PSL Mets Host 3 Rehabbing Mets

Charlotte Stone Crabs @ St. Lucie Mets

May 16, 2015

Jacob Faria @ Dillon Gee

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Charlotte	0	0	1	0	1	1	7	0	0	10	17	0
St. Lucie	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	8	3

W: Faria (6-1, 1.56 ERA); L: Black (0-2, 6.00 ERA)

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Dillon Gee (2.25 ERA) – 4 IP, 6 H, R, 7 SO, 54 Pitches (39 Strikes), 2 GO: 1 FO

Vic Black – 1 IP, 2 H, R, BB, 21 Pitches (9 Strikes), 1 GO: 1 FO

Bobby Parnell (12.71 ERA) – 1 IP, H, R, 2 BB, SO, 28 Pitches (14 strikes), 1 GO: 1 FO

Kelly Secrest (4.30 ERA) – 0.1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, BB,

Robert Coles (3.24 ERA) – 1.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R (2 ER), SO, 2 GO: 1 FO, 2 IR – 2 S

Josh Smoker (0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, H, SO, 2 GO

Batters

Yeixon Ruiz – 1-4, R, 3B (2), BB, SO

Jeff McNeil – 1-4, RBI (11), SF, 2 SO

Maikis De La Cruz – 1-4, R, 2B (5), SO

Dominic Smith – 1-4, R, 2B (4), RBI (12), SO

Amed Rosario – 2-3, R, 3B (3), BB

Jhoan Urena – 1-3, BB, SO

Jeff Glenn – 1-4, 2 RBI (2), SO

Recap

With three major league caliber pitchers scheduled to pitch against A+-level competition, it was expected that the St. Lucie Mets would at least get top-notch pitching Saturday night, but Charlotte exploded for 10 runs off 17 hits, with plenty of that damage coming against the trio of Dillon Gee, Vic Black and Bobby Parnell. Meanwhile, it was the Charlotte pitching that looked too good for the Florida State League, especially starter Jacob Faria, who has allowed just one run over his last two starts (13.2 IP, 7 H, 5 BB, 14 SO), both coming against St. Lucie. Charlotte made this game a laugher against the normal St. Lucie bullpen in the 7^th, scoring 7 runs off of 7 hits. The Mets bats came to life in the 9^th, with Dominic Smith providing an RBI double, but it was too little and too late in this one.

Dillon Gee was rehabbing with St. Lucie due to the groin strain he suffered during his last start with the Mets, and while he was pretty sharp, the defense behind him wasn’t – they hadn’t committed an error the previous 7 games coming in – and the Stone Crabs ran like crazy, with 9 stolen bases on the night (8 of which came against the major league trio). His curveball was nearly unhittable on the night, and he struck out 3 in a row in both the 1^st and 2^nd inning. Of the 6 hits allowed, announcer Adam Mac said only 2 of them were hit hard. He was bailed out in the 3^rd when Michael Conforto made his first of three great plays in the game.

Vic Black hadn’t pitched since 4/18 with Binghamton, so it’s understandable that he was a bit rusty. Black was sitting low-90’s with his fastball, but he was having trouble locating his fastball. Black was bailed out by Conforto’s second nice play of the game.

Bobby Parnell had a mixed outing, but continued to show staggered signs of improvement. He threw some of his best sliders of the year, and reached 93-94 MPH with his fastball, but also hit 90-91 MPH a few times, and had poor control of it. He hit 94 on the gun a few times in his first appearance against Tampa earlier in the week, so his max fastball velocity is creeping up, but his stamina is not there yet. He’s still only 13 months out from Tommy John Surgery, with his other problems before that, and some pitchers take up to 18 months to get back to full strength (if at all), so any progress is good news. Adam Mac noted that Parnell was very deliberate on the mound, taking a lot of time in between pitches, and then to get set on the mound. This is something that will not fly when he is promoted to a higher level, as they use the game clock system at the AA level and above. Parnell was bailed out by Conforto’s third nice play of the game.

Pitcher Coverage

Details from the radio broadcast – he was light on them tonight

Dillon Gee

1^st inning

1) Braxton Lee hit a single into LF (S7/G)

i. Missed the first AB :(

ii.

iii.

iv.

2) Juniel Querecuto reached on a fielding error by McNeil – Lee to 3B (E4/G)

i. – ball 1-0, high

ii.

