2015 Monday Morning Mets Minors Players of the Week

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August 24-30, 2015

            Keeping track of the hottest minor leaguers in the Mets farm system, I will be rotating through the lower level teams covered here.

Hitter of the Week: The Kingsport Mets stepped it up as a team this week, and nobody more so than their talented shortstop Milton Ramos

Starting Pitcher of the Week: In the non-Steven Matz division, the winner is Thomas McIlraith, who has finished the season as the hottest pitcher on a potentially interesting K-Mets staff.

Relief Pitcher of the Week: Tim Peterson only faced 5 batters this past week, but he struck out 3 and induced a double play groundout from another, which meant he was credited with 2 IP.

Team of the Week: Not only did the Kingsport Mets have the best record among this group, they also clinched a playoff spot.

Previous weeks: 4/9-19, 4/20-26, 4/27-5/3, 5/4-10, 5/11-17, 5/18-24, 5/25-31, 6/1-7, 6/8-14, 6/15-21, 6/22-28, 6/29-7/5, 7/6-12, 7/13-19, 7/20-26, 7/27-8/2, 8/3-16, 8/17-23

Las Vegas 51s 74-62

3-4 record

Pitchers

Dillon Gee – 2 GS, 13 IP, 13 H, 3 R (2 ER), 12 SO, HR, 199 Pitches (139 Strikes), 13 GO: 11 FO; Rolling into September with his best 3-games stretch since joining Las Vegas – 1.80 ERA over 20 IP with 14 K: 0 BB (Recap: 8/25, 8/30)

Seth Lugo – 5.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, BB, 8 SO, HR, 88 Pitches (57 Strikes), 5 GO: 2 FO; Since returning to the 51s rotation, he has a 3.50 ERA over 18 IP with 24 K: 1 BB (Recap)

Tim Stauffer – 8.1 IP, 4 H, 5 SO, 101 Pitches (71 Strikes), 10 GO: 7 FO; Nice way to bounce back after his worst start for Las Vegas (Recap)

Zack Thornton – 4 G, 3.2 IP, 3 H, 5 SO, HBP; 5 straight scoreless appearances with at least one strikeout and no walks

Batters

Eric Campbell – 28 PA, .391/.500/.478, 3 R, 2 2B, RBI, 5 BB, 6 SO, GIDP

Darrell Ceciliani – 16 PA, .267/.313/.667, 3 R, 3 2B, HR, 3 RBI, BB; Appeared to pull a leg muscle (hamstring?) trying to stretch a double into a triple Friday night

Johnny Monell – 25 PA, .360/.360/.520, 2 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 5 SO; I’ve seen many suggestions for Monell to be DFA’d this week, but I personally think he’s a better backup option than Anthony Recker

Kirk Nieuwenhuis – 21 PA, .353/.476/.588, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 4 BB, 2 SO; He’s only struck out 7 times in 53 PA since returning to Las Vegas, which is a 13.2% rate

Kevin Plawecki – 16 PA, .267/.313/.600, 3 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, HBP, 2 SO, GIDP

Binghamton Mets 73-60

5-3 record

Pitchers

Robert Gsellman – 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R (1 ER), 2 SO, 83 Pitches (54 Strikes), 11 GO: 2 FO; Made his first start since 8/19 on Sunday against New Hampshire – he hasn’t hrown more than 84 pitches over his last 5 starts (Recap)

Rainy Lara – 2 GS, 13 IP, 13 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 12 SO, 2 HR, HBP, 199 Pitches (133 Strikes); Lara has a 2.52 ERA over his last 4 starts (25 IP) (Recap: 8/24, 8/29)

Steven Matz – 6 IP, H, 6 SO, 56 Pitches (41 Strikes) – Final rehab start Monday (Recap)

Akeel Morris – 2 G, 4.2 IP, BB, 6 SO; Morris has allowed just 2 R over his last 16 appearances (23 IP), with 24 K: 9 BB and only 11 hits charged since 7/7

Paul Sewald – 3 G, 4 IP, 3 H, R, 6 SO; Sewald has allowed just 3 R in his 14 appearances (16 IP) since returning from the Pan-Am games, with 24 K: 2 BB since 7/21

Jeff Walters – 4 G, 4.1 IP, 4 H, R, 6 SO; Walters has allowed just 3 R in his 14 appearances (15.1 IP) with the B-Mets this year, with 16 K: 3 BB since 7/26

Beck Wheeler – 3 G, 3.1 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 2 SO; Wheeler has allowed a 1.43 ERA over his last 31 appearances (37.2 IP), with 35 K: 13 BB since 5/15

Batters

Xorge Carrillo – 23 PA, .333/.391/.476, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2 SO; Carrillo has maintained an .803 OPS since 7/7, with 6 doubles, 5 bombs, and 13 K: 13 BB+6HBP over 135 PA. Also, he had an 8-game hit streak broken Sunday

