Luis Rojas’ club finished May with a 12-16 record
The
St. Lucie Mets were within a game of .500 for the month during most of May, but
then lost the last 5 games of the month, which dropped them from the top of the
standings to the bottom (only 2.5 games out of 1st place). I don’t
get to watch these guys on MiLB.tv (yet), but I try to tune in with the TuneIn
radio app throughout the games, and announcer Adam MacDonald does a great job
covering them. Below I’ve posted everyone’s May statline, with some comments
added for each player.
May
MVP: Kevin Taylor
posted an OPS just over .900, which was by far the best on the team.
Cy: Ricky Knapp
is having his best season as a pro starting for the St. Lucie Mets this year.
Fireman: Kevin
McGowan has been excellent out of the St. Lucie Mets pen, and gave them a big
spot start effort during a double-header late in the month.
Offense
Kevin Taylor - 99 PA, 0.326/0.414/0.488, 13 R, 5 2B, 3 HR,
12 RBI, 11 BB, 2 HBP, 15 K, 1 GIDP, 4.4% SwStr, 10.9% Whiff/Swing, 4.1
Pitches/PA, 0.362 BABIP
Taylor played in Indy
ball with fellow Mets farmhand Casey Delgado and will probably rejoin Delgado
with the B-Mets soon. It will be interesting to see how that contact rate
translates against more advanced pitching
Jonathan Johnson - 45 PA, 0.306/0.422/0.361, 6 R, 1 3B, 3
RBI, 8 BB, 1 SF, 6 K, 4 SB, 2 CS, 3.2% SwStr, 10.9% Whiff/Swing, 4.8 Pitches/PA,
0.355 BABIP
MacDonald recently
noted that Johnson, listed at 5’9”, has such a small strike zone that pitchers
have trouble throwing strikes to him. He’s tough to strikeout, he’ll take his
walks or slap the ball somewhere, and he’s a solid defender at 2B. He’s also 27
and on the St. Lucie bench
Wuilmer Becerra - 100 PA, 0.319/0.333/0.383, 10 R, 6 2B, 10
RBI, 1 BB, 2 HBP, 2 SF, 1 SAC, 17 K, 1 GIDP, 4 SB, 18.3% SwStr, 28.8%
Whiff/Swing, 3.6 Pitches/PA, 0.380 BABIP
Becerra’s not showing
much power, but who knows what the Mets are telling him to work on, and the
hits keep falling in
Tomas Nido - 74 PA, 0.250/0.297/0.382, 7 R, 6 2B, 1 HR, 7
RBI, 4 BB, 1 HBP, 1 SF, 15 K, 16.9% SwStr, 30.5% Whiff/Swing, 3.4 Pitches/PA,
0.302 BABIP
Nido’s strikeouts
ticked up in May, but he still posted a better rate than last year in Savannah.
Baseball-reference has him at a 44%
caught stealing rate (27 runners caught stealing on 61 attempts) through
the first two months of the season.
Amed Rosario - 117 PA, 0.279/0.350/0.327, 11 R, 3 2B, 1 3B,
13 RBI, 12 BB, 1 SF, 13 K, 5 GIDP, 5 SB, 3 CS, 10.2% SwStr, 20.9% Whiff/Swing,
3.4 Pitches/PA, 0.315 BABIP
Rosario hit a bunch of
extra base hits but barely walked in April, and then did the opposite in May.
Obviously he didn’t plan to hit fewer extra base hits, but he mentioned that he
was working on going deeper in counts in a tweet posted at the end of April, so
there’s that.
