All four of the the major winter leagues are now in action. Unfortunately there is minimal Mets action up to this point but that will change shortly with Juan Lagares expected to begin playing on November 15th. Lagares will be playing for the Aguilas Cibaenas of the Dominican League as he has five times in his career.
Here are how players that are affiliated with the Mets have fared so far:
Mexican League
Aguilas de Mexicali
Xorge Carrillo C – 18 games, 54 at-bats, .204/.306/.278, four runs, four doubles, three RBI, six walks, ten strikeouts
Naranjeros de Hermosillo
Paul Sewald RHP – Eight games, 9.0 innings, 0-1, five saves, 1.00 ERA, six hits, seven strikeouts, zero walks
Tomateros de Culiacan
Jose Carlos Medina LHP – Five games, 7.0 innings, 2.57 ERA, five hits, seven stikeouts, five walks
Puerto Rican League
Criollos de Caguas
Phillip Evans INF – Three games, 11 at-bats, .273/.385/.364, run, two doubles, two RBI, two walks, three strikeouts
Gigantes de Carolina
Chase Bradford RHP – One game, 1.0 inning, 9.00 ERA, two hits, two strikeouts, zero walks
Nabil Crismatt RHP – One game, 2.2 innings, 7.71 ERA, three hits, three strikeouts, two walks
Venezuelan League
Navegantes del Magallanes
Darwin Ramos RHP – Seven games, 5.0 innings, 1-0, 12.60 ERA, seven hits, six strikeouts, three walks
Bravos de Margarita
Adrian Almeida LHP – Four games, 1.0 inning, 36.00 ERA, two hits, two walks, three strikeouts
Dominican League
Leones del Escogido
Luis Mateo RHP – One game, 0.2 inning, 13.50 ERA, three hits, zero walks, zero strikeouts
Tigres del Licey
Jenrry Mejia RHP – Two games, 1.1 innings, 1-1, 20.25 ERA, one hit, three walks, one strikeout (Yes, he’s still technically Mets property)
With little Mets action to this point I’ve found it interesting to see all the former Mets top prospects playing in the winter leagues. Anderson Hernandez, Mike Jacobs, Lastings Milledge, and Fernando Martinez have all seen time in the various leagues. Heck, even former Met Raul Valdes threw five scoreless innings on Tuesday night.
Things could get more interesting as a source told me that Jose Reyes is in talks to play for the Aguilas Cibaenas possibly in December. He would join Lagares on the Cibaenas who is training with the team already and supposed to make his debut in two weeks. Mets outfield prospect John Mora has been on the active roster for the Cibaenas in four games (weekly rosters in DWL) but has yet to play in a game.
