Mets Minors MiLB.tv Series Preview: Las Vegas 51s @ Albuquerque Isotopes

Dates: May 4-7, 2015

Current Record: 16-8, 1^st place, 1 Game ahead of El Paso

Probables

All times are EST

Monday at 8:35 PM

Tyler Pill (0-0, 9.00 ERA, 7.92 FIP, 12.5 K%: 9.7 BB%, 2.81 HR/9)

@ John Lannan (0-0, 3.21 ERA, 3.17 FIP, 18 K%: 8.2 BB%, 0 HR/9)

Tuesday at 8:35 PM

Steven Matz (3-1, 1.84 ERA, 2.99 FIP, 27.2 K%: 12.3 BB%, 0 HR/9)

@ Chris Russin (1-2, 6.23 ERA, 5.84 FIP, 9.7 K%: 4.9 BB%, 1.66 HR/9)

Wednesday at 8:35 PM

Duane Below (1-1, 1.64 ERA, 4.40 FIP, 25 K%: 4.2 BB%, 1.64 HR/9)

@ David Hale (0-1, 15.00 ERA, 6.01 FIP, 18.4 K%: 10.5 BB%, 1.5 HR/9)

Thursday at 1:05 PM

Noah Syndergaard (2-0, 1.66 ERA, 2.98 FIP, 31 K%: 9.5 BB%, 0.42 HR/9)

@ Jon Gray (1-3, 9.13 ERA, 4.47 FIP, 17.3 K%: 8.2 BB%, 0.79 HR/9)

Last series for Las Vegas 51s

Swept 4 from Reno at home: W 7-2, W 4-3, W 3-0, W 5-2

Top prospects for the Colorado Rockies with Albuquerque

Organizational rankings are from the 2015 Baseball America Prospect Handbook

51s Pitching Takes Advantage of Over Aggressive Isotopes Hitting

Las Vegas 51s @ Albuquerque Isotopes

September 1, 2014

Noah Syndergaard @ Zach Lee

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Las Vegas	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3		5	11	1
Albuquerque	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	2

Win: Lannan (3-2, 6.75 ERA); Loss: Lee (7-13, 5.38 ERA); Save: Germen (6)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Noah Syndergard (4.60 ERA) – 2 IP, H, BB, SO, 4 GO: 1 FO, 32 Pitches (20 Strikes)

John Lannan – 3 IP, H, 2 SO, 6 GO: 1 FO

Giancarlo Alvarado (7.29 ERA) – 2.2 IP, H, 2 BB, 2 SO, 3 GO: 1 FO

Gonzalez Germen (2.38 ERA) – 1.1 IP, H, 2 GO: 1 FO, 2 IR – 0 S

Batters

Matt Reynolds – 1-4, RBI (40), SF, SO

L.J. Mazzilli – 1-5, SO

Allan Dykstra – 1-3, BB

Andrew Brown – 2-4, SO, GIDP

Brandon Allen – 1-4, R, SO, GIDP

Taylor Teagarden – 2-4, 2 R, HR (14), RBI (39), SO

Cesar Puello – 2-4, 2 R, RBI (37)

Daniel Muno – 1-4

Recap:

            Noah Syndergaard and the 51s bullpen took advantage of some overly aggressive hitters on the last day to walk away with a shutout, their seventh of the season. Thor was only to be limited to about 40 pitches Monday afternoon, so 51s manager Wally Backman chose to lift him after two innings and 32 pitches. John Lannan came in for the next three innings and pitched as well as he has with Las Vegas this year, perhaps as well as he has for any team in his lost 2014. The 51s offense finally broke through for a run in the 5^th and 6^th inning, but I know I wasn’t the only 51s fan who was worried when Giancarlo Alvarado came in with only a two run lead to start the 6^th. Fortunately, despite being customarily wild (only 23 of 43 pitches for strikes), Alvarado was as effective as he had been all year. Alvarado left some trouble on the bases when he was removed with two outs in the 8^th, but Gonzalez Germen would eventually come in to clean things up. Before Germen came in, Wally went to Jack Leathersich for one batter, who would walk on seven pitches. I don’t understand why Leathersich got the quick hook, as the outcome of this game is meaningless, but that’s Wally for ya.

