2-10-12 - http://seedlingstostars.com/2012/02/10/s2s-2012-team-prospect-lists-new-york-mets/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter - #7.) Cory
Vaughn, OF. A gigantic right fielder, Vaughn has a classic high-walk,
high-strikeout profile, but his power stroke hasn’t quite come around yet, as
he homered just once every ten games in 2011. He’ll be 23 on May 1, so while
the tools to be a starting right fielder are here, he needs to quickly improve
at getting everything working at the same time. Grade; C+
Ruben
Tejada might have the most thankless job of the group by replacing a
popular homegrown All Star. His .360 OBP at the age of 21 was similar to Rafael
Furcal and Alex Rodriguez at similar ages. Nobody is suggesting he is A-Rod,
but Furcal without the power numbers might be reasonable. Another comparison,
made by NYBD contributor Joe Delgrippo on my show last night, is Elvis Andrus.
Last year, Andrus hit .279 with 5 HRs and 60 RBI. That seems to be a reasonable
offensive ceiling for Tejada. His defense may not be on par with Andrus or
Reyes, but he certainly appears to be a solid shortstop on both sides of the
ball for a winning team. http://nybaseballdigest.com/2012/02/23/young-mets-hitters-could-develop-into-solid-core/
A tweak here, an adjustment, another tweak. Another. As Jason Bay sifted through the muck of
last season and looked back on his lost months of tweaks and adjustments, he
realized that all that tinkering had whisked him so far away from his old
productive self. He was no longer Jason Bay, power hitter. In his mind, he was
no longer even Jason Bay. "I didn't
really know who I was there for a bit," Bay said Thursday, appearing
relaxed in a backwards cap and flip-flops after arriving two days early at Mets
camp. "That is the tough part, is just trying not to be your own worst
enemy." http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120223&content_id=26815538&vkey=news_nym&c_id=nym&partnerId=rss_nym
Mike Nickeas spent
the winter working out at Georgia Tech and e-mailing video of his swing to Dave
Hudgens, the Mets' hitting coach. The two also had a continuing dialogue over
the phone, with the aim of revamping Nickeas’s swing and plate approach in time
for spring training. "I'm removing all the inefficiencies from my swing,
so I have more time to recognize pitches and see the ball,” Nickeas said.
"My goal is to be an extremely tough out. I don’t want to be the guy they
get to, put a couple of pitches in, and be done." http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/24/sports/baseball/a-mets-catcher-knows-his-bat-holds-the-key-to-his-future.html?_r=2&ref=baseball
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