Fernando Martinez made his appearance in the Dominican League. He would like to make up for all the time he missed on the Mets major league roster because of a knee injury. So far, it is not a good start to the season as he opened the Dominican League hitting only .167 with five whiffs in 6 games.
Josh Thole has to be upset that the Mets are still looking for a starting catcher and recently signed Henry Blanco as a back up. All he’s doing is leading the Venezuelan league in hitting at .391. He’s also showing a little bit of gap power with his 13 doubles, which puts him second in the league. His .417 average against lefties shows he can hit them.
The starting pitching has been the most effective resource for the Leones. This wasn’t true for Tobi Stoner’s last start where he was raked for seven runs in just over six innings of work. This put a dent to his overall ERA, raising it to 3.10.
Fernando Nieve made his bullpen debut last week, tossing two innings of shutout relief. He struck out four.
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Philip Humber is tops in the league in strikeouts with 18 but that comes with a 4.50 ERA. Philip has been a workhorse, already appearing in four games, three of them starts and getting his fourth start tonight. So he has pitched in five of the Leones first 13 games. He was pitching on adequate rest and didn’t go more than six innings a start, so there were either a lot of byes in the schedule or rain outs.
Wily Mo Pena is starting to show some power, hitting homeruns in two straight games. The four homeruns are his only extra base hits and he still strikes out frequently (8 in 16 at bats)
Jorge Sosa lodged his fourth victory against one loss with a one run performance against the Gigantes. The Gigantes got revenge against Jorge today, ripping him for six runs in four innings.
Bill Pulsipher is back for more and got off to a slow start, losing two of his three starts. He hasn’t gone more than four innings in any of his starts and his last appearance he gave up 10 hits in less than four innings. He was fortunate enough that he only gave up two runs in the loss.
Juan Richardson and Fernando Tatis are tied for the league lead in doubles with nine. Tatis is hitting .273 while Richardson is hitting .283. They each have one homerun.
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What Pena is accomplishing is amazing. To strike out 18 times in only 16 at bats is probably a record.
Thanks, fixed it. Should be 8/16. Unfortunately it’s not a record, but still atrocious.