2016 Monday Morning Mets Minors Players of the Week

Some examples from David Thompson's great first week in the SAL

April 7-17, 2016

            Keeping track of the hottest minor leaguers in the Mets farm system. This first post has a week plus because they only play a partial first week in the minors.

Hitter of the Week: David Thompson has been on fire to start the season for Columbia, with 7 extra base hits in his first 45 PA’s in the SAL, including the Columbia Fireflies first ever homerun. Check out some of Thompson’s offensive output, and some nice defensive plays made during the first week of the season, in the GIF’s of the Week – it was Fireflies heavy in the first post.

Starting Pitcher of the Week: Chase Ingram ha a 37.5 K%: 2.5 BB% and 16.6% Swinging strike rate through his first 2 SAL starts.

Relief Pitcher of the Week: Tim Peterson has struck out 10 of 16 batters faced from the St. Lucie bullpen thus far, so he edges teammate Kevin McGowan, who has K’d 13 of 25 batters faced, but has also allowed a few hits.

Team of the Week: With the best record so far, the St. Lucie Mets get the first weekly honor.

Las Vegas 51s

5-4 record

Pitchers

Andrew Barbosa – 1 GS, 5 IP, 7 H, R, HR, 6 K, 21 BF (Recap) 6'8" Lefty sitting mid-80's with his fastball and dropping down to the mid-60's with his curveball

Sean Gilmartin – 2 GS, 10.2 IP, 8 H, R, 12 K: 2 BB, 42 BF (Recap 4/12, Recap 4/17) Had one of the better PCL starts you'll see Sunday in Fresno

Rafael Montero – 1 GS, 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R (1 ER), 5 K: 2 BB, 20 BF (Recap) Earned a call to the Mets pen, but may be back once Jacob deGrom returns to NY

Gabriel Ynoa – 2 GS, 11.1 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 6 K: 5 BB, 47 BF (Recap 4/11, Recap 4/16) April walks are actually not a new thing for the control specialist, but he's still not missing many bats

Chase Bradford – 5 G, 7 IP, 6 H, R, 4 K: 2 BB, 28 BF

Chase Huchingson – 2 G, 4 IP, 3 H, 2 R (1 ER), 4 K: 2 BB, 19 BF Also went 2-2 at the plate during an extended relief appearance

Paul Sewald – 4 G, 5.1 IP, 3 H, R, 7 K: 1 BB, 20 BF Seen him plenty over the past year plus, and he's been exceptionally consistent in his approach and execution

Batters

Roger Bernadina – 28 PA, .381/.481/.619, 4 R, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 3-4 on SB, 6 K: 5 BB, SF, SAC

Ty Kelly – 23 PA, .313/.455/.438, 2 R, 2 2B, 4 RBI, CS, 5 K: 5 BB, SF, SAC 

Matt Reynolds – 39 PA, .273/.385/.485, 8 R, 2 3B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 SB, 8 K: 6 BB Hit both triples during Sunday's win, one to LF and one to RF

Travis Taijeron – 33 PA, .276/.344/.517, 5 R, 2 2B, 3B, HR, 4 RBI, 10 K: 3 BB, SF Whiffs be damned, Taijeron just keeps punishing the ball when he makes contact

Binghamton Mets

5-3 record

Pitchers

Robert Gsellman – 2 GS, 12.1 IP, 7 H, 2 R, HR, 9 K: 3 BB, HBP, 45 BF (Recap 4/15) Hit 98 MPH in his first start but was sitting 90-93 MPH in his second start

Mickey Jannis – 1 GS, 7 IP, 3 H, 2 R, HR, 5 K: 1 BB, 24 BF (Recap) Took a no-hitter into the seventh in Erie

Rainy Lara – 1 GS, 5 IP, 7 H, 3 K: 1 BB, 20 BF (Recap)

Logan Taylor – 4 G, 1 GS, 6.2 IP, 3 H, R (0 ER), 5 K: 4 BB, 26 BF (Start Recap) Has looked good, both in the pen and as a starter, but he was still only pitching from the stretch as a starter

Mike Hepple – 4 G, 6 IP, 2 H, 7 K: 6 BB, HBP, 16 BF Indy league pitcher signed to help Brooklyn two years ago has really taken advantage of his chance with the Mets

Kelly Secrest – 3 G, 4.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R (1 ER), 6 K: 4 BB, 22 BF

Beck Wheeler – 4 G, 5.1 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 7 K: 1 BB, 23 BF Continues to have unusual levels of success against LHB's for a RHP

