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Draft day is approaching quick; June 6th to be exact. The most important phase of the June rule IV Player Draft is the first round, which is speculated over and over every year. The first round usually sets the tone for priority of picks by selecting players teams feel have the highest ceiling or amount of polish in the draft. Though baseball sites do not know the inside of any organization they are speculating on, they always give interesting insight of who they feel teams will pick. After scouring over the main database of mock drafts, I have recorded the results for the Mets from 40 different mocks. Here are the results: Player Picked Reese McGuire C 5/40 Braden Shipley RHP 5/40 Dominic Smith 1B/OF 5/40 Colin Moran 1B/3B 3/40 DJ Peterson 1B 3/40 Clint Frazier OF 3/40 Trey Ball LHP/OF 2/40 Ryan Boldt OF 2/40 Jon Denney C 2/40 Austin Wilson OF 2/40 Hunter Renfroe OF 2/40 Chris Anderson RHP 1/40 Andrew Thurman RHP 1/40 Tony Kemp OF 1/40 Bobby Wahl RHP 1/40 Kohl Stewart RHP 1/40 Jacoby Jones 2b/OF 1/40 Analysis Highest Picked: Interestingly enough, the mock drafts have the Mets drafting high school catcher Reese McGuire, University of Nevada right-handed Pitcher Braden Shipley, and high school first baseman/outfielder Dominic Smith more times than any other player. They feel that the Mets are more likely to look for players in the infield rather than the outfield, with 3/8ths of the mocks saying they will pick one of these three. I have also analyzed the positions covered in these mock drafts. Outfield In terms of the Mock’s coverage of the Mets’ needs for outfield prospects, the mocks do acknowledge the need as much as they should. Twelve out of 40 picks have the Mets taking Clint Frazier (HS, three times) Trey Ball and Ryan Boldt (HS, two times), and Austin Wilson and Hunter Renfroe (College, two times each). I do not consider Dominic Smith as an outfielder, nor Jacoby Jones, despite his athleticism. Interestingly enough, Clint Frazier falls to the Mets three times in these mock drafts, and they would have to be absolutely insane to pass up on him. My hope is for a player not on this list: Phillip Ervin. He provides speed, power, and a possibly great center field. First Basemen First basemen have the next amount of selections after outfield, being selected 11 times out of 40. I guess the mock drafts have felt our pain when it comes to Ike Davis and his recent disappointments. Dominic Smith is the player who has been selected the most out of this group, (HS, five Picks). D.J. Peterson is considered one of the top all-around college hitters in the draft class, and was picked three times, while Colin Moran has an interesting bat as well as some good power. Right-Handed College Pitchers College right-handed pitchers were drafted eight times by the Mets in these mock drafts. What’s the reason behind this? You can never have enough pitching on the horizon. University of Nevada’s Braden Shipley was drafted the most, with five selections. High School Catchers With the new promise of catchers in the system, it is uncertain why the Mets would pick another one, yet they were selected seven times. Reese McGuire has been selected five times, and while he has a high ceiling for a high school catcher, it is a stretch at #11 for both organizational depth, and the numbered pick to use on such a need. Jon Denney has the highest ceiling out of a deep class of high school catchers in this draft, with plus power, and was selected twice. Conclusion Although these sites are just press, they have interesting insight on the draft, and a few selected accurately within the last couple of years with Gavin Cecchini and Brandon Nimmo. If they are right, the Mets could go for McGuire, Shipley, or Smith for their first pick. On the outside chance, they will pick an outfielder such as high school player Clint Frazier, or first basemen like Colin Moran and D.J. Peterson.

