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The Mets sent several players to the Waikiki BeachBoys of the Hawaii Winter Baseball league, which ended last week, and which was reconstituted as an AFL-like competition for minor leaguers and Japanese players further down the minor-league chain.
For a full statistical rundown, go to MiLB.com.
Here is a wrapup of how some of the Mets players performed.
3B Danny Murphy, 22, followed a solid year in the pitcher-friendly Florida State League with a good performance in Hawaii.
Baseball America recently named Murphy to its HWB top prospect list, while writing:
“While he’s fairly mechanical defensively at third base and has work to do to remain at the position. Murphy can hit. His low-maintenance swing allows him to hit for solid power, with a natural gap-to-gap approach. He’s patient and has shown improvement hanging in against lefthanded pitching as well.”
…scouts have been high on murphy since he hit .400 at Jacksonville State, before being drafted by the Mets last year… though he didn’t make Baseball America’s top ten Mets prospects list, John Manuel, who compiled the list, named him a player to watch…
Lastly, 1B Lucas Duda, drafted out of USC this past June, continued to impress with the bat. He hit .340 with three homers, six doubles and 13 RBI in 53 at bats for the BeachBoys, after hitting. 299 with a .398 OBP, 20 doubles, three triples and four homers for Brooklyn this past summer.
Baseball America named Duda to its top 20 HWB prospects list as well, saying:
“Duda has impressive strength at a listed 6-foot-4, 225 pounds, and is working to trim up his body to play both left field and first base. While his defense and run tool are below-average, he’s shown good plate discipline, power and the arm strength to play the outfield.”
…given his strong showing this season, and his history of playing against excellent competition in the Pac-10, duda could move fast… i’d expect him to open the year in high-a st. lucie… though, Nick Evans and carp are blocking him at the two levels above him at first base, he can also play the outfield, giving him a chance to see a few different levels of play this season…
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Can Duda be ready to replace Delgado in ;09??? Wishful thinking? Sounds like Carp is struggling.
Heck, I’ll take Tony Clark and Shawn Green. I’m sick of Delgado.
Carp should move to AAA. He had half a season at AA. Keeping Evans at St Lucie would be a mistake, so send him to Binghamton
Move Duda to St Lucie and get him his ABs. I’d let him skip low-A
Give them until June and evaluate. Law of averages, one will excel above level, one will struggle, one will be on level.
Murphy and Duda could use a change of positions to get on the Mets fast track. I suggest they both give the tools of ignorance a try. Both have decent arms, though maybe Duda’s a bit too big for the squat.
Why would Duda need to leave 1B to get to Shea? Last I heard, Carp was a marginal prospect and Delgado not long for the team?
Duda’s a bit Throneberry-ish at 1B (for the younger Mets fans in the audience, that’s not a good thing). USC hid him in LF in his final season. I don’t know what the Mets are doing putting him back at first. I think that listed weight at 225 is a bit on the wishful thinking side. EIther the Mets are overcrowded with invisible awesome OF prospects in A ball or Duda was deemed too Butch Huskey-ish to move around effectively in the outfield. He’s a smart kid, though, at least hitting wise. Definitely has an above average clue. Not sure those kinds of smarts translates into learning how to become a competent major league first baseman.
I’m not old enough, but if the guy was put in left because he couldn’t play first . . . yikes. Sounds like Piazza without any semblance of defensive ability and nowhere near the HOF hitting ability.
or Todd Hundley…yikes
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