Lutz Leadz 51z Attack Over the ‘Topez

Las Vegas 51s @ Albuquerque Isotopes

July 16, 2015

Matt Bowman @ John Lannan

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Las Vegas	3	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		10	17	0
Albuquerque	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0		5	10	0

W: Bowman (6-10, 5.53 ERA); L: Lannan (5-4, 4.57 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Matt Bowman – 6 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 3 BB, 5 SO, 2 HR, 99 Pitches (64 Strikes), 10 GO: 1 FO, (1-3, R, RBI (1))

Zack Thornton (3.73 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 SO, 1 FO

Chase Huchingson (0.61 ERA) – 1 IP, H, BB, 1 GO

Chase Bradford (3.54 ERA) – 1 IP, H, SO, 1 GO

Batters

Dilson Herrera – 2-5, 2 R

T.J. Rivera – 3-5, 2 R, RBI (16)

Anthony Recker – 2-4, 3 R, 3B (1), 3 RBI (19), HBP

Brandon Allen – 2-5, R, RBI (44)

Zach Lutz – 4-5, 2B (1), 3 RBI (3)

Travis Taijeron – 2-5, 2B (12), RBI (45), 3 SO

Cory Vaughn – 1-4, R, 2B (8), SO

Recap

            The Mets surprised many by announcing the release of Alex Castellanos Thursday afternoon, with word that Castellanos would be heading to Japan to continue his career. In his place the Mets have signed Zach Lutz, the Mets 5^th round pick from 2007, who has a .642 OPS in 31 AB’s in the majors, and a .870 OPS in 1110 AB at the AAA level. Lutz came back to the team with a bang in this game, leading an unrelenting 51s attack with 4 hits and 3 RBI’s. Matt Bowman got off to a great start on the mound for Las Vegas, but then struggled with control in the 6^th. All 5 runs he’d allow came off of two homeruns hit by Isotopes lefties, which makes 12 homeruns allowed to lefties this year (only 1 allowed to a RHB). After Bowman settled down to finish the 6^th, the 51s bullpen came out for the final 3 innings and kept the Isotopes off the board.

Astromets Top 83 Prospect Series: 34-45

            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, and I'll address them at the end.

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