Daily Archives: November 25, 2007
At his Mets Minor League Report, Toby Hyde talks with Adam Wogan, the Mets Director of Minor League Operations, who not only discusses specific players, but also explains much of the team’s philosophy on how they develop and scout players.
Wogan, on being aggressive in how the team promotes its prospects through the minor-league system…
“We like to challenge guys, might be the term we like to use a little more than “push.” We feel if guys are ready, we like to see what they can do ahead and do at a level. It’s good for our guys to face adversity and be in a spot where they have to step up to show us what they can do in a tough situation. All that really matters is the big league level. All that matters is what guys are going to be able to do when they get there, and helping out the Mets organization. We feel like challenging players is the best route to go.”
On a similar subject, at Minor League Ball, John Sickels takes issues with how the Mets handle their prospects, such as Carlos Gomez, who, according to Sickels, “had no business in the majors last year.”
Tagged Minors |In a fantastic, 1800–word report for the Daily News, Adam Rubin travels to Port St. Lucie to catch up with 
Duaner Sanchez, who, according to the team’s rehab coordinator, Randy Neimann, ‘is his old self again.’
Sanchez returned to a mound last week, for the first time since last spring, and threw 30 pain-free pitches.
Neimann, as quoted by Rubin…
“When spring training opens, we would like him to be one of the guys, without any restrictions or anything else. It’s what we’re working toward. I like everything I’ve seen so far.”
In a recent poll of more than 3,200 people at MetsBlog.com, when faced with a variety of options on how best to fix the team’s bullpen, the majority of fans agreed that the best approach is to simply ‘pray for the health of Juan Padilla and Sanchez.”
