New Britain 9 - Binghamton 3

B-Mets Strand Baker’s Dozen in 9-3 Loss

NEW BRITAIN, CT – The Binghamton Mets pounded out 13 hits and walked eight times, but mustered just three runs in a 9-3 loss to the New Britain Rock Cats on Tuesday night at New Britain Stadium. The B-Mets bounced into three double plays, had two runners nabbed on the bases and stranded a season-high 13 runners.

Binghamton’s first inning proved to be the lone highlight Their red-hot offense continued its attack against New Britain starter Trevor May in the first. After an infield single by Josh Rodriguez, Cesar Puello blistered an 0-2 pitch to center field for his team-leading sixth home run of the season.

The B-Mets threatened to add to their lead, but failed to deliver the knock-out blow. May allowed six more hits and walked five after Puello’s home run but kept the B-Mets off the board. The righty stranded eight runners during his five frames.

The Rock Cats took their shot in the third against B-Met starter Jacob deGrom. New Britain grabbed the lead by plating three runs on five hits. James Beresford provided an RBI single, Josmil Pinto tied the game with a single to right and Daniel Ortiz bounced a go-ahead run-scoring double off the right-field wall.

New Britain stretched their lead to five with a two-out rally in the fifth. deGrom got the first two outs, but walked Deibinson Romero and surrendered a double to Pinto. An intentional walk to load the bases came back to bite the righty when he issued back-to-back free passes, forcing in two runs.

Shawn Teufel took over and immediately surrendered a two-run double to Dan Rohlfing. Romero continued the offensive attack with a two-run homer in the sixth, his second blast of the series.

May (3-2) exited after five innings. The righty allowed eight hits and walked a season-high five batters, but surrendered just two runs in the winning effort. deGrom (1-5) was tagged for seven runs on eight hits and four walks over 4-2/3 innings of work in the losing effort.

Blake Martin posted two scoreless innings of relief after taking over from May and Bruce Pugh allowed one run on an RBI single by Rodriguez in his two frames of work.

The B-Mets (25-20) continue their series against the Rock Cats (21-24) Wednesday night at 6:35 PM. RHP Erik Goeddel takes the hill against RHP Alex Meyer. The Horizons Federal Credit Union Pregame Show begins at 6:20 PM on Newsradio 1290 WNBF.

POSTGAME NOTES: Binghamton collected at least 10 hits for the third straight game…Allan Dykstra reached safely four times on two walks and two hits and raised his team-leading on-base percentage to .436…there were no perfect innings for either team

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Charleston 2 - Savannah 0

Dogs Reclaim First With 2-0 Win Tuesday

Savannah, GA – The Charleston RiverDogs took a pitchers’ duel 2-0 from the Savannah Sand Gnats Tuesday night at Historic Grayson Stadium. The teams have traded wins in the first two games of their series and control of first place. The ‘Dogs (25-17) now lead the Gnats by one half game (25-18) for the top spot in the South Atlantic League Southern Division.

The RiverDogs scored the game’s first run in the top of the first inning off Gnats’ LHP Steven Matz. CF Taylor Dugas singled, stole second and scored on a groundball double play for a 1-0 lead.

Charleston used back-to-back triples up the right-centerfield gap from C Peter O’Brien and 3B Dante Bichette Jr. in the fourth inning to make it 2-0.

After Bichette’s triple, Matz settled in, retiring the final eight batters he faced, five on strikeouts. He fanned nine in his six innings, setting a new season-high, and tying a career-high.

On the other side, the Gnats managed only three singles in six innings against ‘Dogs’ starter Rafael De Paula who struck out five and walked two to win his fifth game of the year.

The Gnats did not get a runner to third base until the eighth inning, but stranded runners at third in the eighth and ninth inning and the tying run at second base in the ninth.

Savannah will send RHP Rainy Lara (4-1, 1.17) to the mound in the series finale against Charleston’s LHP Evan Rutckyj (4-2, 5.03) Wednesday. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 pm. Gates to Historic Grayson Stadium open at 6 pm and the radio pregame begins on News/Talk 630 and online at sandgnats.com at 6:45.

