Well, this is a surprise…
According to Ahmed Rosario’s personal instagram, he is headed to Kingsport to play baseball, which opens up in about 4 days. This means, at 17-years of age, Rosario will be headed to play ball in the Appalachian League instead of playing in the DSL or even the GCL. The men currently in charge are known for notoriously moving their prospects along at a snail’s pace — and you don’t need to look any further than players like Rafael Montero, Kevin Plawecki, Noah Syndergaard, Jayce Boyd, or Cesar Puello to see that it takes a lot to earn a promotion with the Mets front office.
That being said, even Dominic Smith, who I think is an extremely polished hitter, is projected to start his work in the GCL. This is an extremely surprising move by the Mets front office — but only because they have a habit of moving their players slowly. See, Rosario is an extremely talented young man with superb bat speed and supposedly good defensive talent as well, and could potentially move through the system quickly.
This should free up the GCL starting SS spot for Luis Guillorme, our 10th rounder and resident defensive wizard.
If all breaks well, I believe Wuilmer Becerra, the young OF acquired as the third piece in the Dickey trade, will be joining him in Kingsport. Right off the bat, those are two potentially stud players, even though they both have a long ways to go. It should be a fun year for the Kingsport Mets.
Nice! This kid must being doing something special for him to get the Kingsport gig!! Two years younger than cechinni and right behind him! This is gonna be very exciting to watch!! Hopefully they both kick some butt and we have two ranked shortstops in our system next year!
According to the Kingsport roster (http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=t_ros&cid=506&stn=true&sid=t506) Becerra will be playing there.
Heres the Cyclones roster it isnt 100% complete yet til all the draft picks sign but I know Jared King and Oberste will be there as well. Will be an interesting lineup looking forward to seeing Cecchini, Mazzili, Akeel Morris, Miller Diaz and Tomas Nido as well as the new draft signees
http://www.brooklyncyclones.com/team/roster/
I gotta say im disappointed that Vincente Lupo will be in the GCL and not Kingsport or Brooklyn I think his bat is too advanced for the GCL.
I was under the impression that Lupo and Marquez would be in Brookyn…no word from Marquez at all and Lupo to the GCL, which is wasting some of his time. Should be in Kingsport.
I agree Lupo “dominated” the DSL I would think that would at the very least allow him to skip the GCL and catch up in his development since he was held back due to a bad year in which he was really sick.
As far as Marquez I was under the impression that he was still playing for Texas Tech last time I heard Cerrone state Marquez quit football I checked at it wasnt the case. I read an article where he was being interviewed during spring practice for the red raiders and he stated he was working his way back from the injury to return to football.
Haha, using that picture I brought back from spring training. By the way with Lupo and Marquez? Same impression. weird.
Lupo spent 2years in DCL. Waste of time putting him at GCL because the Mets then on
Y have 2 years above Rookie ball to determine if he should get protected from Rule 5 draft.
I remember there was an odd story behind it… an injury if I remember correctly…
But it’s not like GCL-Brooklyn is too much of a reach…
“According to Paul Depodesta, Lupo was recovering from a year-long bout with malignant hypothermia, and was very sick during his first year in the DSL with the Mets. ”
Yo Teddy… I was looking back to an old article I wrote to see if I mentioned it. You were the one commenting as Ted K, right?
http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/12/mmo-prospect-pulse-vicente-lupo-lf.html
Haha that was a long time ago.