Minors Report 4/5 (Humber/Guerra)

[SI Metman]

Deolis Guerra pitched 5 shutout innings in St Lucie's 2-0 opening night win over Vero Beach. The game was shortened to 7 innings by rain.

Emmanuel Garcia 1-3
Jose Castro 1-4
Dustin Martin 1-4
Nick Evans 1-4, 2B
Drew Butera 1-2
Josh Petersen 1-3, 3B RBI
Sean Henry 1-3

Deolis Guerra 5 IP 2 H 0 ER 0 BB 5 K
Mike Swindell 2 IP 2 H 0 ER 1 BB 0 K Win (1-0)

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Binghamton was snowed/frozen out. Kevin Mulvey will take the mound tomorrow night in the opener.

New Orleans and Savannah are still in progress, scores to come later.

[rafaelsantana]

Zephyrs won.

Humber pitched well. Gave up 1 run over 5 innings.

[SI Metman]

Savannah lost their opener 7-4. A Jonathan Sanchez fielding error started off a 4 run 7th for Asheville who teed off Nelson Portillo. 17 year old catching prospect Francisco Pena made his professional debut in the loss.

Hector Pellot 0-4, BB SB (1)
Greg Veloz 1-4, 3B
Francisco Pena 2-5
Daniel Stegall 1-4
Leivi Ventura 1-4, HR (1)
Josh Thole 1-3, 2B
Brahiam Maldonado 1-4, HR (1) SB (1)

Tobi Stoner 4 IP 3 H 1 ER 4 BB 5 K
Nelson Portillo 2.2 IP 3 H 5 R 1 ER 3 BB 2 K Loss (0-1)
Emary Frederick 2.1 IP 3 H 1 ER 1 BB 2 K

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[SI Metman]

Phillip (don't call me Phil) Humber allowed 1 hit over 5 innings as New Orleans beat Nashville 4-1.

Anderson Hernandez 0-4, 2 RBI
Ruben Gotay 1-4, HR (1)
Carlos Gomez 1-3, 2B SB (1)
Ricky Ledee 2-4
Fernando Tatis 1-4
Mike DiFelice 1-4
Chip Ambres 2-4, 2B

Phillip Humber 5 IP 1 H 1 ER 3 BB 4 K Win (1-0)
Jose Santiago 3 IP 0 H 0 ER 0 BB 2 K
Lino Urdaneta 1 IP 1 H 0 ER 0 BB 0 K Save (1)

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[Neu-IndustrialMets57]

Originally Posted by SI Metman

Tobi Stoner 4 IP 3 H 1 ER 4 BB 5

4 Walks in 4IP Im hoping that its just a bad game but it could be just a little disconcerting for someone who had a total of 17 walks in 83 Innings last year

[MetfanBren]

Here's a little more on Guerra from BA...

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=124

All Too Easy

Posted Apr. 6, 2007 3:01 pm by Chris Kline
Filed under: Daily Dish

When Deolis Guerra first encountered the high Class A Florida State League at the tail-end of last season, he was overmatched.

Guerra went 1-1, 6.14 and allowed six runs on nine hits in just seven innings.

But this is a different Deolis Guerra.

It was all too easy for the 17-year-old Mets righthander in his first start for St. Lucie on Thursday, tossing five scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and striking out five.

Guerra doesn’t turn 18 for another two weeks, but the Mets saw three significant things change in spring training: a spike in fastball velocity, added depth to his breaking ball with the confidence to use throw it and the ability to repeat his delivery more consistently.

Guerra’s fastball was up to 94-95 mph in minor league camp, an increase of four-to-five miles an hour from where he was last season. He also worked hard on his curveball, which lagged behind his fastball and plus changeup, during the offseason.

He also apparently grew at least an inch.

“He’s up to 6-foot-6 now,” Mets vice president of player development Tony Bernazard said. “His body is getting there and he’s progressed a lot, not only with his stuff, but with his delivery and his work habits.”

Guerra was clocked consistently in the low 90s in the Mets rain-shortened 2-0 win against Vero Beach on Thursday and showed the same consistency with his breaking ball as he had during spring training.

“His arm speed is there with the changeup and it’s a plus pitch,” Bernazard said. “His curveball is coming along. It’s got good tilt and break to it now, and it’s where he can throw it for a strike. He’s using it more often now than he had before.

“He’s still growing into his body as a 17-year-old, but he’s got three plus pitches. You’ll see him maybe get slow with his delivery at times, but it’s all part of the progression. And we feel like he’s progressing really well right now.”

[Wright Era]

i love these threads

[tonyarmasjr]

Originally Posted by SI Metman

Phillip (don't call me Phil) Humber allowed 1 hit over 5 innings as New Orleans beat Nashville 4-1.

Anderson Hernandez 0-4, 2 RBI
Ruben Gotay 1-4, HR (1)
Carlos Gomez 1-3, 2B SB (1)
Ricky Ledee 2-4
Fernando Tatis 1-4
Mike DiFelice 1-4
Chip Ambres 2-4, 2B

Phillip Humber 5 IP 1 H 1 ER 3 BB 4 K Win (1-0)
Jose Santiago 3 IP 0 H 0 ER 0 BB 2 K
Lino Urdaneta 1 IP 1 H 0 ER 0 BB 0 K Save (1)

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Wow, Ledee and Tatis are still playing.

[thetimidmango]

Wow, that BaseballAmerica article is very promising. If Guerra's fastball is already touching mid-90s when he's not even 18 yet, that fastball could easily gain more speed and hit the upper-90s. With a consistently mid-90s fastball, a plus changeup and a developing curveball, Guerra's stuff could easily project to top-of-the-rotation starter, if not more.