DSL Season begins on Monday, some bookkeeping
06/01/24 RHP Johan Moreno assigned to DSL Mets Blue.
06/01/24 RHP Leyvi Rodriguez assigned to DSL Mets Blue.
06/01/24 LHP Wilmer Lugo assigned to DSL Mets Blue from DSL Mets Orange.
06/01/24 RHP Deivy Victora assigned to DSL Mets Blue from DSL Mets Orange.
06/01/24 LHP Darling Felix assigned to DSL Mets Blue from DSL Mets Orange.
06/01/24 RHP Luisner Lopez assigned to DSL Mets Blue from DSL Mets Orange.
06/01/24 RHP Jermayne Verdu assigned to DSL Mets Blue from DSL Mets Orange.
06/01/24 RHP Deivy Victora assigned to DSL Mets Blue from DSL Mets Orange.
06/01/24 LHP Wilmer Lugo assigned to DSL Mets Blue from DSL Mets Orange.
06/01/24 LHP Darling Felix assigned to DSL Mets Blue from DSL Mets Orange.
06/01/24 RHP Luisner Lopez assigned to DSL Mets Blue from DSL Mets Orange.
06/01/24 RHP Jermayne Verdu assigned to DSL Mets Blue from DSL Mets Orange.
AAA
Choi granted his release
Acuna 1-3, BB
Ritter 0-3 BB, 3 k's
Bannon 2-4
Thomas 1-4
Hamel 5 innings 5 hits 2 runs 3 walks 3 k's (Awful era and too many walks but I still believe he's a big league arm, likely a RP)
Drew Smith (rehab) 1 perfect
Bing
Rudick 1-4
Parada 0-4
McLean 2-4, HR, 2b
Clifford 0-3,BB, 3 k's (He's been very disappointing, no two ways about it)
Stuart 5 innings 7 hits 3 runs 2 walks 6 k's (another likely big leaguer but RPer)
McLoughlin 1.2 innings 2 walks (1.15 era on the season)
Gervase 0.2 innings 2 hits 4 runs 3 walks 2 k's (yuck)
BK
Morabito 0-4, 3 k's
Lorusso 0-3, BB, SB, 2 k's (should be in Bing)
Suero 1-4, 2 k's
Orellana 2.1 innings 4 hits 2 runs 1 walk 1 k (first poor outing of the season)
Julian Smith *organizational debut* 0.2 perfect
St.Lucie
Baro 3-5, 2b, K
Baez 0-4, 2 k's
Hernandez 1-4
Houck 1-4, 2b, K (awful first 2 months)
Rosa 0-4, 2 k's
Fanas 1-3, BB
Gomez 5 innings 7 hits 2 runs 3 walks 4 k's (One to watch)
Ammons 1 inning 1 hit 0 runs 0 walks 2 k's
FCL
J-Rod 2-6, BB, K, 2 CS
Ewing 2-4, 2 2B, 2 BB, 2 k's (1.008 OPS on the season)
Zitella 3-5, 2 2B, 2 k's (Hitting .349)
Juan 4-4, HR, 2 BB (monster game came into the game 2 for his last 33, talk about a slump buster)
Cota 4 innings 2 hits 2 runs 1 walk 9 k's
-Robert Dominguez posted more video of himself throwing
you aren't kidding. K-rate keeps coming down too, right around 30% now.
batting average over .200 despite low BABIP,
walk rate over 20%,
ops over 900,
iso over .300
all heading into today's 1/3 with a homer.
in 4 fewer games than A+, he has exactly twice as many XBH (7 vs. 14). power is going to be the primary carrying tool there so keep hitting XBH and the rest should work itself out.
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Another Clifford HR. The man couldn't stand Brooklyn. OBP and SLG look great.
you aren't kidding. K-rate keeps coming down too, right around 30% now.
batting average over .200 despite low BABIP,
walk rate over 20%,
ops over 900,
iso over .300
all heading into today's 1/3 with a homer.
in 4 fewer games than A+, he has exactly twice as many XBH (7 vs. 14). power is going to be the primary carrying tool there so keep hitting XBH and the rest should work itself out.
