Tag: Fernando Martinez

Marlins 7 – Mets 3 May 30, 2009

Tim Redding had his second straight bad start today and that puts the Mets out of the game early. Going up against Josh Johnson and with a Mets lineup filled with backup’s, Redding had to be very good and he wasn’t. He gave up 7 runs and couldn’t even get an out in the fifth inning when he was pulled by Jerry Manuel. The bullpen came in and did a good job again, highlighted by Ken Takahashi going 3 innings in releif without giving up a run.

There wasn’t much in the Mets offense to write about. Several of the regulars were sitting out and Carlos Beltran had to leave the game due to stomach problems. Fernando Martinez got his first big league hit and RBI going 2- for-5 with a double.

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Game Preview: Nationals at Mets [Game 45] May 26, 2009

washington-nationals-logo1Washington Nationals (13-31 Road: 6-15) at New York Mets (24-20 Home: 13-8) 7:10 pm

Craig Stammen (0-0 5.68) vs. Livan Hernandez (3-1 4.93)

TV: SNY  Radio:  WFAN

What to watch: Stammen has made one start against the Pirates this season and went 6.1 innings giving up 4 runs. Hernandez has been up and down but was excellent in his last start in LA. Fernando Martinez makes his season debut for the Mets tonight as well.

Don’t forget to visit The Mets Report Live Game Chat during the game to chat with other Mets fans!

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Mets Reyes, Church To Disabled List

Jose ReyesThe Mets made a flurry of roster moves today that started by adding Jose Reyes and Ryan Church to the 15-day disabled list. Top prospect Fernando Martinez was called up to replace Church.

The Mets completed a trade with the Indians to address their shortstop issues. No. They didn’t get Mark DeRosa. They got Wilson Valdez for cash. Valdez is a 31 year old utility player that’s known as a slick fielder that can’t hit. He’s a .211 lifetime hitter that last played in the majors in 2007 with the Dodgers. He’s only played portions of 3 major league seasons. The word is that he’ll be added to the 25 man roster immediately.

Martinez will be in right field tonight. Don’t miss the fact that he’s playing against the Nationals, Marlins, and Pirates. Those are three teams that would desperately like to acquire top propsects that are major league ready. I’m not saying that he’ll be traded but the Mets might want to leave them with a nice taste of what Martinez can do.

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Mets Daniel Murphy Experiment Should End Now

Daniel MurphyI like Daniel Murphy and I believe that he has the potential to be a solid, if not good, major league player for a long time. He’s a hard worker and a good guy that the Mets organization really likes. And I like that too.

Daniel Murphy is not a major league left fielder. It’s as simple as that. Even when he doesn’t get charged with an error, he has misplayed balls like the two last night in St. Louis.

The fact is that Murphy has a decent bat, but it isn’t good enough to carry his poor defense. He’s clearly playing out of position and I respect that he’s giving it his all. But the Mets need to end the embarrassment that Murphy is suffering on a daily basis in the field.

Murphy shouldn’t be learning on the job at the major league level. There are 24 other players on the team and millions of fans that need to get past the last two seasons of gut-wrenching loses. We can’t have our season hinge on his learning curve in the field. The Mets sub-.500 season thus far isn’t all his fault. I’m not saying that it is. But he’s the only one on the team that has no business being out on the field. You don’t have to be a major league scout or talent evaluator to know that.

The correct course of action is for the Mets to give Murphy time at Triple-A Buffalo to hone his outfield skills until he’s ready for this level of play, if he ever will be. And he may not ever be ready. But we shouldn’t have to find that out with the big club.

Option Murphy to Buffalo now and spare us the disappointment in him. The embarrassment that he’s been suffering over the last two weeks may even stunt his growth as a player. He has to know that he’s letting the rest  of the team down, not to mention the fans.

Cory Sullivan and Fernando Martinez are waiting in the wings at Buffalo. Gary Sheffield and Jeremy Reed appear to be capable outfielders right now. Maglio Ordonez and Matt Holliday will likely be available via trade before the deadline in July if things aren’t working out with the existing cast of characters. There are a lot of options here for the Mets. The Murphy experiment should end now for everyone’s benefit.

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Mets Fernando Martinez Top 30 Prospect

Fernando MartinezBaseball America lists Mets minor league outfielder Fernando Martinez at #30 in their list of top 100 prospects. They estimate that he’ll be in the majors in 2010 and that’s fine. He’s only 20 years old. But I have a feeling we’re going to see him in one of the corner outfield positions for some period of time this year. Whether it’s an injury or poor performance, I think Martinez will spend at least one month at the major league level this year.

I might have to make the trek to Triple-A Buffalo this summer to see Martinez play. That’s where I expect him to be for most of this season.

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Mets Fernando Martinez Injured In Carribean Series

Top prospect Fernando Martinez strained his elbow playing in the Carribean Series this week. He flew back to New York to be examined by Mets doctors and was told to resto for three weeks. He’ll miss the first week of full squad workouts.

The 20-year old is the Mets top prospect and I suspect will see time in the majors in left field at some point this season. The injury doesn’t appear to be serious at this point. No reason to worry Mets fans.

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Mets September Call- Ups Preliminary List

The LoHud Mets blog posted a list from Assistant GM Tony Bernazard of the minor leaguers that will be in Milwaukee tomorrow. The list is:

Jon Niese- LHP

Bobby Parnell- RHP

Al Reyes- RHP

Argenis Reyes– 2B

Ricardo Rincon- LHP

Marlon Anderson– OF

Gustavo Molina- C

Ramon Martinez- INF

Carlos Muniz- RHP

My understanding is that Argenis Reyes can’t play for at least 10 days after he was optioned to New Orleans.

Jon Niese will start Tuesday in Milwaukee.

Bernazard confirmed that uber-prospect Fernando Martinez won’t be part of the September call-ups. I don’t know what to make of that. They need to see if Martinez can handle left field next season and now’s the time to do that. Moises Alou won’t be here and there’s no reason not to see what Martinez can do at this level. It’s a big mistake if they don’t give him some playing time.