Mike Puma of the New York Post writes that David Wright has zero regrets, and continues to believe in the direction of the franchise. “I’m disappointed in our performance so far,” Wright told The Post. “As far as specifically what Sandy and I talked about and I guess the plan moving forward, a big part of that plan is pieces we have in the higher minor leagues.” David Wright, who signed an eight-year, $138 million contract extension over the Winter, is currently batting .300 /.402/.494 with six home runs, seven doubles, 11 stolen bases and 28 RBI in 160 at-bats this season. “I’m disappointed in our performance as a team. I’m not disappointed in [what] I believe what the plan is going forward and what I believe this organization is capable of doing in the near future.” The Plan. I hope one day they write a book and make a movie about this plan.

Last Night’s Quick Scores Las Vegas beat Salt Lake, 6-5. Binghamton lost to Portland, 10-9. Savannah slammed Augusta, 6-5. St. Lucie defeated Dunedin, 8-5. Prospect Pipeline Domingo Tapia could not even make it out of the first inning yesterday and struggled mightily in his return from the DL. His velocity was still there in bounds, touching 96 MPH with ease frequently in the first, but he was unable to find his command. Perhaps he left it on the DL and forgot to bring it back with him. Tapia walked four batters and looked very uncomfortable on the mound. For those of you who were worried, he hit the DL with a burn to his non pitching hand, so this was likely not injury related. Cesar Puello homered again last night, number seven on the year, and continues to absolutely tear it up this year. I’m beginning to think we might want to promote him to AAA really soon. He has a bad eye at the plate, so the people going crazy about his stats this year need to step back from hoping he’s going to be called up to the MLB team. If he was called up right this second, he would be overmatched. After Kevin Plawecki seemed to fall into a mini slump, he hit his twentieth double last night, while slamming a home run and driving in four runs in last night’s game. It looks like he’s trying to get promoted…again. Jayce Boyd also had two hits, and could also be promoted by midseason. A slump for Plawecki was not banging out two hits a game, mind you, as he has reached base in 34 straight games. Although Aderlin Rodriguez may never hit for average, the power is admirable, and he’s making conscious efforts to try and improve his plate discipline. He banged out three hits in last night’s Savannah game. Matthew Bowman and Logan Verrett are two Mets prospects who both have found their stock rising tremendously this year – and both are on the mound later today. Infielder-turned-pitcher Jake Kuebler will be making a start for Savannah later. He was previously working out of the bullpen. Also, since I call him out all the time, kudos to Carlos Torres for an exceptional start in Las Vegas last night. Stat Line of the Day Kevin Plawecki: 2-for-3, 1 HR, 1 BB, 4 RBI, 1 R Transactions Domingo Tapia was activated from 7-day DL in St. Lucie. Albert Cordero was activated from 7-day DL in St. Lucie. Wanel Vasquez (Mesa) was demoted from St. Lucie to Brooklyn. Edward Rohan was demoted from St. Lucie to Brooklyn.

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The Mets have played 162-plus regular season games five times in team history. The most recent time that's happened is, of course, when Al Leiter shut out the Reds in a one-game playoff to determine the winner of the 1999 N.L. Wild Card. Before that, the last time a Mets season stretched out an extra day was 20 years earlier, thanks to the events of May 25, 1979. Craig Swan got the start for New York that day and he was fantastic, holding the eventual World Series champion Pittsburgh to three runs in eight innings while striking out nine. Unfortunately, Pirates lefty Jim Rooker was just a little bit better, giving up just one run to put Swan in line for the hard luck loss. As it turned out, Craig happened to be the beneficiary of some late-inning thaumaturgy a full year before the Mets' marketing department would officially declare that the Magic Was Back. In the bottom of the ninth, Lee Mazzilli got one back with an RBI double and then John Stearns singled with two out to send the game into extras. However, just two frames into bonus baseball, Mother Nature conjured up a surprise of her own. From the sixth inning on, the two teams had been playing in an ever-thickening mist. By the eleventh, the fog rolling in off of Flushing Bay was so soupy that it reduced visibility to nil. Joel Youngblood, leading off for the home team, lofted a fly to right. Outfielder Bill Robinson did his best to track it through the murk, but by the time the ball returned to earth, he wasn't within 35 feet of the landing spot. The official scorer credited Youngblood with a triple, but there'd be no chance for the next batter to bring him home. Umpires suspended play on account of fog. When it didn't clear a hour later, the