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Took a little break with the all-star games. Now we're back to some interesting 2nd half story lines
AAA
Rosario was slumping a bit heading late June. Many thought the rumblings of a callup might have him pressing. Well forget that....in July he's hitting .457 with an ops over 1.000.
What's surprised me about his season thus far has been the SB. He's got 17 this year. He swiped 19 last year between A/AA (career high), but the vast majority of them were in A ball..only 6 in 220 AA ABs. . He'll definitely set a career high and he's getting it done at about a 75% clip.
Smith has been overshadowed but dude had a 6 RBI game about 10 days ago, 2 days after a 4 RBI game. He's hitting .420 in his last 10. Much like Rosario just largely waiting for the Mets to open up a spot for him.
Gavin Cecchini has been up and down on the AAA/MLB train this year. He's still not catching fire at AAA....stuck around .250, but I still contend he's ready and needs some MLB time. His defense @ 2B has drastically improved. He's at 9 errors (total between 2B/SS) this year after making 34 / 28 / 27 the last few years.
Luis Mateo was the latest older AA pitcher to get bumped to fill in at AAA. He's fared about as well as the rest. Pitching to a 6.75 era.
Again the only pitcher to me worth noting at all here is McGowan who again is on one of his good streaks. 2 Runs in his last 15 innings. ERA for the season is down to 3.86 which given the team's ERA is around 5 this year...is pretty good.
The team overall has been horrible, last place despite all the offensive talent because the pitching has been an even bigger disaster than the MLB roster. It's a shame because it probably hurts Viola's and Pedro Lopez' chances in succeeding TC after the season....they both deserve a look too.
AA
PJ Conlon continues to be mediocre - ERA around 4.50 over his last 10 starts. Smoke and mirrors ran out of tricks. Nothing to see here.
Chris Flexen picked right back up where he left off after the all-star break going 8 innings 1 run 9 K's. Dude is legit. Just needs to stay healthy and we'll be talking about him helping sometime next year. He's now 5-1 1.73 era - 43 K's just 4 BB - 0.67 WHIP. Those are some video game stats right there. STUD.
Macos Molina hasn't had that kind of success, but he's been better than his AA numbers indicate. He's 0-5 with a 4.95 ERA, but most of his starts come down to 1 bad inning. He'll give up 3-4 runs in 1 inning and go 6 total. Tho I will admit his last 2 starts have been legit bad...lots of hits, dodging bullets, etc. It'll be an important 2nd half for him to work thru those issues.
Corey Oswalt has just been consistently good. I still don't see much there in terms of MLB staying power, but its hard to argue with the results. He's been a machine going 6 innings with 2 or less ER 10 of his 15 starts this year. After 2 more outings fitting that bill he sits at 7-3 2.30 ERA. He's been healthy, he's added a bit of velocity this year, but he's still largely a contact pitcher who's just having one of "those" kind of years.
Tomas Nido returned from the futures game and....has done a whole lot of nothing. He had a terrible April...a great May, but has been pretty poor since. He's got a lot to prove down the stretch here with guys breathing down his neck and as much as we're all kind of done with Plaw, dude is hitting .335 in AAA. So you're going to need a big season to displace him at AAA next year.
The B Mets are currently in 2nd place, fighting the Phils (1/2 game back) with no real chance of catching the Yankees....
A
Now the real news.....
Tim Tebow.... he's actually doing pretty well. All phases of his game have improved since he's returned to his magical power source of Florida. He's got an .877 OPS. 7 BB and 11 K's in 60 ABs. Drastically better than his 70 K's in 200 ABs.
The pitching all moved up to AA.
Andrew Church was having a decent year, but that's tanked in his last 6 or so starts. ERA went from 3.60 to 5.14. Oh well.
Justin Dunn was looking like he was finally getting his feet, but then got rocked for 6 ER in 5 innings last time out. In his previous 6 starts he had rocked an era a shade below 3. Still probably the most disappointing prospect in the Org.
OR
That could go to Becerra. Who continues to do nothing. As I said the first part of this year was just making sure he could get and stay on the field. Well that's past now. Now its time to produce. He's hitting an empty .278 with 12 K's in 36 ABs in his last 10 games.
Peter Alonso is doing his best to salvage a slow start and injury riddled season. He's been crushing it, hitting .350 over his last 10. He's up to 8 HRs on the year. We're going to hear a ton about him in AA next year. Legit legit 30 HR power. So for those not sold on Smith - this is the next guy inline.
Patrick Mazeika just keeps hitting. Such a great line drive swing. Still needs work behind the plate, but look dude is hitting .300 with an OPS over .800 and with Nido not lighting up AA, there's a path for him to move.
