Wednesday, May 11, 2011

spotlight: jeurys familia (aa - part 1)

this seems like a jeurys familia blog at the point, but he just continues to impress. his debut last nite for the aa binghampton mets is as follows:

7 ip, 5 hits, 2 r, 1 er, 6 k, 0 bb

it bears repeating (not for the last time) that the problems that plagued familia last year were two-fold... bad luck and a higher walk rate. his luck this year has been really good and he has the lowest walk rate of his minor league career.

as paul depodesta, head of amateur scouting and player development for the mets, just stated, familia will prob not be called up to the majors in september. i completely agree with this decision (although there are still 4 months until a real decision needs to be made). familia had made great strides thus far and if there is any hope he can develop into a reliable starter, he needs to continue to work on his command in the minors.

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