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Mack Ade – Morning Report – 5-22-13

Today was Rafael Montero’s spot start at the AAA level and you have to leave impressed: 6.2-IP, 2-ER, 5-K, 1-BB, 2.70-ERA. I’ll take that all day in that league. He actually held Iowa scoreless for the first six innings which is absolutely amazing and it will interesting to see if the Mets now ship him back to Binghamton. I like Michael Baron’s comments today on Twitter: “I would not be shocked if Montero got a cup of coffee this year. The Mets can potentially have a ridiculously good rotation in 2015.”

We talk all the time about the lack of success of the starting rotation, the non-outfielder situation, and the bullpen that is ranked last in the League, but we need to target on another factor regarding why our beloved team is a mess. We know this engine is flawed, but there are active pistons that fire every day and keep this dream alive. The problem is, three of those pistons just aren't punching out the kind of horse power they are supposedly capable of. Ruben Tejada (.213), Lucas Duda (.223), and Ike Davis (.152) have all hit in the range of .280 before in their professional career. Tejada has hit it a number of times as a Met and both Duda and Davis have had hot months that have produced even bigger numbers.. The problem is they aren't close to this season. Look, I don't know how to translate this, but if these three 'pistons' were hitting .280, and Duda and Davis were putting out the kind of power they can, my guess is the Mets would have won at least, oh, let's say, four games. Sure, many of them could be 8-7 losses what with the state of the pitching staff, but four wins seems like a safe number. That would take the team from a 17-25 record to 21-21... and, all of a sudden you're three games away from a wild card slot. Still a rotten pitching staff and no outfield... just your main pistons putting out.

A Cesar Puello update… Puello continues his one man protest of Cory Vaughn being named player of the week. His batting average (as of post 5-20 game) is .320, ranked 7^th in the Eastern League (Vaughn is 11^th at .305).He’s .395/.465/.579/1.044 in the past 10 games and there is nothing left for him to do at this level. I find the whole Juan Lagares promotion to Queens interesting because it gives me a chance to compare some of these guys games. In my opinion, both Puello and Vaughn have more talent and dimension than Lagares, so maybe there is some hope to building a home grown outfield next year around a Korean to be named later (hint hint).

Congratulations to Joe D and Mitch Petanick on their joint venture, MetsMinors.Net (http://metsminors.net ). The Mets world can’t have enough coverage on the kids in the system and Mitch does as good a job as all the rest of the dedicated bloggers out there. Keep up the good work guys!

From Steve Wilson – Hey Mack, not sure if you've noticed but Toronto has been batting Bautista 2nd! Do you think its something the Mets should try with Wright? Bat David 2nd after Murphy…

                Mack – Can’t hurt, but someone still has to drive them in and, as I wrote earlier, the ‘pistons’ aren’t firing. Steve, just sit back and watch this team once every five games. Harvey will keep the team in the game and you’ll watch around a .750 winning percentage for the year. Forget the rest of the games. They don’t count.

We listed the “Big 10” pitchers in the chain. There are others that are ‘on the cusp’, like St. Lucie’s Alex Panteliodes. The big lefty won his first FSL game yesterday afternoon, going 5.2-IP striking out four, while walking two. There was only one earned run and ‘Pants’ went away with a highly respectable 2.49-ERA.  This was only his fourth start of the young season, after starting out on the DL with ‘inflammation’, or something like that. This is Panteliodes’ second season in the Mets organization (2012 – Savannah: 5-8, 3.64) after being drafted out of the University of Florida. He’s known more as a control pitcher and his ‘go-to’ is his ++ curve that sets up his entire game. His DL stint this spring probably will prevent any chance of him to move on to Binghamton until next season, but, with this team, you never know, right?

Others that could have been considered for this list were starters Hansel Robles, Jake deGrom, Gabriel Ynoa, Luis Cessa, Matt Bowman, and Robert Gsellman and relievers Jack Leathersich, Jeff Walters, and Adam Kolarek.

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Mets Minor League Report – May 21

Savannah (25-18) shut out by Charleston (25-17) 2-0.

Savannah starter Steven Matz (L, 2-2) pitched well for 6.0 innings, giving up 2 ER on 5 H and 1 BB, while striking out 9, but still took the loss.

Releivers Julian Hilario and Hunter Carnivale pitched well too, but with no run support, it wasn’t enough.

St Lucie (25-18) knocks off Dunedin (25-17) 5-3.

St. Lucie starter Alex Panteliodis (W, 1-1) allowed 2 R, (1 ER) 4 H, 2 BB, 4 K for the win. Relievers Hamilton Bennett and T.J. Chism each pitched perfect innings, with Chism earning his 4^th save.

