Mets Minor League Highlights (in gifs!) - June 26, 2014

There were three Mets minor league games available to watch Thursday night and they all ended in defeat. The Savannah Sand Gnats were shutout 9-0, managing only two hits – they will not be featured, as there was nothing noticeable worth gifing. The Binghamton Mets lost 3-1 to Altoona, though they managed only one hit through the first seven innings – there are two Brandon Nimmo gifs and two Jack Leathersich strikeouts. Finally, the Las Vegas 51s lost 7-5 to Sacramento in the 11^th inning, a game started by top prospect Noah Syndergaard – there are two Matt Reynolds singles, four Thor strikeouts, three Zack Thornton strikeouts, and the game-tying HR hit by Kevin Plawecki with two outs in the 9^th.

Altoona Curve starter Joely Rodriguez is a lefty who was sitting at 95 MPH with his fastball in the 1^st inning, but the lefty-hitting Nimmo looked comfortable facing the same-handed pitcher. He would hit a screamer towards LF, but it was caught thanks to a nice diving play from the 3B.

Nimmo gets robbed of a hit in the first inning

With Xorge Carillo on 1B (he singled) and two outs in the 8^th, Nimmo would line this double into the left-center field gap – I like that he went the other way against both the lefty in the 1^st and the righty in the 8^th.

Nimmo doubles into the gap

He didn’t have any offensive highlights, and he’d strike out to end the 8^th, but here is the Mets top 2B prospect Dilson Herrera at the plate.

Dilson Herrera at the plate for the B-Mets

Leathersich came in for the bottom of the 8^th and struck out the last two Curve batters of the game. First, he got Jarek Cunningham swinging three straight pitches:

Leathersich vs. Cunningham, 0-0

Leathersich vs. Cunningham, 0-1

Leathersich vs. Cunningham, 0-2

Then he got Kelson Brown to strikeout looking.

Leathersich vs. Brown, 2-2

Matt Reynolds hits a lot of line drive singles like the ones he hit in the 1^st and 4^th innings last night.

Reynolds singles up the middle

Reynolds singles to LF

Noah Syndergaard displayed his nasty stuff last night, and, to some degree, why he’s not yet with the big club. He has three strong pitches, but he tends to rely on his 95+ MPH fastball much more than the other two, and hitters start sitting dead red. He’d pick up four strikeouts last night (one in each inning he pitched):

Shane Peterson swinging.

Shane Peterson swinging at 2-2

Nate Freiman swinging.

Freiman swinging at high heat on 2-1

Freiman swinging at high heat on 2-2

Jose Martinez looking.

Martinez watches this 1-2 curve fall in for a strike

Martinez swinging.

Martinez chases this 0-2 curve in the dirt

Most of the damage against him came on a three-run double that Cory Vaughn just missed catching. Two pitches before the double, he located this 2-1 pitch perfectly – he has very good command.

Thor located this pitch perfectly

Vaughn just missed bailing out Thor here

Thornton came in and provided three perfect innings of relief, huge innings that gave the 51s a chance to come back. He would strike out three River Cats (and induce five groundouts!):

Anthony Aliotti swinging.

Aliotti can't hold up on 0-2

Nick Buss swinging.

Buss can't catch up on 0-2

Andy Parrino swinging.

Thornton ends his night by getting Parrino swinging

The highlight of the night was this blast by Kevin Plawecki to tie it up in the 9^th, which might have gotten out with a little help from the LF.

Plawecki launches one into the night sky

Side view of the blast

The LF nearly robs Plaw

Or maybe he gave it the push Plaw needed?

Thor Coverage

Table 1 - Breaking down Thor's pitch count by type and inning

Count (Strikes)	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	Total
Fastball	13 (11)	13 (8)	31 (18)	13 (7)	70 (44)*
Change-up	1 (1)	0	2 (2)	7 (5)	10 (8)**
Breaking Ball	3 (1)	0	4 (3)	2 (2)	9 (6)
Total	17 (13)	13 (8)	37 (23)	22 (14)	89 (58)

*95.7 MPH on 3 pitches; **86.5 MPH on 2 pitches

Table 2 - Thor pitch breakdown by type

Strike %
Total	Call	Swing	Foul

BIP%
LD	GB	FB	IFFB

Results
AB	BABIP	ISO	K

Fastball

62.8

21.4

4.3

21.4

.455

.091

Change-up

.000

Breaking Ball

66.6

22.2

1^st inning

1) Nick Buss (8/F)

a. Fastball, knee high and inside corner – strike 0-1 (95 MPH)

b. Fastball, thigh high and inside corner – foul 0-2 (95 MPH)

c. Fastball, thigh high and inside corner (96 MPH)

