Caribbean Kings: The DSL Mets in 2017

[Edgy MD]

The DSL Mets 1 are tearing their league counterparts to bits, currently sitting but a half game out of first in the South Division of the Dominican Summer League at 25-11. That's a .694 record! You know who plays .694 ball? NBA teams play .694 ball, that's who. It doesn't tend to happen in baseball.

Now, that could be illusory. They could be stacking the roster with older players. And it seems that, on average, they skew older than their division. But you know what? Almost every other team in the division is one of two teams their organization has in the league. The Twins, Rockies, Angels, Yankees, Cardinals, and Nationals have their only DSL entrant in that division, presumably concentrating all their talent in one place. Only the Phillies join the Mets in putting a split squad in that division. And the DSL Phillies Red team is barely keeping their heads above water at 14-21 / .400.

So, the DSL Mets 1 are good. Real good. But maybe they're treating that squad as the varsity, stacking all the talent on their roster and leaving the DSL Mets 2 to take a beating. But you know what? No, my friends, no! The DSL Mets 2 are even better! They're currently sporting a 25-10 record and a .714 winning percentage and sitting four games atop the league's San Pedro division.

DSL Mets rool! Let's meet some of the stars.

Battering Dudes

Player	B/T	Age	Pos	Team	PA	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Jhoander Saez	S/R	19	cf	DSL Mets 2	154	0	17	.368	.441	.451	.892
José Peroza	R/R	17	3B	DSL Mets 1	124	1	18	.333	.379	.491	.870
Sebastian Espino	R/R	17	SS	DSL Mets 1	132	0	20	.308	.379	.487	.866
Shervyen Newton	S/R	18	ss	DSL Mets 2	159	0	21	.315	.433	.417	.850
Yoel Romero	R/R	19	3b	DSL Mets 2	133	0	7	.345	.447	.391	.838
Wilfred Astudillo	S/R	17	C	DSL Mets 1	105	0	14	.311	.390	.400	.790

At an age when kidz run wild, Willie Astudillo has also caught 39% of would-be basestealers. Jhander Saez, on the other hand, has successfully stolen 11 of 12 bases.

Startering Dudes

Name	Age	Team	W	L	ERA	IP	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Ivan Santana (L)	23	DSL Mets 2	3	2	1.13	32.0	0	19	37	1.000
Jorge Cespedes	21	DSL Mets 1	4	1	1.30	34.2	0	8	29	1.125
Nelson Leon	22	DSL Mets 1	5	1	1.54	35.0	0	9	28	1.057
Nelmerson Angela (L)	19	DSL Mets 2	0	0	2.13	12.2	0	3	8	1.184
Malky Mena	20	DSL Mets 1	2	1	2.48	32.2	0	4	32	0.857
Jose Moreno	20	DSL Mets 1	1	1	2.49	21.2	0	9	26	1.200
Willy Taveras	19	DSL Mets 2	3	2	2.87	37.2	3	5	35	1.062
Miguel Ramirez	20	DSL Mets 1	2	2	3.13	31.2	1	1	34	1.011

It's right there in black and white, but I'd like to take a moment and note that Miguel Ramirez has struck out 34 batters and walked ONE! And yeah, Ivan Santana has no business pitching against teenagers at 23, but what can I do about it? All I can do is tell you that he is pitching superlatively.

Relievering Dudes

Name	Age	Team	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Juan Martinez	21	DSL Mets 1	0	1	3	0.00	5.0	0	5	6	1.800
Gregori Advincola	19	DSL Mets 1	1	0	1	0.00	6.2	0	2	4	0.900
Jefferson Escorcha (L)	17	DSL Mets 2	2	0	2	0.00	12.0	0	2	16	0.583
Hector Rodriguez (L)	19	DSL Mets 1	1	0	2	0.39	23.0	0	13	30	0.957
Ramon Guzman	20	DSL Mets 1	1	0	2	0.39	23.0	0	5	19	0.913
Williams Valencia	16	DSL Mets 2	1	0	0	0.84	10.2	0	13	7	1.500
Luis Pena (L)	20	DSL Mets 2	0	0	0	1.04	8.2	0	7	6	1.385
Miguel Pinedo	19	DSL Mets 2	1	0	4	1.13	8.0	0	4	10	0.875
Jose Butto	19	DSL Mets 2	1	0	1	1.27	21.1	0	5	15	1.313
Jose Guerrero	21	DSL Mets 2	3	0	0	1.47	18.1	2	7	14	0.927
Jasson Pena	19	DSL Mets 1	2	1	2	1.83	19.2	1	6	22	0.763

These are just the guys with less than a 2.00 ERA. Basically, when you get to the pen against a Mets affiliate, scoring time is over.

This is an all-time performance by these kiddy Mets! Somebody get down there with a camera!

