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Ken Rosenthal reports on FoxSports.com that the Mets have traded relievers Heath Bell and Royce Ring to the Padres for outfielder Ben Johnson and pitcher Jon Adkins
Johnson hit .250 with 4 HR and 12 RBI in 120 at-bats for the
Padres in 2006 and he's a right handed bat, which the Mets sorely need.
Johnson was named the Padres Minor League Player of the Year in 2005
after batting .312 (129-414) with 79 runs scored, 27 doubles, 25 home
runs and 83 RBI in 107 games with Portland. He hit .341 (15-44) away from PETCO Park last season.
Omar Minaya had the following to say about the players he acquired
has speed and shown some power. He is just 25-years-old and we feel he
has yet to reach his potential,” said Mets General Manager Omar Minaya.
“Jon Adkins has had success on the major league level and can pitch
multiple innings. He’s another quality arm to add to our bullpen staff.”
Adkins was 2–1 with a 3.98 ERA in 55 relief-appearances.
Check out Its Outta Here for a profile on Ben Johnson.
The Pod fans on the ESPN message boards do not seem happy about this deal.
Bell and Ring had their chance to shine here and their performance was more often than not, disappointing. Omar gets back an outfielder who according to Baseball America is an exceptional athlete and another arm to add to his pen to replace Ring and Bell. Omar has a pretty good track record on these seemingly minor deals that seem to pay significant dividends down the line. It will be interesting to see how this one pans out as well.
This could also be a precursor to a deal to shop Lastings Milledge in a trade, as Johnson seems to have a pretty impressive pedigree in the minor leagues himself.
Farm Report : MacLane Carries 1-Hitter Into 8th
Posted by Anthony De RosaAugust 14, 2006 at 5:25 pm
14 Aug
Here's a rundown of this weekends minor league action courtesy of the fantastic Toby's Mets Minor League Report…
Norfolk Tides (AAA)
Saturday
month firing off seven and a third solid innings with six strikeouts. He allowed just one run on three hits and
three walks. He carried a one hitter into the
Edgardo Alfonzo drilled a homerun and
drove home three in a 2-4 night in support of MacLane. The only other Tide with two hit was Tagg Bozied who was 2-3 with a solo HR
and two runs scored.
Catcher Yunir Garcia started his first game for
one pinch hitting appearance, and was 1-3.
Sunday
Sandy Martinez slugged
a walk-off homer in the ninth inning to lead the Tides to a win at
drove in a run with a fourth-inning double.
Heath
(3-2) picked up the win in relief of Jose
Lima who was pitching a shutout until surrendering four runs in the sixth
inning.
RBI.
Binghamton Mets (AA)
Saturday
earned in five innings. He gave up six
hits and walked four.
Matt Lindstrom gave up two runs in .1 of an
inning.
The final run came against Henry Owens, who took his second AA
loss.
Jorge Padilla doubled twice in a 2-4
performance with two runs scored.
Chase Lambin launched a solo HR as
well.
Sunday
innings of work.
St Lucie Mets (A+)
Saturday
Caleb Stewart won this game with a
three run HR in the bottom of the ninth for St. Lucie. Stewart
also doubled and scored twice in a 2-5 night.
Carp, in addition to starting the ninth inning rally doubled and drove
home a run.
Sal Aguilar turned in a nice start,
allowing two runs in seven innings. He struck
out two and walked two.
Carlos Muniz blew the save in the ninth
by giving up a run, but Stewart’s blast made him a winner.
Sunday
Jose Coronado’s
three-run, eighth-inning single proved to be the margin, as St. Lucie battled
back from a big deficit and shaky starting pitching to beat
three-run single, you weren’t alone.
Coronado himself scored the third run on the play on a throwing error on
Vero’s catcher. This, my friends, is
minor league baseball.)
Carlos Muniz
pitched the final out of the game to pick up his 27th save of the season.
Hagerstown Suns (A-)
Saturday
Deolis Guerra (5-7) allowed just one run in his five innings on two hits. He walked three and struck out three,
lowering his ERA to 2.35.
Centerfielder
Sean Henry, who was converted from
SS this year, and promoted this week from
was 2-3 with two doubles.
Sunday
Jeramy Simmons (1-2) was sharp through seven innings, allowing
just two runs and four hits, but ran out of gas in the eighth, allowing a pair
of singles and then a double, which scored a run, to start off the inning.
Ryan Meyers couldn’t put out the fire,
giving up a single and two more runs before finally quelling the uprising.
Kevin Tomasiewicz slammed the door and
picked up his 15th save.
Adam Rubin reports that Royce Ring is en fuego in Triple-A Tidewater. Ring extended a scoreless streak to 21 innings last night with Triple-A Norfolk.
Having taken over the closing role since Heath Bell – the
lone bullpen call-up this season – departed Norfolk, Ring has a 2-0
record, 1.54 ERA and five saves. He hasn’t allowed a run since April
17. Opponents are hitting only .202 against him – lefties .135 and
righties .255.
“I’m getting righthanders out too, which is nice to show,” Ring said.
Ring worked so hard to correct his drop-down mechanics during extra
bullpen work, and spent so much time in the gym early this season, he
was out for two weeks beginning in late April with a strained shoulder.
Ring has not had the opportunity to join the big league club because the Mets bullpen has been so solid there hasn't been any need to request support from the minor league system.
bullpen’s success, Ring said: “It’s too bad for me, but that’s the
game. I’m happy for them.”
Ring, bypassed for a promotion in September last year, hopes he’ll
earn one this time around. That is, if he’s not summoned sooner.
“That would be nice,” he said.
Philip Humber allowed four runs in four innings for the Gulf
Coast League Mets on Thursday in his first rehab start from Tommy John surgery.
Here are some more highlights from Rubin's blog…
Willie Collazo was named Eastern League pitcher of the week.
He shut out New Britain, then limited Trenton to two runs in seven
innings in a no-decision five days later. After earning the award,
Collazo had a rough start Friday. He became the first B-Met pitcher in
10 games to fail to last five innings – allowing a season-high eight
runs while falling one out shy of that mark
Fernando Martinez, the 17-year-old outfielder who received a
$1.4 million signing bonus last summer, returned from a wrist injury
that sidelined him for a month in early June. But Martinez – a South
Atlantic League All-Star selection, who is hitting .321 at low-A
Hagerstown – played only three games before suffering a knee injury
that has sidelined since June 10
Florida State League All-Star Ambiorix Concepcion, who was tied for the league lead in doubles with 21, was promoted from St. Lucie to Binghamton. Catcher Yunir Garcia was demoted to make room
The only thing cooling off Jeff Keppinger is the birth of his son, which caused him to leave the Tides to be with wife Morgan.
Since June 7, Keppinger has gone 20-for-49 (.408) in 13 games. That
stretch has included seven multi-hit games, and five starts in left
field.
Henry Owens is 1–1 with a 0.83 ERA, sporting seven walks and 41 strike outs in
21.1 innings pitched since returning from an elbow injury.
For a rundown of last nights minor league action, check out Toby's Minor League Report.
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