You know, we recently hit 1,000 posts made by David and I (6/26 Minor League Report, which is below this post), and I was reminiscing about when/how/why we started this blog. Both of us started out on the mets.com boards in 2005, and I guess you could say that I "studied" under a poster named "Rapdog" who did daily minor league recaps. He took off at the tail end of the 05 season because that board is full of festering douchebags (took me a year after that to realize it), and I took over to finish out the 05 season. David and I first "met" during an AIM chat room I believe in August of 2005 (and we really haven't stopped talking since, we're really good friends now). We both had an ... interest in the minor leagues. He first came up with the idea for what would become MPH before the 2006 season, but I wasn't ready to go with it then. After doing daily minor league reports on mets.com for the 06 season, and subsequently seeing them go up in smoke because the mods there are pole smoking Nazi fucktards, David and I made a blog, and I came up with the name, MetsProspectHub.
When it first started, it was a blank white background with black text, and to top it off, I didn't even have my own account, I was using David's. It was archane to say the least, but we got a few things squared away inside of our first week or so. I got my own account the next day ;) Our first post was David's first top 10 list, Mike Carp was ranked 6th, Niese 7th. They're now our consensus 3/2 prospects, mostly due to trades of Gomez, Humber, Guerra, and the graduation of Pelfrey. My first top 10 list had Humber ranked ahead of Pelfrey, Fernando ranked 5th (!), and Carp/Niese 7/8, with Henry Owens 10th. Needless to say, we've since developed alot more knowledge, and understanding of the minors, and have branched out into distinct philosophies (I remember in the beginning, people would accuse us of agreeing on everything).
I'm not sure quite when it happened, but I started to take over the writing slowly but surely, and David sort of faded into the background, making tweaks to the blog, adding the whole run of widgets you see on the right side, making the blog much better on the eyes, and throwing together our first banner. I came up with the idea to do the System Audit as a way of really kickstarting the blog, and segewaying into our first regular season.
Reviewing some of those early 06/07 posts, can I toot my own horn a bit?
My Thoughts on Mike Pelfrey (May 2007)
Guess what he's done the last 4-5 starts to finally enjoy success in the majors? Oddly enough, our first post to garner 10 comments was a Gameday Links post from June 12th 2007 (because I asked who uses them, lol). And then on 6/14/07, a portent of things to come
The New York Mets Quit (June 2007)
So there's a look back at the blog and the point of view from Tejesh. David will edit this post later with his look back and horn tooting.
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Showing posts with label 1000th Post. Show all posts
Friday, June 27, 2008
6/26 Minor League Report! FLORES, WELCH, FERNANDEZ!
This is our 1000th post on MPH.
New Orleans 6, Memphis 8
The Zs trailed 6-0 after 1, as Ruddy Lugo got bombed for 4 hits (including a homer), 3 walks and 6 runs in just 1.1 innings. Tim McNab pitched a decent 3.2 innings of long relief, allowing 5 hits and 2 walks, but just 2 runs, unfortunately, those runs ended up being the difference. Nate Field and Ivan Maldonado finished off the game with 3 scoreless innings.
The Zs offense managed 8 hits and 6 hits, but struck out 13 times, 10 of those coming from Cardinal prospect Jaime Garcia. Chris Aguila (0 for 4, 2 Ks, .287) and Michel Abreu (0 for 4, run, 3 Ks, .257) took 0-fers.
Jesus Feliciano (cf) 1 for 5, run, 2 RBI, 2 Ks, .301
Argenis Reyes (2b) 1 for 4, RBI, K, .279
Val Pascucci (rf) 2 for 4, run, HR, RBI, .301
Robinson Cancel (c) 2 for 4, 2 runs, 2b, RBI, K, .364
Anderson Hernandez (ss) 1 for 4, run, .185
Abraham Nunez (3b) 1 for 4, RBI, K, .199
Ruddy Lugo 1.1 IP, 4 H, 6 ER, 3 BBs, K, HR, 5.33 era, L (5-7)
Tim McNab 3.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BBs, 3.09 era
Nate Field IP, 2 Ks, 7.67 era
Ivan Maldonado 2 IP, 2 H, BB, 2 Ks, 4.15 era
Binghamton 4, Altoona 3
Jose Sanchez had a good start today, giving up a run on 7 hits in 6 innings for his 7th win of the season. Eddie Kunz bailed out Eude Brito, coming into a bases loaded situation (up 3), and stranding the tying run on base, despite allowed 2 of the IHR to score.