Patrick Biondi - 36 PA, 0.281/0.361/0.312, 4 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI,
3 BB, 1 HBP, 12 K, 3 SB, 12.5% SwStr, 26.7% Whiff/Swing, 3.6 Pitches/PA, 0.450
BABIP
Adam MacDonald
reported that some Mets people think he is the best defensive outfielder in the
system
Champ Stuart - 111 PA, 0.222/0.306/0.343, 20 R, 5 2B, 2 3B,
1 HR, 4 RBI, 11 BB, 1 HBP, 38 K, 1 GIDP, 7 SB, 15.2% SwStr, 35.6% Whiff/Swing,
4 Pitches/PA, 0.350 BABIP
Stuart’s strikeouts
have returned in full force, but unlike last year, Champ is still picking up
some extra base hits
John Mora - 100 PA, 0.200/0.303/0.306, 9 R, 4 2B, 1 3B, 1
HR, 10 RBI, 11 BB, 2 HBP, 1 SF, 1 SAC, 18 K, 4 GIDP, 3 CS, 9.6% SwStr, 22.5%
Whiff/Swing, 3.3 Pitches/PA, 0.239 BABIP
Don’t know how hard
Mora is hitting the ball right now, but his slash line would’ve looked pretty
nice with an average BABIP
Luis Guillorme - 108 PA, 0.230/0.327/0.264, 5 R, 3 2B, 12
RBI, 10 BB, 3 HBP, 1 SF, 7 SAC, 12 K, 2 GIDP, 1 CS, 5.9% SwStr, 13.1%
Whiff/Swing, 4 Pitches/PA, 0.263 BABIP
Guillorme is on pace
for more doubles than last year and is still posting his great K: BB rates,
otherwise the Mora comment applies here too
Michael Katz - 100 PA, 0.185/0.240/0.261, 5 R, 4 2B, 1 HR,
11 RBI, 7 BB, 1 SF, 34 K, 8 GIDP, 2 SB, 13.2% SwStr, 32.7% Whiff/Swing, 4.2
Pitches/PA, 0.276 BABIP
Katz didn’t pick up an
extra base hit until he went deep on May 7th, and then he got hot
for about a week before finishing the month on a 4-44 stretch
Jhoan Urena - 89 PA, 0.169/0.225/0.217, 5 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3
RBI, 6 BB, 19 K, 2 GIDP, 10.4% SwStr, 22.5% Whiff/Swing, 3.7 Pitches/PA, 0.206
BABIP
Urena will be 21 all
year, so he’s still ahead of the game, but you have to wonder how long the Mets
let him struggle in the FSL
Lednier Ricardo - 28 PA, 0.120/0.214/0.120, 3 BB, 14 K,
21.9% SwStr, 42.6% Whiff/Swing, 3.8 Pitches/PA, 0.273 BABIP
The Mets signed the
Cuban catcher Ricardo last year and he’s done very little in his few
opportunities. He posted an .878 OPS as a 24-year old in his final season
playing in Cuba, but that was in 2012, and BB-Ref has nothing listed for his
interim playing time.
Pitching
Starters
Casey Delgado - 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R (3 ER), 6 TB, 3 BB, 5 K (4
K/Sw), 10 GB: 4 FB: 2 LD: 3 PU, 88 Pitches (53 Strikes), 9 Swinging, 14 Called,
10.2% SwStr, 23.1% Whiff/Swing, 14.7 Pitches/IP, 27 BF
Delgado blazed through
the FSL and is now working to establish himself in the B-Mets rotation
Ricky Knapp - 33.2 IP, 25 H, 10 R (7 ER), 6 2B, 1 HR, 34 TB,
7 BB, 19 K (16 K/Sw), 60 GB: 19 FB: 13 LD: 10 PU, 407 Pitches (272 Strikes), 44
Swinging, 64 Called, 10.8% SwStr, 21.2% Whiff/Swing, 12.1 Pitches/IP, 133 BF
I saw him on MiLB.tv a
few times last year with Savannah and Knapp was controlling a nice curve but
his fastball was topping out in the upper 80’s
Corey Oswalt - 28.2 IP, 30 H, 12 R (12 ER), 6 2B, 1 HR, 39
TB, 5 BB, 26 K (21 K/Sw), 50 GB: 13 FB: 15 LD: 5 PU, 443 Pitches (292 Strikes),
53 Swinging, 75 Called, 12% SwStr, 24.4% Whiff/Swing, 15.5 Pitches/IP, 117 BF
Just like with
Savannah last year, Oswalt is allowing a high number of hits, but he’s also
posting a solid K-rate with great BB and GB rates.
Chris Flexen - 28.1 IP, 25 H, 14 R (13 ER), 4 2B, 2 3B, 3
HR, 42 TB, 12 BB, 17 K (10 K/Sw), 43 GB: 26 FB: 17 LD: 5 PU, 465 Pitches (284
Strikes), 34 Swinging, 71 Called, 7.3% SwStr, 16% Whiff/Swing, 16.4 Pitches/IP,
121 BF
Flexen has one of the
best arms among the current full season starters in the Mets system, sitting in
the low-90’s with his heat and mixing in a big curve.
