Re: Mets Minor Leagues/Prospects Thread.
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 4:02 pm
During the 2010 season, I made the three-plus hour journey from my house in NW Georgia to Greeneville, Tennessee, home of the Greeneville Astros, the Appalachian league affiliate of the Houston Astros for the first time. On that evening, Greeneville was playing the Kingsport Mets, a team led by Mets prospect and Scouting the Sally staple Aderlin Rodriguez. It was a great evening at Pioneer Park, one of the best minor league baseball stadiums I have ever visited and I promised myself to make the trip again with the goal of catching some of the best and brightest of the Appalachian League.
Being primarily interested in Mets prospects and high-ceiling prospects on other teams, my goal was to catch two K-Mets game in hopes of seeing two of their three top pitching prospects while also catching Astros Bonus Baby Ariel Ovando. I thought I’d planned it perfectly this time: I’d see Mets pitching prospects Juan Urbina and Domingo Tapia pitch in consecutive starts but miss the other pitching prospect Akeel Morris. It didn’t work. At the end of my trip, I would miss Domingo Tapia; the K-mets had shuffled their rotation from what was listed on their site, and Ariel Ovando was MIA with an apparent injury. But I didn’t let that dampen my enthusiasm as I still had a chance to see Juan Urbina."
http://scoutingthesally.com/game-report ... an-urbina/
This is a very good read on Mets prospect Juan Urbina. He's still only a teenager and his numbers aren't great, but he's a lefty who can already throw in the low 90's with his fastball and already has a plus change up, but he still has to work on his breaking balls. He still has room to grow so it's possible we could see his fastball get even faster. He's probably not going to be in the majors for a while as he still has a long way to go in the minors, but don't be surprised if you start hearing his name more and more in the next few years.
Being primarily interested in Mets prospects and high-ceiling prospects on other teams, my goal was to catch two K-Mets game in hopes of seeing two of their three top pitching prospects while also catching Astros Bonus Baby Ariel Ovando. I thought I’d planned it perfectly this time: I’d see Mets pitching prospects Juan Urbina and Domingo Tapia pitch in consecutive starts but miss the other pitching prospect Akeel Morris. It didn’t work. At the end of my trip, I would miss Domingo Tapia; the K-mets had shuffled their rotation from what was listed on their site, and Ariel Ovando was MIA with an apparent injury. But I didn’t let that dampen my enthusiasm as I still had a chance to see Juan Urbina."
http://scoutingthesally.com/game-report ... an-urbina/
This is a very good read on Mets prospect Juan Urbina. He's still only a teenager and his numbers aren't great, but he's a lefty who can already throw in the low 90's with his fastball and already has a plus change up, but he still has to work on his breaking balls. He still has room to grow so it's possible we could see his fastball get even faster. He's probably not going to be in the majors for a while as he still has a long way to go in the minors, but don't be surprised if you start hearing his name more and more in the next few years.