I always wonder where some of these
‘kids’ come from. Take the case of Kingsport CF Maikis
De La Cruz (.279). This is the second year De La Crus has been in the
Mets system, hitting an impressive .321 last year for the DSL system, but
here’s the rub. He’s playing K-Port this year at the age of 21-years old,
meaning he was 20 last year. You can’t tell me someone just walks off the
street and hits .321 in organized ball. Where did he play for the four years
prior to this? Is he for real? Well, if he is, he better get moving because, at
his rate, he’ll play AAA and pull a Medicare check the same year. Spring Projection: I’m placing him in Savannah for
now.
Cory Mazzoni
This might not be a bad time to shut
Cory down. He gave up seve earned runs (3.0-IP) on Thursday, which now totals
to 20 runs in his last five starts (28 innings). All this bad news still results
in a seasonal AA ERA of 3.49 and a combined AA/A+ (23 starts) of 3.37. You know
I loved this pick out of North Carolina State. Mazzoni is going to have to
repeat this level next spring to hopefully earn himself an all-star break
promotion to the AAA affiliate in the
PCL. Spring Projection: Binghamton
Gabriel Ynoa
Is Gabriel
Ynoa a ‘prospect’? Frankly, I’m not sure yet and he needs to turn in
another year like he’s putting together for Brooklyn this year. Through
Thursday, Ynoa has had 10 starts with a stat line of: 60.0-IP, 50-K, only 7-BB,
5-1, 2.40, 0.90. I love the average of 6.0 innings per start. This is very
encouraging at this point in a young man’s career. He just turned 19 and we got
our first peak at him in 2010 when he went 5-3, 1.99 for the DSL Mets as a
17-year old. Definitely on the ‘blue’ list. Spring
Projection: Lots of rotation congestion, especially at the lower levels…
Savannah.
Aderlin Rodriguez
We keep revisiting A-Rod, hoping his
defense improves and his power continues to develop. We have good news in both
areas. Defensively, Aderlin currently has 28 errors in 2012 combined for
Savannah and St. Lucie. That’s a vast improvement over the 44 errors he had in
2011 for Savannah. Rodriguez is never going to win the Golden Glove trophy, but
who cares if he keeps hitting like he’s done so far this season: 443-AB, 24-HR,
81-AB, 95-K, 36-BB. Spring Projection: A-Rod
spend parts of three seasons in Savannah and seems ready to move past St.
Lucie. He’s still only 20-years old. I have him playing 3B in Binghamton, right
behind Wilmer Flores (just turned 21) in
Buffalo.
Empire State Shooting
Did anyone think that this might be
the new way nuts jobs have come up with committing ‘suicide by cop’? I mean,
running around Manhattan randomly shooting people should earn you one in the
head, no?
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