Minors: Hawaii Winter League Recap

by Jordan Zakarin on November 21st, 2007 at 2:55 pm

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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