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MMN Recap: Vilera Twirls Another Gem For Brooklyn

By Matt Mancuso

July 18, 2018 No comments

Jaison Vilera/Photo by Ed Delany

Salt Lake (50-46) 5, Las Vegas (45-51) 4  Box Score

McNeil got on base two more times, and has now gotten on base in 30 of his last 31 games. He’s simply been a hitting machine all season. Evans, with two more hits, has had a solid season in his own right. He has a six-game hitting streak and three of his last four have been multi-hit games. Guillorme got on base twice as well and has great minor league numbers since the beginning of May despite his lackluster work in the Majors. Alonso’s struggles continued, as his strikeout problems returned last night. Unfortunately the monster home run in the Futures Game has not gotten him going yet.

  • RHP Cody Martin (L, 2-3, 7.21 ERA): 4.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 BB, 5 K
  • LHP Matt Purke (2-0, 5.35 ERA): 2.1 IP, 2 H, R, BB, 0 K
  • RHP Paul Sewald (3-0, 1.29 ERA): 1.0 IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

Martin’s 51s career started off mediocre for awhile but has gotten worse, as he has a 12.00 ERA in three July starts. It took him 95 pitches to not even get through the fifth inning. Purke celebrated his birthday with a decent 2.1 innings, getting through out on only 24 pitches, 16 of which were strikes, although he did not strike anyone out. Sewald continued to excel in the thin Vegas air, where he is very experienced, as he threw another scoreless inning. A strong stretch of similar outings and he could find himself back in a Mets uniform very quickly.

Portland(37-56) 1, Binghamton(44-49) 0 Game 1 Box

*Due to the doubleheader, both games were seven innings. *

In a common theme from last night, Mickey Jannis fared well, but his offense couldn’t support him. It’s virtually impossible to win when your offense can only contribute two hits. Although he danced in-and-out of trouble throughout the night, he only permitted one run.  Matt Blackham has only permitted one run since his promotion to Binghamton.

If there’s any silver lining, it’s that Champ Stuart‘s hitting .500 over his past three games. Besides that, there’s been a huge gap in the Binghamton lineup ever since Jeff McNeil and Peter Alonso were promoted to Vegas. The Rumble Ponies have gone 11-17 in that span. Tim Tebow‘s hitting streak was snapped.

Portland (37-57) 1, Binghamton (45-49) 0 Game 2 Box 

Both games of the doubleheader featured a common theme: incredible pitching, Jose Reyes-level hitting. This game was a makeup of the April 6th rainout. Corey Taylor made his second spot start of the year and pitched three admirable innings. He’s definitely been an underrated part of Binghamton’s bullpen this year. A trio of relievers followed him and only allowed three hits.

Tomas Nido had a strong game for the second time in three contests. A day after his 3-for-5 performance, Nido went 2-for-3. He’s raised his average 14 points over the last two weeks and although his major-league numbers haven’t proved it, he could still carve out a Major-League career as a quality backstop. Joey Terdoslavich sent all of the Rumble Ponies fans home happy with his seventh-inning walk-off sacrifice fly.

Fort Myers (40-54) 5, St Lucie (37-55) 0 Box

After a nice run and a quick spot start in Binghamton, Michael Gibbons has struggled in his last two starts. He gave up eight hits and five runs, four which were earned. With his recent showings, he looks more like organizational depth at this point. In suffering his sixth loss of the year, he joined three of his teammates among the tops in the Florida State League in defeats. After a brief rough patch, Seth Davis has looked a lot better in his last two appearances as five of his six outs were of the strikeout variety.

A trio of players got two hits, but beyond that, St.Lucie’s offense was silent. Luis Carpio extended his hot streak, getting on-base three times. The Mets left nine players on-base and went 0-for-3 with RISP. Wuilmer Beccera also recorded two hits.

