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MMN Recap: Francisco Alvarez Returns To Kingsport Lineup

By Daniel Muras

July 22, 2019 No comments

Photo by Ed Delany. MMN

Toledo (45-55) 7, Syracuse (50-50) 2  Box Score

The Syracuse offense couldn’t get much going in Sunday’s game as they were held to just five hits and went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position. Tejada just keeps on hitting and now has a .422/.486/.609 line in July.

Gagnon was not helped at all by his defense, resulting in four runs being unearned, but he also didn’t help himself out by not striking out a single batter. O’Rourke has a 2.25 ERA over his last 10 appearances.

Binghamton (50-46) 4, Akron (43-57) 1  Box Score

Gimenez has been heating up recently after a disappointing first half of the season. In 15 July games, Gimenez is hitting .321/.351/.509 and, most impressively, has managed to greatly cut down his strikeouts. He has struck out just three times over the last ten games.

After a series of five lackluster starts, Gonzalez had his second straight excellent start in Sunday’s game. In what has been a major bounce-back season, Gonzalez has posted a very solid 85:23 K:BB ratio and is striking out more batters that he has in previous seasons while maintaining his excellent control. Also, after greatly struggling with home runs early in the season, Gonzalez has now gone six starts without giving up a long ball. Taylor has also impressed in the Binghamton bullpen.

St. Lucie (53-46) 6, Clearwater (51-47) 3  Box Score

The Mets offense had a solid game, which featured 10 total hits and a 5-for-15 performance with runners in scoring position. Winaker’s power is still minimal, but he has been having much better luck on balls in play, as evidenced by his .333/.389/.438 line for the month of July. Zanon stole his 15th base of the season, a total that leads the team and is among the best in the league.

McGeorge has pitched almost exclusively in relief so far in his professional career, with his few starts usually limited to three innings in the second game of a doubleheader. However, this was very clearly a legitimate start and his 5.0 innings pitched and 85 pitches both represent career highs. This, combined with his demotion to St. Lucie despite decent results in Binghamton, may indicate a more permanent transition to the rotation. Campos has not given up a run since April 25.

Greenville (47-54) 16, Columbia (38-59) 5  Box Score

The Columbia offense had a decent outing, but were no match for the onslaught brought on by Greenville. With top prospects Ronny Mauricio and Mark Vientos had the day off, so Chambers and Medina stepped up to provide the power. This was just Chambers’ second home run of the season, which is disappointing power production from a first baseman. Medina is 9-for-24 with three home runs over his last six games.

  • RHP Jaison Vilera (L, 1-3, 9.31 ERA) 3.1 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, K

This game was obviously a mess for Columbia’s pitching staff and, ultimately, a position player, Sharp, was the only pitcher to not allow multiple runs in this game. Vilera’s performance this is season is honestly quite shocking, especially if he’s healthy. While never possessing elite stuff, Vilera managed to post sub-2.00 ERAs each of his first three professional seasons, so the fact that he’s hit a wall so quickly is very unusual. Also, he has been worse across the board, even when he was pitching again with Brooklyn prior to this start.

Connecticut (17-19) 3, Brooklyn (20-15) 2  Box Score

Brooklyn’s offense had plenty of opportunities to score more than just two runs, considering that the lineup had ten total hits, but went just 1-for-13 with runners in scoring position.

Bryant had one of the best starts of his career, throwing a career high seven innings and having his first career start without a walk or hit batter. He has really been turning it on recently and has a 1.64 ERA in four July starts.

Kingsport (15-17) 7, Bristol (15-17) 6  Box Score

Alvarez made his return to the starting lineup after missing about a week with an undisclosed injury. Baty has struggled with strikeouts in the 12 games since his promotion to Kingsport and has a 38% strikeouts rate over that span.

Following a stretch of solid outings, Santos struggled in this start. He has not been overly impressive statistically this season, but it is important to remember that Santos has not yet faced a batter who is younger than him. When taking age and potential into account, he remains one of the best pitching prospects in the Mets system.

GCL Astros (12-9) 9, GCL Mets (10-13) 8  Box Score

Peroza’s power surge has come virtually out of nowhere this season: After producing just 28 extra base hits in 86 career games prior to this season (including just two home runs), Peroza has 14 extra base hits in 16 2019 games, with this home run representing his 6th of the season. Saunders hit his first home run of his professional career.

It was not a great game overall for Mets pitching, with each pitcher giving up multiple runs in their respective outings.

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Written by Daniel Muras

I fell in love with the Mets during the 2006 playoff run and became obsessed with the Mets minor league system while looking for a brighter future during the 2009-2014 era. I hope to provide interesting analysis of the minors and am excited to have the opportunity to write for MMO and MMN.

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