Eric Reed and Jon Malo had multi hit games, while Caleb Stewart (0 for 3, BB, K, .290) took the only 0-fer.
Eric Reed (cf) 2 for 4, run, .239
Nick Evans (1b) 1 for 4, K, .313
Mike Carp (lf) 1 for 4, K, .331
Saloman Manriquez (c) 2 for 4, run, .289
Jon Malo (3b) 2 for 4, 2 runs, 2b, .244
Emmaneul Garcia (2b) 1 for 4, 2b, RBI, K, .222
Jose Coronado (ss) 1 for 4, 2b, RBI, 3 Ks, .255
Jose Sanchez 6 IP, 7 H, ER, 6 Ks, HR, 4.15 era, W (7-4)
Eric Brown IP, 2 Ks, 6.22 era
Eude Brito 1.2 IP, H, 2 ER, 2 BBs, 2 Ks, 3.03 era
Eddie Kunz 0.1 IP, H, 3.89 era, SV (20)
Brooklyn 4, Aberdeen 2
Before I start the recap, thanks to Adam Rubin for posting Brad Holt's pitch count on his blog (http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/mets).
Holt was in complete command today, giving up just a walk in 5 innings, striking out 6. He had a 2:1 strike to ball ratio (54, 27), and got 6 groundouts and 3 flyouts along with 6 Ks. Brandon Moore pitched no part of an inning, giving up 2 runs (1 earned). Rhiner Cruz, Matias Carrillo and Yury Santana finished off the game, Santana getting his 4th save.
The offense had 15 hits tonight, as opposed to the 6 in 12 innings last night, but only 4 after the 5th inning (mirror image of the Mets, much?). 5 players had multi hit games, all of them were sorely needed, for different reasons. Ryan Church, making his first appearance since a PH AB a few weeks ago, went 3 for 3 with a run, 2b and RBI, and he played the field. Good to see, hope he is back tomorrow (DH in the YS game). Matt Bouchard, Zach Lutz, Eric Campbell and Josh Satin also had multi hit games, while Will Vogl (who took over for Church after the 5th - 0 for 1, run, K, .150), and Luis Alen (0 for 4, .000) took 0-fers.
Matt Bouchard (ss) 2 for 5, K, .243
John Servidio (lf, rf) 1 for 5, run, 2b, K, .286
**RYAN CHURCH (RF) 3 for 3, run, 2B, RBI
Zach Lutz (3b) 2 for 4, K, .381
Ike Davis (1b) 1 for 4, run, 2b, .250 (guess he's got something to talk about, huh?)
Eric Campbell (dh) 3 for 4, 2 RBI, K, .258
Kirk Nieuwenhuis (cf) 1 for 3, BB, .200
Josh Satin (2b) 2 for 4, 2b, RBI, K, .160
Brad Holt 5 IP, BB, 6 Ks, 2.45 era, W (1-1), 81:54:27, 6:3:6
Brandon Moore 0.0 IP, H, 2 R, ER, BB, HR, 9 era
Rhiner Cruz 0.1 IP, K, 1.93 era
Matias Carrillo 2.1 IP, 2 H, 4 Ks, 1.04 era
Yury Santana 1.1 IP, K, 0.00 era, SV (4)
Kingsport 8, Pulaski (the doctor on the Enterprise D????)3
Another night, another romper room day for Teen Sensations Wilmer Flores (16) and Stefan Welch (19). Tonight, they combined for 7 hits and 7 RBI, and are now batting .400 and .364 on the season, respectively. See folks, this is what Pedro Martinez' signing got you, high end Latin talent signing for less to join the Mets. Now if only...(something something slotting system, something something cheap). Ahem, right. Oh yeah, lest I forget, 19 year old Rafael Fernandez also had 3 hits, so the Three Teens combined for 10 of Kingsports 12 hits. Nice. Ignacio Medrano (0 for 4, run, BB, K, .333), Pedro Zapata (0 for 2, K, .077), Gabriel Zavala (0 for 3, .231), Mike Moras (0 for 5, K, .091), and Doug McNulty (0 for 4, .077) took 0-fers.
Collin McHugh started and went 3, allowing 2 hits and 5 runs while walking 3. Mark Cohoon got the win with 3 scoreless innings of relief, Michael Danger Powers got his first save.