AAA
Rosario was slumping a bit heading late June. Many thought the rumblings of a callup might have him pressing. Well forget that....in July he's hitting .457 with an ops over 1.000.
What's surprised me about his season thus far has been the SB. He's got 17 this year. He swiped 19 last year between A/AA (career high), but the vast majority of them were in A ball..only 6 in 220 AA ABs. . He'll definitely set a career high and he's getting it done at about a 75% clip.
Smith has been overshadowed but dude had a 6 RBI game about 10 days ago, 2 days after a 4 RBI game. He's hitting .420 in his last 10. Much like Rosario just largely waiting for the Mets to open up a spot for him.
Gavin Cecchini has been up and down on the AAA/MLB train this year. He's still not catching fire at AAA....stuck around .250, but I still contend he's ready and needs some MLB time. His defense @ 2B has drastically improved. He's at 9 errors (total between 2B/SS) this year after making 34 / 28 / 27 the last few years.
Luis Mateo was the latest older AA pitcher to get bumped to fill in at AAA. He's fared about as well as the rest. Pitching to a 6.75 era.
Again the only pitcher to me worth noting at all here is McGowan who again is on one of his good streaks. 2 Runs in his last 15 innings. ERA for the season is down to 3.86 which given the team's ERA is around 5 this year...is pretty good.
The team overall has been horrible, last place despite all the offensive talent because the pitching has been an even bigger disaster than the MLB roster. It's a shame because it probably hurts Viola's and Pedro Lopez' chances in succeeding TC after the season....they both deserve a look too.
AA
PJ Conlon continues to be mediocre - ERA around 4.50 over his last 10 starts. Smoke and mirrors ran out of tricks. Nothing to see here.
Chris Flexen picked right back up where he left off after the all-star break going 8 innings 1 run 9 K's. Dude is legit. Just needs to stay healthy and we'll be talking about him helping sometime next year. He's now 5-1 1.73 era - 43 K's just 4 BB - 0.67 WHIP. Those are some video game stats right there. STUD.
Macos Molina hasn't had that kind of success, but he's been better than his AA numbers indicate. He's 0-5 with a 4.95 ERA, but most of his starts come down to 1 bad inning. He'll give up 3-4 runs in 1 inning and go 6 total. Tho I will admit his last 2 starts have been legit bad...lots of hits, dodging bullets, etc. It'll be an important 2nd half for him to work thru those issues.
Corey Oswalt has just been consistently good. I still don't see much there in terms of MLB staying power, but its hard to argue with the results. He's been a machine going 6 innings with 2 or less ER 10 of his 15 starts this year. After 2 more outings fitting that bill he sits at 7-3 2.30 ERA. He's been healthy, he's added a bit of velocity this year, but he's still largely a contact pitcher who's just having one of "those" kind of years.
Tomas Nido returned from the futures game and....has done a whole lot of nothing. He had a terrible April...a great May, but has been pretty poor since. He's got a lot to prove down the stretch here with guys breathing down his neck and as much as we're all kind of done with Plaw, dude is hitting .335 in AAA. So you're going to need a big season to displace him at AAA next year.
The B Mets are currently in 2nd place, fighting the Phils (1/2 game back) with no real chance of catching the Yankees....
A
Now the real news.....
Tim Tebow.... he's actually doing pretty well. All phases of his game have improved since he's returned to his magical power source of Florida. He's got an .877 OPS. 7 BB and 11 K's in 60 ABs. Drastically better than his 70 K's in 200 ABs.
The pitching all moved up to AA.
Andrew Church was having a decent year, but that's tanked in his last 6 or so starts. ERA went from 3.60 to 5.14. Oh well.
Justin Dunn was looking like he was finally getting his feet, but then got rocked for 6 ER in 5 innings last time out. In his previous 6 starts he had rocked an era a shade below 3. Still probably the most disappointing prospect in the Org.
OR
That could go to Becerra. Who continues to do nothing. As I said the first part of this year was just making sure he could get and stay on the field. Well that's past now. Now its time to produce. He's hitting an empty .278 with 12 K's in 36 ABs in his last 10 games.
Peter Alonso is doing his best to salvage a slow start and injury riddled season. He's been crushing it, hitting .350 over his last 10. He's up to 8 HRs on the year. We're going to hear a ton about him in AA next year. Legit legit 30 HR power. So for those not sold on Smith - this is the next guy inline.
Patrick Mazeika just keeps hitting. Such a great line drive swing. Still needs work behind the plate, but look dude is hitting .300 with an OPS over .800 and with Nido not lighting up AA, there's a path for him to move.
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