He's the most fascinating bat we have besides maybe Mauricio who you know I don't love.
He's starting to show what we all thought he'd look like though.
He's the most fascinating bat we have besides maybe Mauricio who you know I don't love.
He's starting to show what we all thought he'd look like though.
i guess it depends on the definition of fascinating, i think he looks pretty duda-ish, which i find kind of dime/dozen with just a few exceptions (like schwarber).
id take mauricio's explosive linedrive swing + athleticism over clifford all day. he doesnt have the plate discipline but he is much better at making contact and just as dangerous making contact. maybe even moreso.
acuna doesnt have the power, but for a plus athlete he too makes contact and has good enough xbh power/exit velo that i think he could be a gimenez type of bat. which even putting defense aside, is generally a type of hitter i like better than Duda.
but my favorite type of lineup is basically the 2015 royals, so im a little atypical. every guy in that lineup hit over .255 and nobody had more than 22 homers or an 847 ops. being hard to K and athletic up/down a lineup is how you squeak out a few runs and beat good pitching.
Stewart replacement now please.
hopefully this sparks another heater, but DJ Stewart has to be very close to the cutline.
if they are intent on giving Baty a real shot at 2b he probably needs a few weeks playing there, and in that case ritter seems like an interesting call up because he has seemingly played every position.
nice thing for morale on the farm to give guys like him a shot once in while when they are producing, who knows maybe catch lightning in a bottle just like DJ in the first place.
i doubt they call up Acuna, but as an example of why i think it's at least worth considering, he can play almost as many positions as ritter, is currently hitting for a better average, and k's almost half as often. i dont think it's worth calling him up unless you are going to play him regularly as a starter at 2b though, and i think that is probably not the case right now.
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debut yesterday
Ernesto Mercedes...45 innings 44 walks 69 k's
Justin Jarvis with another strong outing 6 innings 4 hits 2 runs 0 walks 5 k's. He should probably be back in Syracuse somewhat soon
Not his sharpest outing (3 walks over 3 innings) but Dakota Hawkins has only allowed 5 er over his last 19.2 innings (2.28 era)
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with a combined 3 hits over 17 innings yesterday....
The Mets have targeted up-the-middle profiles with each of their last four first-round hitters. But when does Tommy White’s pure contact skills, power and three-year track record of standout offensive performance become too much to pass up? I’m thinking it’s around this point in the draft or soon after in the early 20s. Other college names like Caleb Lomavita and Carson Benge are potential options as well.
2. Twins acquire 1B Pete Alonso from Mets for 1B Alex Kirilloff, RHP David Festa and 2B/OF Luke Keaschall
It appears the Mets won’t be able to extend Pete Alonso’s contract and he will hit free agency in the offseason. Therefore, it makes sense for them to trade him at the deadline for prospects to help build the organization for the future and then try to re-sign him this winter. The Mets want to keep him long term, and by all indications the feeling is mutual. However, Alonso first needs to see how he’s valued on the open market as the Mets view him in the range of the Freddie Freeman and Matt Olson deals, while the Alonso camp feels his value, including what he brings as a leader and star who embraces playing in New York, is worth more. (Freeman signed a six-year, $162 million deal with the Dodgers before the 2022 season; Olson inked an eight-year, $168 million contract with the Braves around the same time.) If the Mets (33-37), currently 1 1/2 games out of wild-card position in the log-jammed National League standings, do decide to trade Alonso, teams such as the Cubs, Brewers, Mariners, Giants and Twins make sense as landing spots as they all could use upgrades in the middle of their lineups and at first base or DH.
@bkfan09
Edward Lantigua Doubles and Homers on the same inning , Now this is player that Scouts were raving to me about.
