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A Brief Look at Two 2010 Draftees

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In Savannah, Greg Peavey continues to perform. With his win yesterday, his record is now 6-2. He held Augusta to four hits and a run in six innings while striking out six. In 72 innings he’s struck out 64 while walking only 11. A righty, he’s been more effective against left-handed batters. His ERA against them is 0.87; whereas, against righties, it’s 4.83.
The Mets drafted Peavey last year in the sixth round.

In contrast, catcher Blake Forsythe continues to underperform. At Savannah, he’s hitting only .217. In 44 games he has 47 strikeouts, a slugging percentage of .368, and an OBP of .294. The right-handed batter isn’t hitting either righties or lefties. He’s hitting .216 against lefties and .217 against righties. A surprising stat is that in 23 home games he’s hitting .162; whereas, in 21 away games, he’s hitting .269. The Mets drafted Forsythe in the third round, the only mistake I think the team made in their first 5 choices.

Mets Sign First 2011 Draftee

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The Mets have signed shortstop Chad Zurcher and assigned him to Kingsport. Zurcher was drafted in the 31st round.

Kingsport’s season starts on June 21.

Mets Final 2011 Pick Plus a Free Agent Signing

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With their 51st pick in the 2011 MLB draft the Mets selected a catcher, Eddie Rohan, from Winthrop University. Rohan said that the Mets were the only team to contact him before the draft. But he’s not the only Winthrop player the Mets are interested in. Yesterday, it was reported that pitcher Robert Lake signed a free-agent contract with the Mets. Lake, a senior, finished the 2011 season with four wins, four losses, and a 4.84 ERA. In six of the games in which he appeared he did not walk a batter, so the Mets continue to pursue pitchers who can throw strikes.

Rohan had the highest average on Winthrop’s team, one that finished the season at 27-30, hitting .342. He also led them in OBP (.442), and had the highest fielding percentage (.996) among the starters, committing only one error in 53 games. Surprisingly, among his 68 hits were two triples.

Lake was one of the team’s three starters. He started 14 games and made two relief appearances. In 89.1 innings he surrendered 111 hits (unimpressive); however, he also walked only 19 batters (impressive). Opposing batters hit .313 against him.

Click here for more Winthrop baseball stats.

Mets Draft Florida Pitcher in 9th Round

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Mets 2011 9th round draftee

In the ninth round of the 2011 MLB draft, the Mets selected Alex Panteliodis, a pitcher from the University of Florida. He was the second lefthanded pitcher the Mets drafted, one of seven.

After being the Friday night starter for his first two seasons, he was demoted this season to being the midweek starter.

Hip surgery last July contributed to his demotion to the #4 spot in the rotation. He didn’t resume pitching until January 2011.

This season, on the Florida staff he had the seventh-highest ERA (3.76), starting 10 games and relieving in six. In 52.2 innings, he walked only nine batters while striking out 44, so he seems to have good control.

More information about him is available here.