men in blue declared it a tie and sent everyone home. Final score: Mets 3, Pirates 3 Birthdays Happy birthday to Scott Hairston, who's 33 as of today. Hairston had his best year as big leaguer with the Mets in 2012, setting career highs for games played (134) and home runs (20). While a bat like that would certainly look good in the lineup this year considering the state of the outfield at present, truth is that kind of production would play just about any year in Mets history. Scott is one of just seven outfielders to connect for 20-plus homers and slug over .500 in a season for New York. Jim Marshall is 82. An original Met, Marshall got off to a hot start in 1962, triple slashing .344/.400/.656 during the month of April. General manager George Weiss chose to sell high and traded him to the Pirates, with whom Marshall slumped to .220/.319/.350. It would have been a savvy move, had the Mets received pretty much anything other than pitcher Vinegar Bend Mizell in return. The lefty posted a 7.34 ERA for his new team and was nearly one win under replacement in just 17 appearances. Chris Young turns 34. Much like fellow birthday boy Scott Hairston, Young has slumped badly in his first year as an ex-Met. So badly that it's no guarantee he'd even be an improvement over the dregs coagulating in the bottom of the team's current rotation. Through six starts with Washington's triple-A affiliate, Young has pitched just 31 innings and given up eight home runs. He's also sporting a Vinegar Bend Mizell-esque 7.26 ERA Amazin'-ly Tenuous ConnectionIt was on this date in 1961 that President John F. Kennedy told Congress of his belief that America should land a man on the moon by the end of the decade. NASA rose to JFK's challenge and on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took one small step for man on the surface of our planet's only natural satellite. Reportedly, Mets reliever Tug McGraw said this while watching the broadcast of Armstrong and fellow Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin bounce about in low-G: "If we can get a man on the moon, we can win the World Series." Much like NASA, the Mets met that challenge by the end of the decade, too.

Meet the Mets Tied at 5 apiece, the rains came down on the Mets and Braves and forced the conclusion of their Friday evening matchup to be pushed to tonight. Jeremy Hefner pitched well despite getting no-decisioned again and the Mets came back with two runs in the eighth to tie things up before the delay. Ike Davis struck out four more times. Choose Your Recap: Amazin' Avenue Short, MLB.com, ESPN NY, Daily News, New York Times, Associated Press, Star-Ledger, NY Post The Mets and Braves will finish Friday evening's game tonight starting at 6:10 PM and then they'll play game two of their series immediately after. Dillon Gee and Mike Minor will face off in that one on Fox. The rest of the suspended game may go untelevised. Ike's struggles continue to dominate the headlines around the team. Terry Collins says there are several options to replace Davis should be sent down and Adam Rubin looked into them. Eventually, one of those options could be Wilmer Flores, who played first base last night in Vegas. Michael Salfino looked back at sluggers who were sent to the minors and the results aren't terribly encouraging. Jeurys Familia is working his way back and about ready to begin a rehab assignment in Port St. Lucie. Frank Francisco, meanwhile, is not improving. Zack Wheeler will probably come up around the Super 2 date, which is still sort of a moving target. Howard Megdal brings up a cautionary tale when it comes to Wheeler and pitching prospects in general. In his latest mock draft, Jim Callis of Baseball America projected the Mets to take Arkansas pitcher Ryne Stanek with the 11th overall pick in the draft, though from the description, it doesn't sound like Callis is sure which direction the Mets will go. Toby Hyde writes about catching prospect Kevin Plawecki, who is still in Savannah but could move up at some point soon. Yesterday At AA Matthew Callan writes about the Mets and their use of rally caps in the 80's. Amazin' Avenue Audio's 21st episode is out, so go listen to it! Brock Mahan looks back at May 24 in Mets history. Greg Karam has yesterday's Daily Farm Report. Around the NL East The Nationals defeated the Phillies 5-2 last night. The Nats lost reliever Ryan Matteus for 4-6 weeks after he punched his locker. Danny Espinosa, meanwhile, has been playing with a small fracture in his wrist for over a month. Evan Gattis tells the story of his rise to fame. The Marlins fell to the White Sox 4-3 in ten innings. Miami's outfield may actually become crowded in the next few weeks. Around the Majors Anibal Sanchez took a no-hit bid into the 9th before Joe Mauer broke it up with a clean single up the middle. Well played, Mauer. Curtis Granderson is going back to the DL after getting hit by a pitch again, this time in the pinkie. Miguel Cabrera has pretty crazy plate coverage, as this animated GIF shows.