2) Andy Parrino (7/F)

a. Fastball, in the dirt and outside – ball 1-0

b. Fastball, belt high and outside corner – foul 1-1

c. Fastball, thigh high and inside corner – foul 1-2

d. Curveball, thigh high and inside – ball 2-2

e. Fastball, thigh high and inside corner

3) Shane Peterson (K/Sw)

a. Fastball, below the knees over the middle – foul 0-1

b. Fastball, below the knees and inside – ball 1-1

c. Fastball, thigh high and inside corner – foul 1-2

d. Fastball, knee high over the middle – foul 1-2

e. Change-up, knee high and outside corner – foul 1-2 (86 MPH)

f. Curveball, above the belt and outside – ball 2-2

g. Fastball, belt high and outside corner – foul 2-2

h. Fastball, thigh high and outside corner – foul 2-2

i. Curveball, knee high and inside – swinging strike 3

2^nd inning

1) Nate Freiman (K/Sw)

a. Fastball, low and outside– ball 1-0

b. Fastball, knee high and outside corner – strike 1-1

c. Fastball, knee high and inside – ball 2-1

d. Fastball, belt high and outside – swinging strike 2-2

e. Fastball, belt high over the middle – swinging strike 3

2) Jake Elmore (13/G)

a. Fastball, belt high and outside – ball 1-0

b. Fastball, knee high and outside – ball 2-0

c. Fastball, knee high and outside corner – strike 2-1

d. Fastball, knee high and outside corner – foul 2-2

e. Fastball, knee high and inside – ball 3-2

f. Fastball, knee high and outside corner

3) Anthony Aliotti (43/G)

a. Fastball, thigh high and inside – foul 0-1

b. Fastball, thigh high and inside corner

3^rd inning

1) Jose Martinez (K/Lo)

a. Fastball, thigh high over the middle – strike 0-1

b. Fastball, shin high over the middle – ball 1-1

c. Fastball, below the knees and inside corner – foul 1-2

d. Curveball, knee high and outside corner – called strike 3

2) Colin Walsh (S7/L)

a. Fastball, thigh high and outside – ball 1-0

b. Fastball, belt high and inside – ball 2-0

c. Fastball, belt high over the middle

3) Ryan Ortiz (S8/L)

a. Fastball, thigh high and inside corner – strike 0-1

b. Fastball, knee high and inside corner – strike 0-2

c. Fastball, shin high and inside – ball 1-2

d. Fastball, thigh high over the middle

4) Buss (7/F)

a. Change-up, below the knees over the middle – swinging strike 0-1 (87 MPH)

b. Fastball, knee high and inside corner

5) Parrino (BB)

a. Fastball, thigh high and inside – ball 1-0

b. Fastball, in the dirt and inside – ball 2-0

c. Fastball, above the belt and outside – ball 3-0

d. Fastball, knee high and outside corner – strike 3-1

e. Fastball, knee high and outside corner – strike 3-2

f. Fastball, thigh high and outside – ball 4

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6) Peterson (3R2B7/L)

a. Fastball, thigh high over the middle – strike 0-1

b. Fastball, knee high and outside – ball 1-1

c. Fastball, thigh high and outside corner – ball 2-1

d. Fastball, knee high and outside corner – strike 2-2

e. Fastball, thigh high and outside – ball 3-2

f. Fastball, thigh high and outside corner

7) Freiman (RBIS7/L)

a. Fastball, thigh high over the middle– foul 0-1

b. Curveball, knee high and inside corner – strike 0-2

c. Slider, below the knees and outside – ball 1-2

d. Fastball, thigh high and inside corner – foul 1-2

e. Change-up, thigh high and outside corner – foul 1-2

f. Fastball, shin high and outside – ball 2-2

g. Curveball, belt high over the middle – foul 2-2

h. Fastball, knee high and inside corner

8) Elmore (4/P)

a. Fastball, thigh high and inside corner – strike 0-1

b. Fastball, thigh high and outside corner – foul 0-2

c. Fastball, in the dirt and outside – ball 1-2

d. Fastball, belt high and outside

4^th inning

1) Aliotti (BB)

a. Change-up, shin high and inside – ball 1-0

b. Change-up, shin high over the middle – swinging strike 1-1

c. Fastball, belt high and inside – ball 2-1

d. Change-up, thigh high and outside – ball 3-1

e. Fastball, belt high and outside – ball 4

2) Martinez (K/Sw)

a. Fastball, knee high over the middle – strike 0-1

b. Change-up, shin high over the middle – foul 0-2

c. Fastball, thigh high and outside corner – foul 0-2

d. Curveball, in the dirt and outside – swing strike 3

3) Walsh (S8/L)

a. Change-up, knee high and outside corner – strike 0-1

b. Fastball, thigh high and outside corner – strike 0-2

c. Curveball, knee high over the middle – foul 0-2

d. Fastball, knee high over the middle

4) Ortiz (BB)

a. Fastball, in the dirt and outside – ball 1-0

b. Fastball, below the knees and inside – ball 2-0

c. Fastball, shin high over the middle – ball 3-0

d. Fastball, belt high and inside corner – strike 3-1

e. Fastball, shin high and outside – swinging strike 3-2

f. Fastball, shin high and inside – ball 4

5) Buss (SF9/F)

a. Fastball, knee high and outside corner – strike 0-1

b. Change-up, shin high and inside corner

6) Parrino (13/G)

a. Change-up, thigh high over the middle

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