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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 5086624, member: 27"]
Let’s talk about the Syracuse Mets a bit.

They just split a 6 game series with Scranton.  Scranton is the NY Yankee AAA affiliate.  These are the two best teams in the International League by a wide margin.  Right now, Scranton is 32-19 and a half game up on the 31-19 Syracuse team.  Should be a good race for the pennant.

I am thinking Brett Baty is about to get sent down to Syracuse, where he can play a lot and figure things out.  I suspect part of the reason he has struggled in MLB is because he was rushed a bit to the big leagues.  As of right now, he has only played in 32 AAA games in his career.  Vientos has over 200 in AAA.

Give Baty a ton of at bats in Syracuse, give him a chance to work on the things he is having problems with at the big league level and maybe move him back up in August.  And see what Vientos can do playing every day at 3B.

I believe Drew Gilbert is about to come off the IL and start playing against for Syracuse.  He should be fun to watch.  Acuna got off to a bad start but has his BA over .250 now and appears to have made the adjustmenus necessary to do well in AAA.  Butto is doing really well in AAA.  Got another win today and his ERA is down to 1.13 or thereabouts.  He is probably wondering what he needs to do to be in the starting rotation for the NY Mets.  I am too.

There are obviously problems with the relief pitching up in NY,  Nunez appears to be the guy most ready to be called up and he already has been up and did pretty well.  Throws close to 100 MPH.  Very good stuff.  Hs struggled with control but that looks a lot better these days.

Hopefully Vasil and Hamel get things straightened out.  They have pitched well at times but have been inconsistent so far in AAA.
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