest LD% means you've been pretty awful for most of the season. Billy Hamilton was a legitimate 80 runner and he had a 42% GB%, 23.1% LD at the big league level (a real slap hitter no less), Acuna at AAA is currently at 57.1% GB and 16.1%, those are both horrendous numbers. Hit for another 3-4 weeks, prove it.
no disagreement there if we are talking about a deserved call up where they need to "make room" for him. i.e. moving mcneil to a utility role full time - Acuna's performance isn't there yet but like you said in 3-4 weeks it may be because if he keeps doing what he's doing he'll be hitting .300+ by then.
depending on however much they buy into the adjustments he just made though, unlike 2 weeks ago they may now think he could keep his head above water at least if he were called up. PCA has now done that for a month and produced at a 3 win pace (mostly for his defense) even though he didnt show all that many signs of looking ready at AAA. that was an injury promotion. i think acuna has gotten himself into that category of depth option though if the big club has an injury (or a trade materializes).
Until he's hitting less ground balls, and more line drives his offensive profile is not going to be an MLB starter (or at least a good one). You won't find many successful MLB players with GB/LD% that high/low.
It's basically Yandy Diaz, who has a completely different profile hitting rockets (.144 ISO) near the league lead in EV nearly every season and walks almost as much as he k's. Fair to say he won't be "Yandy Diaz).
Likes playing at Jersey shore stadium.