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Post by Addam603 on Jun 25, 2023 16:08:18 GMT -5
Watch Monegro go from unranked to a top 20 prospect this season.
He’s off to as good of a start as you can reasonably imagine.
20 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 31 Ks. 0.90 ERA, 0.55 WHIP, .106 BAA. Just absolute excellence to start the year.
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 25, 2023 14:51:38 GMT -5
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 25, 2023 14:45:35 GMT -5
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 23, 2023 19:56:25 GMT -5
First “major” trade of the season (unless I’m forgetting something). Mets traded Eduardo Escobar to the Angels for two AA starting pitchers. For a struggling vet with a team option for next year, the Mets got two top 20 prospects from the Angels system. The Angels are obviously in win-now mode and have injuries that Escobar will help with, but that seems like an overpay.
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 22, 2023 15:08:08 GMT -5
Corey Rosier up to Worcester. Gotta feel for Tyler Dearden. Gets promoted to AAA for the first time but then sent back down before you make your debut. Then another outfielder gets promoted instead of you when the AAA team needs some reinforcements. Good for Rosier, though. He’s definitely earned it.
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 20, 2023 10:07:21 GMT -5
Shane Drohan’s first 2 AAA starts: 7.2 IP, 10 H, 10 ER, 6 BB, 7 Ks. 11.73 ERA, 2.08 WHIP, 4.69 HR/9.
His last 4: 22.2 IP, 17 H, 8 ER, 14 BB, 20 Ks. 3.18 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 1.56 HR/9.
In his past four starts, his walks have decreased in every start and his Ks have increased. Progress has definitely been made.
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 19, 2023 18:51:36 GMT -5
Monegro with another excellent start. 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 Ks
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 19, 2023 12:43:54 GMT -5
Loving these aggressive promotions! Give it another couple of weeks to a month and Bastardo, Wikelman, and Perales need one too.
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 19, 2023 11:28:16 GMT -5
Cespedes with another extra base hit-this one a two run double in the first. Now has 8 XBHs to only 6 Ks. He’s only walked three times in 44 PAs but I wonder if that’s just because he’s hitting every good pitch they throw him.
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 18, 2023 18:37:18 GMT -5
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 18, 2023 11:19:50 GMT -5
Enmanuel Valdez was in the original Worcester lineup and scratched. No explanation yet.
Bonaci back with Greenville after being activated off the IL.
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 17, 2023 12:51:46 GMT -5
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 17, 2023 10:18:43 GMT -5
FCL game postponed due to lightning.
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 17, 2023 8:47:28 GMT -5
Austin Ehrlicher was officially added to the FCL roster this morning.
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 16, 2023 20:43:29 GMT -5
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 16, 2023 19:06:23 GMT -5
Jordan should be in Portland sooner rather than later. He’s up over 300 ABs in High-A so it’s not like he’s been rushed through the level and he’s excelled both last year and this one. Up to a .317 average with an .898 OPS. More importantly he’s cut his K rate from an acceptable 25% last year to an excellent 15% this year. The power is starting to show more lately. There’s a logjam of corner infield prospects in Portland with Kavadas, Meidroth, Lugo, and Binelas seeing time there. He’s still young so there’s no need to rush, but he’s been killing it.
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 16, 2023 13:25:43 GMT -5
Matt Dermody released by the Red Sox.
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 16, 2023 10:28:29 GMT -5
I hadn’t noticed this last week but Fraymi De Leon is getting time in center field now. He played his first game there this past Saturday and is back there today.
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 15, 2023 20:12:49 GMT -5
Bradley Blalock has been dominant in his return from Tommy John. His starts this year have gone 4 IP-1ER, 4 IP-1ER, 5 IP-0ER, and 5 IP-1ER. Now a 1.50 ERA over 18 IP with a 19-4 K-BB ratio.
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 15, 2023 17:40:17 GMT -5
It was pointed out to me that the roster includes also includes a De Leon, two De Los Santos, a Del Orbe, and a Delancey The Killer Dees (D's)? You’ll want to avoid any nickname that sounds like Deez. Anyone around kids can confirm this.
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 15, 2023 12:35:44 GMT -5
Arias with another 3 hit game. 3-4 so far and an early .500 batting average.
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 14, 2023 16:07:08 GMT -5
Alexis Hernandez making his Salem debut tonight. Batting ninth and playing left field.
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 14, 2023 8:42:08 GMT -5
Another thing that needs to be considered here is the upcoming offseason. How are you going to improve this team before next year? This free agent class is sub-par to say the least. After Ohtani, you’ve got a 30 year old Matt Chapman and then a very steep drop off. Let’s be honest, we’re not getting Ohtani and we are already set at 3B so Chapman isn’t coming here. There’s no sure fire player to improve the roster in free agency on the hitting side. Admittedly the pitching side is stronger with Urias, Nola, Giolito, Snell, and some lower level arms. You’re unlikely to find an impact player to improve the roster through free agency this year though. So you’re looking for prospects or to trade for a player. Looking around the league at players that would be available at the deadline for non-system destroying rates, there’s not really anyone that stands out as the player to get us over the hump. The media won’t like it and the fans won’t like it, but this deadline should be about prospect acquisition. Get some more prospects in the system and see what you’ve got. See who is going to develop as an impact player in your system and build the farm up enough that you can trade some in the off-season when more guys become available. How do you reconcile the two bolded sentences with each other? Are Urias or Nola not impact players who would improve the roster?
It's true enough on the position side. The current roster is strong enough at every position, and the free agent class is weak enough, that it may be. I'd love to upgrade the middle infield, but there are just no options there at all. Unless Adam Frazier gets you all hot and bothered. But that just returns me to the point that it would make an awful lot of sense to take a run at some high-end pitching.
Let’s rephrase that to say there’s no impact player to improve the lineup. Probably should have made that point clearer. I would be happy to get one or more of the free agent starting pitchers. I just don’t see the bats there and the offense has been the problem more often than not lately.
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 14, 2023 8:08:05 GMT -5
Another thing that needs to be considered here is the upcoming offseason. How are you going to improve this team before next year? This free agent class is sub-par to say the least. After Ohtani, you’ve got a 30 year old Matt Chapman and then a very steep drop off. Let’s be honest, we’re not getting Ohtani and we are already set at 3B so Chapman isn’t coming here. There’s no sure fire player to improve the roster in free agency on the hitting side. Admittedly the pitching side is stronger with Urias, Nola, Giolito, Snell, and some lower level arms. You’re unlikely to find an impact player to improve the roster through free agency this year though. So you’re looking for prospects or to trade for a player.
Looking around the league at players that would be available at the deadline for non-system destroying rates, there’s not really anyone that stands out as the player to get us over the hump. The media won’t like it and the fans won’t like it, but this deadline should be about prospect acquisition. Get some more prospects in the system and see what you’ve got. See who is going to develop as an impact player in your system and build the farm up enough that you can trade some in the off-season when more guys become available.
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 13, 2023 10:02:50 GMT -5
Salem is coming to town in a couple of weeks and I was looking forward to seeing Bleis, Anthony, and Mikey Romero. Now I may not see any of them.
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