Comments on: Minors: Havens and Holt to Brooklyn http://www.metsblog.com/2008/06/14/minors-havens-and-holt-to-brooklyn-2/ MetsBlog.com features the latest Mets rumors, player movement, and news circulating around the Internet, as well as Mets related insights and opinions by Matthew Cerrone and his team of guest bloggers. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:19:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: nomoredelgado http://www.metsblog.com/2008/06/14/minors-havens-and-holt-to-brooklyn-2/#comment-216167 nomoredelgado Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:43:19 +0000 1736686417#comment-216167 one summer i worked a canvassing job that entailed visiting nearly every neighborhood in Staten Island--I saw much of the geography and met many of the people. It is a horrible place. That is all. one summer i worked a canvassing job that entailed visiting nearly every neighborhood in Staten Island–I saw much of the geography and met many of the people. It is a horrible place. That is all.

]]> By: mets19 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/06/14/minors-havens-and-holt-to-brooklyn-2/#comment-216076 mets19 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:24:39 +0000 1736686417#comment-216076 Have any of you even been on Staten Island???????????????? It's actually a really wonderful place to live. It feels like a suburban town without any the hustle and bustle of bronx queens and brooklyn, yet manhattan is very easily accessible. Even the commute to shea is only an hour and a half by Public transportation or an hour by car. Stop trashing Staten Island if you don't know anything about it cause I'm sure it's much nicer then whatever community your living in! Have any of you even been on Staten Island???????????????? It’s actually a really wonderful place to live. It feels like a suburban town without any the hustle and bustle of bronx queens and brooklyn, yet manhattan is very easily accessible.
Even the commute to shea is only an hour and a half by Public transportation or an hour by car. Stop trashing Staten Island if you don’t know anything about it cause I’m sure it’s much nicer then whatever community your living in!

]]> By: toomanyuniforms http://www.metsblog.com/2008/06/14/minors-havens-and-holt-to-brooklyn-2/#comment-216072 toomanyuniforms Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:14:05 +0000 1736686417#comment-216072 I think the most important things now are to get them acclimated to the organization, and to get the organization familiar with them on a very basic level. I don't think you need to worry about the level of competition quite yet. I think the most important things now are to get them acclimated to the organization, and to get the organization familiar with them on a very basic level. I don’t think you need to worry about the level of competition quite yet.

]]> By: MudvilleNine http://www.metsblog.com/2008/06/14/minors-havens-and-holt-to-brooklyn-2/#comment-216061 MudvilleNine Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:16:20 +0000 1736686417#comment-216061 The GCL is the lowest level of the farm system and you want these guys to go there first before going to St. Lucie? You were kidding right? How about Kunz? Their top draft pick from last year out of college? Played in Brooklyn all year after he signed and now where is he? In Binghamton AA. See, the college pitchers have been pitching since January. The Mets dont push college pitchers coming off their college seasons. Most teams dont. They'll send him to Brooklyn and limit his pitch counts. The other guys they send to Brooklyn to give them their first taste of professional ball and to give them confidence, and if they show they've adapted quickly, they send them up. Send Davis to St. Lucie and he'll only be splitting time there with Duda who was already splitting time there with someone, between first, LF, and DH. He has to get used to hitting with wood and part time in St. Lucie wont help. Brooklyn is as good a place as any to do that. Definetly better than the GCL and all the high school players that are down there. The GCL is the lowest level of the farm system and you want these guys to go there first before going to St. Lucie? You were kidding right? How about Kunz? Their top draft pick from last year out of college? Played in Brooklyn all year after he signed and now where is he? In Binghamton AA. See, the college pitchers have been pitching since January. The Mets dont push college pitchers coming off their college seasons. Most teams dont. They’ll send him to Brooklyn and limit his pitch counts. The other guys they send to Brooklyn to give them their first taste of professional ball and to give them confidence, and if they show they’ve adapted quickly, they send them up.
Send Davis to St. Lucie and he’ll only be splitting time there with Duda who was already splitting time there with someone, between first, LF, and DH. He has to get used to hitting with wood and part time in St. Lucie wont help. Brooklyn is as good a place as any to do that. Definetly better than the GCL and all the high school players that are down there.

