Cutnpaste: - Adrian Rosario, Josh Stinson, Joan Decena, Miquel Batista, Davey on Mets

9-3-11: - nypost  - (Adrian) Rosario has the significantly higher upside of the two pitchers. The 21-year-old from the Dominican Republic entered the season as Baltimore's 30th overall prospect, according to Baseball America, after the Orioles selected him in last winter's Rule V draft, earning that ranking thanks to a low-90s fastball and good changeup. But after struggling this spring with Baltimore, Rosario was sent back to the Brewers, and assigned to High-A Broward County in the Florida State League. There, Rosario struggled with his control, walking 33 in 66 1/3 innings and earning himself a demotion to Low-A Wisconsin in the Midwest League

For those of us used to experiencing Mets' bullpen experiences the same way we embrace a root canal, watching (Josh) Stinson pitch gave me the sensation of lying on a fluffy cloud with chocolate bars floating by for the taking. Stinson is a serious revelation ... not the revelation that he's going to set the world on fire and become the greatest closer since sliced bread, but the revelation of what you already knew: Enough of bullpen by patchwork, bullpen by overpriced free agent (and you can't spell overpriced without "Carrasco"), bullpen by finger crossing and prayers. It's time for the Mets to develop bullpen arms that'll make people swing and miss without breaking a sweat. Think about it this way: Even when Ryota Igarashi, who actually pitched well on Friday, was going good for about a month in 2010, he looked like every ounce of energy he had was going into every pitch. And that's fine, but isn't it nice to see a guy from your own farm system come up and throw hard while looking like he just rolled out of bed? Isn't it nice to see a guy approach mid-90's without having to set his hair on fire to do it? - http://www.metstradamusblog.com/2011-articles/september/where-have-you-been-all-my-life.html

8-23-11: - DSL 2011 End of Season Wrap-Up - http://www.nyfuturestars.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=35808&sid=e8719b8eddffd9bc033d0ab708d8aff5  - Joan Decena, 19, OF - In his 3rd year with the Mets Org, Decena hit .264 with 3 homers and 30 RBIs. While playing mainly RF for the Mets 1 squad, he had 8 OF assists.

Not to be outdone by the Yankees recent Derek Jeter 3,000 hit marketing extravaganza, the Mets have unveiled a line of merchandise commemorating last night's outstanding noble achievement of Miguel Batista. Early this morning, the Mets marketing department released this statement: By throwing 6 quality innings of six-hit ball, Miguel Batista pitched his way into history and joined the exclusive 100 win club. We salute Mr. Batista and honor him with this line of exclusive merchandise that we can produce cheaply and mark up considerably. Hopefully we will make some money on these so that in the future we will be able to afford better pitchers than Miguel Batista - http://www.readtheapple.com/2011/09/mets-release-line-of-merchandise-to.html  

(Davey) Johnson, who was named Nationals manager in June after Jim Riggelman quit during a contract dispute, didn't want to venture a guess as to whether or not the Mets are ready. He named David Wright, Justin Turner, Lucas Duda and Ike Davis as players the Mets should be excited about, and said re-signing Jose Reyes should be a priority this winter - http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/mets/davey_in_doubt_TiLCxRZ6bq8TkF7aE8R1aK#ixzz1WtS98c00