Arias In Control in Charleston

Savannah Sand Gnats @ Charleston River Dogs

April 26, 2015

Martires Arias @ Home

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Savannah	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1		4	8	1
Charleston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		2	6	1

W: Arias (2-0, 2.12 ERA); L: Kamplain (1-2, 3.58 ERA); Save: Bay (1, 1.80 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Martires Arias – 7 IP, 4 H, 5 SO, 2 HBP, 91 Pitches (62 Strikes)

Cameron Griffin (H, 2, 6.00 ERA) – 1 IP, H, 2 R, BB, 1 FO

Shane Bay – 1 IP, H, SO, 1 GO: 1 FO

Batters

John Mora – 1-4, 2B (2), RBI (9), 2 SO

Wuilmer Becerra – 1-4, 2 SO

Stefan Sabol – 1-3, R, 2B (5), BB, SO

Jon Leroux – 1-4, R, HR (1), 2 RBI (11)

Tomas Nido – 1-4, R, 2B (4)

Vicente Lupo – 1-4, SO

Pedro Perez – 2-4, R, 2 2B (4), RBI (2), SO

Recap

            Martires Arias was in control from the start, and the Sand Gnats bats provided enough punch to hold off Charleston in the series final Sunday evening. Of the 4 hits Arias allowed, three were doubles, although Dustin Fowler was eliminated trying to stretch his first double into a triple. Still, despite getting a few runners to 3B against Arias over the first 6 innings, it never seemed like Arias was in trouble. That change when the first three batters reached in the 7^th, loading the bases with the 6-7-8 batters due up. Arias would recover by striking out Austin Aune, who had doubled off of him in the 5^th, and then getting a groundball to second baseman Jonathan Johnson to start an inning ending 4-3 double play. The River Dogs finally broke through for 2 runs against Cameron Griffin in the 8^th, but Shane Bay came in and shut the door with a strong 9^th. Pedro Perez had a big day for the Gnats, but no one else in the lineup had more than one hit, which made runs harder to come by. But they would be aided by five extra base hits in the game, which you can check out in the highlights below.

Scoring Highlights

Gnats Offense Missing in Rain-Shortened Loss to Rome

Savannah Sand Gnats @ Rome Braves

April 14, 2015

Scarlyn Reyes @ Max Povse (0-1, 1.80 ERA)

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Savannah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X		0	4	1
Rome	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X		2	6	1

W: Povse (1-1, 0.90 ERA); L: Reyes (0-1, 4.50 ERA); S: Quintana (1)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Scarlyn Reyes – 4 IP, 5 H, 2 R, BB, 2 SO, 69 Pitches (42 Strikes), 6 GO: 2 FO

Alberto Baldonado (0.00 ERA) – 2.1 IP, H, 3 BB, 4 SO, 1 GO: 2 FO

Shane Bay (0.00 ERA) – 0.2 IP, 1 FO, 2 IR – 0 S

Batters

Astromets Top 83 Prospect Series: 75-83

            For this top prospect list series I tried to include as many players as possible, as I watched a lot of talented Mets prospects in 2014, and was following the progression of those I couldn’t watch. I do not include any Dominican Summer League players here, as I know next to nothing about those guys and they are so far away. I started by separating players into different groups and then essentially ranked those groups. Still, a lot of these players become interchangeable beyond the top 25 or so prospects. Also, there are a number of ’50+ future value’ players (per Fangraphs Kiley McDaniel), so the very top of the list is pretty interchangeable too. I don’t think I missed any obvious stateside prospects, but I apologize in advance for when I did. I will add some gifs when possible.

Other entries from this series: 1-9 | 10-15 | 16-24 | 25-33 | 34-45 | 46-55 | 56-62 | 63-74 | 75-83

*All stats listed are regular season only and from Fangraphs; age to start 2015 season listed; pitchers roles are based on what they did in 2014, not what they might do in the future

2014 Monday Morning Mets Minors Players of the Week

July 7-13, 2014

            Keeping track of the hottest minor leaguers in the Mets farm system.

Hitter of the Week: Travis Taijeron continued his hot hitting last week and has hit safely in 9 of 11 games (7 straight) spanning 50 PA – .349/.440/.744 with 5 doubles, 4 homeruns, 14 RBI’s and 15 SO: 5 BB (+ 2 HBP). The strikeouts continue to be a problem, but he’s making very hard contact during this stretch.

Starting Pitcher of the Week: Cory Mazzoni’s rehab tour ended and he made his return to the BMets last week, picking off right where he left off last year. Astromets Mind covered his second start and came away impressed with his Fastball/Change-up combo. Honorable mention to Marcos Molina, who dominated with 6 SO and 7 GO in 5 IP.

Relief Pitcher of the Week: Giving the nod to Shane Bay, who recorded 5/6 outs via the strikeout.

Team of the Week: The B-Mets made a huge charge in the Eastern League’s Eastern division by sweeping the one team in front of them and keeping the race for first alive.

Cyclones Hold On for the Win in Aberdeen (in gifs!)

Brooklyn Cyclones @ Aberdeen Iron Birds

June 20, 2014

Casey Meisner @ Stephen Tarpley

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Brooklyn	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1		7	12	2
Aberdeen	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		6	7	1

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Casey Meisner – 5 IP, 5 H, 4 R (3 ER), 2 BB, 7 SO, HR, Balk, 2 groundouts, 4 fly outs

Mike Hepple (W, 1-0) – 2.1 IP, 2 BB, SO

Shane Bay (S, 2) – IP, BB

Alex Santana – 4.2 IP, 7 SO

Batters

Tomas Nido – 2-5, 2 R, 2B (1)

Michael Katz – 1-3, 2 R, RBI (5), BB, SO

Michael Bernal – 4-5, 2 R, 2B (3), 2 3B (2), 3 RBI (5), SO

Jhoan Urena – 2-4, R, BB, SO

Justin Viele – 2-4, R, 2 RBI (2), BB, SB (3), SO

Riley Palmer – 3-5, 2 R, RBI (1)

Recap in gifs:

            Casey Meisner made his second start of the season for Brooklyn Friday night, and he had an inconsistent night, but ending up tying a pro-career best with seven strikeouts on the night. The 6’ 7” right-hander was the Mets 3^rd round pick in 2013 out of Cypress Woods High School in Texas, had a pretty successful pro debut in the GCL last year – 10 G (4 GS), 35.1 IP, 31 H, 17 R (12 ER), 18 K: 10 BB, 3.06 ERA – and is only 19 years old. However, the star of the night was definitely Brooklyn RF Michael Bernal, who had three extra base hits, three rib eye steaks and scored twice. It was an exciting back-and-forth game, and the good guys came out on top with some key hits in the 8^th and 9^th innings.