Mets first baseman Mike Carp, who is currently in Double-A Binghamton, was named the Eastern League Player Of The Week. Carp currently leads the Eastern League with a .895 slugging percentage and is tied for first with 18 hits, 13 RBIs and 4 home runs. He is currently third in the league with a .474 batting average and is on a six-game hitting streak.

At his blog minorleagueball.com, John Sickels has posted his 2008 edition of the New York Mets Prospects. Fernando Martinez ranks in at #1 followed by in order Deolis Guerra, Carlos Gomez, and Kevn Mulvey. John ranks Philip Humber at #7.

I am a big fan of Jon Niese’s but I dont feel he should be ranked ahead then Humber. Other then that, for the most part though, I agree with his list.

Overall our system has some talented pitchers with some good potential such as Scott Moviel, Brant Rustich, Eddie Kunz, & Nathan Vineyard who could possibly make an impact at the big league level this year, but when you look at the hitters all you see is Fernando, Gomez, and possibly Mike Carp becoming successful major league players. Unfortunately this shows how weak the Mets really are offensivley in the system.

Nick Evans and Brahiam Maldonado are two guys that definatley get overlooked in the Mets farm system and I am very excited to see what they both do in 2008.

Adam Rubin on his New York Daily News blog relays the final numbers for the Mets representatives.

Reliever Eddie Kunz, the Mets’ top pick in the 2007 draft, went 0-1 with a 10.13 ERA in nine appearances.

Fellow reliever Carlos Muniz had a 3.27 ERA in eight appearances.

First base prospect Mike Carp hit .243 with no homers and 16 RBI in 107 at-bats.

Caleb Stewart batted .318 with 6 home runs, and 11 rbis in 12 games.

Mike Nickeas batted .196 with 1 home run, and 6 rbis in 13 games.

Adam Bostick was 2-0 in 6 starts with an era of 2.74 and 23 strikeouts.

Eddie “Macho” Camacho was 0-2 in 10 games with an era of 2.31 and 9 strikeouts.

Mets.com recently wrote about Mike Carp and Eddie Kunz. Carp is coming back from a hand injury and Kunz was picked up by the Mets in last year’s amateur draft.

First base prospect Mike Carp is playing in the Arizona League in hopes of regaining the form he lost after suffering a finger injury this season. According to MLB.com’s Kevin Czerwinksi, Carp is working with Tim Teufel, who coaches the team, to find how and why his swing changed after his injury. According to Carp:

The injury resulted in some bad habits that you just can’t feel. When I was up there at the plate, I had the same mindset. But when I broke it down I realized that it wasn’t me. And I’ve noticed the last couple of weeks that it wasn’t me.

Carp had been with Double-A Binghamton, and suffered a broken ring finger and was out for just over a month.

Hopefully Teufel can help him refind his groove, with Carlos Delgado’s less than impressive numbers this season and no more Grandpa Franco on backup, Carp improving in the Fall League followed by a nice spring could result in him getting a shot, especially if Delgado gets hurt. With Jeff Conine retired, and Shawn Green most likely gone the newly resigned Marlon Anderson is the only other first base option at the moment.

Ben Shpigel in The New York Times talks about the limitless potential of Fernando Martinez.

They consider him
a rare talent, a player who can hit for average and power while
fielding at a Gold Glove caliber, which was why they engaged in a
bidding war before paying him a $1.4 million signing bonus in July 2005.

Adam Rubin on his Daily News Mets Blog relays this quote from first-base prospect Mike Carp on Martinez.

“He’s got a cannon in the outfield,” Carp said. “He’s got good power
potential. He uses the whole field. He hits the ball really well the
other way, which is unheard of for somebody as young as him. He was
able to come in with a team that had been together for a while and
really play his role and fill in. He batted leadoff for us and really
did a good job of getting on base and helping us out.”

The thought of Martinez, Beltran and Gomez or Milledge in the same outfield someday to go along with Wright and Reyes has me feeling quite excited about the future of the Metropolitans.

Here's a recap of yesterday's minor league action courtesy of the great Toby's Mets Minor League Report…

Norfolk Tides (AAA)

Binghamton Mets (AA)

St. Lucie Mets (A+)

Jose Sanchez was roughed up for five
runs in five and a third.

Hagerstown Suns (A-)

Here's a few highlights of last nights minor league action courtesy of Toby's Mets Minor League Report…

AAA

• Edgardo Alfonzo had a pair of hits, including a double and an RBI.
• Chris Basak had three hits and
  an RBI.

AA

• Chase Lambin, who was demoted in place of Edgardo Alfonzo, doubled and homered to drive in a pair
  of runs.
• Carlos Gomez had three hits
• Ambio Concepcion had four hits 
• Henry
  Owens collected the save.

A+

• Mike Carp
  continued his hot hitting with two hits, including a double.
• Corey Coles had three hits to raise his
  average to .337.

Here are some highlights from Toby's Mets Minor League Report…

AAA

• Lastings Milledge was 2-5 at the top of
  the order while Sandy Martinez was
  2-3 with a solo HR and 2 RBI. Michael Tucker added a solo
  HR of his own.
  

AA

• Carlos Gomez extended his hit streak to 10 games with a 2-4
  night as well.  Gomez is now hitting
  .392/.418/.549 in his 14 July games.  He
  hasn’t drawn a single walk all month

A+

• Mike Carp raised his season line to
  .277/.382/.406 with a 3-5 night that included a double.
• Corey Coles was 4-5 with a double while
  Jose Coronado was 2-5 from the top of the order as well.  Caleb
  Stewart doubled, tripled and drove home three runs in a 3-4 night.

Toby's Mets Minor League Report provides a recap of last nights action. Some highlights…