COMMENTARY | Atlanta Braves vs. New York Mets: A rivalry so big they need two days to play Game 1. View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – New York Mets News

The resumption of Fridays suspended game may not be shown on television.via Mets Blog – ESPN New York.Adam has the details…and they actually make sense.  But surely there has to be a way.The post Rubin: Resumption of suspended Mets game may be untelevised appeared first on The Mets Police.Related posts:Are Mets Marketing Harvey Too Much, Too Soon? | The John Delcos New York Mets ReportMets’ Matt Harvey seems to be on the cover of Sports IllustratedFor Matt Harvey’s starts at least, Mets magic is back – NY Daily News

*All results from games played on Friday, May 24th, 2013* AAA - Las Vegas 51s (22-24)__________________________________ SALT LAKE 5, LAS VEGAS 6 (Box) Yay! Carlos Torres pitched seven sterling innings! Josh Edgin pitched a pretty crappy eighth! David Aardsma earned a save, but not without making fans look for Pepto-Bismol! Reese Havens doubled and tripled, and Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Josh Satin each went deep for our Pacific Coast League heroes. CF Kirk Nieuwenhuis: 1-4, R, 2 RBI, BB, 2 K, HR (4) LF Collin Cowgill: 1-4, BB, K DH Josh Satin: 1-4, R, RBI, HR (7) 1B Wilmer Flores: 1-4 3B Zach Lutz: 2-4, R, K C Francisco Pena: 3-4, R 2B Reese Havens: 2-4, 2B, 3B, 2 R, RBI RHP Carlos Torres: 7 IP, 7 H, 2 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 10 K LHP Josh Edgin: 1 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, K, HR RHP David Aardsma: 1 IP, H, 2 BB (1 IBB) AA - Binghamton Mets (26-22)_____________________________________ PORTLAND 10, BINGHAMTON 9 (Box) Cory Mazzoni got rocked in his first two innings resulting in a 5-0 B-Met deficit after two. However, Bingo staged an admirable comeback trailing 8-3 in the bottom of the seventh as Cesar Puello and Blake Forsythe home runs cut the lead to one. Upon tying the game in the bottom of the eighth, Jeff Walters proceeded to do this: leadoff triple (that bounced out of Puello's glove), wild pitch, groundout, walk, stolen base, wild pitch, RBI double. The Mets did get to SeaDog closer Brock Huntzinger to the tune of doubles from Wilfredo Tovar and Josh Rodriguez (the latter of which was of the RBI variety) but managed to strand Rodriguez at second, one of twelve men left on base in the game. RF Cesar Puello: 1-5, 2 R, RBI, K, HR (7) LF Cory Vaughn: 1-5, 2B, RBI, 4 K CF Darrell Ceciliani: 1-5, RBI C Blake Forsythe: 2-5, R, 2 RBI, 3 K, HR (3) SS Wilfredo Tovar: 2-5, 2 2B, R, RBI RHP Cory Mazzoni: 5 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, HR RHP Jeff Walters: IP, 2 H, 2 ER, BB, 2 WP Hi-A - St. Lucie Mets (26-20)________________________________________ BRADENTON 8, ST. LUCIE 6 (Box) Sooo... this is how the top of the first went for Domingo Tapia: Yeah, not gonna get it done at any level. To the S-Mets credit, four runs in the bottom of the eighth chipped the lead to 8-5, and they had the winning run come to the plate in the bottom of ninth in Cam Maron, but his flyout to center ended the game. 2B T.J. Rivera: 1-5 SS Matt Reynolds: 2-2, R, RBI, 3 BB LF Dustin Lawley: 0-5, K 3B Aderlin Rodriguez: 3-5. 