The Clone Wars, 2017

[Edgy MD]

So apparently the New York-Penn League season began last night. I mean, it was supposed to begin, but the Brooklyn/Staten Island opener was rained out.

That might be a good thing, as the Mets haven't signed any of their draft choices yet. Is that typical? Starting the short season leagues before having any of the new glory boys under contract to show off?

Anyhow, up until yesterday, the Cyclones had a roster of, like five guys for new manager Edgardo Alfonzo to deploy. But a late flurry of transactions brought a bunch of guys up off of the Kingsport and GCL rosters, and demoted a handful of guys from St. Lucie and Columbia, and voila! We have something like a minor league team. But it's only 24 guys (and I'm not sure Woodmansee is actually with them at the current moment—available information is ambiguous) out of the limit of 35, so look for a lot of fluidity in the first two weeks.

Apart from high end draftees, we're hoping on possibly seeing a glimpse of top 2016 pick Anthony Kay before the season is out, but I'm not betting on it, considering his TJ surgery was October 3. Also, two José Medinas!!

Hey, check it out! They're dressing Edgardo in #13! Unfortunately, they don't afford the same courtesy to Royce Ring, who word #20 and #29 in his Mets days. BOOOO!!!!

Transactions, 6/19

Transaction	Promoted From GCL	Promoted From Kingsport	Promoted From Kingsport	Promoted To Brooklyn	Promoted From Kingsport
Position Group	=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher	=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher
	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/642173/t506/180x270/642173.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/647238/t506/180x270/647238.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/670082/t506/180x270/670082.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Nicolas Debora #48	Chris Viall #16	Keaton Aldridge #27	Kurtis Horne #31	Trent Johnson #47
DoB	12/6/93	9/28/95	7/20/92	8/6/96	8/12/96
B/T	R/R	R/R	L/R	L/L	R/R
Transaction	Sent From St. Lucie On Rehab Assignment	Promoted From Kingsport	Promoted From Kingsport	Promoted From Kingsport	Promoted From Kingsport
Position Group	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#008000] Catcher	=#8000FF] Infielder
	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/641852/t507/180x270/641852.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/642375/t506/180x270/642375.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/596054/t506/180x270/596054.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/656113/t506/180x270/656113.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Thomas McIlraith #39	José Carlos Medina #25	Joe Napolitano #44	Scott Manea #9	Cecilio Aybar #4
DoB	2/17/94	8/25/96	2/10/92	12/21/95	11/23/93
B/T	R/R	L/L	R/R	R/R	R/R
Transaction	Demoted From Columbia	Promoted To St. Lucie	Promoted From Kingsport	Promoted From Kingsport	Promoted From GCL
Position Group	=#8000FF] Infielder	=#8000FF] Infielder	=#8000FF] Infielder	=#8000FF] Infielder	=#8000FF] Infielder
	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/657425/generic/180x270/657425.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/622557/t506/180x270/622557.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/644418/t506/180x270/644418.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Reed Gamache #11	Eudor Garcia #49	José Maria #24	Walter Rasquin #22	Carlos Sanchez #21
DoB	1/3/94	5/17/94	11/30/94	3/21/96	6/6/96
B/T	R/R	L/R	R/R	R/R	R/R
Transaction	Sent From Columbia On Rehab Assignment	Demoted From Columbia	Promoted From Kingsport	Promoted From Kingsport
Position Group	=#0000FF] Outfielder	=#0000FF] Outfielder	=#8000FF] Infielder	=#0000FF] Outfielder
	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/669113/generic/180x270/669113.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/656017/generic/180x270/656017.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/670363/t506/180x270/670363.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/670433/t506/180x270/670433.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Jacob Zanon #23	José Miguel Medina #20	Jeremy Wolf #18	Ian Strom #15
DoB	6/25/95	10/21/96	11/2/93	12/12/94
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/L