T.J. Rivera – 35 PA, .424/.457/.515, 9 R, 3 2B, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 2 SO, 2 GIDP; He’s up to a 10-game hitting streak, and has been in the middle of everything lately for Binghamton, with a run scored in 8 of those games

Josh Rodriguez – 29 PA, .269/.345/.462, 4 R, 2 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 4 BB, 4 SO

St. Lucie Mets 66-65

2-3 record

Pitchers

Michael Gibbons – 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 5 SO, HBP

Robert Coles – 2 G, 3.2 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, 5 SO

James Duff – 2 G, 5 IP, 3 H, R, 3 SO, HR

Kyle Regnault – 2 G, 2.1 IP, 4 SO

Batters

Victor Cruzado – 24 PA, .318/.375/.500, 3 R, 2 2B, 3B, RBI, 2 BB, 2 SO

Jeff McNeil – 16 PA, .357/.400/.429, R, 2B, 3 RBI, BB, SH, SO

Matt Oberste – 23 PA, .381./.435/.619, R, 2B, 2 3B, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 2 SO, CS

Colton Plaia – 12 PA, .667/.636/.778, 3 R, 2B, 4 RBI, BB, SH, SF

Dominic Smith – 20 PA, .353/.450/.588, 3 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 3 BB, 2 GIDP

Savannah Sand Gnats 79-49

4-1 record

Pitchers

Martires Arias – 5 IP, 2 H, BB, 6 SO, 1 GO: 6 FO; He’s allowed 2 ER or less in each of his last 13 starts (71.1 IP, including one 7-inning spot start for St. Lucie), with 74 K: 31 BB since 6/4

Casey Delgado – 6.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R (1 ER), 3 BB, 4 SO, 80 Pitches (52 Strieks), 7 GO: 4 FO; Casey has allowed a 1.88 ERA over his last 7 starts (43 IP), with 31 K: 15 BB since 7/19

Josh Prevost – 7 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 3 SO, 3 HR, HBP, 93 Pitches (56 Strikes), 6 GO: 6 FO; He has a 3.33 ERA in 4 starts since coming off the DL, with 9 K: 8 BB since 8/9

Paul Paez – 1 G, 3 IP, 2 H, BB, 3 SO; Paez has 9 K: 1 BB and just 4 singles allowed since returning to the Sand Gnats

Tim Peterson – 2 G, 2 IP, 3 SO, 5 BF

Batters

Jonathan Johnson – 24 PA, .364/.417/.591, 4 R, 2 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, GIDP, CS

Tyler Moore – 11 PA, .750/.818/.750, 4 R, 3 BB; I try not to include samples this small, but he made just 2 outs

Brooklyn Cyclones 31-36

2-5 record

Pitchers

Tyler Badamo – 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 3 SO, 73 Pitches (46 Strikes), 11 GO: 1 FO; Badamo has allowed 1 ER over 6 IP in each of his last 3 starts, with 10 K: 4 BB and 13 hits allowed

P.J. Conlon – 1 IP, 2 SO; I just wanted to point out that Conlon has 15 scoreless innings in 15 appearances for the Cyclones this year, and that he has struck out 10 of the last 13 batters to face him

Johnny Magliozzi – 1 G, 3 IP, 2 H, 2 SO

Batters

Zach Mathieu – 28 PA, .357/.357/.750, 4 R, 5 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 4 SO; He was my player of the day both Saturday and Sunday, collecting and double and homerun in both games

Kingsport Mets 39-27

7-1 record

Pitchers

Merandy Gonzalez – 2 GS, 12 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 14 SO, HBP; The 19-year old has put up big numbers all season long

Gabriel Llanes – 7.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, BB, 6 SO, HBP

Erik Manoah – 6 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 6 SO

Thomas McIlraith – 2 GS, 14 IP, 14 H, R, BB, 6 SO; He’s allowed just 1 run on 18 hits + 1 BB over his past 3 starts (21 IP), and he’s allowed 1 R or less in 10 of 12 appearances this season

Seth Davis – 2 G, 4 IP, 5 H, 4 SO; Davis has thrown 3 straight scoreless appearances of 2 IP, with 9 K’s over the 6 IP

Batters

Arnaldo Berrios – 25 PA, .273/.360/.455, 3 R, 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 3 BB, SB, 9 SO

Kevin Kaczmarski – 29 PA, .296/.345/.481, 3 R, 2 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 2 SB, 5 SO, 2 GIDP; Kacz has a 15-game hitting streak going, and has a hit in 25 of his last 27 games played for a .405/.460/.603 slash since 8/2

Darryl Knight – 17 PA, .385/.529/.692, 3 R, 2 2B, 3B, RBI, 2 BB, 2 HBP

Luis Ortega – 32 PA, .367/.406/.633, 7 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 2 BB, SB, 5 SO, CS

Milton Ramos – 25 PA, .545/.542/.727, 2 R, 4 2B, 3 RBI, BB, SH, SF, 3 SO, CS; He had 11 hits during a 4-game stretch

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