Mets Starter Showdown – Kyle Allen vs. Jeurys Familia
Over their final ten starts, Kyle Allen and Jeurys Familia posted nearly identical numbers in the “Sally” solidifying both as top starting pitching prospects for the Mets. Late in the season, I commented, “Both he and Familia will skyrocket up Mets prospect lists in the offseason and should be in the top 10. Consider them [...]
Breaking Down Baseball America’s “Sally” Top 20 for 2009 Part 3
The third and final piece to the top 20 puzzle are the omissions who could have been included. Baseball America’s “Sally” top 20 included a number of early 20′s talents which led to the exclusion of a handful of worthy teens. Let’s look at a few. As a side note, I found it interesting Anthony [...]
Breaking Down Baseball America’s “Sally” Top 20 for 2009 Part 1
With Baseball America’s track record pegging top prospects in the Sally, it’s difficult for me to pen a piece like this in which I’m forced to go against quite a bit of their recently released South Atlantic League top 20 prospects list. Maybe I’m a bit pretentious, but I was able to see a number [...]
Maximum Velocity
With my polishing off a scouting piece on Red Sox prospect Will Middlebrooks today, I am not going to be able to pen another full piece before going back to work tomorrow so I wanted to begin to share some raw data from the 2009 Sally season for readers to feast on. To start, here [...]
Another Critique Request
After reading my critique of Joe DeMayo’s post season top 50 Mets prospects, Tej over at Mets Prospect Hub asked me if I would do the same for his top 60 and I figured why not? Once again, delving so deep into a relatively thin organization is awfully hard from a prospect standpoint so much [...]
Something Quick on a Friday Night
I’m a little late on this, but new blogging acquaintance Joe DeMayo released a Mets post season top 50 including a number of current and former Sally leaguers. Of players on the list, I’ve seen the following; 3. Wilmer Flores, SS 8. Josh Thole, C 9. Kyle Allen, SP 10. Jeurys Familia, SP 15. Robert [...]
Rome @ Savannah: Game 3 Recap
Savannah’s 2009 home season has officially come to an end leaving this as my final game recap of the season. Before I go any further, Sean Ratliff and Josh Satin were promoted to Port St. Lucie and expect a domino effect with Zach Lutz and Kirk Nieuwenhuis moving to AA. For the Braves, J.J. Hoover [...]
Scouting Report: Jeurys Familia, SP, New York Mets
Earlier in the year, I wrote a so-so game report on 19-year old Jeurys Familia who, at the time, was armed with a low-90′s fastball and not much else. In only a couple of months, Familia has grown significantly as a prospect and should be garnering much more attention than he currently is. Behind Jenrry [...]
Manuel Banuelos vs. Jeurys Familia Tonight!
Manuel Banuelos is starting to garner his share of prospect hype as the 18-year old has posted a 2.51 ERA and almost a strikeout per inning in his first taste of full season baseball. Tonight he goes against a personal favorite, Jeurys Familia. This will be my 5th time seeing Familia pitch as he always [...]