T.J. Rivera: 2-4, 2B, RBI, R.

Travis Taijeron: 2-4, 2B, RBI, R.

Binghamton (25-20) bows to New Britain (21-24) 9-3.

Despite matching the Rock Cats in hits, 13-13, it’s runs that count, so Bingo took the loss.

Starter Jacob deGrom (L, 1-5) got beat up again, allowing 7 ER on 9 H, and 4 BB, with 3 K in his 4.2 IP.

Cesar Puello, 1-5, cracked a HR, 2 RBI, R. Puello also threw out a runner at home.

Allan Dykstra: 2-3, 2B, 2 BB.

Josh Rodriguez: 3-4, RBI, R.

Iowa (17-24) edges Las Vegas (20-22) 2-1 (Game 1).

 51’s starter Rafael Montero (L, 0-1) pitched superbly for 6 scoreless innings, allowing only 3 hits. To start the 7^th, however, he gave up a home run, and after getting the next two batters out, a walk.

Josh Edgin was brought in to relieve Montero, but he gave no relief, giving up singles to the next 2 hitters, and allowing the runner he inherited from Montero to score the winning run.

Francisco Pena: 1-2, HR, RBI, R.

Iowa (18-24) once more edges Las Vegas (20-23) 6-5 (Game 2, make up 5/20 game).

Starter D.J. Mitchell (no decision) allowed 5 ER on 7 H, and 3 BB, with 3 K in his 4.0 IP.

After Las Vegas had tied the score, with 5 runs in the top of the 6^th, Gonzalez Germen, (L, 1-3) gave up a go ahead HR in the bottom of the 6^th to earn the loss.

Zach Lutz: 1-2, 2 RBI, R.

Brian Bixler: 1-3, 2 RBI.

Omar Quintanilla: 1-3, 2B, RBI, R.

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Draft 13 – Akeem Bostick, Jacob Heyward, Jonathan Gray, Matt Williams, Jonah Wesely

Akeem Bostick, RHP, West Florence HS (SC) - The 6’-5” right-hander has turned a lot of heads this season with an easy delivery and a fastball that has touched 95 mph. He also adds solid secondary stuff and has great body control despite his size. Over 56 innings this season, he has 96 K/25 BB and has allowed just 23 hits. He has had six double-digit strikeout games with a career-high 13 over seven shutout innings on March 5. His command is a little inconsistent but with his size, and more left in the tank as far as velocity goes, he has a lot of upside. Should be available at 77. LINK

Dan Kirby ‏@DanMKirby

Jacob Heyward and Daz Cameron on the same team is unfair to any pitcher. Heyward has 3 BB and 3-R HR, Daz is 4-for-5 w/ 2B, BB, 2 RBI.

There was a time when it looked like Mark Appel would have no competition as the top player, college or high school, available. He was in the mix for that spot last year before falling to Pittsburgh with the No. 8 pick, then was unable to come to terms with them on a deal that allowed him to return to Stanford for his senior season. Along comes Jonathan Gray, who was in the mid-first round mix when the season started, showing a fastball that has jumped an entire grade to plus-plus, plus slider and an average changeup. Now the debate for the No. 1 pick has gotten much louder. LINK

John Whittle‏ @johnmwhittle -

2013 uncommitted INF Matt Williams played 120 games in high school over five years. Had a career BA of .411, 102 RBIs, 66 BB, 17 Ks. Wow.

 Mack Ade ‏@JohnMackinAde

Jonah Wesely JONAH!!!! you gettin' ready, son?

Jonah Wesely ‏@JonahWesely- @JohnMackinAde so excited!