Mazzoni Reaches Double Digits in Strikeouts but Bullpen Blows Lead Late

Las Vegas 51s @ Albuquerque Isotopes

August 29, 2014

Cory Mazzoni @ Chris Reed

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Las Vegas	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	0		6	11	2
Albuquerque	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	5	X		9	10	1

Win: Martinez (1-0, 1.93 ERA); Loss: Germen (3-1, 2.53 ERA); Save: Garcia (5)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Cory Mazzoni (4.67 ERA) – 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 10 SO, HR, 79 Pitches (57 Strikes), 3 GO: 3 FO, (1-3, R, 2B (1))

Batters

Matt Reynolds – 2-5, RBI (39), SB (14)

Andrew Brown – 2-4, 2 R, 2 HR (21), 3 RBI (66), BB, SO

Taylor Teagarden – 2-4, 2B (7), BB, SO, GIDP

Cory Vaughn – 1-4, R, SB (7), SO

Cesar Puello – 2-3, R, HR (6), 2 RBI (35), BB

Recap:

            Cory Mazzoni was great over 6 very efficient innings Friday night, but the Albuquerque Isotopes came back against the 51s bullpen late to win 9-6. Mazzoni was fun to watch, as he worked ahead in the count and mixed up his pitches very effectively throughout the start. Both of his secondary offerings were very effective against Albuquerque, and he ended up with ten strikeouts on the night. Mazzoni didn’t really make a mistake until the 6^th inning, when a first-pitch fastball was deposited over the fences in RF with two outs. He was close to getting out of his most stressful inning of the night, but instead gave back two of the three runs the 51s had tacked on in the top of the frame. Still, Las Vegas got one run right back and held a 6-3 lead heading to the bottom of the 7^th. The Isotopes would scratch together a run off of Lannan in the 7^th and then five off of Gonzalez Germen in the 8^th, on two homeruns.

51s Offense (gifs)

Syndergaard's Secondary Stuff Wild in Loss to Isotopes (Pitch Sequence, Velocity)

Albuquerque Isotopes @ Las Vegas 51s

August 7, 2014

Jeff Bennett @ Noah Syndergaard

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Abuquerque	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	1		6	15	0
Las Vegas	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	9	2

W: Bennett (6-6, 3.97 ERA); L: Syndergaard (8-6, 4.79 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Syndergaard – 5 IP, 7 H, 4 R (2 ER), 4 BB, 4 SO, 102 Pitches (64 Strikes), 5 GO: 2 FO

Zack Thornton (3.83 ERA) – 1 IP, SO, 1 GO: 1 FO

Miguel Socolovich (3.65 ERA) – 0.2 IP, H, 2 SO, 2 IR – 1 S

Batters

Matt ∂en Dekker – 2-3, 2 2B (31), BB, SO

Matt Reynolds – 2-4

Kevin Plawecki – 1-4, R, 2B (5)

Cesar Puello – 2-3, R, 2B (14), RBI (30), BB

Recap:

            Noah Syndergaard could not control his secondary stuff Thursday night and the 51s offense was shutdown by Isotopes starter Jeff Bennett as Albuquerque took game 1 of a 5-game set. Offensively, the 51s have been getting plenty of offense from M∂D, Matt Reynolds and Cesar Puello lately, and all three contributed two hits Thursday. They had a number of chances to score but could not get the key big hits. Erik Goeddel came in for two innings of relief of Thor and was generally impressing the 51s radio booth of Russ Langer and Jerry Reuss, although the results were not great. Zack Thornton looked very strong and needed only 8 pitches to get through the 8^th. Jack Leathersich came in and ran into trouble, retiring only 1 out of 3 batters he’d face before Miguel Socolovich took over with two runners on. Socolovich would allow a runner to score before finishing the inning, ballooning Leathersich’s ERA to 27.00 with AAA this year.

Las Vegas 51s Series in Review: @Albuquerque Isotopes

With gif highlights below

Dates: July 4-6

Results: Split series

L 7-6 F/10, L 11-3 F/7, W 6-3 F/7, W 12-1

51s Record: 54-38

Recaps:

Friday: Las Vegas Sun, Las Vegas Review Journal, Examiner, Sante Fe

Saturday (Games 1 + 2): Las Vegas Review Journal, Examiner, Examiner 

Sunday: Astromets Mind (Thor Pitch Results), Las Vegas Sun, Examiner

MV51: Wilmer Flores went absolutely nuts against Albuquerque – that’s a .938 ISO for the series, with 44.4% of the runs driven in and no mercy shown.