Dan Stegall (lf) 1 for 4, 2 runs, 2b, BB, .385
Wilmer Flores (ss) 4 for 5, run, 3b, 3 RBI, .400
Jean Luc Blaquiere (dh) 1 for 3, 2 runs, 2 BBs, K, .300
Stefan Welch (3b) 3 for 5, 2b, 3b, 4 RBI, .364
Rafael Fernandez (rf, cf) 3 for 4, 2 runs, .286
Collin McHugh 3 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BBs, 3 Ks, 3.60 era
Mark Cohoon 3 IP, 2 H, BB, K, 9 era
Jason Lavorgna IP, H, 0.00 era
Michael Danger Powers 2 IP, 4 H, ER, 2 BBs, K, 1.80 era, SV (1)
GCL Mets 5, GCL Cardinals 3 in 4.5 innings (rain)
Fernando Martinez (cf) 2 for 3, run, 2b, .462
Darren Clark (lf) 1 for 2, RBI, K, .533
Jefry Marte (3b) 0 for 1, RBI, .364
Miguel Tejada (ss) 1 for 2, run, K, .143
Juan Centeno (c) 1 for 2, 2b, .333
Robert Carson 3 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4 BBs, 3 Ks, 2.57 era
Tony Feliz 2 IP, H, ER, 2 BBs, 4 Ks, W (1-0)
New Orleans 6, Memphis 8
The Zs trailed 6-0 after 1, as Ruddy Lugo got bombed for 4 hits (including a homer), 3 walks and 6 runs in just 1.1 innings. Tim McNab pitched a decent 3.2 innings of long relief, allowing 5 hits and 2 walks, but just 2 runs, unfortunately, those runs ended up being the difference. Nate Field and Ivan Maldonado finished off the game with 3 scoreless innings.
The Zs offense managed 8 hits and 6 hits, but struck out 13 times, 10 of those coming from Cardinal prospect Jaime Garcia. Chris Aguila (0 for 4, 2 Ks, .287) and Michel Abreu (0 for 4, run, 3 Ks, .257) took 0-fers.
Jesus Feliciano (cf) 1 for 5, run, 2 RBI, 2 Ks, .301
Argenis Reyes (2b) 1 for 4, RBI, K, .279
Val Pascucci (rf) 2 for 4, run, HR, RBI, .301
Robinson Cancel (c) 2 for 4, 2 runs, 2b, RBI, K, .364
Anderson Hernandez (ss) 1 for 4, run, .185
Abraham Nunez (3b) 1 for 4, RBI, K, .199
Ruddy Lugo 1.1 IP, 4 H, 6 ER, 3 BBs, K, HR, 5.33 era, L (5-7)
Tim McNab 3.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BBs, 3.09 era
Nate Field IP, 2 Ks, 7.67 era
Ivan Maldonado 2 IP, 2 H, BB, 2 Ks, 4.15 era
Binghamton 4, Altoona 3
Jose Sanchez had a good start today, giving up a run on 7 hits in 6 innings for his 7th win of the season. Eddie Kunz bailed out Eude Brito, coming into a bases loaded situation (up 3), and stranding the tying run on base, despite allowed 2 of the IHR to score.
Eric Reed and Jon Malo had multi hit games, while Caleb Stewart (0 for 3, BB, K, .290) took the only 0-fer.
Eric Reed (cf) 2 for 4, run, .239
Nick Evans (1b) 1 for 4, K, .313
Mike Carp (lf) 1 for 4, K, .331
Saloman Manriquez (c) 2 for 4, run, .289
Jon Malo (3b) 2 for 4, 2 runs, 2b, .244
Emmaneul Garcia (2b) 1 for 4, 2b, RBI, K, .222
Jose Coronado (ss) 1 for 4, 2b, RBI, 3 Ks, .255
Jose Sanchez 6 IP, 7 H, ER, 6 Ks, HR, 4.15 era, W (7-4)
Eric Brown IP, 2 Ks, 6.22 era
Eude Brito 1.2 IP, H, 2 ER, 2 BBs, 2 Ks, 3.03 era
Eddie Kunz 0.1 IP, H, 3.89 era, SV (20)
Brooklyn 4, Aberdeen 2
Before I start the recap, thanks to Adam Rubin for posting Brad Holt's pitch count on his blog (http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/mets).