YOUR 2017 DSL Mets 1

Position Group	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher
	[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/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Jorge Céspedes #26	Jurgen Jimenez #54	Ramon LaGuerre #34	Nelson Leon #21	Malky Mena #56
DoB	6/26/96	1/14/96	4/28/96	3/1/95	10/3/96
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R
Primary Position	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher
Other Positions	rp	rp		rp
Status Notes
Position Group	Starting Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief 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/silhouette/180x270.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/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Miguel Ramirez #55	Gregori Advincola #19	Darling Baez #45	Jhoander Chourio #18	Christofer Dominguez #36
DoB	3/10/97	2/18/98	6/26/97	4/5/98	1/3/00
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	L/L
Primary Position	Starting Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher
Other Positions	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/silhouette/180x270.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/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Jender De Jesus #44	Jhonfran Escalona #29	Yom Felipe #18	Ramón Guzman #51	Juan Martinez #43
DoB	1/3/98	4/8/99	9/18/96	10/16/96	2/14/96
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
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/silhouette/180x270.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/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Michael Martinez #46	Kerwin Nieves #40	Jasson Peña #48	Hector Rodriguez #35	Felix Sosa #??
DoB	6/30/97	10/22/95	6/9/98	12/27/97	3/13/98
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R
Primary Position	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher
Other Positions
Status Notes
Position Group	=#008000] Catcher	=#008000] Catcher	=#008000] Catcher	=#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/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Wilfred Astudillo #13	Alexis Marquéz #5	José Mena #4	Anderson Bohorquez #9	Sebastien Espino #10
DoB	3/14/00	6/1/99	12/22/96	10/3/97	5/29/00
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R
Primary Position	=#008000]Catcher	=#008000]Catcher	=#008000]Catcher	=#8000FF]First Base	=#8000FF]Shortstop
Other Positions		1b	cf	2b, rf, lf, cf
Status Notes
Position Group	=#8000FF] Infielder	=#8000FF] Infielder	=#8000FF] Infielder	=#0000FF] Outfielder	=#0000FF] Outfielder
	[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/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]
Name	José Peroza #20	Wilmer Reyes #7	Rafael Valdez #12	Yordin Arajuo #23	Gilberto Espinoza #17
DoB	6/15/00	12/22/97	4/19/97	3/30/96	11/8/98
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R
Primary Position	=#8000FF]Third Base	=#8000FF]Shortstop	=#8000FF]Secoond Base	=#0000FF]Center Field	=#0000FF]Right Field
Other Positions		2b, 3b	3b, 1b, lf, rp, c, rf	lf, rf	lf
Status Notes
Position Group	=#0000FF] Outfielder	=#0000FF] Outfielder		=#0000FF] Outfielder	=#0000FF] Outfielder
	[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/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Moisés Gonzalez #38	Ezequiel Peña #27		Julio René #25	Jean Carlos Soto #25 (also?)
DoB	6/10/00	5/25/99		11/6/97	4/3/00
B/T	R/R	R/R		R/R	R/R
Primary Position	=#0000FF]Center Field	=#0000FF]Center Field		=#0000FF]Right Field	=#0000FF]Left Field
Other Positions	lf	lf		lf
Status Notes

YOUR 2017 DSL Mets 2

Position Group	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher
	[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/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Nelmerson Xavier Last #28	Andres German #38	Victor Isturiz #44	Miguel Pinedo #39	Ivan Santana #40
DoB	2/20/98	5/16/97	3/8/97	4/17/98	9/14/93
B/T	L/L	R/R	R/R	R/R	L/L
Primary Position	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher
Other Positions	rp		rp		rp
Status Notes
Position Group	Starting Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief 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/silhouette/180x270.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/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Willy Taveras #17	José Butto #36	Marcos Correa #43	Jefferson Escorcha #??	José Guerrero #27
DoB	1/20/98	3/19/98	1/31/00	10/4/99	5/10/96
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/R	L/L	R/R
Primary Position	Starting Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher
Other Positions	rp
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/silhouette/180x270.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/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Daniel Guzmån #48	Christopher Madera #54	Miguel Mata #19	Luis Peña #45	Oscar Rojas #??
DoB	2/16/98	10/1/96	5/5/97	2/8/97	5/5/99
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/R	L/L	R/R
Primary Position	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher
Other Positions	sp		sp
Status Notes
Position Group	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#008000] Catcher
	[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/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Joel Romero #32	Boris Sanchez #24	Williams Valencia #22	Luis Vasquez #56	Jorge Martinez #8
DoB	2/13/97	6/20/97	7/21/00	8/25/97	7/23/96
B/T	R/R	L/R	R/R	R/R	R/R
Primary Position	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher	=#008000]Catcher
Other Positions	sp	sp
Status Notes
Position Group	=#008000] Catcher	=#008000] Catcher	=#008000] Catcher	=#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/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Alejandro Medina #7	Andres Regnault #25	Kevin Torres #10	David Lozano #4	Shervyen Newton #20
DoB	4/7/00	12/21/98	5/4/99	5/11/98	4/24/99
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	S/R
Primary Position	=#008000]Catcher	=#008000]Catcher	=#008000]Catcher	=#8000FF]Second Base	=#8000FF]Shortstop
Other Positions		1b		3b, 1b, c	3b, 1b
Status Notes
Position Group	=#8000FF] Infielder	=#8000FF] Infielder	=#8000FF] Infielder	=#8000FF] Infielder	Starting Pitcher
	[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/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Christopher Pujols #13	Yoel Romero #18	Luis Santana #2	Wilmy Valdez #5	Pedro Ventura #??
DoB	8/19/97	4/10/98	7/20/99	7/3/97	3/14/97
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R
Primary Position	=#8000FF]Shortstop	=#8000FF]Third Base	=#8000FF]Second Base	=#8000FF]First Base	=#0000FF]Shortstop
Other Positions	3b	2b, ss, 1b, rf			3b, 2b
Status Notes
Position Group	=#0000FF] Outfielder	=#0000FF] Outfielder	=#0000FF] Outfielder	=#0000FF] Outfielder	=#0000FF] Outfielder
	[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/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]	[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]
Name	Juan de la Rosa #21	Tulio Garcia #26	Pedro Nolasco #30	Jeison Rodriguez #51	Jhoander Seas #53
DoB	6/22/98	7/3/98	5/16/97	1/27/98	3/24/98
B/T	R/R	L/R	L/R	R/R	S/R
Primary Position	=#0000FF]Left Field	=#0000FF]Left Field	=#0000FF]Right Field	=#0000FF]Right Field	=#0000FF]Center Field
Other Positions	rf, cf	rf, 1b	lf, rp	lf, cf	rf, ss
Status Notes
Position Group			=#0000FF] Outfielder
			[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg]
Name			Eulises Sanchez #15
DoB			3/7/97
B/T			R/R
Primary Position			=#0000FF]Center Field
Other Positions			lf, rf
Status Notes