2. Twins acquire 1B Pete Alonso from Mets for 1B Alex Kirilloff, RHP David Festa and 2B/OF Luke Keaschall
It appears the Mets won’t be able to extend Pete Alonso’s contract and he will hit free agency in the offseason. Therefore, it makes sense for them to trade him at the deadline for prospects to help build the organization for the future and then try to re-sign him this winter. The Mets want to keep him long term, and by all indications the feeling is mutual. However, Alonso first needs to see how he’s valued on the open market as the Mets view him in the range of the Freddie Freeman and Matt Olson deals, while the Alonso camp feels his value, including what he brings as a leader and star who embraces playing in New York, is worth more. (Freeman signed a six-year, $162 million deal with the Dodgers before the 2022 season; Olson inked an eight-year, $168 million contract with the Braves around the same time.) If the Mets (33-37), currently 1 1/2 games out of wild-card position in the log-jammed National League standings, do decide to trade Alonso, teams such as the Cubs, Brewers, Mariners, Giants and Twins make sense as landing spots as they all could use upgrades in the middle of their lineups and at first base or DH.
Hate Bowden but this would be a great return for the Mets. Probably way more in favor of the Mets since they get Festa who I'm high on with big stuff and Keaschall having a great year so far.
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2. Twins acquire 1B Pete Alonso from Mets for 1B Alex Kirilloff, RHP David Festa and 2B/OF Luke Keaschall
It appears the Mets won’t be able to extend Pete Alonso’s contract and he will hit free agency in the offseason. Therefore, it makes sense for them to trade him at the deadline for prospects to help build the organization for the future and then try to re-sign him this winter. The Mets want to keep him long term, and by all indications the feeling is mutual. However, Alonso first needs to see how he’s valued on the open market as the Mets view him in the range of the Freddie Freeman and Matt Olson deals, while the Alonso camp feels his value, including what he brings as a leader and star who embraces playing in New York, is worth more. (Freeman signed a six-year, $162 million deal with the Dodgers before the 2022 season; Olson inked an eight-year, $168 million contract with the Braves around the same time.) If the Mets (33-37), currently 1 1/2 games out of wild-card position in the log-jammed National League standings, do decide to trade Alonso, teams such as the Cubs, Brewers, Mariners, Giants and Twins make sense as landing spots as they all could use upgrades in the middle of their lineups and at first base or DH.
Hate Bowden but this would be a great return for the Mets. Probably way more in favor of the Mets since they get Festa who I'm high on with big stuff and Keaschall having a great year so far.
Not at all a Kirilloff guy he's a DH-type who hasn't really hit and can't stay healthy. Festa/Keaschall would be a very strong duo however. I don't see the Twins making this trade.
2. Twins acquire 1B Pete Alonso from Mets for 1B Alex Kirilloff, RHP David Festa and 2B/OF Luke Keaschall
It appears the Mets won’t be able to extend Pete Alonso’s contract and he will hit free agency in the offseason. Therefore, it makes sense for them to trade him at the deadline for prospects to help build the organization for the future and then try to re-sign him this winter. The Mets want to keep him long term, and by all indications the feeling is mutual. However, Alonso first needs to see how he’s valued on the open market as the Mets view him in the range of the Freddie Freeman and Matt Olson deals, while the Alonso camp feels his value, including what he brings as a leader and star who embraces playing in New York, is worth more. (Freeman signed a six-year, $162 million deal with the Dodgers before the 2022 season; Olson inked an eight-year, $168 million contract with the Braves around the same time.) If the Mets (33-37), currently 1 1/2 games out of wild-card position in the log-jammed National League standings, do decide to trade Alonso, teams such as the Cubs, Brewers, Mariners, Giants and Twins make sense as landing spots as they all could use upgrades in the middle of their lineups and at first base or DH.
jmo but as someone who was previously thinking Pete would get more, I think at this point it is delusion to think he will get that kind of money in FA barring some unexpected market shift.
especially since he has now hit .220 for the last 2 years, and this year his defense hasnt been great.
soto is going to get something massive like ohtani, but if the market looks likely to shift beyond that, the top guys from last year are going to opt back to FA (chapman, bellinger, hoskins) in addition to what is already scheduled to be on the market with bregman, ozuna, pete, teoscar, jdm.
pete is obviously still one of the most appealing names on that list, but so is bellinger and he only got the $80m last year. i am taking the under on 2x more than that (160m) all day until we see something with the market change.
