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Just past the midway point in the season, we know how Johan Santana is doing with the Mets. Let’s take a look at how the prospects that the Mets sent to the Twins are doing.
Carlos Gomez
Gomez got off to a fair start over the first two months of the season, hitting .282 with 4 home runs, 23 runs batted in, 31 runs scored and 17 stolen bases. Since June 1st, Gomez is hitting .213 with 1 home run, 9 runs batted in, 21 runs scored and just four stolen bases. He has also struck out 98 out of 407 possible times. Entering Saturday’s game, leading the team with 384 at-bats, Gomez’ on-base percentage was .284, which ranked last among all American League lead off hitters, and ranks 82nd among 83 hitters who qualify for the American League batting title.
Philip Humber
Humber started off as a starter for the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings, going 3-7 with a 5.97 ERA in 15 starts, but was moved to the bullpen three weeks ago. He went 1-0 with a 5.40 ERA in 11.2 innings pitched out of the pen. Humber is now headed back to the rotation and is scheduled to make his next start against Toledo on Wednesday night. The 25-year old right-hander seems to be having trouble since needing Tommy John Surgery in 2005 and has slowed his path to the majors.
Kevin Mulvey
Mulvey has made 19 starts for the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings, compiling a 3-8 record with a 3.97 ERA. He could see work out of the bullpen during September call ups, but we don’t expect to see him in the Twins rotation anytime in 2008. The Twins also have Francisco Liriano pitching in Triple-A and would most likely get the call if any injury were to occur on the major league roster.
Deolis Guerra
Guerra is 10-4 with a 4.42 ERA in 18 starts so far for the Single-A Fort Myers Miracle. The 19-year old is averaging just about six innings per start with one complete game shutout on the season.
We’ll check back one last time at the end of the season to see how the former Mets finished out the season.
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2 Responses for "Midseason Look At Santana Prospects"
We all knew we won this trade. We all knew Humber blew, and Gomez is a free swinger.
Guerra also has a nice ceiling, but all he has is a changeup, cant be successful with just the fastball/change combo.
Great post, Gary. I’ve tried to keep tabs on the guys the Mets sent the Twins and it’s highly interesting to see what has become of them.
Guerra seems like he’s still doing well.
Gomez is having a kind of 2004/2005 Reyes season, and I have a feeling the Twins will have to gut out a year or two of this before Gomez makes more progress with getting on base more frequently. This could be foreseen.
Mulvey is surprising, especially considering nearly everybody had Mulvey pegged as joining the Mets rotation mid-season 2008 before he was traded. I guess the Twins rotation, even without Santana, is not better, but deeper. The Twins also called up Kevin Slowey already this year, so Mulvey has had competition in Triple-A to say the least. Yet Mulvey has also put up similar stats in Triple-A there as he did in New Orleans in 2007. He’ll get there eventually.
Humber has been the real disappointment for the Twins. People viewed Humber as better than Pelfrey last year, and then seems to have been proven not the case. I’m kinda surprised because Humber didn’t have an outstanding year but he was OK in Triple-A last season. This year he’s doing very poorly in their Triple-A affiliate and is starting to look like a complete bust. Factor in all the competition he has in the Minnesota system, and I kind of doubt he’ll ever make it, at least as long as he’s with the Twins.
Again, very interesting read, Gary.
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