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Cesar Puello Could be Preparing to Accept Biogensis Deal

By Former Writers

August 2, 2013 2 Comments

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Jon Heyman provided his opinion and interpretation on the latest happenings with Biogensis, and Mets outfield prospect, Cesar Puello, is included. Obviously, this article is mostly focused on Alex Rodriguez because he’s likely going to get the biggest suspension, but here’s what Heyman said in his latest article:

The nine or so Biogenesis-linked players who may take deals in the next day or two: Mariners catcher Jesus Montero; Tigers shortstop Jhonny Peralta; Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz; Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli; Padres shortstop Everth Cabrera; minor leaguers Jordan Norberto, Fernando Martinez, Fautino de los Santos and Cesar Puello.

One can only imagine what these deals would be. If I had to guess, it will be somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 games.

This would be an unfortunate turn of events for Puello, who is having a breakout season with Double-A Binghamton. His success with the B-Mets has been well-documented on Mets Minors, as he’s hitting .328/.405/.550 with 16 home runs, 73 RBIs, 21 doubles, 24 stolen bases, and 63 runs scored.

He also made his way back into the MMN Mid-season top-25, coming in at number five. Here’s part of what Satish R. had to say about him:

You know by know that the knock on Puello is that he is a free-swinger, which is tied into a lack of pitch recognition at the plate. As I mentioned yesterday in a piece, it’s not to say that he isn’t making honest strides in that field, as anyone keeping tabs on him this year can see his effort to demonstrate patience at the plate. The new approach at the plate is doing wonders for him — and for those of you that care, he would likely be on pace for a 20 home run, 20 stolen base, 100 RBI season if he continued at this rate through the end of the season.

I do think basically all of Puello’s numbers will carry over fine to the MLB, save for his batting average, which I’m sure will take a hit hard enough to knock it down to the .260 – .270 level. However, a 20/20 player with that batting average is still quite a find and could be a real boost to a Mets team that is lacking in right-handed pop. Puello and Wilmer Flores could pose in-house solutions to balance out our line-up going ahead and I couldn’t be more excited.

We can only hope for the best at this point, but the waiting game appears to be over. The fate of Puello’s immediate future is now on the horizon.

(photo credit: Gordon Donovan)

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