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2. Twins acquire 1B Pete Alonso from Mets for 1B Alex Kirilloff, RHP David Festa and 2B/OF Luke Keaschall
It appears the Mets won’t be able to extend Pete Alonso’s contract and he will hit free agency in the offseason. Therefore, it makes sense for them to trade him at the deadline for prospects to help build the organization for the future and then try to re-sign him this winter. The Mets want to keep him long term, and by all indications the feeling is mutual. However, Alonso first needs to see how he’s valued on the open market as the Mets view him in the range of the Freddie Freeman and Matt Olson deals, while the Alonso camp feels his value, including what he brings as a leader and star who embraces playing in New York, is worth more. (Freeman signed a six-year, $162 million deal with the Dodgers before the 2022 season; Olson inked an eight-year, $168 million contract with the Braves around the same time.) If the Mets (33-37), currently 1 1/2 games out of wild-card position in the log-jammed National League standings, do decide to trade Alonso, teams such as the Cubs, Brewers, Mariners, Giants and Twins make sense as landing spots as they all could use upgrades in the middle of their lineups and at first base or DH.
Hate Bowden but this would be a great return for the Mets. Probably way more in favor of the Mets since they get Festa who I'm high on with big stuff and Keaschall having a great year so far.
Not at all a Kirilloff guy he's a DH-type who hasn't really hit and can't stay healthy. Festa/Keaschall would be a very strong duo however. I don't see the Twins making this trade.
Yeah to me Kirilloff is a throw in as the 3rd guy. Festa immediately would come in and be our best SP prospect or right there with Scott/Sproat. I see 0 chance the Twins would make this deal as you said though.
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2. Twins acquire 1B Pete Alonso from Mets for 1B Alex Kirilloff, RHP David Festa and 2B/OF Luke Keaschall
It appears the Mets won’t be able to extend Pete Alonso’s contract and he will hit free agency in the offseason. Therefore, it makes sense for them to trade him at the deadline for prospects to help build the organization for the future and then try to re-sign him this winter. The Mets want to keep him long term, and by all indications the feeling is mutual. However, Alonso first needs to see how he’s valued on the open market as the Mets view him in the range of the Freddie Freeman and Matt Olson deals, while the Alonso camp feels his value, including what he brings as a leader and star who embraces playing in New York, is worth more. (Freeman signed a six-year, $162 million deal with the Dodgers before the 2022 season; Olson inked an eight-year, $168 million contract with the Braves around the same time.) If the Mets (33-37), currently 1 1/2 games out of wild-card position in the log-jammed National League standings, do decide to trade Alonso, teams such as the Cubs, Brewers, Mariners, Giants and Twins make sense as landing spots as they all could use upgrades in the middle of their lineups and at first base or DH.
jmo but as someone who was previously thinking Pete would get more, I think at this point it is delusion to think he will get that kind of money in FA barring some unexpected market shift.
especially since he has now hit .220 for the last 2 years, and this year his defense hasnt been great.
soto is going to get something massive like ohtani, but if the market looks likely to shift beyond that, the top guys from last year are going to opt back to FA (chapman, bellinger, hoskins) in addition to what is already scheduled to be on the market with bregman, ozuna, pete, teoscar, jdm.
pete is obviously still one of the most appealing names on that list, but so is bellinger and he only got the $80m last year. i am taking the under on 2x more than that (160m) all day until we see something with the market change.
