Comments on: Flores and Wheeler Rep The Mets As US Wins Futures Game 17-5 http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/07/flores-and-wheeler-rep-the-mets-as-us-win-futures-game-17-5.html Fri, 24 May 2013 16:55:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: ReyesAdvocate http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/07/flores-and-wheeler-rep-the-mets-as-us-win-futures-game-17-5.html#comment-261681 ReyesAdvocate Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:52:51 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=88139#comment-261681 Personally, I cannot wait to see these two in the Big League orange and blue! Wheeler is looking like he will be the dominant ace of our future, and Flores is looking more and more like a future threat from the middle of our batting order. The only question with Flores is, where will he play? Well, our minor league system is trying him out at a multitude of infield positions. He recently started making starts at 2B. When he is ready to come up in a year or two, I say start him at SS over Tejada for a few years until Cecchini is ready then move him to 2B. If the kid can’t play second, I have another off-the-wall idea. Let’s just say (for the sake of argument) that Ike Davis doesn’t pan out quite as well as planned and he keeps having years like this year. How about moving Flores to 3B and moving Wright to 1B? It may keep David healthier which will keep our line-up potent. Either way, we have to find a solution and get Flores’ big bat in the order.

]]> By: Brian http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/07/flores-and-wheeler-rep-the-mets-as-us-win-futures-game-17-5.html#comment-261491 Brian Mon, 09 Jul 2012 03:04:52 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=88139#comment-261491 Nice recap. Our boys didnt really shine but at least we had two players in the game as opposed to just one for the Phillies and he fave up a three run bomb! :-D

]]> By: Tim B. http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/07/flores-and-wheeler-rep-the-mets-as-us-win-futures-game-17-5.html#comment-261488 Tim B. Mon, 09 Jul 2012 02:57:44 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=88139#comment-261488 Wheeler was lights out and threw some great pitches in this game, albeit only seven of them, but I think the rest of the baseball world got a taste of what the rest of us have known for a while now – he’ll keep progressing and turn into quite a major league pitcher someday (soon).

]]> By: Tim B. http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/07/flores-and-wheeler-rep-the-mets-as-us-win-futures-game-17-5.html#comment-261485 Tim B. Mon, 09 Jul 2012 02:51:56 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=88139#comment-261485 Sorry Matt, I knew that, just got to typing to fast. I’ll make the change.

]]> By: Matt http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/07/flores-and-wheeler-rep-the-mets-as-us-win-futures-game-17-5.html#comment-261484 Matt Mon, 09 Jul 2012 02:49:17 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=88139#comment-261484 It’s Mike Olt, not Ott.

]]> By: Mr North Jersey http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/07/flores-and-wheeler-rep-the-mets-as-us-win-futures-game-17-5.html#comment-261482 Mr North Jersey Mon, 09 Jul 2012 02:45:49 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=88139#comment-261482 “Wheeler threw three pitches to Aguilar, a 98 MPH fastball for a called strike, an 88 MPH slider for a swinging strike, and the third pitch, an 80 MPH curveball, was hit to center fielder Wil Myers for the third out of the inning.”

When I read this part of your post Tim I couldn’t help to think of a quote from Wheeler that I just read not 15 minutes prior to reading your post.

Here is a quote from Wheeler.

“I’ve been trying to pound the strike zone early and get outs in three pitches or less, and I’ve been doing a lot of that this year. It allows you to go deeper in games, keeps your pitch count down. Second, third time through the lineup, you can spin a couple of breaking balls in there early in the count and they don’t know what to do. So it’s a little easier.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/09/sports/baseball/mets-prospect-zach-wheeler-focuses-on-progress.html

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