YOUR Brooklyn Cyclones

Position Group	=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher	=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher
	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/642173/t506/180x270/642173.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/647238/t506/180x270/647238.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Nicolas Debora #48	Chris Viall #16	Keaton Aldridge #27	Gregorix Estevez #35	Kurtis Horne #36
DoB	12/6/93	9/28/95	7/20/92	4/12/94	8/6/96
B/T	R/R	R/R	L/R	R/R	L/L
Primary Position	=#8000FF]Starting Pitcher	=#8000FF]Starting Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher
Other Positions	rp	rp		sp	sp
Status Notes
Position Group	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher
	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/670082/t506/180x270/670082.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/641852/t507/180x270/641852.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/642375/t506/180x270/642375.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/596054/t506/180x270/596054.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/642566/generic/180x270/642566.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Trent Johnson #47	Thomas McIlraith #23	José Carlos Medina #25	Joe Napolitano #44	Darwin Ramos #34
DoB	8/12/96	2/17/94	8/25/96	2/10/92	11/23/95
B/T	R/R	R/R	L/L	R/R	R/R
Primary Position	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher
Other Positions		sp	sp		sp
Status Notes		On Rehab Assignment
Position Group	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#008000] Catcher	=#8000FF] Infielder	=#8000FF] Infielder	=#8000FF] Infielder
	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/656113/t506/180x270/656113.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/621554/generic/180x270/621554.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/661533/t507/180x270/661533.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Jake Simon #27	Scott Manea #9	Cecilio Aybar #4	Leon Byrd #35	Franklin Correa #1
DoB	1/21/97	12/21/95	11/23/93	2/27/94	1/1/96
B/T	L/L	R/R	R/R	S/R	R/R
Primary Position	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#008000]Catcher	=#008000]Shorstop	=#8000FF]Second Base	=#008000]Second Base
Other Positions	sp		2b, 3b	ss, cf, lf, rf, 3b	3b, ss, rp
Status Notes
Position Group	=#8000FF] Infielder	=#8000FF] Infielder	=#8000FF] Infielder	=#8000FF] Infielder	=#8000FF] Infielder
	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/622557/t506/180x270/622557.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/644418/t506/180x270/644418.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/670363/t506/180x270/670363.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Reed Gamache #11	José Maria #24	Walter Rasquin #23	Carlos Sanchez #21	Jeremy Wolf #3
DoB	1/3/94	11/30/94	3/21/96	6/6/96	11/2/93
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R
Primary Position	=#8000FF]Third Base	=#008000]First Base	=#008000]Second Base	=#8000FF]First Base	=#8000FF]Shortstop
Other Positions	2b, 1b	c, lf	3b, 1b, lf, c, rp	c, 3b, 2b
Status Notes
Position Group	=#8000FF] Infielder	=#0000FF] Outfielder	=#0000FF] Outfielder	=#0000FF] Outfielder
	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/656017/generic/180x270/656017.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/670433/t506/180x270/670433.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/669113/generic/180x270/669113.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Colby Woodmansee #??	José Miguel Medina #20	Ian Strom #15	Jacob Zanon #23
DoB	1/1/00	10/21/96	12/12/94	6/25/95
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/L	R/R
Primary Position	=#0000FF]Center Field	=#0000FF]Right Field	=#0000FF]Left Field	=#0000FF]Right Field
Other Positions	rf, lf	cf, lf	cf, rf
Status Notes	=#FF4000]On Rehab Assignment

YOUR Brooklyn Cyclones Coaching Staff

Position Group	=#BF0000] Manager	=#BF0000]Pitching Coach	=#BF0000]Hitting Coach	=#BF0000]Head Trainer
	[fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/alfonzo.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/ring.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/ratliff.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/donza.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Edgardo Alfonzo #13	Royce Ring #40	Sean Ratliff #29	Giovanni D'Onza
DoB	11/8/73	12/21/80	2/24/87	??/??/??
B/T	R/R	L/L	L/L	?/?

[Guest d'Kong76]

Woodmansee and I share a birthday, 8/27... only he was born in 1994.

(also, he was the starting SS last year not the CF)

Edited June 20, 2017 by Guest

[Guest d'Kong76]

[Edgy MD]

d'Kong76 wrote: Woodmansee and I share a birthday, 8/27... only he was born in 1994. (also, he was the starting SS last year not the CF)

Yeah, that got messed up. An infielder with center as his primary position? No.

[Vic Sage]

The Clones was the name of my science fiction club's softball team at John Dewey high school, back in Coney.
Our jerseys all had the same number (3.14)

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

On my way to the Cyclones game now.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Vic Sage wrote: Our jerseys all had the same number (3.14)

Why was that? Did Jackie Robinson once wear 3.14 or something?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Cyclones look just awful this year. We left after 7, they were down 6-1 or 7-1, and their second baseman, who wears #1, was pitching since the 3 relievers they trotted out (especially Horne and Aldridge) couldn't get anyone out and turned a 1-1 game into a mess. The second baseman/pitcher, Franlkin Correa, hit consecutive batters as Hudson Valley had a big ole inning.

Cyclones made 5 errors, 2 by newly drafted 3rd baseman Carl Stajduhar. It didn't help their first baseman was a short reserve catcher, Jose Maria. Their centerfielder, Ian Strom, had a chance to throw out a guy at home from shallow CF and spiked it way offline. One of the Cyclones foolishly got caught off second base on a dumb fielder's choice.