Yup Alonso probably screwed himself not taking a deal before this year if Stearns really offered something. If he doesn't seriously turn up the bat the rest of the season I'd be shocked if he came anywhere near what like $125 million and I'm not sure he even gets $100 at this point.
The Mets have targeted up-the-middle profiles with each of their last four first-round hitters. But when does Tommy White’s pure contact skills, power and three-year track record of standout offensive performance become too much to pass up? I’m thinking it’s around this point in the draft or soon after in the early 20s. Other college names like Caleb Lomavita and Carson Benge are potential options as well.
I dont see that at all - not a David Stearns guy IMO, Blake Burke and Tommy Tanks are projected to be DH only by people I know that usually is a 3rd round profile at best, but it takes just one team to disagree
Yup Alonso probably screwed himself not taking a deal before this year if Stearns really offered something. If he doesn't seriously turn up the bat the rest of the season I'd be shocked if he came anywhere near what like $125 million and I'm not sure he even gets $100 at this point.
i dont think stearns offered alonso anything yet.
i think the deal pete turned down last year was eppler, and then this offseason i think pete/boras were practically begging to get any kind of extension offer close to that but didn't get anything from stearns.
i think pete/boras have wished they could get a do-over on that decision to decline every day for at least the last 6 months.
thats why from stearns POV, i think approaching the deadline he has a leverage window where he has a chance to get something done before the market shifts and with the other side of the negotiation likely feeling very at risk.
why not offer something him something team friendly? if stearns wasnt willing to extend him now on something team friendly, then obviously game on for the deadline/QO.
noticed that too, hope everything is ok and just took a break since team has been meh.
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Yup Alonso probably screwed himself not taking a deal before this year if Stearns really offered something. If he doesn't seriously turn up the bat the rest of the season I'd be shocked if he came anywhere near what like $125 million and I'm not sure he even gets $100 at this point.
i dont think stearns offered alonso anything yet.
i think the deal pete turned down last year was eppler, and then this offseason i think pete/boras were practically begging to get any kind of extension offer close to that but didn't get anything from stearns.
i think pete/boras have wished they could get a do-over on that decision to decline every day for at least the last 6 months.
thats why from stearns POV, i think approaching the deadline he has a leverage window where he has a chance to get something done before the market shifts and with the other side of the negotiation likely feeling very at risk.
why not offer something him something team friendly? if stearns wasnt willing to extend him now on something team friendly, then obviously game on for the deadline/QO.
Yeah, we obviously aren't privy to all of the conversations but Sherman's report (158) was offered by Eppler last June
minus out this year's 20m, and there is 5x137m left for him to "earn back". give him +4 years guaranteed for most of it (90m?) and then a couple of mutual option/vesting years + incentives to earn back the rest.
4x90m gives him a higher AAV than olson, and were he to re-enter FA at the end of that deal he'd be younger than Freeman is right now, so if he plays as well as the guy he wants to comp himself too he'd get another deal from someone even if mets dont pick up options.
the mcneil/marte stuff does not sound promising. feels like both hanging on by threads.
But McNeil’s OPS has dipped to .600. Mendoza said he liked McNeil’s at-bat against lefty Yuki Matsui, that he saw better swings and thought he was “getting there.” So it sounds as if they will continue to roll with him. If the Mets were to again sit McNeil, they’d likely go with Jose Iglesias — club officials like the improvements prospect Luisangel Acuna has made in Triple A, but they still don’t think he’s ready for the majors.
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Good to see! He probably should go up soon as well as Fanas did. There's quite a logjam in STL though it seems.
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Luisangel Acuña over the last 28 days (24 games):
.310/.369/.440 (.809 OPS)
5 doubles. 1 triple, 2 home runs, 10 RBI and 9 stolen bases
Someone's gotta want to sign him. Nido impressed me this year as a backup C.
Jesus Anton final line 0.2 innings 0 hits 2 runs 4 walks 1 k