3) Willy Adames struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Curveball – called strike 0-1

ii. – called strike 0-2

iii. – ball 1-2, bounced

iv. Fastball – foul 1-2

v. Breaking ball – ball 2-2
*Querecuto steals 2B

vi. Curveball – swinging strike 3 “up around the letters”

4) Jake Bauers struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. 90 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. – ball 1-1, low

iii. – foul 1-2

iv. Fastball – ball 2-2

v. Fastball – swinging strike 3

5) Mike Marjama struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. – foul 0-1

ii. 89 MPH Fastball – foul 0-2

iii. Breaking ball – swinging strike 3

2^nd inning

1) Granden Goetzman reached on a bunt single (S5/G)

2) Pat Blair struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. – called strike 0-1
*Goetzman stole 2B

ii. – foul 0-2

iii. Fastball – called strike 3

3) Armando Araiza struck out looking (K/Lo)

i. Curveball – called strike 0-1

ii. Curveball – ball 1-1, inside

iii. – ball 2-1
*Goeztman stole 3B

iv. – foul 2-2

v. Curveball – ball 3-2, outside

vi. Fastball – called strike 3 “right down the pipe”

4) Yoel Araujo struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Fastball – called strike 0-1 “right down the pipe”

ii. Curveball – called strike 0-2 “inside corner”

iii. Curveball – swinging strike 3

3^rd inning

1) Lee reached on a bunt single, and then went to 2B when Gee’s throw sailed wide (S1/G) -> E1

2) Querecuto flied out to Conforto (7/F)

i. – ball 1-0
*Lee advanced to 3B on a passed ball

ii.

3) Adames lined an RBI single into RF (S9/L)

i. Changeup – ball 1-0, high

ii. Fastball – called strike 1-1

iii. Fastball – ball 2-1 “just missing on the corner”

iv. Fastball

4) Bauers doubled to LF – Adames thrown out at home on the play (D7/F) -> 7-6-2

i. Fastball – ball 1-0, away

ii.
“Conforto played it beautifully off the wall and got the throw in to Rosario quickly”

5) Marjara hit a high chopper to Evans (53/G)

i. – ball 1-0

ii. – foul 1-1

iii.

4^th inning

1) Goetzman popped out to Rosario in foul territory (6/P)

i. – called strike 0-1

ii. Changeup – ball 1-1

iii.

2) Blair lined a single into CF (S8/L)

3) Araiza struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Curveball – swinging strike 0-1

ii. 80 MPH Breaking ball – swinging strike 0-2

iii. – couldn’t check his swing

4) Araujo popped out to McNeil (4/P)

Vic Black

5^th inning

1) Lee walked (BB)

i. – ball 1-0, inside

ii. – ball 2-0, inside

iii. 90 MPH – ball 3-0

iv. – called strike 3-1

v. – ball 4, high

2) Querecuto sac’d Lee over to 2B (SAC Bunt)

i. – ball 1-0

ii.

3) Adames hit an RBI ground-rule double (D8/F)

i. – ball 1-0

ii. –strike 1-1

iii. – ball 2-1
*Lee steals 3B

iv. – ball 3-1, inside

v. – strike 3-2

vi. Fastball

4) Bauers singled into LF – Adames thrown out at home on the play, Bauers to 2B (S7/F) -> 7-2

i. 92 MPH Fastball – ball 1-0, high

ii. Offspeed – ball 2-0

iii. 93 MPH Fastball – ball 3-0, outside

iv. Fastball – 3-1

v.
“Throw hit Jeff Glenn right in the chest on the fly.”

5) Marjama flied out to LF (7/F)

i. – swinging strike 0-1

ii. – ball 1-1, bounced
*Bauers goes down to 3B on a wild pitch

iii. Fastball

Bobby Parnell

6^th inning

1) Goetzman reached on an infield single hit to Rosario – high throw, but would’ve been safe (S6/G)

i. 91 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii.

2) Blair walked (BB)

i. Fastball – called strike 0-1

ii. 93 MPH Fastball – ball 1-1, inside

iii. Slider – strike 1-2 “Nice slider”

iv. 90 MPH Fastball – ball 2-2, high

v. Slider – foul 2-2 “Great jump from Goetzman, had it stolen easily”

vi. – ball 3-2, inside
*Goetzman stole 2B with no throw from Glenn

vii. 94 MPH Fastball – foul 3-2 “Parnell doing everything very slowly”

viii. Fastball – ball 4, low “Doesn’t seem to have it”

3) Araiza struck out swinging (K/Sw)

i. Slider – called strike 0-1

ii. 94 MPH Fastball – called strike 0-2

iii. Slider – swinging strike 3 “Dipping right at the knees… might be the best pitch from Parnell in a game with St. Lucie this year”

4) Araujo hit an RBI groundout to McNeil (43/G)

i. Slider – swinging strike 0-1
*Double steal, ball in dirt got away from Glenn

ii. 92 MPH Fastball – ball 1-1, outside

iii. Slider – swinging strike 1-2, ball in dirt

iv. 91 MPH Fastball – ball 2-2, “just missed”

v. – foul 2-2

vi.

“Chopper was just out of the reach of Parnell’s glove, he would’ve been able to go home to get the runner”
Rain started falling during the AB

5) Lee walked (BB)

i. – ball 1-0, outside

ii. – ball 2-0, outside

iii. – ball 3-0, high

iv. – ball 4-0, high

6) Querecuto flied out to Conforto (7/F)

i. – ball 1-0, high and away
*Lee steals 2B without a throw

ii. – ball 2-0, high and outside

iii. 90 MPH Fastball – ball 3-0, away

iv. – called strike 3-1

v.
“Nice catch on the run from Conforto”

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