Minors Report 6/23 (Mejia)

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Buffalo (24-44, Last INT North) lost it's third in a row at the hands of Gwinnett, 5-4. Nothing to see here...


Argenis Reyes - 1 for 3, BB, R
Jesus Feliciano - 1 for 3, 3B (1), BB, 2 R, 2 RBI (24), .300
Emil Brown - 1 for 3, RBI (5)
Michel Abreu - 1 for 4, RBI (18)
Rene Rivera - 1 for 3, 2B (9)

Lance Broadway - 5.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 K


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Binghamton (26-43, Last EAS North) was flattened by Bowie, 7-3. Jenrry Mejia turned his worst outing of the year on a couple days of extra rest (?). Ike Davis was on base all four times in his AA debut, going 2 for 2 with a pair of walks and an RBI...


Emmanuel Garcia - 2 for 5, 3B (3), CS (5), R
Josh Thole - 2 for 4, 3B (2), R, RBI (28), .348
Ike Davis - 2 for 2, 2 BB, RBI (1)
Shawn Bowman - 2 for 4, 2B (14), R
D.J. Wabick - 2 for 4, 2B (19), .305


Jenrry Mejia - 5.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, L (0-3)


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St. Lucie (33-33, Fourth SAL South) lost to Charlotte, 7-3. Reese Havens went 1 for 4 at SS in his second game back from injury. The oft-injured Hector Pellot was 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI. Ike Davis was promoted to Binghamton, and this team will really struggle to score without his .863 OPS (1.056 in June)...


Greg Veloz - 1 for 5, RBI (15)
Kirk Nieuwenhuis - 2 for 5, RBI (27)
Reese Havens - 1 for 4
Brahiam Maldonado - 2 for 4, 2 R
Hector Pellot - 3 for 4, 2B (8), RBI (15)


Scott Shaw - 2.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 6 BB, 2 K, L (2-4)


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The North All Stars won another war over the South, 8-5. Savannah was represented by Sean Rattliff (good), Josh Satin (bad), and Robert Carson (ugly)...


Sean Ratliff - 1 for 2, 2B, BB, 2 R, RBI
Josh Satin - 0 for 2


Robert Carson - .2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, BS (1)


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Brooklyn improved to 3-1 on the young season with a 7-3 victory over Hudson Valley. Brandon Moore (14th Round, 2008) got the win with seven excellent innings...


Matt Bouchard - 1 for 4, R, RBI (3)
Ralph Henriquez - 1 for 3, BB, R, RBI (1)
Luis Rivera - 1 for 2, BB, RBI (1)
Alexander Gregory - 1 for 4, 2B (1), R, 2 RBI (2)
Juan Centeno - 2 for 4, RBI (3)


Brandon Moore - 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, W (1-0)


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Kingsport started it's season with a 7-5 win over Johnson City. Tyler Howe (41st Round, 2008) and Joseph Bonfe (21st Round, 2009) went deep. The K-Mets best prospect could be 20 year old 2B Alonzo Harris (39th Round, 2007), who went 2 for 4 from the top of the lineup...


Alonzo Harris - 2 for 4, RBI (1)
Evan LeBlanc - 2 for 4, 3B (1),
Joseph Bonfe - 2 for 3, HR (1), BB, R, 3 RBI (3)
Tyler Howe - 2 for 2, HR (1), BB, 2 R, 2 RBI (2)


Guillaume Leduc - 5 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, W (1-0)
Samuel Taveras - 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, SV (1)


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The GCL Mets posted a 5-2 opening day victory over the GCL Astros. Oft-injured Scott Moviel went four innings in his first appearance of the year...


Orlando Tovar - 1 for 4, R, 2 RBI (2)
Kurt Steinhauer - 1 for 2, BB, R, RBI (1)
Nelfi Zapata - 0 for 2, RBI (1)
Cody Holliday - 1 for 3, BB, R


Scott Moviel - 4 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Lachlan Hodge - 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K, W (1-0)


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John Sickel's bumps up Jennry Mejia's grade a ton (kiss of death?)...


Hit and Run, June 20,*2009 - Minor League Ball

The Mets are another team that loves to rush prospects, and right now things are going well with RHP Jenry Mejia. He began the year going 4-1, 1.97 with a 44/16 K/BB in 50 innings for St. Lucie, with a 2.21 GO/AO ratio in nine starts. Promoted to Double-A Binghamton earlier this month, he's 0-2 in three starts, but with a 2.25 ERA and a 17/7 K/BB in 16 innings, with 17 hits allowed. I like the fact that he's maintained his strong GO/AO, with a 2.22 mark so far in the Eastern League. Mejia is just 19 years old, and skipped low Class A, having pitched in the New York-Penn League last year. He posted a 3.49 ERA in 57 innings for Brooklyn, with a 52/23 K/BB. In 66 combined this year, he has a 2.04 ERA with a 61/23 K/BB. The fact that he's maintained virtually identical ratios at a higher level of competition is a really good sign, especially given his age. As with Stanton, I'd leave him in Double-A the rest of the season. I gave him a Grade C+ "but with a very high ceiling" rating in the book. I'm jumping that up to Grade B+ now, and he could be a Grade A- or perhaps even a Grade A by the end of this season.

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7 K and 2 BB are still pretty good for a bad outing. Looks like he made one mistake in the sixth and that was that.

Good to see Ike Davis doing well too.