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BLF’s 2013 MLB Mock Draft V.4

BLF’s 2013 MLB Mock Draft V.4

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School
First Round
1	Astros	Kris Bryant	3B	San Diego
2	Cubs	Mark Appel	RHP	Stanford
3	Rockies	Jonathan Gray	RHP	Oklahoma
4	Twins	Sean Manaea	LHP	Indiana State
5	Indians	Austin Meadows	OF	Grayson (GA)
6	Marlins	Clint Frazier	OF	Loganville (GA)
7	Red Sox	Kohl Stewart	RHP	St. Pius X (TX)
8	Royals	Ryne Stanek	RHP	Arkansas
9	Pirates	Reese McGuire	C	Kentwood (WA)
10	Blue Jays	Trey Ball	LHP/OF	New Castle (IN)
11	Mets	Colin Moran	3B	North Carolina

for the rest of the list... http://bigleaguefutures.net/1/2012/08/04/2013-mlb-draft-profile-mark-appel/ 

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St. Lucie 5 - Dunedin 3

Mets Hold Off Dunedin 5-3

DUNEDIN, FLA. — T. J. Rivera had a go-ahead RBI single in the fifth and the Mets held off the host Dunedin Blue Jays 5-3 in the second game of the series on Tuesday.

Alex Panteliodis earned his first victory on the season and allowed two runs(one earned) on four hits over 5 2/3 innings while recording four strikeouts and walking two.

Chasen Bradford allowed one run on two hits in 1 1/3 innings with one walk and two strikeouts. Bradford struck out Andy Burns with runners at second and third with two outs in the seventh to preserve a 5-3 lead.

Hamilton Bennett retired the side in order in the eighth and T.J. Chism pitched a scoreless ninth for his fourth save.

Travis Taijeron had two hits, including an RBI double in a two-run sixth.

Aderlin Rodriguez had an RBI single and Dustin Lawley added an RBI groundout to pace the Mets offense.

The Mets will visit the Blue Jays for the third game of the series on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Noah Syndergaard is the scheduled starter for the Mets.

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Binghamton Mets 2013 Game Notes

 Binghamton Mets (25-19) at New Britain Rock Cats (20-24) (Double-A Affiliate of the Minnesota Twins) 

RHP Jacob deGrom (1-4, 4.86) vs. RHP Trevor May (2-2, 3.95)

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 • Game #46 • Away Game #25

New Britain Stadium • New Britain, CT • 6:35 PM

LAST GAME: The B-Mets racked up 11 hits, including five for extra-bases, in a 6-3 win over New Britain. They wasted little time jumping on New Britain starter Pat Dean. After Josh Rodriguez singled, Cesar Puello doubled in the first run of the game. Allan Dykstra followed by blasting a two-run home run to put the B-Mets up 3-0 in the first inning. They tacked on another run in the second inning, when Danny Muno scored on a Rodriguez double. The Rock Cats scored against Logan Verrett in the fourth.Deibinson Romero hit a solo home run to cut the lead to 4-1. The offense responded with two runs on a pair of RBI doubles by Puello and Dykstra. New Britain scored the final two runs of the game in the sixth. They got four hits against Verrett in the inning, who scattered nine hits over six innings. He struck out a season-high 10 batters and earned his league-leading sixth win on the mound. Adam Kolarek pitched two scoreless innings of relief, and Jeff Walters slammed the door in the ninth to log his 12th save of the year.

BINGHAMTON STARTING PITCHER: RHP Jacob deGrom makes his seventh start of the season for the B-Mets. He earned his first Double-A win in his last start, 5/15 v AKR. The Florida native threw 7.0 innings and allowed four runs on eight hits. deGrom was called up to Binghamton on 4/16 after six starts with the St. Lucie Mets. He was 1-0 in those starts. He has gone at least 5.0 innings in each of his six starts with the B-Mets, and opponents are batting .288 against him.

NEW BRITAIN STARTING PITCHER: RHP Trevor May makes his ninth start of the season for the Rock Cats. He matched his shortest outing of the season in his last start, throwing only 4.0 innings 5/16 @ BOW. He allowed five runs on nine hits in his second loss of the season. This is May’s first season in the Twin’s organization. In 2012, he went 10-13 in 28 starts with the Reading Phillies. Over this past offseason, he was traded from Philadelphia along with P Vance Worthy to the Twins for OF Ben Revere.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: OF Cory Vaughn was named Eastern League Player of the Week for the week of May 13-19. During that stretch, Vaughn hit .400 (10-25) with nine RBI. His week was highlighted when he launched the first B-Met grand slam of the season against the Akron Aeros on 5/15. Vaughn currently leads the team with 27 RBI, and is second on the team with a .305 batting average.

DYKSTRA DIALED IN: In Monday’s 6-3 win, Allan Dykstra led the offense going 2-for-4 with four RBI. This was the third game this season where a B-Met has knocked in four runs. Cory Vaughn has done it twice this season. Dykstra is hitting .276 with 21 RBI, and has hit in the cleanup spot in 28 of the last 30 games.