[Edgy MD]

Miguel Ramirez finally walked his second batter today.

He also combined with Ramón Guzmán on a one hitter. Miggy took the first six innings and Rammy the last three. Guzmán was untouchable, giving up no walks, no hits, and striking out six, lowering his ERA to 0.35.

[Guest Herb Gardner]

They all look alike

[Frayed Knot]

Herb Gardner wrote: They all look alike

Racist!!

[Guest Herb Gardner]

Lol

[Edgy MD]

The DSL Mets 1 are being broken up. Having completed an outstanding season that most other teams would envy (44-20, .620), the season has come to end as they finish four games out of the money in the Dominican Summer League South Division. Some of the players are being sent stateside to finish the season in the Gulf Coast or Appalachian Leagues, while others are being shipped to the other side of the bunkhouse to help the even better DSL Mets 2 (50-21, .704) in the playoffs as the champs of the Dominican Summer League San Pedro Division, which start tomorrow.

Even by DSL standards, the Mets 1 were no great shakes offensively, managing just 14 homers in 70 games in the power-sapped league. That's hardly the bottom of the barrel though—the A's have just one DSL team and they produced only five homers in 72 games). This isn't as bad as it looks, though. The Mets 1 were 11th of (a whopping) 40 teams in OPS, led by 17-year-old third baseman José Peroza (.786) and fellow millennium baby, outfielder Moisés Gonzalez (.772). Venezuelan Catcher Wilfred Astudillo has gone .291 / .351 / .368 // .719 and has caught 39.5% of base-stealers.

The real hotsy-totsy stuff has gone on the pitching side. Yeah, keep in mind that it's a pitcher's league, but there's still some cats to get you swinging:

Nelson Leon (22): 8-3 / 2.06 in 70.0 IP with 11 walks and 52 strikeouts and a 1.01 WHIP
Miguel Ramirez (20): 6-2 / 1.76 in 66.2 IP with 3 (!) walks and 53 strikeouts and a 0.90 WHIP
Jorge Cespedes (21): 6-2 / 2.03 in 62.0 IP with 14 walks and 49 strikeouts and a 1.19 WHIP
Malky Mena (20): 3-3 / 2.13 in 55.0 IP with 7 walks and 50 strikeouts and a 0.95 WHIP

Sure, kids, right? But choose your poison. Closing duties were split by:

Ramon Guzmán (20): 1-1 / 1.25 with 4 saves in 43.1 IP with 11 walks and 34 strikeouts and a 1.02 WHIP
Hector Rodriguez (19): 3-0 / 1.86 with 4 saves in 38.2 IP with 21 walks and 55 strikeouts and a 1.09 WHIP

If you like to see control, you've got it up and down that group with the exception of Rodriguez, and he's got a Leathersich strikeout rate.

That's a sweet foreshadowing of what Mets of the future might look like if you live long enough. And remember, that's the weaker of the two DSL teams, with the DSL 2 team the subject of tomorrow's update.

[Edgy MD]

The DSL Mets 2 rode six shutout innings from Willy Taveras and consistent table setting at the top of the order from center fielder Jhoander Saez and shortstop Shervyen Newton to a 6-1 victory over the DSL Dodgers 1.

Unfortunately, the Dojers evened the series today with a tense 1-0 victory, wasting 4 2/3 innings of shutout ball of the pen provided by Boris Sanchez. Left fielder Yoel Romero garnered two of the four Met hits, while DH Jorge Martinez walked three times.