Scarlyn Reyes - 29 IP, 30 H, 15 R (15 ER), 3 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR,
43 TB, 10 BB, 11 K (10 K/Sw), 42 GB: 25 FB: 24 LD: 6 PU, 411 Pitches (251
Strikes), 29 Swinging, 59 Called, 7.1% SwStr, 15.1% Whiff/Swing, 14.2
Pitches/IP, 121 BF
Could still be
interesting in the pen, but have to figure his rotation spot is in jeopardy
Josh Prevost - 33 IP, 46 H, 21 R (18 ER), 3 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR,
59 TB, 10 BB, 20 K (14 K/Sw), 67 GB: 21 FB: 19 LD: 8 PU, 531 Pitches (339
Strikes), 40 Swinging, 82 Called, 7.5% SwStr, 15.6% Whiff/Swing, 16.1
Pitches/IP, 148 BF
Prevost has a big
sinker that has allowed him to post huge groundball rates, but he continues to
allow a sky high BABIP. Scary moment for Prevost on the last game of the month: he took a line drive off his head - it hit him right above his right eyebrow - but would walk off the field on his own accord and was deemed OK by the Mets trainers before that game ended
Relievers
Tim Peterson - 8.1 IP, 5 H, 5 TB, 2 BB, 16 K (12 K/Sw), 3
GB: 5 FB: 5 LD: 1 PU, 118 Pitches (82 Strikes), 24 Swinging, 25 Called, 20.3%
SwStr, 42.1% Whiff/Swing, 14.2 Pitches/IP, 32 BF
Peterson’s great start
earned him a promotion to the B-Mets at the end of the month
Alberto Baldonado - 6.2 IP, 7 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 2B, 8 TB, 2
BB, 8 K (6 K/Sw), 5 GB: 6 FB: 4 LD: 3 PU, 133 Pitches (83 Strikes), 22 Swinging,
24 Called, 16.5% SwStr, 37.3% Whiff/Swing, 19.9 Pitches/IP, 29 BF
Baldonado’s great
start earned him a promotion to the B-Mets at the end of the month
Mike Hepple - 3 IP, 4 H, 1 R (1 ER), 4 TB, 2 BB, 2 K (2
K/Sw), 6 GB: 3 FB: 1 LD: 1 PU, 50 Pitches (30 Strikes), 6 Swinging, 5 Called,
12% SwStr, 24% Whiff/Swing, 16.7 Pitches/IP, 15 BF
Hepple had trouble
finding the zone at times with the B-Mets this year, so he’s back in St. Lucie
and looking to find the form that made him a FSL All-Star in 2015.
Kelly Secrest - 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 2B, 4 TB, 2 K (2
K/Sw), 3 GB: 1 FB: 2 LD, 33 Pitches (22 Strikes), 5 Swinging, 3 Called, 15.2%
SwStr, 26.3% Whiff/Swing, 16.5 Pitches/IP, 8 BF
Kevin McGowan - 14 IP, 14 H, 2 R (1 ER), 3 2B, 1 HR, 20 TB,
1 BB, 11 K (8 K/Sw), 19 GB: 12 FB: 6 LD: 4 PU, 204 Pitches (136 Strikes), 30
Swinging, 34 Called, 14.7% SwStr, 29.4% Whiff/Swing, 14.6 Pitches/IP, 53 BF
McGowan has just been
attacking the zone out of the pen this year and it’s led to an elite walk rate,
which is one of my favorite attributes of a reliever
Ben Griset - 8.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R (1 ER), 1 HR, 8 TB, 3 BB, 8 K
(6 K/Sw), 10 GB: 9 FB: 4 LD: 2 PU, 129 Pitches (78 Strikes), 15 Swinging, 18
Called, 11.6% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 14.9 Pitches/IP, 37 BF
Didn’t get a velo reading
on Griset last year, but he controlled a solid curve from the left side
Corey Taylor - 9.2 IP, 10 H, 3 R (0 ER), 10 TB, 1 BB, 2 K (2
K/Sw), 19 GB: 4 FB: 7 LD: 3 PU, 136 Pitches (88 Strikes), 11 Swinging, 18
Called, 8.1% SwStr, 15.7% Whiff/Swing, 14.1 Pitches/IP, 38 BF
Taylor sits low 90’s
with his heat and is a groundball machine
Paul Paez - 7 IP, 7 H, 3 R (1 ER), 2 2B, 9 TB, 1 BB, 7 K (4
K/Sw), 7 GB: 8 FB: 4 LD, 110 Pitches (73 Strikes), 15 Swinging, 19 Called,
13.6% SwStr, 27.8% Whiff/Swing, 15.7 Pitches/IP, 28 BF
The little lefty has
been effective when called upon for St. Lucie
Robert Coles - 8.1 IP, 16 H, 8 R (7 ER), 4 2B, 20 TB, 3 BB,
4 K (2 K/Sw), 18 GB: 4 FB: 12 LD: 2 PU, 161 Pitches (100 Strikes), 15 Swinging,
31 Called, 9.3% SwStr, 21.7% Whiff/Swing, 19.3 Pitches/IP, 44 BF
Jimmy Duff - 8.2 IP, 12 H, 10 R (6 ER), 3 2B, 3 HR, 24 TB, 4
BB, 7 K (5 K/Sw), 10 GB: 10 FB: 8 LD: 2 PU, 152 Pitches (102 Strikes), 14
Swinging, 29 Called, 9.2% SwStr, 19.2% Whiff/Swing, 17.5 Pitches/IP, 43 BF
Didn’t see this
coming, especially since Duff was extremely effective in his 12-game stint with
St. Lucie to finish 2015
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