Note: Wilpon Misinformed, Farm System is ‘Thin’
In his midweek report for Newsday, baseball insider, Ken Davidoff says Mets CEO Fred Wilpon is misinformed about the team’s minor league prospects after Wilpon praised them earlier this week.
Davidoff takes a look at a few of higher-level prspects, including the underwhelimg Fernando Martinez, and speaks with Baseball America’s Jim Callis, who says the Mets minor league system is ‘thin’ with little to offer.
…i understand the criticism of the current state of the Mets farm system and Omar Minaya and company deserve to be admonished for it, but let’s be serious for a moment, even before the Johan Santana trade, the Mets system wasn’t in the greatest of shape…
…and, i know some fans are clamoring for Mike Carp to be called up to replace Carlos Delgado, but very few scouts think carp can be anything more than a power bat off the bench, as he has struggled in every defensive position he has been put in the season…meaning he’s got DH written all over him…
