Law: Mejia a Potential 1 or 2
Posted by trs86 on 10:00am, Monday October 19th 2009
According to Keith Law: Dustin Ackley and Jenrry Mejia impressive in AFL
“The most impressive arm so far has been Jenrry Mejia of the New York Mets, who was on a short pitch count but showed two above-average pitches and a chance for a third. He has a strong, thick build. The velocity comes easily, and if his command is better than what he showed on Wednesday and he can snap off that good curveball more frequently, he’s a potential No. 1 or No. 2 starter. “
You guys know I love me some Mejia. I have read rumors that he could be on the fast track to even make his MLB debut this season as a mid year call up for reliever or spot starter. In a system that is always picked on as barren, there is a lot more than meets the eye.
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I’d rather try to hold on to our prospects, unless we’re trading for Mauer or someone else of the same caliber.
Apologies for being off topic, but two points:
1. Lupica is a pathetic hack.
2. How anyone Mets fan could root for the Yankees, even if they are playing the Phillies is beyond me.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2009/10/18/2009-10-18_the_best_fans_ever_no_matter_the_cost_no_other_team_inspires_such_devotion.html
that’s just disgusting. Seriously! What a tool.
I guess Mike has never been to Europe or South America where soccer is as important as the air the fans breathe.
Is that not the most treachly POS article you have ever read?
You can’t see me but I’m rolling my eyes reading that….
And I know this has been a debated topic for the past several days on this blog, but I’m in the camp of if it boils down to the Phils/Yanks in the WS, there is absolutely no way, no how, I’m rooting for the Phils. I can’t stand the Yanks either but to me, it’s the lesser of two evils.
Do we really want to hear for an entire 2010 the coined phrase of the Philly fans ‘we’re the WFC’ again????
I know that’s where you fall in the Yanks/Phils argument and I respect your opinion. For me it just comes down to the fans. I have so many yankee fan friends and I just can’t take it when they win, this isn’t even counting all of the people who come out of the woodwork and aren’t even real fans. Just annoys me.
Point taken. I can understand that totally.
Yeah, me too. 26 damn titles is enough already. They survived just fine without one single title from 1979 right up until 1996.
And while Philly fans can be rude for sure, so can Met and Yankee fans.
My uncle, who I am very close to, has been a Philly fan for almost 50 years, and is the diametric opposite of the rude fans we hear about.
I respect everyone’s opinion for sure, but some of the opinions on here the last couple of weeks have been a little eye-opening and surprising to me.
That’s pretty disgusting, alright. He goes well beyond being a tool… he’s the whole toolbox. Talk about the most arrogant, self-congratulatory drivel I’ve ever read. Something tells me he’s never been to a soccer game in another country…
LOL! How anyone could read Mike Lupica is beyond me!
He gives tools a bad name.
I know, I don’t know why I do it to myself. A buddy of mine made a good point, Lupica probably worte this like three years ago and then just updated it. He’s horrible.
Yeah, I read it just to be in touch here, but it is a joke. A really bad joke.
LoL Lupica must of lost a bet somewhere and had to write this fluff article.
“But no fans have ever supported a baseball team, the most famous team in this world, the way Yankee fans support theirs.”
Where were all those fans in the 80’s when Steinbrenner couldn’t get 3 million people into the Bronx with all their history and threatened to move the team to NJ every year?
I guess Lupica has a short memory the 80’s don’t count. Yankee Baseball went on vacation in the 80’s and came back in 1996 when Torre finally won a W.S.
I have to agree in that our ‘farm system’ and prospects are not as bad as some would believe. We’ve got some very interesting prospects to keep an eye on. They’re just not 2010 ST ready yet.
Debated topic over on MLBTR recently on whether the much touted Red Sox farm system is as good as some has made it out to be. Many were of the opinion that franchise is just very good at hyping their AAA guys more than some other teams….
speaking of hyped prospects, I wonder if the fans are as guilty as the team is for over-hyping the teams prospects.
For example, Ike Davis has a good year bt A+ and AA and some fans are getting his locker ready at Citi.
I’ve been guilty of it myself.
I can understand the fans getting excited. We’re fans, none of us do this for a living. But I’ve actually read at least two blogs (and one I believe one was a Q&A) where professional sports analyst are touting Ike Davis as very possibly ML ready and should be given a chance come ST. To me, that’s just wishful thinking. I don’t think there is anyway he can be ready to play ML baseball come April of 2010….
I think you tend to see a lot of the big market teams over hype their prospects. I think this is a result of needing to have available trading chips should the need arise.