If you were Edgardo Alfonzo, you've have chewed them out afterward.

Only encouraging thing for the Clones was catcher Carlos Sanchez, a trim, tall Venezuealan who threw out 2 basestealers, hit a double, and scored a run. Starting pitcher was Juan Carlos Medina, a lefthanded Mexican, who was pretty good but betrayed by the D.

Beyond that the whole franchise appears to be cruising on their rep for hospitality. They were out of pilsner draft and the IPA was skunky. They were out of chocolate soft-serve. They didn't have cheese to make nachos. The taco stand ran out of chicken. (I didn't try and buy all those things but I was with a million kids from Lunchpail's school. Invite 100s of kids and not have ice cream?) The scorecard magazine was shot through with careless typos.

Now maybe arriving signed guys makes the on-field product a little better but what a shit effort tonight. Get it together, Cyclones.

[Edgy MD]

Cut, print, send.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Cyclones look just awful this year. We left after 7, they were down 6-1 or 7-1, and their second baseman, who wears #1, was pitching since the 3 relievers they trotted out (especially Horne and Aldridge) couldn't get anyone out and turned a 1-1 game into a mess. The second baseman/pitcher, Franlkin Correa, hit consecutive batters as Hudson Valley had a big ole inning. Cyclones made 5 errors, 2 by newly drafted 3rd baseman Carl Stajduhar. It didn't help their first baseman was a short reserve catcher, Jose Maria. Their centerfielder, Ian Strom, had a chance to throw out a guy at home from shallow CF and spiked it way offline. One of the Cyclones foolishly got caught off second base on a dumb fielder's choice. If you were Edgardo Alfonzo, you've have chewed them out afterward. Only encouraging thing for the Clones was catcher Carlos Sanchez, a trim, tall Venezuealan who threw out 2 basestealers, hit a double, and scored a run. Starting pitcher was Juan Carlos Medina, a lefthanded Mexican, who was pretty good but betrayed by the D. Beyond that the whole franchise appears to be cruising on their rep for hospitality. They were out of pilsner draft and the IPA was skunky. They were out of chocolate soft-serve. They didn't have cheese to make nachos. The taco stand ran out of chicken. (I didn't try and buy all those things but I was with a million kids from Lunchpail's school. Invite 100s of kids and not have ice cream?) The scorecard magazine was shot through with careless typos. Now maybe arriving signed guys makes the on-field product a little better but what a shit effort tonight. Get it together, Cyclones.

Oh, that chafes. It's WAY too early in the summer for the interns to mail it in like that.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Vic Sage wrote: Our jerseys all had the same number (3.14) Why was that? Did Jackie Robinson once wear 3.14 or something?

,

Edited June 27, 2017 by Guest

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Yeah. Going by the book last night's pitcher was named Juan Carols Medina and the centerfielder was Ian Storm (I think he was an American Gladiator)

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

You don't have to be a guy who sounds like a weatherman to know which way the 'Clones blow.

[Edgy MD]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Yeah. Going by the book last night's pitcher was named Juan Carols Medina and the centerfielder was Ian Storm (I think he was an American Gladiator)

This reeks of spellcheck miscorrections.

[Edgy MD]

A loss today to Staten Island drops the Cylcotrons to a pastry 4-13, while the Junior Yankees sore to 14-2.

Lean times in the Mets minors these days. Kicking ass in the DSL, though.

[Edgy MD]

Brooklyn is, like, Casey Stengel-era Mets bad. They went up 4-0 in the top half of the first yesterday and still lost 13-10. The loss dropped them to 15-42. That's a .263 winning percentage.

Tim Teufel managed a Sand Gnat team that bad back in 2007 or so, but it's been a while since a group of Mets prospects were forced to take their medicine so completely.

[Edgy MD]

An 8-0 loss dropped the 'Clones to .250 tonight. 15-45. Equalling the 1962 Mets winning percentage.

[Zvon]

I sure hope Fonzi's head doesn't roll due to this. I want him in this organization as long as he lives.

[Edgy MD]

Get out and see the Cyclones tonight at 6:00 for their season finale. It's been a miserable year for a Brooklyn team that has been mostly good throughout its existence, but a kid named Noah Syndergaard is expected to take the hill for the Clones, and that's something.

[Edgy MD]

A less-than-encouraging appearance in Brooklyn for the big guy, going 2.0 innings, giving up three earned runs on three hits and two walks, striking out three, as the Cyclones end their disastrous season with an 8-4 loss, finishing at 24-52 (.316).