Daily Archives: May 23, 2006
On Sunday night in Norfolk, the Tides and Richmond Braves stormed the field in the bottom of the first inning when Braves 3B Jonathan Schuerholz was taken down by a spikes-up slide into second base by Tides OF Lastings Milledge…
According to eye-witnesses, Schuerholz’s uniform pants were torn from his knee thanks to Milledge’s cleats…
By the way, Schuerholz is the son of Braves GM John Schuerholz…
…and the rivalry continues…
Having played 43 games, the Mets are slightly more than 25 percent through the 2006 season…
…and so far so good, i might add…as only the cardinals sport a higher winning percentage in the national league…
As such, John at Metstradamus hands out an e-report card to each of the team’s players, broadcasters and managers…
On a similar note, Gets By Buckner reviews each starting position player’s defense…
…i plan to do a similar review today, as well…i will be offline for the next hour or so, and will return with a number of posts about a variety of topics, from sportsnet new york to minaya to the players, as season quickly passes the quarter mark…stay tuned…
Over at the Mets Minor League Report, Toby recaps the night in Mets minor league action…
Among other comments, Toby writes of strong performances by 1B Michel Abreu, who went 3-for-4 with a home run in a loss for Binghamton; and OF Joshua Petersen, who was 3–for-5 with an RBI in a loss for St. Lucie…
…toby provides a mets minor league report after each night’s action…thanks, toby…
Abreu, 27, is batting .365 in 85 at-bats with five home runs and 17 RBI for Double-A Binghamton, along with 20 strike outs to eight walks…
In 134 at-bats, Petersen, 23, is batting .351 with 23 strike outs, five walks, four home runs and 15 RBI for Single-A St. Lucie…
Over the last seven games at Triple-A Norfolk, OF Lastings Milledge has four hits in his last 21 at-bats, a .191 average, along with seven strike outs and six walks…
Milledge battling a slump for a few weeks, dropping his average to .282, down nearly 100 points from his mid-April high…
According to the New York Post and MLB.com, the Mets recalled 2B Anderson Hernandez from his rehab assignment, and then optioned him right back to Triple-A Norfolk…
…congratulations, Kaz Matsui…
…while playing for norfolk, hernandez has been playing shortstop, while Jeff Keppinger continues to man second base…
In 11 games in Triple-A, Hernandez is batting .350 in 40 at-bats with six strike outs, three walks and two doubles…
Keppinger is batting just .258 in 151 at-bats, sporting no home runs and 13 RBI along with 11 strike outs and nine walks…
Mets RHP John Maine will continue his rehab from a swollen finger by making a limited, extended spring training start in Port St. Lucie…
…from what i understand, the term limited must indicate he will not throw more than a certain number of pitches or innings…
It has been more than two weeks since Binghamton RHP Henry Owens has pitched, since learning of a small tear in an elbow ligament…
Prior to the injury, Owens had six saves and 33 strike outs in 14.2 innings pitched at Double-A…
According to Inside Pitch Magazine Online, Owens will begin throwing this Wednesday, and could be ready to return to action for Binghamton in roughly two weeks…
Over the weekend, the Star-Ledger reported that the thumb injury to Mets OF Fernando Martinez may be worse than originally expected. The report suggests that he may miss up to four weeks…
Last season, the Mets signed the 17–year-old Martinez out of the Domincan Republic for $1.4 million…
In 118 at-bats at Single-A, Martinez was hitting .322 with two HR and 11 RBI with 25 strike outs and 11 walks…
He has not played since May 9…
In Baseball America’s Ask BA mailbag from mid-April, Jim Callis was asked where Martinez would be drafted this June were he a high school senior this season. Callis typed that he believes Martinez would likely be selected in the first ten picks, adding, “He’s better than any high school position player available, and you could argue him against the top college position players.”…
Though he describes Martinez as “an advanced hitter,” Callis notes that the teenager is at least three years away from the Majors…
…this is partly why minaya has not been concerned with trading away the team’s top picks the last few seasons…with such a strong presence in the dominican republic, the team feels it can recoup the lost draft picks with signings like martinez…