 SIX OVER .500: The B-Mets have a 25-19 record, and are currently tied with Portland for the Eastern Division lead. This is the first time the B-Mets have been six games over .500 since 7/17/10, when they’re record was 50-44. 44 games is the fastest Binghamton has reached 25 wins since 2004, where it took 41 games.

EARLY OFFENSE: The B-Mets scored three runs in the top of the first inning in Monday’s 6-3 win. That was the fourth straight game Binghamton has scored in the first inning. They have scored in the first inning 16 times this season.

HOT BATS: The B-Mets have collected at least 10 base hits in six of their last eight games. They are 7-1 during that stretch and are 8-2 in their last 10 games.

WINNING ROADTRIP: A win on Tuesday would clinch a winning roadtrip. They are 3-1 through the first four games, and are 14-9 on the road in 2013.

NEXT GAME PREVIEW: The B-Mets face off against the New Britain Rock Cats in the third game of a four-game series Wednesday night. RHP Erik Goeddel starts for Binghamton against RHP Alex Meyer. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 PM.

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Mets Draft Target - RHSP - Chris Anderson

Jacksonville's RHSP Chris Anderson is another of these 'rise up the mock sheets' guys that started out this season on nobody's list. Jacksonville isn't the kind of school that plays the top talent in the nation (Radford, Richmond, South Carolina-Upstate) and their record through 5-14 is 17-34. Still, Anderson turned heads early with his dominant starts. Things have been tougher as the season has gone on, but you have to say he has stood out as the one bright star on a bad team: 13-starts, 7-5, 2.76, 94.2-IP,  92-K

AS A SOPHOMORE (2012): 2012: Made 16 appearances, including 14 starts on the hill as a sophomore … led the staff in innings pitched (88.1), strikeouts (69) and complete-games (3) … pitched six or more innings seven times … struck out at least five batters in four of his final seven starts ... walked only one batter in his final two starts (21.0 IP) ... retired 18 of his first 19 hitters to get the complete-game win vs. ETSU (5/4) ... struck out 10 batters in seven innings vs. Mercer (4/27) ... fanned six and allowed two runs in seven innings at USC Upstate (4/20) ... earned a save at Stetson (4/5) ... recorded a win in relief vs. Kennesaw State (3/25, G2) ... struck out nine and allowed two hits in the final eight frames to get the complete-game win against Western Carolina (3/16) ... tossed seven scoreless frames and fanned five to get the win against Wagner (3/9) ... also batted .264 (32-121) with 16 RBI and five doubles in 36 games in the field … had an eight-game hitting streak (4/29-5/19, G1) … hit an RBI single at B-CU (5/8) ... had a two-run double against ETSU (5/5) ... batted 2-for-4 in each game of the doubleheader against Kennesaw State (3/25) ... recorded an RBI single at Georgia Southern (3/20) … batted 2-for-5 with a home run and four RBI vs. Florida A&M (3/2) ...had three hits in first start at Southern California (2/19) … named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) preseason Stopper of the Year watch list ... played summer baseball for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox in the Cape Cod League … earned A-Sun all-academic honors.





- Jacksonville University RHP Chris Anderson continues to move up as eight scouting directors were at his start last Friday where hit 95 and showed three above average pitches (full report and video coming this week). It doesn’t hurt Anderson and other emerging arms that a couple proven arms expected to go high haven’t met expectations yet this season  http://sbb.scout.com/2/1274034.html  


At 6’-4” and 225 pounds, the right-hander has the size and stamina to be a workhorse at the next level, although his stuff hasn’t been as sharp as it was at the beginning of the year. Over 13 starts, he has a 2.76 ERA, 1.14 WHIP and 92 K/26 BB over 94.2 innings. His fastball sits in the 91-94 mph range, and he also has shown a slider and change-up that have looked plus at times.
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Mack - surprisingly, there hasn't been that much written about Anderson and his stock has fallen in the second portion of the season. There is a good chance that he could fall to #48 and he would be a wonderful pick by the Mets there.

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FLASH - Draft Update - LHSP - Sean Manaea

 

 

 

Sean Manaea threw three warmup ppitches today prior to his start for Indiana State at the MVC Tourney... and was then scratched from the game

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