10/22/11

Q and A: Mack with… Joe Bonnici… on Josh Edgin


Joseph Bonnici asked:  What is your opinion and the Mets opinion of ST. Lucie Mets left handed relief pitcher Josh Edgin?

Mack:  Thanks for the question, Joe.

I try not to get excited about relief pitchers in the A-to-Rookie levels. I’ve seen so mnay of them seem to dominate when all they were one year wonders. Most were older college draft picks beating up on teenagers from El Salvador.

That being said, Josh was hard not to follow.

First came his first outing last year in Savannah, where he was taken out without getting an out, earning him that infamous seasonal ERA of *.

He came out of the dugout the next day for stretching and said “hey, Mack… don’t beat me up about last night. I’m better than that.”  I took him for his word, wrote nothing, and he then gave up only two more earned runs in his next 23 outings (0.87). In fact, in two years he’s given up 21 earned runs in 69 outings. That’s less than Ollie would give up in a week.

Josh throws a slider in the low-90s and is a big dude on the mound that looks like he’s throwing it at you rather than past you.  A total of 100.2 professional innings pitched with 122-Ks and only 35 walks.

AA is always the test for any pitcher, so we’re going to have to give him another year; however, I have him as one of my top 30 prospects and the second reliever (behind Jack Leathersich).

More info on Josh…

Edgin was drafted by the New York Mets in the 30th round of the 2010 draft.

He reported immediately to Kingsport after signing and posted an impressive 0-1, 2.84 in 18 appearances. More importantly, he struck out 46 batters in 34.2-IP.

He was promoted near the end of the season to Savannah, where he went 0-0, 0.00 in two games.

9-20-10: - 2011 Forecast:  Normally, 30th round draft picks don't make it to a full season team during their first year, but Savannah bumped him up from Kingsport to help in their playoffs. There's a good chance he will wind up starting the 2011 season in Brooklyn, but maybe they'll reward him by returning to the Coastal Empire.

6-1-11: -                RP/CL Josh Egdin is already 24-years old and couldn’t be more consistent than he has been in the last ten outings. During that period, he has pitched 15.0 scoreless innings (0.00-ERA) while striking out 18. Last night, he pitched another scoreless inning (1-K) ending up the night with a 1.21-ERA. The 6-1 LHP out of Francis Marion University (30th round – 2010) now has 17 outings and nine saves.

7-3-11: - http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/07/best-mets-minor-league-surprises-mid-season-edition.html   - Josh Edgin – St Lucie, the 6’1″ left-handed reliever is dominating the opposition this year like very few have been able to do. After giving up 3 ER’s at the very beginning of the year he has been unscored upon since early May. His first 24 appearances were at Savannah, while the last 6 games have been with St Lucie. Over his first 9.1 FSL innings he has given up 0 runs. here are his combined stats this season: 2-0, 0.67 ERA, 30 G, 40.1 IP, 19 H, 3 ER, 0 HR, 50 K, 14 BB, .142 BA against, and he has 18 saves so far. Not bad for the 30th round pick from 2010.

7-10-11: - There was a rare occurrence last night involving St. Lucie RP Josh Edgin. He actually gave up an earned run. You have to realize this just hasn’t happened that much this season. It was the first one in 9-G/14.1-IP in A+ ball and he only gave up three in 24-G/31.0-IP in Savannah. His combined ERA has now soared to 0.79. Poor baby..

7-11-11: - Top 10 Minor League Performances in 2011 - 1. Josh Edgin – RP – A+/A: - 2-0, 0.79, 33-G, 53-K, 45.1-IP, 18-SV – one bad outing on opening day and then basically unhittable all season for two teams. Josh will turn 25 in December so I expect him to possibly move another level before the season ends, but we don’t need a repeat of Eddie Kunz here.

7-25-11: - Josh threw another scoreless inning for St. Lucie last night. He now has pitched 50.1 innings this year in A/AA and has given up only five earned runs. The last time he pitched bad was April 12th when he gave up a run and three walked in 0.0-IP. I remember him walking past me three days later at the home opener and he smiled at me saying “come on Mack, don’t write anything bad about me…”.  How could I? His combined ERA is 0.91 in 36 appearances!

8-14-11: -  We continue to be proud to be the first Mets writer to recognize what the team has in this kid. He mopped up Sunday for two more scoreless innings and it’s hard to come up with better stats than he has put up this season. First, there were 16 saves in 24 outings for Savannah, producing 41K/31.0-IP and an ERA of 0.87. Now, after 18 more outings for St. Lucie, he has seven more saves, 25K/26.0-IP and a “hefty” 1.38 ERA. Together: 2-0, 1.11, 42-games, 23-saves, 57.0-IP, 66-K.

8-24-11: - http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/32947/farm-repeat-mound-of-praise-for-edgin  - Mets VP Paul DePodesta said he hesitated to mention left-hander Josh Edgin’s name when the subject arose of minor leaguers who may have an impact with the Mets in 2012. But DePodesta went ahead and named the southpaw as a candidate, even though Edgin has not yet pitched above Class A St. Lucie.  “He’s got major league stuff and he’s left-handed,” DePodesta recently said. “Again, you just never know how quickly those guys can come. He’s in Port St. Lucie right now, which is why I’m squeamish about talking about 2012."

8-27-11: - Stock Down – RP Josh Edgin – Okay, it had to happen. Josh hasn’t had a bad game since opening day and he was long overdue. Lucy brought him in after Armondo Rodriquez through six scoreless innings in a seven inning shortened game and he gave up 2-R in 1.0-IP and took the loss. Poor baby… his seasonal ERA is how 1.44.

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