Bingamton Mets Players to Watch

Binghamton has four players on Sickels' top 20 list of Mets prospects, including #1 guy Yousmeiro Petit, a right handed pitcher (B+ rating). It looks like Petit is working up his pitch count so far, as he's only thrown 9 IP in two starts, albeit impresive ones (5H, 9K, 0BB and 0 runs). It looks like we'll see him tomorrow night. We'll miss the other pitcher on the list - Brian Bannister, #10 (C+), who has been great thus far: 16.1 IP, 8 H, 23:4 K:BB, 0.00 ERA in winning all three of his starts.

Sickels says this about Petit:

Statheads love Yusmeiro Petit, while traditionalists still can't
figure out why he is getting anyone out. I give him a B+, but in the big picture
I think he's in the middle rank of that category. On my overall Top 50 pitching
list, he ranks at 21 going into spring training, certainly promising but not as
sure thing just yet. I understand the doubts of the traditionalists, but the
numbers can't be ignored at this point, even if some statheads are a bit too
enthusiastic.

The two position players, 2B Aarom Baldiris (#7, B-) and OF Wayne Lydon (#19, C) are both off to slow starts, especially Lydon (176/243/206-0-2; Baldiris is at 289/372/342-0-2). I'll keep an eye on those two over the next couple of days.