He’s 5’11″ 185 lbs. and he will turn 22 in July, so he’s not exactly got much working for him in those areas. But his GO/AO ration is good, and 69Ks/12BB’s is promising.

Dillon Gee was just about as good for the Cyclones last year, he’s three months older and 6’1″ / 195.

I look forward to seeing what they can do in A+ ball this year.

There likely wont be anything public about this until after the AAA season ends, just like the end with Norfolk.

Too bad Pedro can’t realistically pitch at the top of his game anymore.

It was only a month or two ago that John Manuel was feeling pretty good about the Mets system because of the talent in the lower levels.

Where we’re hurting is near-term impact. Gomez Mulvey and Humber were all AAA players capable of helping the Mets in 2008 and perhaps slotting into a starting role by ’09. That safety blanket is gone somewhat. We have Pelfrey and Vargas at SP and after that our next best bet is Jonathan Niese, a nice prospect, but without Guerra’s ceiling or Mulvey’s progress or polish.

In terms of long term talent, we lost the teenage pitching jewel, but kept the position jewel and have a number of young prospects who most people here don’t track, but from whom one or two may emerge as legit blue chippers. And don’t forget the Latin pipeline takes 2-4 years to show results. Ruben Tejada who just arrived stateside had signed with Fernando and Guerra in 05 I believe, but without the fanfare, but is starting to generate buzz at the lower levels.

No way we’re swinging another big deal, but have faith.

We have one of the 3 best rotations in the majors with arizona and boston providing competition with detroit and SD only having 2 really good pitchers and their 3/4 weaker.

Tom Brady molests dead cats.