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2012
Who’s Hot, Who’s Not — Upper Minors: Of Course Wilmer Flores Is Still Raking!
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Welcome to Who’s Hot Who’s Not, where every Tuesday, we take a look at the hottest and coldest players from the upper minors (St. Lucie, Binghamton, Buffalo).
Who’s Hot
- Wilmer Flores INF, Binghamton- Flores is just on fire right now. After earning himself an “Honorable Mention” on last week’s list, Flores has picked it up even more. Over his last ten, he is batting .447 with three home runs. During that span, he has driven in six runs and has a .500 on-base percentage.
- Darin Gorski SP, Binghamton-After a breakout year with St. Lucie last year, Gorski is doing it once again, this time with Binghamton. He has been having a very good season overall, but his last few starts have been stellar. Over his last three games (21.2 IP) he has a 1.66 ERA and has struck out 25 batters.
- Cesar Puello RF, St. Lucie- Puello has missed major time in his second season in the Florida State League, but seems to be finishing his year strong. He is hitting .355 over his last ten games to go along with a home run and four stolen bases.
Honorable Mention: Logan Verrett SP, St. Lucie- Verrett was stellar in his 11 starts with Savannah, earning himself a promotion to High-A St. Lucie. Since then, he has been even more impressive. He has a 2.27 ERA in 31.2 innings since getting the call. In his last start against Jupiter, he gave up just one run on three hits over seven innings.
Who’s Not
- Lucas May C, Buffalo- May has had a rough season overall with Buffalo. The power hasn’t been there this season, and this latest stretch has been particularly rough for Lucas. He is batting .138 over his last ten games with a .158 on-base percentage.
- Jefry Marte 3B, Binghamton- Marte was on last week’s list and has continued to struggle, putting him on it once again. Marte is hitting just .189 over his last ten games and .183 overall in the month of August. He is now hitting .253 on the season.
- Travis Taijeron OF, St. Lucie- After having a fantastic first half for Savannah, hitting 12 home runs in 64 games and showing patience at the plate, Taijeron has had a tough time adjusting to the very tough Florida State League. Taijeron is hitting .182 over his last ten games and has struck out 14 times in 33 at-bats.
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I don’t know Connor but .255 over his last 10 games seems like a stretch as far as a “Who’s Hot” don’t you think?
typo, puello has hit 355 with 1 HR and 4 DBLS 4 RBI and 4 STLS, with an impressive OPS of 1025.
Ahh, that sounds more like it. Thanks Alex.
Anytime MNJ, unlike other people here, the CORE salute you!
LOL fixed
I will say this today, and you can book it, Wilmer Alejandro Flores will be a MONSTER for this team, that is why losing DW is not gonna be as bad as some people think. trade the guy while his value is up and get more prospects, then give the 3B keys to Flores. this kid got miguel cabrera type talent written all over him.
Miguel Cabrera? I will hold you to this prediction.
Book it. this kid has all the potential to be a stud like that. Watch him next year be highly regarded by “scout” in BA on their top 100 List of players. I’m telling you, We will have our own MIGUEL CABRERA.
I love Flores more than most. Someone on another site was giving me flack for having him ahead of Nimmo because I like that Flores is actually doing his thing at AA and Nimmo is two levels behind. Give Nimmo credit for being solidly better than league average in a level where he’s two years younger than most. But Flores is starting to dominate AA, and he’s also very very young for his level.
That said, he’s no Miguel Cabrera. At 20 Miguel Cabrera was holding his own in the Majors and helping lead the Florida Marlins to a championship. I’l settle for Flores being an All-Star cost-controlled 3B though. The front office can enjoy his price tag, and we the fans can enjoy him being good at baseball.
Hank. I told joe D to quote me on this. you can do the same. don’t forget as of right now who’s blocking flores. That is why in 1 year or 2 we can have flores in the bigs and can have 2 or 3 prospects more due to moving wright. I am telling you, there’s something special about this kid.
I think we’re mostly agreed. And I even like your point about Wright blocking Flores, that’s very legit. I think the kid could be very special and a very high level player for us. Miguel Cabrera though is where I shrink back. Miggy is arguably the best hitter in baseball, and I’m not sure Wright or anyone could’ve held his bat back, even in 2003. Remember Mike Lowell (I’m not saying he’s David Wright) but he was a legit veteran 3B in 2003. And that year he hit .276/32 HR/105 rbis. He was legit, and Miggy pushed him out.
I wish Flores can be as special as Miggy, but I’ll take even David Wright, or that version of Mike Lowell from the kid.
I think he could be Mig. Cabrera-lite. Cabrera hits like 320/410/550 every year; i wouldnt be surprised if wilmer could average something like 310/380/500.
There’s a lot of similarities between Flores’ short compact swing and Edgardo Alfonzo’s. Flores may wind up with a bit more power but they’re both similar hitters.
Miguel Cabrera? LMFAO oh god….
Why not add a player like Flores at 2nd base in a year or 2 in addition to wright (sign him) ?Wright is the only all star caliber player on the team.I am really starting to hate this team and the trade Wright for prospects crap.What prospects?You have no idea if these “prospects” will ever pan out.David Wright has been great this year.All it will take to keep him on the team for five years is for these pieces of crap Wilponzi’s to spend some of their money.These comments are giving me a headache.What kind of world do Met fans live in?DAVIDWRIGHT IS IN HIS PRIME!!!!!!!!!Why do u people want to get rid of him when all it takes is money to keep him??
Totally agree with you Gary. Are we just gonna go with 100% prospects and no veterans on this team? It’s insane to think this way, we need Wright. This team needs Wright.