LV51: Greg Peavey struggled early and often after a strong eight-inning performance in his last start, and since the 51s needed him to log innings with a worn out bullpen, things got very ugly. I don’t know what it’s going to take to get him to bring his strong AA performance to AAA, but I’m rooting for him to keep on performing well at AA so that he’s ready for his next AAA opportunity – he was demoted to make room for Tyler Pill on the Las Vegas 51s roster.

Las Vegas 51s @ Albuquerque Isotopes, July 6, PbP and Pitches for Thor

Pitches identified as best as possible (can't rewind MiLB.tv while the feed is live), speeds from Russ Langer via the scoreboard, will review certain at-bats/pitches

Las Vegas 51s @ Albuquerque Isotopes

July 6, 2014

Noah Syndergaard @ Red Patterson

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Las Vegas	4	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	1		12	14	0	7
Albuqurque	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	7	0	5

MiLB.comboxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Syndergaard – 7 IP, 6 H, R, 8 SO, 94 Pitches (67 Strikes), 7 GO: 3 FO

Ryan Reid – 2 IP, H, 3 SO, 3 GO

Batters

Matt ∂en Dekker – 2-4, 2 R, SO

Wilmer Flores – 2-4, 2 R, HR (11), 3 RBI (45), BB, SO

Andrew Brown – 3-3, 2 R, RBI (43)

Kevin Plawecki – 3-5, R, 3 RBI (7)

Cesar Puello – 2-5, 2 R, 2 HR (4), 2 RBI (22), 2 SO

Table 1 – Thor pitch count breakdown by type

Count (Strikes)	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	Total
Fastball	11 (8)	8 (6)	9 (8)	11 (6)	12 (9)	6 (5)	9 (9)	66 (51)*
Change-up	1 (1)	1 (1)	0	7 (5)	6 (4)	0	5 (1)	20 (12)ª
Breaking Ball	1 (0)	0	0	3 (2)	2 (2)	1 (0)	1 (0)	8 (4)º
Total	13 (9)	9 (7)	9 (8)	21 (13)	20 (15)	7 (5)	15 (10)	94 (67)

*96.6 MPH average on 14/66 pitches; ª85.3 MPH avg on 7/20; º78.3 MPH avg on 3 curveballs

Table 2 – Thor pitch results breakdown by type

	Strike % Total Call Sw Foul	BIP% LD GB FB PU	Results AB BABIP ISO K
Fastball	77.3 19.7 15.2 21.2	50 50 0 0	21 .357 .095 7
Change-up	60 0 40 10	50 50 0 0	3 .500 .333 1
Breaking Ball	50 0 0 25	0 50 50 0	2 .000 .000 0

Astro’s Play By Play

1^st inning

Top

1)   CF Matt ∂en Dekker flared a single into RF. S9/L9

2)   SS Matt Reynolds struck out swinging. K/Sw

3)   3B Wilmer Flores walked. BB

4)   RF Andrew Brown lined an RBI single into LF. S7/L7

5)   1B Josh Satin walked. BB

6)   C Kevin Plawecki grounded a single through the 2B hole to drive in two runs. S9/G34

7)   2B Omar Quintanilla grounded out to the 2B. 43/G4

8)   LF Cesar Puello rolled over a weak groundout to the SS. 63/G6

Totals: 4 R, 3 H, 2 BB, SO, LOBster

Bottom

1)   CF Trayvon Robinson grounded out to Flores on a check swing. 53/G5

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

b.     Fastball, thigh high and inside corner

2)   LF Carl Crawford struck out swinging. (K/Sw)

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

b.     Fastball, bounced and inside – ball 1-1

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

d.     Change-up, belt high and inside corner – foul 2-2

e.     Fastball, belt high and inside corner – strike 3 swinging

3)   3B Jamie Romak hit a hard groundout to the right of Reynolds. 63/G6

a.     97 MPH Fastball, belt high and outside corner – swinging strike 0-1

b.     Fastball, belt high over the middle – foul 0-2

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

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

e.     Fastball, belt high over the middle – foul 2-2

f.      Fastball, knee high over the middle

Totals: SO, 13 Pitches, 9 Strikes