nmigliore

Going into a rain delay. Mets caught a break that inning with the umpires deciding to play through the rain.

Left after the 6th inning... weather was just unbearable. 40+ degrees with June right around the corner, superb! Reminded of a game I went to a couple of Aprils ago where I froze my ass off. Only area of warmth was the bathroom.

LOL you can't make this up. Ike Davis lets a ball go right by on him -- yeah on PURPOSE -- thinking it was surely foul. Guess what?! He was WRONG. Mets are now going to lose because of that.

But by all means let's keep him up here, oh Sandy the Great.

Sounds like Montero may project as a #3/4 guy based on that info.  Not bad.  Not every prospect is going to have electric stuff.  Kind of impressive that he's put up the numbers that he has so far despite having limitations, but goes without saying that the major are a far cry from the competition he's faced to date. 

 

Saw you mentioned Snydergaard...he's in A+ ball right now.  I'm assuming mid-late 2015 for him, at the very earliest?   

Yeah I think that's about right. He should see AA in the 2nd half of this season (if not sooner). If you assume he splits all of next year between AA and AAA, an ETA of 2015 is fair. His secondaries also need improving but he has a bigger frame than Montero, a better fastball with nasty sink, and he throws a lot of strikes too. If he reaches his potential he could be a #2; Montero projects more as what you say -- a #3/4 guy. Someone compared Montero to a modern day Bartolo Colon and I think that's pretty fair -- arsenal heavily built around low-90's fastballs, great command, very few walks, moderate strikeout rate.