1B – Peter Alonso – R/R – HiA St. Lucie/AA Binghamton
2B – Luis Santana – R/R – DSL Mets 2
3B – Michael Paez – R/R – LoA Columbia/HiA St. Lucie
SS – Shervyen Newton – S/R – DSL Mets 2
LF – Nick Sergakis – R/R – HiA St. Lucie
CF – Anthony Dirocie – R/R – Rookie Kingsport
RF – Wagner Lagrange – R/R – Rookie Kingsport/SS Brooklyn Top 5 Starting Pitchers – (Factor Score) / Highest Level Attained 1. RHP Jordan Humphreys – (25) / HiA St Lucie “Take a Flyer” ** Big Breakout season for the 18th round pick in 2015. Humphrey went 10-1 with 1.42 ERA in 11 LoA starts before recieving a promotion to St Lucie. 2. RHP Nabil Crismatt – (17) / HiA St Lucie ** Crismatt built off his performance in the World Baseball Classic, when Colombia nearly upset the defending WBC champion Dominican Republic. The 22-year old right-hander was a UTR-OAS in 2015 with Appy League Kingsport and was just off the scope last season. 3. RHP Gabriel Llanes – (13) / LoA Columbia 4. RHP Joe Shaw – (12) / HiA St Lucie 5. RHP Willy Taveras – (12) / DSL Mets ** Taveras just edged out last years’ UTR-OAS Harol Gonzalez Top 3 Relief Pitchers –(Factor Score) / Highest Level Attained 1. RHP Matt Blackham – (19) / LoA Columbia ** Nice bounce season for Blackham, who missed all of 2016 on the DL 2. RHP Tyler Bashlor – (16) / AA Binghamton “Legit UTR” 3. RHP Joshua Torres – (15) / HiA St Lucie **Torres also missed the 2016 season after the Brewers released him prior to the start of that season. Mid-Season Trade Impacts: The Boston Red Sox traded away two of their Top 3 UTR-OAS relievers from 2017. #2 Gerson Bautista (9) and #3 Stephen Nogosek (8) where brought to the Mets for Addison Reed. In a effort to bolster the minor league relief pitching, the Mets got Ryder Ryan (9) from the Indians during the Jay Bruce deal. Ryan would have ranked at #2 amongst the Indians UTR-OAS staff.
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