2 R, RBI RF Travis Taijeron: 2-5, RBI C Cam Maron: 1-4, R, RBI, BB RHP Domingo Tapia: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB; Oh geez. Lo-A - Savannah Sand Gnats (27-19)__________________________________ AUGUSTA 5, SAVANNAH 6 (Box) YAY SAVANNAH! Matt Koch was mediocre but got the win thanks to some stellar bullpenning from Julian Hilario, Hunter Carnevale, and Beck Wheeler. Kevin "please promote me soon" Plawecki went yard for his sixth home run, and Stefan Sabol's 2-RBI double in the bottom of the fifth held up. CF Eudy Pina: 1-5, R, 2 K DH Jayce Boyd: 2-4, 2 R LF Stefan Sabol: 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K C Kevin Plawecki: 2-3, R, 4 RBI, BB, HR (6); .366/.447/.615 SS Phil Evans: 0-3, K, 2 E (16); More to come in the "Goat of the Night" section 3B/2B Jeff Reynolds: 0-3, BB, K RHP Matthew Koch: 5 IP, 7 H, 5 R (4 ER), 5 K, 2 HR RHPs Julian Hilario/Hunter Carnevale/Beck Wheeler: 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 8 K Star(s) of the Night Holy crap, Carlos Torres! Reese Havens had an awesome night at the plate, and I'm rooting like hell for him. Matt Reynolds with nice night at St. Lucie Kevin Plawecki really has nothing left to prove at Low-A. At all. Goat(s) of the Night Domingo Tapia. I love the stuff, but even his grandmother won't like that line last night. Phillip Evans might as well have horns soldered to his cap at this rate, as he finished an 0-3 night with two errors

I want Ike to one day attempt the Strikeout Cycle. So that would be a strikeout looking, swinging, check swing strikeout & the K 2-3 putout — Matthew Falkenbury (@dailystache) May 25, 2013 As Ike Davis continues to work his way from major part of the Mets rebuild to major pain in the ass for the team and fans, things are looking bleak for him. The hits are just not there for him as he continues to strikeout at an alarming rate. His father, former MLB Reliever Ron Davis, wishes he had as many strikeouts in his career as Ike Davis has right now in 2013. So with the chances that Ike will be hitting for the cycle this season being pretty remote, I have come up with another achievement players like him can get if they make it a habit to not put the bat on the ball. I call it the “Strikeout Cycle” Basically you can strikeout four different ways in baseball which is the same when it comes to the four different kinds of hits you can get. Now one could be called out on a technicality but, don’t be that guy. Don’t be a Debbie Downer to what I think is a fantastic idea. Basically, to achieve the “Strikeout Cycle” you must do all of this in one game… 1. Strikeout Looking 2. Strikeout Swinging 3. Strikeout at a ball in the dirt and force the Catcher to throw to first 4. Strikeout on a check swing call from the 1st or 3rd base umpire I mean the Sombrero jokes are good and all, but pulling this off would be one hell of an achievement. Now obviously the check swing is basically another way of striking out swinging. But, since your fate is in the hands of a different umpire, and his judgement determines if you swung or not, I feel that it is different. This is something to look for as Ike continues to build a pretty compelling case to make the trip down to Las Vegas. Can Ike do it? Can he pull off the Strikeout Cycle? If there was one guy to pick on the Mets that could do it, Ike Davis is my choice. The post Can Ike Achieve The Strikeout Cycle appeared first on The Daily Stache.