Minors Report 4/23 (Sosa/Guerra)

[SI Metman]

Binghamton lost in New Hampshire 6-2.

Miguel Negron 1-4, RBI
Fernando Martinez 0-3
Mike Carp 0-3
Brett Harper 1-4, HR (1)
Jose Reyes 1-4
Caleb Stewart 1-4
Mark Kiger 1-4, 2B

Ricardo Morales 6 IP 10 H 5 ER 0 BB 2 K Loss (1-1)
Ryan Cullen 2 IP 1 H 1 ER 0 BB 1 K

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[SI Metman]

St Lucie got a first inning run off of a rehabbing Ricky Nolasco and went on to beat Jupiter 5-2. Deolis Guerra pitched 6 shutout innings.

Emmanuel Garcia 1-5, SB (4)
Jose Castro 2-5, 2B RBI SB (1)
Dustin Martin 1-5, SB (2)
Nick Evans 1-2, RBI
Dan Murphy 3-5, 2B 3 RBI
Drew Butera 1-4, 2B
Corey Coles 2-4, SB (1)

Deolis Guerra 6 IP 2 H 0 ER 0 BB 4 K Win (1-2)
Kevin Tomasiewicz 1 IP 0 H 0 ER 0 BB 0 K
Ryan Meyers 1 IP 4 H 2 ER 0 BB 1 K
Eddie Camacho 1 IP 0 H 0 ER 0 BB 0 K Save (3)

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[SI Metman]

Savannah lost another one to Charleston, 6-1.

Daniel Stegall 1-4
Hector Pellot 1-4
DJ Wabick 1-2
Leivi Ventura 1-4
Francisco Pena 0-4

Tim Stronach 3 IP 7 H 5 ER 1 BB 0 K Loss (1-3)
Todd Privett 5 IP 4 H 1 ER 0 BB 2 K

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[SI Metman]

Jorge Sosa was outstanding on the mound and Ruben Gotay provided the offense in New Orleans 9-4 win over Alba... Albuker... That city Bugs Bunny forgets to make the left at. Lastings Milledge did leave in the 4th with a bruised right foot.

Anderson Hernandez 2-4, 2B
Ruben Gotay 2-4, 2 2B 5 RBI
Carlos Gomez 1-4
Lastings Milledge 0-1
Chip Ambres 1-4, HR (2)
Fernando Tatis 2-4, 2B HR (3) 2 RBI
Mike DiFelice 2-4, .381 Avg
Jason Alfaro 1-5, RBI
Jorge Sosa 1-3
Ricky Ledee 1-2

Jorge Sosa 7 IP 7 H 2 ER 0 BB 8 K Win (3-0)
Steve Schmoll 2 IP 3 H 2 ER 0 BB 2 K

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[advocatediabolus]

Guerra seems to be pitching really well so far this year, made even more impressive by the fact that he is a year or so younger than everybody else in the sally league if i am not mistaken. I think i read somewhere that he seems to have added 4-5 MPH to his fastball over the winter, anybody know if that is accurate?

[Bay Ridge Dave]

Sosa has moved light years ahead of Park in the "let's send Pelfrey down now" race...

[Gregory Gewirtz]

Originally Posted by Bay Ridge Dave

Sosa has moved light years ahead of Park in the "let's send Pelfrey down now" race...

I wonder when/if the Mets would have interest in adding Sosa to the bullpen in place of Burgos. IMO, Sosa should be converted to short relief right away at AAA in preparation for a possible audition in the Mets bullpen.

[Gregory Gewirtz]

Originally Posted by Bay Ridge Dave

Sosa has moved light years ahead of Park in the "let's send Pelfrey down now" race...

It's still early, but it's looking like I bet on the wrong horse in advocating for Park as the early-season fifth starter.

[MetfanBren]

I never knew Sosa was a Zambrano, aka, crappy position player (OF with a career .646 OPS in the Rockies organization) turned Pitcher. He never stepped on a mound until he was 23, which means he was a year older than Henry Owens was when he made the transition...

http://thebaseballcube.com/players/S/Jorge-Sosa.shtml

And speaking of Owens, he had to be pulled in the 9th last night to salvage the Marlins win. If people think Pelfrey's drop in K/9 is bad, Owens has gone from 16.65/9 at Binghamton in 2006 to 3.45/9 for the Marlins, and 12.32/9 career in the minors to 3.45/9 in the majors. He's a fly-ball pitcher who's not missing bats, which is dangerous even in Florida...