Holt was in complete command today, giving up just a walk in 5 innings, striking out 6. He had a 2:1 strike to ball ratio (54, 27), and got 6 groundouts and 3 flyouts along with 6 Ks. Brandon Moore pitched no part of an inning, giving up 2 runs (1 earned). Rhiner Cruz, Matias Carrillo and Yury Santana finished off the game, Santana getting his 4th save.
The offense had 15 hits tonight, as opposed to the 6 in 12 innings last night, but only 4 after the 5th inning (mirror image of the Mets, much?). 5 players had multi hit games, all of them were sorely needed, for different reasons. Ryan Church, making his first appearance since a PH AB a few weeks ago, went 3 for 3 with a run, 2b and RBI, and he played the field. Good to see, hope he is back tomorrow (DH in the YS game). Matt Bouchard, Zach Lutz, Eric Campbell and Josh Satin also had multi hit games, while Will Vogl (who took over for Church after the 5th - 0 for 1, run, K, .150), and Luis Alen (0 for 4, .000) took 0-fers.
Matt Bouchard (ss) 2 for 5, K, .243
John Servidio (lf, rf) 1 for 5, run, 2b, K, .286
**RYAN CHURCH (RF) 3 for 3, run, 2B, RBI
Zach Lutz (3b) 2 for 4, K, .381
Ike Davis (1b) 1 for 4, run, 2b, .250 (guess he's got something to talk about, huh?)
Eric Campbell (dh) 3 for 4, 2 RBI, K, .258
Kirk Nieuwenhuis (cf) 1 for 3, BB, .200
Josh Satin (2b) 2 for 4, 2b, RBI, K, .160
Brad Holt 5 IP, BB, 6 Ks, 2.45 era, W (1-1), 81:54:27, 6:3:6
Brandon Moore 0.0 IP, H, 2 R, ER, BB, HR, 9 era
Rhiner Cruz 0.1 IP, K, 1.93 era
Matias Carrillo 2.1 IP, 2 H, 4 Ks, 1.04 era
Yury Santana 1.1 IP, K, 0.00 era, SV (4)
Kingsport 8, Pulaski (the doctor on the Enterprise D????)3
Another night, another romper room day for Teen Sensations Wilmer Flores (16) and Stefan Welch (19). Tonight, they combined for 7 hits and 7 RBI, and are now batting .400 and .364 on the season, respectively. See folks, this is what Pedro Martinez' signing got you, high end Latin talent signing for less to join the Mets. Now if only...(something something slotting system, something something cheap). Ahem, right. Oh yeah, lest I forget, 19 year old Rafael Fernandez also had 3 hits, so the Three Teens combined for 10 of Kingsports 12 hits. Nice. Ignacio Medrano (0 for 4, run, BB, K, .333), Pedro Zapata (0 for 2, K, .077), Gabriel Zavala (0 for 3, .231), Mike Moras (0 for 5, K, .091), and Doug McNulty (0 for 4, .077) took 0-fers.
Collin McHugh started and went 3, allowing 2 hits and 5 runs while walking 3. Mark Cohoon got the win with 3 scoreless innings of relief, Michael Danger Powers got his first save.
Dan Stegall (lf) 1 for 4, 2 runs, 2b, BB, .385
Wilmer Flores (ss) 4 for 5, run, 3b, 3 RBI, .400
Jean Luc Blaquiere (dh) 1 for 3, 2 runs, 2 BBs, K, .300
Stefan Welch (3b) 3 for 5, 2b, 3b, 4 RBI, .364
Rafael Fernandez (rf, cf) 3 for 4, 2 runs, .286
Collin McHugh 3 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BBs, 3 Ks, 3.60 era
Mark Cohoon 3 IP, 2 H, BB, K, 9 era
Jason Lavorgna IP, H, 0.00 era
Michael Danger Powers 2 IP, 4 H, ER, 2 BBs, K, 1.80 era, SV (1)
GCL Mets 5, GCL Cardinals 3 in 4.5 innings (rain)
Fernando Martinez (cf) 2 for 3, run, 2b, .462
Darren Clark (lf) 1 for 2, RBI, K, .533
Jefry Marte (3b) 0 for 1, RBI, .364
Miguel Tejada (ss) 1 for 2, run, K, .143
Juan Centeno (c) 1 for 2, 2b, .333
Robert Carson 3 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4 BBs, 3 Ks, 2.57 era
Tony Feliz 2 IP, H, ER, 2 BBs, 4 Ks, W (1-0)
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