Lakewood (57-37) 6, Columbia (45-47) 2 Box

For the third time in their last four games, the Fireflies scored two runs.  A brief lapse of control by Lakewood reliever Luis Carrasco gave the Mets to an opportunity to muster some offense in the ninth, but the rally would go for naught as Castillo quickly extinguished it. Zach Rheams continued his surprising production as the Mets 2018 27th rounder extended his on-base streak to a healthy nine games.  Backstop Carlos Sanchez suffered an injured leg in the sixth inning and was replaced by Jay Jabs.

Debroa had his worst start of the season. He pitched well throughout the first four frames, but his final inning scarred his final line. Jake Simon played the role of long-man and gave up an unearned run throughout his 2.2 innings. You couldn’t have asked for a better closer than Joshua Payne yesterday. He threw three pitches and struck out his only batter.

Brooklyn (17-14) 5, Tri-City (18-13) 0 Box

Wagner Lagrange and Ross Adolph had huge days with the stick. Lagrange is in the midst of a 9-for-18 tear and Adolph has had a decent start to his career. The Cyclones scored one run in almost every other inning. Nick Meyer received his first pro ejection after being rung up on strikes in the top of the fifth inning.

Jaison Vilera and a duo of effective relievers held the ValleyCats off the board. Vilera scattered two hits across seven impressive innings, making it the second consecutive start he’s gone seven frames and struck out nine batters. His 43 strikeouts are 20 more than any other Brooklyn hurler. His ERA currently sits at an incredible 1.08 ERA and he seems likely to be the recipient of a promotion in the second half of the season. 2018 draftees Tommy Wilson and Ryley Gilliam closed out the game; The Cyclones have won four out of their five games to climb into second place of the NYPL McNamara standings.

GCL Cardinals (18-7) 1, GCL Mets (14-11) 0 Box

Yoenis Cespedes made his first rehab start with the GCL Mets yesterday and had one of the five Mets hits. Ronny Mauricio had two of the other hits. Although the teenager is hitting a ridiculous .351/.346/.536 with to start his pro career, his OBP is still lower than his average which means Mauricio will need to begin to work on his plate discipline soon.

  • RHP Oscar Rojas (3-1, 2.83 ERA): 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 9 K, BB

Rojas continued to make a case for a promotion as his ERA sits at a sterling 2.83. Three out of his past four starts have been quality starts and he hasn’t given up more than three runs in a start this year. However, his offense didn’t give him any support and despite six innings of 9-strikeout ball, he had to settle for a no-decision (Jacob deGrom knows how that feels)  Saul Gonzalez and Brian Metoyer each had scoreless MLB debuts, but Brendan Hardy‘s second pro outing didn’t go as smoothly as his first as a Brandon Purcell walk-off single gave the Cardinals a 1-0 victory.

DSL1 Cardinals (25-12) 4, DSL1 Mets (21-16) 2 Box

Wilker Vazquez’s pro debut was a memorable one as the 17-year-old(He’s somehow older than me) went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Folks, keep an eye on catcher Andres Regnault. He’s still a teenager and he’s currently fourth among backstops in the DSL in average, and first in slugging percentage, OBP, OPS, and homers.

Since Dash Winningham was released, Nelmerson Xavier Angela takes the title of the best name in the Mets system and if he consistently repeat his performance from yesterday, you might see “Xavier Angela” gracing the back of an MLB jersey in the next decade. He relieved starter Benito Garcia and pitched 2.1 perfect innings with three strikeouts.

DSL2 Mets(18-20) 4, DSL2 Cubs(14-23) 3 Box 

*Completed early due to rain*

Although the Mets only tallied three hits, they were able to parlay seven walks into four runs. They scored all of their runs in a four-run fourth frame.

  • RHP Robert Colina (W, 2-2, 5.47 ERA): 5 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 K, 2 BB

Colina didn’t have his best outing but did just enough to hold off the Cubs offense. He allowed plenty of baserunners but came away with only three runs on his ledger.

Las Vegas portion of recap done by Mojo Hill.

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Written by MMancuso

I'm a recent alum of TCNJ, where I graduated with degrees in business and technology. At MMO, I write data-driven player breakdowns, as well as, cover the Mets minor-league system. Follow me on at https://twitter.com/MattyCuso.

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