]]> By: MudvilleNine http://www.metsblog.com/2008/06/14/minors-havens-and-holt-to-brooklyn-2/#comment-216052 MudvilleNine Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:56:15 +0000 1736686417#comment-216052 As a Staten Islander I wish they would too, right to Jersey. This way Jersey will get half of the Verazzano toll and all you Long Islanders will have to pay $10 more a day for the LIRR, which the Verazzano and Staten Islanders who have to use it subsidize. As a Staten Islander I wish they would too, right to Jersey. This way Jersey will get half of the Verazzano toll and all you Long Islanders will have to pay $10 more a day for the LIRR, which the Verazzano and Staten Islanders who have to use it subsidize.

]]> By: garykeithron http://www.metsblog.com/2008/06/14/minors-havens-and-holt-to-brooklyn-2/#comment-216027 garykeithron Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:07:47 +0000 1736686417#comment-216027 i think he started working on contract stuff later than the other 2 guys because he was in the college world series playoffs i think he started working on contract stuff later than the other 2 guys because he was in the college world series playoffs

]]> By: Nate W. http://www.metsblog.com/2008/06/14/minors-havens-and-holt-to-brooklyn-2/#comment-216018 Nate W. Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:50:08 +0000 1736686417#comment-216018 One good thing about the Cyclones season starting is that players like Alou will have somewhere to rehab for a couple games rather than attempt to come off the DL cold like he has twice already this year. why does is seem Alou has the say over his rehab or lack thereof? Does he just really dislike St. Lucie? One good thing about the Cyclones season starting is that players like Alou will have somewhere to rehab for a couple games rather than attempt to come off the DL cold like he has twice already this year.

why does is seem Alou has the say over his rehab or lack thereof? Does he just really dislike St. Lucie?

]]> By: Nate W. http://www.metsblog.com/2008/06/14/minors-havens-and-holt-to-brooklyn-2/#comment-216017 Nate W. Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:47:44 +0000 1736686417#comment-216017 Not always, but it does make some sense to group the new guys together. A high draft pick like Ike Davis should report to St. Lucie, play with the GCL team for a couple days and then spend the rest of the season with the FSL team if he signs at all. Its debatable where Holt should go, but the NYPL is probably the worst place for him to start out. He should either go to the GCL and work on secondary pitches, or be a one pitch reliever higher up the chain than Brooklyn if the Mets think he can help them out this or next year. Havens should probably be in St. Lucie as well, if not Savannah. The Mets never send draft picks to the SAL team though, because they have the Cyclones. Joe Smith pitched almost the entire rest of the year with the Cyclones when he was drafted, getting a really short stint at AA at the end of the year. He should have been in St. Lucie the whole time instead... Not always, but it does make some sense to group the new guys together. A high draft pick like Ike Davis should report to St. Lucie, play with the GCL team for a couple days and then spend the rest of the season with the FSL team if he signs at all.

Its debatable where Holt should go, but the NYPL is probably the worst place for him to start out. He should either go to the GCL and work on secondary pitches, or be a one pitch reliever higher up the chain than Brooklyn if the Mets think he can help them out this or next year.

Havens should probably be in St. Lucie as well, if not Savannah. The Mets never send draft picks to the SAL team though, because they have the Cyclones.

Joe Smith pitched almost the entire rest of the year with the Cyclones when he was drafted, getting a really short stint at AA at the end of the year. He should have been in St. Lucie the whole time instead…

]]> By: losmets5 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/06/14/minors-havens-and-holt-to-brooklyn-2/#comment-215973 losmets5 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:48:49 +0000 1736686417#comment-215973 :):(:|;) :):(:|;)

]]> By: Mr. Mets Butler http://www.metsblog.com/2008/06/14/minors-havens-and-holt-to-brooklyn-2/#comment-215969 Mr. Mets Butler Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:46:39 +0000 1736686417#comment-215969 Did Alou get to give them some conditioning tips last night? Did Alou get to give them some conditioning tips last night?

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