Batters

Xorge Carrillo – 17 PA, .294/.294/.647, 2 R, 3 2B, HR, 3 RBI, K

Derrik Gibson – 33 PA, .308/.455/.423, 5 R, 3 2B, 7 K: 6 BB, HBP He's made some great plays in the field at 3B, which earned him starts at SS over the weekend

Matt Oberste – 27 PA, .292/.370/.417, 5 R, 3 2B, 4 RBI, 6 K: 3 BB Positionless righty has a nice approach and better right-handed power than most in the system

Niuman Romero – 34, .321/.441/.500, 5 2B, 3 RBI, 4 K: 6 BB, GIDP

St. Lucie Mets

7-4 record

Pitchers

Casey Delgado – 1 GS, 6 IP, 2 H, 5 K: 3 BB, 22 BF Great FSL debut came at the perfect time for St. Lucie, as it allowed the pen to recover from extended use due to shortened early starts

Josh Prevost – 2 GS, 9 IP, 12 H, 4 R (3 ER), 11 K: 1 BB, 41 (Recap 4/13) Great K: BB rate early, could he be about to break out?

Ricky Knapp – 2 G, 1 GS, 10.1 IP, 11 H, 2 R, HR, 8 K: 1 BB, 39 BF (Recap 4/10) Picking up right where he left off with Savannah last year. Low 90's heater isn't much, but the curveball he pairs it with has been very effective for him

Alberto Baldonado – 4 G, 4.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R (1 ER), 7 K: 2 BB, 18 BF Was chosen to represent Team Panama during the World Baseball Classic Qualifier

Robert Coles – 4 G, 7.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, HR, 5 K: 1 BB, 28 BF Hard throwing righty shouldn't be in St. Lucie for long

Ben Griset – 3 G, 8 IP, 3 H, R, 7 K: 3 BB, 28 BF The lefty with a nice curve hadn't allowed a baserunner until Sunday's extended appearance, when Brevard County won 13-0

Kevin McGowan – 3 G, 6.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 13 K: 1 BB, 25 BF Said he's trusting his stuff more and just attacking batters with it 

Tim Peterson – 3 G, 5 IP, 10 K: 1 BB, 16 BF Picking up right where he left off in 2014, before his PED suspension set him back a year

Corey Taylor – 3 G, 4.1 IP, 3 H, 5 K: 1 BB, 17 BF The 2015 draftee has handled the big jump from Brooklyn well so far

Batters

Tomas Nido – 33 PA, .400/.455/.433, 3 R, 2B, 3 RBI, CS, 2 K: 2 BB, HBP Multi-hit games in 5 of 8 starts and only two strikeouts so far - I said he was a breakout candidate back in March

Amed Rosario – 48 PA, .298/.313/.468, 6 R, 2B, 2 3B, HR, 2 RBI, 3-4 on SB, 10 K: 1 BB Walkoff homerun on opening night, picked up his first walk Sunday

Columbia Fireflies

5-6 record

Pitchers

P.J. Conlon – 2 GS, 10.2 IP, 12 H, 2 R, 5 K: 1 BB, HBP, 45 BF (Recap 4/8) Crafty lefty has been effective despite few strikeouts

Chase Ingram – 2 GS, 10 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 15 K: 1 BB, HBP, 40 BF (Recap 4/7, Recap 4/13)

Thomas McIlraith – 2 GS, 10.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, HR, 8 K: 6 BB, HBP, 39 BF (Recap 4/9 – NO HITTER!) Threw the first 6 innings of a no-hitter in his SAL debut

Joe Shaw – 1 GS, 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, HR, 8 K, 23 BF (Recap)

Tyler Bashlor – 3 G, 5 IP, 3 H, R, HR, 5 K: 3 BB, HBP, 20 BF Throwing mid-90's heat from the pen after not pitching since August, 2013

Seth Davis – 3 G, 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, HR, 7 K: 3 BB, HBP, 28 BF Little lefty had a nice mix and should be more of a long reliever this year

Batters

Vinny Siena – 45 PA, .324/.444/.441, 8 R, 4 2B, 3 RBI, 9 K: 9 BB, 2 SF, GIDP He's reached base in every game so far while batting third for Columbia

David Thompson – 45 PA, .324/.422/.595, 8 R, 5 2B, 3B, HR, 11 RBI, 9 K: 5 BB, 2 HBP, GIDP

Joe Tuschak – 31 PA, .333/.419/.519, 2 2B, HR, 6 RBI, CS, 3 K: 4 BB, GIDP Had the Fireflies first ever homerun at Spirit Communication's Park

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