Minors: 5/8 Recap
By Jordan Zakarin - May 9, 2008 12:30 pm

New Orleans (AAA): 1-0 win over Fresno

RHP Claudio Vargas was terrific fantastic in his second start for the Zephyrs. He fired seven shutout innings, allowing just four hits. He did not walk a batter, and struck out seven. RHP Carlos Muniz recorded his fifth save with a perfect ninth.

The Zephyr offense managed just three hits, with the difference coming on OF Val Pascucci’s seventh inning solo homer. 3B Fernando Tatis (1-for-2, BB) and OF Brady Clark (1-for-4) had the two other New Orleans hits.

Binghamton (AA): 6-1 win over Reading

RHP Sal Aguilar, starting in place of RHP Jake Ruckle, who is on the DL with right shoulder tendinitis, threw five shutout innings, allowing four hits and two walks while striking out three.

OF Fernando Martinez had his second big night in a row, launching his second and third homers of the season, two solo shots that were part of a 3-for-4, 3 RBI night that also included a walk. 1B Nick Evans went 1-for-4 with his seventh longball of the year, while both 3B Danny Murphy and LF Mike Carp were 0-for-4.

St. Lucie (A+): 6-2 loss to Fort Myers

RHP Dillon Gee surrendered four runs, three earned, on eight hits in six innings. He did not walk a batter, and struck out four.

St. Lucie bats scratched out just two runs on five hits against former Met farmhand RHP Deolis Guerra, who was dealt to Minnesota in the Johan Santana trade. 1B Lucas Duda was 2-for-4 with a double, a run and an RBI; 2B Luis Rivera went 2-for-4, as well, doubling, tripling and scoring a run.

Savannah (A-): 5-2 loss to Hickory

RHP Elvin Ramirez took the loss, allowing five runs (three earned) in five plus innings. The 20-year old Dominican surrendered seven hits and two walks while striking out three.

The Gnats were held to just three hits. 1B Jose Jimenez was 1-for-2, getting hit by a pitch and scoring a run. OF Casey Craig went 1-for-4 with an RBI, and OF Darren Stegall was 1-for-3

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Comment by theperfectgame
2008-05-09 12:31:18

Wow. Vargas was terrific fantastic. Now that’s high praise.

 
Comment by Peter
2008-05-09 12:37:13

I’d love to see Vargas find his way and be able to help us later in the season.

I don’t expect Figgy to be able to keep this up and having someone with seasoning to step in would be great.

 
Comment by Gasface77
2008-05-09 12:40:24

“RHP Claudio Vargas was terrific fantastic”

I heard he was awesome amazing. Either way, he was excellent great.

Comment by QnsNative718
2008-05-09 12:46:43

“Terrific Fantastic”.. Thats good right?

Comment by Constnza81V2.0
2008-05-09 13:07:34

Super Duper. I just felt this recap was hijacked by the writer of Juno. What the blog?

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Comment by theperfectgame
2008-05-09 13:25:03

Right on the dingo, homeskillet.

 
 
 
Comment by Ollie Ollie Oxen Free Pass
2008-05-09 14:42:19

Wow, I was happy joyous when I read Vargas. But then I read it was Claudio and not Jason, so then I was upset sad.

 
 
Comment by bigchart333
2008-05-09 12:46:49

yeah, i was gonna say somethign about vargas. Since Sosa has been horrendous terrible, why not bring up the stupendous righteous Vargas. Maybe he can inject some life in the listless boring bullpen with some strikeouts…

 
Comment by npanzeca
2008-05-09 12:56:29

Hopefully F-Mart is getting settled in and will take off now.

 
Comment by Constnza81V2.0
2008-05-09 13:09:07

So it looks like Evans/Carp/Murphy are finally starting to hit a lull this season. I think before anyone even considers these guys as part of the 1b/LF mix next year we need to see how they recover and bounce out of this.

Comment by imissthemojo
2008-05-09 13:43:14

Carp has cooled off bit…and they have been playing him in left field which has been a miserable experiment in my opinion. Evans is still clipping along fairly well…he’s a kid with a lot of potential at Murphy.

I wouldn’t be opposed to giving Murph a shot at 1B. The kid’s a bit shotty at 3rd, but put at first with the combo of his potential at the plate, and he could have a legit shot. I think you’ll see Evans and Murph pull away from Carp as the frontrunners for any sort of call up. Both are good kids along with the talent they possess and could give us something to be a bit excited about.

Teenage Hitting Machine seems to be finding a bit of a groove. Hopefully he can stick with it…the F-Mart story continues to intrigue the masses lol.

Aguilar came out of the bullpen to make a last-minute start for the BMets and in his own right was pretty terrific fantastic himself haha. Good things from the farm last night.

 
 
Comment by the_other_matt
2008-05-09 13:10:02

Any shot of Wright moving to first and Dan Murphy taking 3B in 09? I haven’t read anything bad about this kid.

Comment by Tidewater
2008-05-09 13:18:14

You just don’t move the David Wrights of the world for kiddies. Even if the move makes sense, it doesn’t happen often. The kid is the one who usually has to make the move.

 
Comment by Chan Ho Parking Lot
2008-05-09 13:26:50

I haven’t read anything overly great either. Sure, he might be OK, but you wouldn’t move Wright for someone like that. If he was as highly touted as someone like Ryan Braun or Evan Longoria, then maybe. But for Dan Murphy? Nope.

 
 
Comment by commentswontnestbelowthislevel
2008-05-09 14:54:48

hey jordan…great updates..thank you.

anyway you can include the records next to the team and maybe periodic information of where they are in the standings?

thanks

 
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