3/14/13

Mack Ade – Morning Report – 3-14-13





I talked to P Juan Urbina. So far this spring he has thrown twice in the pen and one BP. He has one more live BP scheduled and then expects to pitch in his first ST game. He also expects to come out of the pen in 2013, starting off once again in Savannah.




I also heard from P Erik Goeddel. He said “The face is doing much better, just got cleared for full activity today, and I think I get to throw in a scrimmage later this week.”

As you remember, Goeddel was hit in the face a few weeks ago and none of us were sure he'd make it back this quick. Great news!



There’s a writer on Through The Fence (link) named Paul West that just wrote a piece on the 2013 Mets.  The third paragraph led with “first, I feel good about the offense…”.  The story ends with: “their defense is as solid as it’s been in years”. Who is Paul West and is this the same team I write about?




The Detroit Tigers LHH-OF Brennan Boesch, who is owed 1/6th of his $2.3mil salary if he is not claimed. The 27-yr. old 2012 stat line: .240/.286/.372 , 12-HR, 503-AB.  That would be $383,333 to check him out… but, his .286 OBP was the 4th-worst in MLB last year. On paper, these are lower numbers than Lucas Duda’s projections. My vote would be to pass.



For those of you that think the Mets have a chance finishing above 4th place, here are the projected rotations in the NL East:

Atlanta -  1 RHP Tim Hudson,  2 RHP Kris Medlen,  3 LHP Mike Minor,  4 LHP Paul Maholm ,  5 RHP Julio Teheran.

Miami - 1 RHP Ricky Nolasco,  2 RHP Henderson Alvarez,  3 LHP Wade LeBlanc,  4 RHP Nathan Eovaldi,  5 RHP Jacob Turner 

Philadelphia - 1 LHP Cole Hamels,  2 RHP Roy Halladay,  3 LHP Cliff Lee,  4 RHP Kyle Kendrick,  5 LHP John Lannan

Washington - 1 RHP Stephen Strasburg,  2 LHP Gio Gonzalez,  3 RHP Jordan Zimmermann,  4 RHP Dan Haren,  5 LHP Ross Detwiler

            (and let’s remember… this is supposed to be the Mets’ strength…)

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow...I forgot about Urbina...Hopefully he can bounce back from his horrific season last year and get back on the prospect map.

Charles said...

Urbina, Akeel Morris, Goeddel, Matz...

We all know the pitchers that get all the buzz, but there's a lot of wild cards out there that could really impress and possibly pitch their way back into prospect status.

My sleeper pick this season is Matz. I saw a little video about him yesterday and he said he feels great. Viola was excited about him. Said he's a lefty that throws 95+, with a good change up, and a really tight slider.

Think about that for a second. This guy was drafted as a kid, and spent years hurt or rehabbing. Suddenly, he's grown up and it's as if the Mets just got a top ten pick that's a left handed starter and already has three average to plus pitches. If Matz starts twenty games this year, I believe he'll be ranked just behind Syndegaard this time next year.

What a pick that would be? The problem is that he'll have to be protected next year because of the rule 5 draft. He spent so much time not pitching, his development has stalled and they'll have to use a 40 man spot to hold on to him. Like I said, if he makes those starts, I think he'll be worth it.

Hopefully, he starts off fast and moves quickly. Lets all pray this guy stays pain free. His left arm is a cannon.

Anonymous said...

Charles,

I'm really hoping Matz injuries woes are behind him. This system needs a left handed pitching prospect bad.

Charles said...

If they are, he's going to be awesome.

Mack Ade said...

Soto:

Morris has a great attitude.

Let me know if you want to interview him. I'm sure I could hook the two of you up.

Mack Ade said...

Charles:

Sneaking a peek at Toby's site again, huh? :)

I talked to Matz today.

He doesn't know if he's coming to Queens let. They haven't told him anything.

Mack Ade said...

One more thing on Matz... and this is no disrespect to him...

95% of the time... once you have arm problems... you ALWAYS come back to the problems