Monday, June 14, 2004
An interesting day in Norfolk, Virginia
Jae Weong Seo may not have done a great job keeping his spot in the Mets’ starting rotation on Friday, but it doesn’t appear that Scott Erickson wants it either. In his third rehab start with Norfolk on Monday, Erickson lasted five innings, giving up eight runs, seven earned, on ten hits, including a home run, while striking out three. While it’s nice that he didn’t allow any walks and seems like tough luck that the defense cost him that unearned run, in fact the Norfolk error was committed by Erickson himself when he allowed the first batter of the game to reach base. And then, he hit the second batter with a pitch. These two batters managed to steal three bases before being knocked in by the first of six extra base hits Erickson allowed on the game. After three starts for Norfolk, Erickson has a 8.00 ERA that makes Aaron Heilman look like he’s having a good season by comparison. Seo has certainly been inconsistent this year and Art Howe hasn’t shown much confidence in him, but after a thorough spanking like this, I have to think Seo’s job is safe, for at least another week.
In more good news from Norfolk, David Wright made his AAA debut and kept up his torrid hitting, going three for four with a double and a walk. Prentice Redman went two for four for the second consecutive day, adding a walk as well. Victor Diaz went one for four with a double and a walk. And even Jeff Duncan went three for four with a triple and a walk on an all around good day for the near future of the New York Mets.
Elsewhere in the minors, Scott Kazmir had some more mixed results for St. Lucie, going five and one-third innings, allowing three runs, two earned, on six hits, including one home run, and one walk, while striking out six. He continues to rack up the strikeouts, with now 30 in 27 innings on the season, but he’s still not dominating as he has in the past, as his 5.67 ERA, which actually went down tonight, will indicate. Also for St. Lucie, a certain twenty-one year old second base prospect you might have heard of had a double in four at bats. I’m going to go out on a limb and say this kid could advance quickly through the organization if he can stay healthy.
Tomorrow, the major league Mets meet the Cleveland Indians with Steve Trachsel (5-5, 3.65) trying to bounce back from three consecutive rough starts against Jason Davis (1-4, 5.18) and the Tribe. ¶ joe | 11:09 PM |
Jae Weong Seo may not have done a great job keeping his spot in the Mets’ starting rotation on Friday, but it doesn’t appear that Scott Erickson wants it either. In his third rehab start with Norfolk on Monday, Erickson lasted five innings, giving up eight runs, seven earned, on ten hits, including a home run, while striking out three. While it’s nice that he didn’t allow any walks and seems like tough luck that the defense cost him that unearned run, in fact the Norfolk error was committed by Erickson himself when he allowed the first batter of the game to reach base. And then, he hit the second batter with a pitch. These two batters managed to steal three bases before being knocked in by the first of six extra base hits Erickson allowed on the game. After three starts for Norfolk, Erickson has a 8.00 ERA that makes Aaron Heilman look like he’s having a good season by comparison. Seo has certainly been inconsistent this year and Art Howe hasn’t shown much confidence in him, but after a thorough spanking like this, I have to think Seo’s job is safe, for at least another week.
In more good news from Norfolk, David Wright made his AAA debut and kept up his torrid hitting, going three for four with a double and a walk. Prentice Redman went two for four for the second consecutive day, adding a walk as well. Victor Diaz went one for four with a double and a walk. And even Jeff Duncan went three for four with a triple and a walk on an all around good day for the near future of the New York Mets.
Elsewhere in the minors, Scott Kazmir had some more mixed results for St. Lucie, going five and one-third innings, allowing three runs, two earned, on six hits, including one home run, and one walk, while striking out six. He continues to rack up the strikeouts, with now 30 in 27 innings on the season, but he’s still not dominating as he has in the past, as his 5.67 ERA, which actually went down tonight, will indicate. Also for St. Lucie, a certain twenty-one year old second base prospect you might have heard of had a double in four at bats. I’m going to go out on a limb and say this kid could advance quickly through the organization if he can stay healthy.
Tomorrow, the major league Mets meet the Cleveland Indians with Steve Trachsel (5-5, 3.65) trying to bounce back from three consecutive rough starts against Jason Davis (1-4, 5.18) and the Tribe. ¶ joe | 11:09 PM |
