Side note:Speaking of Tigers…. I know he’s a Lefty and similar to Duda but if I were Sandy I’d look into working some kind of a deal for Brennan Boesch of the Tigers.

They should just stock pile Outfielders like the A’s have these past few years…

The A’s are another team the Mets should try and work out a deal with for one of those Outfielders, they have 6!
1.J. Reddick
2.Y. Cespedes
3.C. Young
4.C. Crisp
5.S. Smith
6.C. Cowgill

Young would be a perfect fit but I doubt Beane parts with any unles bowled over to think he got Young from the D’backs for peanuts

“While Lobstein was far less impressive on this night than CIngrani, he probably has a better chance of becoming a starter in the majors because of his changeup. Lobstein’s ceiling is much lower, however, and he has difficulty repeating his delivery, causing erratic command, so he’s far from a finished product.

Lobstein will never be anything more than a back-end starter for the Rays because of his high-80s fastball. Lobstein is a great example of the difference between control and command. He doesn’t walk a lot of batters, demonstrating good control, but his command is erratic and he routinely misses his spots, often times within the strike zone. This is caused by his inability to repeat his delivery.

Because he has a long-arm action after he breaks his hands, he fails to get his left arm to the same spot in its motion at the time of his landing foot hitting the ground on each pitch. When he gets his arm up and moving forward as the landing foot hits, he has better control. But on many occasions, his arm is still dragging through its motion, causing it to have to work to get “up and over” his front side, which has already landed. The result is erratic command, especially up and down in the zone.

What Lobstein did show, however, was a plus change-up, getting off-balance swings-and-misses from a number of right-handed hitters. This pitch alone gives him a puncher’s chance of being a back-end starter or swingman in the majors, if he improves his fastball command and cleans up his mechanics. He doesn’t profile as an effective left-handed reliever, however, because his curveball was just average and he would need to add a few MPH to his fastball.”