Today the Mets made their 2nd round of cuts, sending 7 players over to minor league camp. Those players are Cody Satterwhite, Tyler Pill, Matthew Bowman, Gabriel Ynoa, Hansel Robles, Dilson Herrera and Wilfredo Tovar. The team now has 49 players who are still in major league camp.
As always, I will briefly analyze each out of the players who have been cut.
Cody Satterwhite- The 28 year old former 2nd round pick has been with the Mets organization for two seasons after coming over from Independent League ball. In 2014, he posted a solid 2.33 ERA in 48 relief appearances for the Binghamton Mets. In the Spring exhibition games, he did not let up a run in 3 innings pitched. Control was an issue, however, as he had a 9.0 BB/9 ratio in this brief time.
Satterwhite projects to begin the season with the Las Vegas 51s, pitching out of the bullpen. He did have 32 games finished in 2014, so it is safe to say that he will have some sort of late-inning role in Triple-A. If the injury bug hits the Mets, Satterwhite may be one of the 1st players to receive the call to the majors.
Tyler Pill- Pill has been a lower-tiered pitching prospect for a few years now. The former 4th round pick out of California State University had a 3.97 ERA in 23 appearances (22 starts) for Binghamton and Las Vegas. Like Satterwhite, he also had a strong spring, having a 0.00 era in 2 appearances (3.2 innings of work.)
Pill represents yet another starter that the Mets could turn to if the injury bug continues to hit them. It's worth noting, however, that Pill is very far down in the rotation depth chart, so if he sees action in Queens this year something probably went horribly wrong.
Matthew Bowman- The 23 year old out of Princeton University has done nothing but impress scouts down in the minor leagues. As a former 13th round pick, his upside is limited, but he has certainty maximized his potential by posting a solid 3.22 ERA in 24 appearances (23 starts) for Binghamton and Las Vegas in 2014. He is a solid finesse pitcher who, in all likelihood, should get a call up to New York sometime this upcoming year.
The problem will be finding a roster spot for him, so it may be in September once the rosters expand.
Gabriel Ynoa- Ynoa is part of the next wave of pitching prospects by the Mets, as he is still only 21 and just reached Double-A last year. Reaching Binghamton at that age, however, is very impressive, and he could be Major League ready by 2016 the earliest. Ynoa's 2014 campaign wasn't as solid as 2013, where he had 2.72 ERA in 22 starts for Savannah, but the fact that he received an invite to major league spring training shows that the front office would like to see more of him.
His 2014 year wasn't neccesarily bad, however, as he had a 4.07 ERA with St. Lucie and Binghamton. One thing to note is that Ynoa is superb control, as his career BB/9 ratio is a mere 1.2. The youngster did struggle in big league camp, but it was a limited sample size (5.40 ERA in 1.2 innings pitched.) He should start the season in Binghamton, and with a solid year, could be moved up to Las Vegas.
Hansel Robles- Poor Hansel.
After impressing scouts a few years back (1.11 ERA in 12 starts for Brooklyn), Robles has fallen off track. He was never really viewed at as a legitimate front-line starter, so there isn't a major disappointment with his lack of development. His dreadful Spring Training performance, however, certainly crushed his chances of ever making this team. Robles had an 18.00 ERA in 3 appearances (6 earned runs in 3 IP.)
As someone who is already 24 years old, it is difficult to project where Robles will start the year, since he SHOULD be ready for Las Vegas. I'll predict that he starts the year in Double-A, but I don't have much confidence that he'll ever figure himself out again.
Dilson Herrera- The 21 year old from Columbia wasn't expected to break camp with New York just yet, but it's clear that the organization loves what he brings to the table. After coming over in the Marlon Byrd trade of 2013, Herrera hit an immense .323/.379/.479 with 13 HR and 71 RBI in split time with St. Lucie and Binghamton. The performance earned him a September call-up, where he hit .220/.303/.407 in 18 games with the team.
He has struggled mightily this Spring, hitting a mere .059/.158/.059 in 8 games. He will begin the year in Las Vegas, as he proves he will be able to hit upper-level pitching, and I wouldn't be surprised if we see him sometime this summer again. Daniel Murphy, look out, you're replacement is right around the corner.
Wilfredo Tovar- I've never been a huge fan of Wilfredo Tovar, so there isn't much for me to say. I am surprised, however, that he was cut this early in Spring Training, as he hit .286 in 9 games played. The number doesn't jump out at you, necessarily, but for a team that is struggling with it's shortstop depth you'd think that they would want to truly see what they have in Tovar, who is entering his age 24 season.
In any event, Tovar will begin the year in Las Vegas as the probable backup shortstop, depending on what happens to Matt Reynolds.
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