Does this make Holt the tradeable pitcher?
Considering we have Johan and the boys right now, I don’t know if any decent pitching prospect is tradeable unless it’s bringing in pitching in return.
Mejia is definitely a member of that small group of Met minor leaguers about whose future I am some combination of intrigued and excited.
Late last week I read a similar professional opinion about Mejia. Whoever it was (sorry, can’t recall), like Law invoked the “big if” about Mejia’s breaking stuff this way: if he can harness his breaking ball his ceiling is front of the rotation, if he can’t his ceiling is back end of the bullpen. At the very least it seems there is a viable major league pitcher waiting to happen. How viable and in what role is the fun part we wait for.
Even if he can’t, I can’t see him being worse than Parnell based on CURRENT stats. I know that does not always translate.
I had a dream that even though we didn’t know it at the time. All our misfortune the last 3 years was actually building blocks that will lead to the era of the Mets dynasty.
Let’s see because of 2006 we did the following”
We said bye to Steve Trachsel, Darren Oliver, Victor Zambrano, Alay Soler
We traded away Heath Bell , Matt Lindstrom, Henry Owens, Brian Bannister
We let Jesus Flores go to the Nationals
Let’s see because of 2007 we did the following”
We said bye to Tom Glavine
We traded away Guillermo Mota, Lastings Milledge
Let’s see because of 2008 we did the following”
We said bye to Moises Alou, Pedro Martinez ,
We traded away Aaron Heilman , Scott Schoeneweis
Now because of 2009 we are finally ready to step to the plate and are poised to have all our misfortune be rewarded with the resurgence of the “Baby Mets” to fill in the gaps.
We have our 1st baseman his name is Ike Davis
We have our outfielder his name is Kirk Nieuwenhuis
We have our #2 Starter his name is Brad Holt
We have our 8th inning setup man his name is Jenrry Mejia
We have our 2nd baseman his name is Ruben Tejada
You see with these guys to go along with Santana, Wright, Reyes, Beltran, KRod and sprinkle in that comeback player of the year candidate that Minaya is good at finding then mix in Pelfrey, Niese and Parnell and you can see we have the making of a great team in “2011″.
We have not even covered players such as
Brant Rustich
Eric Beaulac
Jeurys Familia
Rhiner Cruz
Reese Havens
Wilmer Flores
The future looks bright hang in there.
Nice info, nice perspective.
Hadn’t heard of Rhiner Cruz, but that’s a great name.
Mind you I did say 2011 which means 2010 is going to be what? The year we get back to the post season or the year we say bye to Minaya and Manuel?
Oh yeah, I’d love to win it all in 2010, but I can wait till 2011.
And next year should for sure be one of the two things you describe–which means we are either back to the playoffs with all of this good young talent, or, we have a brand new braintrust for 2011, so in the long run it is win-win for us right?
That can’t be….
I know there are people that will call me a heretic for not accepting the “win at all costs this year or bust” dogma, but I also have no problem with a 2 year plan.
No, I don’t think they should punt 2010. But I also think they have enough talent to be competitive, and I don’t want them robbing peter to pay paul (or in baseball terms, make 2011 less promising, along with the years after that).
Of course, that means having a FA willing, and able, to think a few years ahead. ANd I am not sure the MEts have that at this point.
Me I think this year is the year you try and do something. I am not saying go all in with prospects. However, in my opinion if we don’t win this year you can restock the pen by trading Reyes and Beltran so you can afford to lose a couple of prospects.
depends on how big a couple, and which ones.
Are you really saying that you endorse essentially putting all the chips in this year, knowing that the next couple will probably have to be rebuilding years?
What I really want is a balanced approach, so that means being careful to retain prospects, so maybe get a 1-2 year guy or 2 to try and put them over the top, buying time.
Besides, if this years club (before the injuries) was good enough to compete, they shouldn’t have to make a radical, dump the farm, 1 year or bust play for 2010.
this is absolutely nothing to do with the Mets, but is bad enough that the Yankees have to buy their team, and get ridiculous umpire calls, but can teams actually try to win they play them? Is that too much to ask! Can players not get caught half way in between 2nd and 3rd with no outs in the bottom 8th! Can you get up and score when the throw goes up the line and Johnny “i throw like a girl” Damon picks it up. Can you get 1 ball airborne with a runner at third! I mean c’mon, its ridiculous!
I’ve watched all post season games so far and I’m amazed at the number of errors, mental mistakes, bad base running and bonehead plays I’ve seen. I thought for sure those were common only to the 2009 Met team.
Obviously not….