Sep
5
2012

Wilmer Flores and Rafael Montero To Be Honored As 2012 Sterling Award Winners

An article by Craig Lerner

The New York Mets have announced today that Wilmer Flores has won the Sterling Organizational Player of the Year Award in 2012.

Right-hander Rafael Montero won the Sterling Organizational Pitcher of the Year Award.

Flores, 21, had a tremendous campaign this season hitting a combined .300 with 18 homers and 75 RBIs between St. Lucie and Binghamton. After experiencing some regression in 2011, Flores as catapulted himself back to the top of the rankings as a prospect.

Montero, 21, went 11-5 with a 2.36 ERA between Savannah and St. Lucie this season, striking out 110 batters and walking just 19 of them in 122.0 innings pitched. After being promoted to St. Lucie, Montero went 5-2 with a 2.13 ERA in eight starts with 56 strikeouts and only 11 walks in 50 2/3 innings.

The following individual team MVP winners who will also be on hand:

RHP Matt Harvey, Buffalo

RHP Zack Wheeler, Binghamton

OF/2B Alonzo Harris Jr., St. Lucie

RHP Michael Fulmer , Savannah

RHP Hansel Robles, Brooklyn

RHP Miller Diaz, Kingsport

RHP Yoryi Nuez, Dominican Summer League 1

OF Vincente Lupo, Dominican Summer League 2

The organizational minor league awards will be presented in an on-field ceremony on Saturday, September 8 prior to the game against the Braves at Citi Field.

Great to see all these players being honored, some of whom had spectacular under the radar seasons like Vincente Lupo and Hansel Robles.

Congratulations to all the winners.

About the Author: Craig Lerner

I'm a data analyst and researcher for a leading news agency who loves life and is hooked on the Mets. I love following the Amateur Draft and have a particular fondness for the Mets Minor Leagues who I follow each day. Give me a cold beer, a summer day, and a Mets game, and I'm good to go.

7 Comments + Add Comment

Alex68 September 5, 2012 at 10:40 am

Not for nothing, I posted the link to this article already. this was in ESPN NY. Please craig, if you’re gonna post an article that someone else wrote or from another website, be kind enough to start with where you got this from. don’t want people to think MMO is stealing articles and posting it as if they did it ok.
- Hodges14 September 5, 2012 at 10:57 am
  
  This looks like Mets news more than an article. I’m certain Metsblog and MMO get these press releases same as the beat writers, no?
- Alex68 September 5, 2012 at 11:02 am
  
  Not sure. i saw it on ESPN NY. if it is then my mistake. I just would not want this site to be known as copy cats.
- TRS86 September 5, 2012 at 11:49 am
  
  Alex I agree that it’s important to give credit where credit is due but all blogs that are signed up by the Mets are sent these press releases. So when he says the Mets have released he is in fact correct.
Des September 5, 2012 at 11:31 am

Thanks Craig. All these pitchers (6 of 8 awards) is great news.
Met Maniac September 5, 2012 at 11:43 am

Robles had a great season. Honestly, I thought they would pick Nimmo by default, but they gave it to the most deserving which was great to see. Robles went 6-1 in 12 starts with 1.11 ERA, 0.781 WHIP, 73 IP, 66 K, 10 BB. In four seasons since being signed at 17 as a IFA by Omar Minaya, Robles never had a WHIP over 1.18 with ERAs of 2.91, 3.09, 2.68, 2.11. And unlike the rest of our top pitching prospects, this one has a walk rate under 4 in fact’s it’s 2.1 BB/9 in four seasons to go with a 8.4 K/9 rate.
- Fonzie13 September 5, 2012 at 1:37 pm
  
  Montero and Mateo also have very low walk rates. Robles was the best of an incredible Brooklyn staff. The pitching depth in the minors is unlike we’ve had around here in a long time. we’re probably going to have to trade a few of them to get some much needed position players.

NL East Standings

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Braves	22	18	.550	-
Nationals	22	19	.537	0.5
Phillies	19	22	.463	3.5
Mets	15	23	.395	6.0
Marlins	11	30	.268	11.5

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