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bravesfan88
Gsellman has really been a pleasant suprise for the Mets, ever since he was drafted in the 13th round of the 2011 draft.
Slowly but surely he has climbed his way up the ladder through the Mets system. Although it took him just about a year at each stop through complex ball up to the majors, he has consistently progressed and truly has developed nicely.
Along with Seth Lugo, Logan Verrett, and Brandon Nimmo the Mets are getting some decent production from that 2011 draft this season.
The point really is the Mets, when healthy, have found a way to truly possess an excellent stable of quality, fairly young hurlers…
Again, health is definitely a big issue here, but even when someone goes down it just seems like the Mets just keep pulling arms out of nowhere…Being a Braves fan, I’m quite envious and definitely jealous lol…
I mean you have Harvey, DeGrom, Matz, Syndergaard, Wheeler, Gsellman, Bartolo Colon, and even some young promising talents like Montero, Dunn, and Szapucki…
I mean, if they keep Colon next season, not too many teams can boast that they have 8 starting pitchers as talented as the Mets top 8 starters…
Heck, you just look at Harvey, DeGrom, and Syndergaard and those 3 alone, individually could each be at the top of several rotations in baseball, by themselves…Add in Matz, Wheeler, Colon, and Gsellman and good lord that is just an embarassment of riches!!
I know they probably will not be able to keep all of Harvey, DeGrom, Syndergaard, Wheeler, and Matz, due to their future raises, but even if they get rid of one there is Gsellman ready to step in, who is just putting up about a ~3.00 ERA by the way lol…Absurd…
Congrats Mets fans, normally I completely root against you all, but as a baseball fan you cannot help but just being completely in awe of the talent available when your pitchers are all healthy…
Maybe some combination of Teheran, Wisler, Foltynewicz, Ellis, Newcomb, Soroka, Allard, Fried, Toussaint, Weigel, Sims, Povse, Jenkins, or Whalen can step up and help the Braves truly compete, or even new HS draftees Anderson, Wentz, Muller, and Wilson can develop and help out in 4 or so years lol…Until the Braves can actually develop their young pitching talent, I’m afraid the Mets will really be the cream of the crop in terms of starting pitching talent and depth…
DanzigInTheDark
And don’t forget – Whalen (and John Gant) are ex-Mets draft picks that were traded to the Braves last year partially because they were blocked at higher levels!
As a Mets fan, I’ve lived through Generation K once already and was extremely skeptical coming into this year – but I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the fact that it seems as soon as one pitcher goes down, another slides into his place and barely misses a beat. Seth Lugo, especially, has been an incredible revelation, coming out of nowhere.
bravesfan88
Yes, Lugo has definitely come out of nowhere!! This is just off the top of my head from looking previously, but wasn’t he like a 23rd or 32nd round pick…something like that??
Ohh, and yes I did leave out those two, both pitchers have truly been a pleasant suprise. Whalen has dine pretty well, and I really wish the Braves would stop bouncing Gant all around back and forth from starting to the bullpen.
I think Gant has some promise as a possible #4, or number 5 most likely, but the Braves just will not consistently give him an opportunity to solely start and see what he has got. Instead they are throwing out guys like De La Cruz and Williams Perez…
Purely as a starter at the ML level, Gant has done fairly well, in a very limited sample size. I mean by no means has he lit the baseball world on fire, but he’s been suprisingly pretty solid.
Whalen could also definitely become a legit #5 option somewhere down the line, but he just needs a bit more time in my opinion. He should start off next year at AAA, and hopefully he can work his way back to the bigs and the Braves can see what they truly have in Whalen. The guy doesn’t have excellent stuff, doesn’t blow away hitters, but he is definitely a gamer and keeps his team in the game with a chance to win..and as a fan that’s really all you can ask for out of your number 5 starter, unless you’re a Mets fan of course..haha…*sigh* lol
The guy we got from the Mets that I’m actually really excited about is Akeel Morris. Right now he is at AA, helping Mississippi try to win a championship…But by all accounts the kid looks pretty awesome!!
Morris and Minter, along with Dirks, Shea Simmons, Mauricio Cabrera, Vizzy, Paco, Withrow or Hursh etc. very well could help anchor the Braves bullpen towards the middle or the end of the 2017 season. The Braves should have a very solid bullpen come 2017 and especially 2018, and I’m sure Morris will be right in the middle of that success.
Although, I have to admit AJ Minter will almost be gaurenteed to be the Braves closer of the future; even so, Morris looks to hopefully have solved whatever control problems he was having…
Is that why the Mets traded him away?? Was it in fact control issues??
Either way, it seems like everytime I look at a MS box score, with Morris pitching, he puts up a line of 2 IP, 0-1 H, 0-1 BB, and normally 3 K’s…
Do you know if maybe he could be stretched out as a starter?? Or does his arsenal fit best for the pen as a set-up guy who can go more than an inning??
I’m just asking because I’ve never actually seen him pitch in person. I’ve only seen a limited amount of video, and we all know how high quality those minor league videos are!! lol..Which, unfortunately, they are typically grainy at best!
I’m just curious as to what your thoughts on Morris are?
TheMichigan
Can’t Gsellman (I messed that up) just put down bunts on 3 straight pitches? I had a colleague play with a labrum tear in his non throwing shoulder and he just laid down bunts until he was convinced to go under the knife. So I’m guessing it’s possible
koz16
OK – now I understand why Gsellman was bunting with two outs and runners on first and second yesterday. Still, in that situation maybe try swinging with one hand and hope to get lucky.
tim815
Another example of AL teams having a development edge on NL teams.