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Mets 17-year-old SS Wilmer Flores and 19-
year-old RHP Jenrry Mejia will represent the Mets on this year’s World Team during the Future’s Game in St. Louis, played the day before the All-Star game, according to Baseball America.
Mejia is 0–3 with a 3.74 ERA in four starts since being promoted to Double-A, though he has 24 strike outs in 21.2 innings pitched.
…the Mets love mejia, and his serious fastball, and i suspect we’ll begin to hear more and more about him as the season goes on, especially next spring…
Meanwhile, Flores is batting .268 with 14 extra base hits in 60 games for the Low-A Sand Gnats in Savannah.
…i just can’t believe he’s 17… 17… i mean, i’m nearly twice his age…
In a report an off-season for Baseball Prospectus, Kevin Goldstein wrote, “Flores has a huge frame and the potential for plus-plus raw power to go with the hitting skills to make consistent hard contact. Defensively, he has soft hands and an above-average arm. He’s an average runner.”
…17, folks… i mean, seven… teen… it’s crazy…
To get an answer to ‘Who is Flores,’ check out this old post from Adam Rubin on his blog for the Daily News.
Lets all remember, Fernando Martinez was once just 16 too.
I had a paper route when I was 17…take that Jennry Mejia!!!
I am excited to see these guys play in STL for the Futures game. Just got my tickets yesterday!
It is wise to have this talented young man ready when Jose’s current contract expires in a few years.
We may not be able to afford both Wright and Reyes and a talented team behind them!
Something will have to give and having some back ups will be key to our future success.
BEAT THOSE SKANKEES!
Lets Go Mets!
Flores will probably end of being a corner outfielder (or corner infielder). It seems like he may get to be too big for good range at SS.
In any event, these guys are starting to get some attention. I am all for building from within, but it also presents us with some trading chips (if needed). Somehow, I think Omar (or whomever) signs a big free agent or two in the offseason (OF/1B and possibly P) so we can preserve some of these guys.
I know what you mean, but A-Rod and Ripkin weren’t/aren’t exactly small. If he’s decent at short, the whole position scarcity thing could come into play.
I’d prefer an average defensive SS with amazing offense over a plus offense plus defense corner OF.
Hopefully he stays fluid and limber.
I am as upset with Fmarts debut as anyone else but he is not done as a prospect or a big time prospect.
He is a much better fielder than we expected and he will hit. He hit enough at every level he has been at to stay more than competitive with the guys in his league who were much older.
He is 20 now. Not every phenom comes to the bigs and sets the world on fire.
I for one think that FMart has been pushed too quickly but I think this extended taste of the bigs will ultimately prove more valuable to his growth than hinder it by slashing his confidence. He now knows to hit in the bigs, he must master the zone and not expand it and he must learn to hit the offspeed pitches, the sliders and split fingers that dive in the zone. He is too talented not to adjust eventually.
Or…
He is not and never was a phenom. He has never shown any substantial reason to believe he is a big time prospect. The only thing people continue to hang their hat on with Martinez is that he was playing level X and Y age.
He has never had a minor league season that makes you look and say wow, he is really something.
Does that make him a bust? Hard to say, I think he was extremely overhyped and at the end of the day will be a very mediocre major league player at best.
And btw…there is some debate as to whether he is not actually a couple of years older than people think.
I have heard alot of things about Fmart but not that he was older than advertised. Link??
it was brought up a few weeks ago that a few minor league heads including Jerry Crasnick (I believe this was the name mentioned) had heard concerns that his paper work was iffy at best.
I saw Jenrry Mejia at Brooklyn last year. He’s small, but has a compact/muscular frame. Normally, you tend to worry about a pitcher’s durability if he’s not tall, but Mejia’s muscular frame could lend one to believe his body is up to the rigors of pitching 200+ innings in the majors.
His fastball is sick with some late-breaking movement. He reminds me of Octavio Dotel in his delivery, body type and stuff.
I think at this point the Mets front office may be starting to view Mejia at the #1 pitching prospect over Holt – mainly because his secondary pitches are more advanced than Holt’s.