23-year old lefty starting pitcher Darin Gorski wasn’t a very highly thought of prospect in the Mets’ system coming into this season but that might be about to change. Gorski has pitched in 24 games (18 starts) in A-ball so far this year and he is 11-1 with a 2.27 ERA and a 1.03 WHIP. He has given up 99 hits in his first 122 2/3 innings so far this year while whiffing 125 batters and walking only 27. It seems like the light has finally went on for Gorski as he looks like a different pitcher now. Gorski has now pitched in 62 games (47 starts) in his first three years in the minors and he is 20-13 with 4 saves, a 3.70 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP.

The Mets have lost 23-year old lefty swinging CF Kirk Nieuwenhuis for the rest of the season as he recently underwent season ending surgery on his left labrum. Nieuwenhuis came into this season as the Mets’ #5 prospect according to Baseball America. Nieuwenhuis played in 53 games in AAA-ball this year and he was 56 for 188 (.298 avg, .908 OPS) with 33 runs scored, 6 homers, 14 RBIs and 5 stolen bases. He has now played in 382 games in his first four years in the minors and he is 421 for 1,501 (.280 avg, .819 OPS) with 257 runs scored, 44 homers, 193 RBIs and 46 stolen bases. This is a bad break for Nieuwenhuis who was likely going to get his first taste of the majors later this year.

23-year old lefty swinging 2B Jordanny Valdespin came into this season as the Mets’ #25 prospect according to Baseball America, but he has got to be moving up that list with the way he is playing so far this year. Valdespin has played in 78 games in AA-ball so far this year and he is 88 for 290 (.303 avg, .817 OPS) with 42 runs scored, 10 homers, 36 RBIs and 27 stolen bases. He has now played in 315 games in his first five years in the minors and he is 340 for 1,203 (.283 avg, .754 OPS) with 176 runs scored, 24 homers, 142 RBIs and 74 stolen bases. Valdespin might get promoted to AAA soon if he keeps hitting like he is right now.

32-year old righty swinging OF/1B Val Pascucci is still trying to make it in the big leagues. He has played in 66 games in AAA-ball for the Mets this year and he is 53 for 211 (.251 avg, .862 OPS) with 26 runs scored, 10 homers and 49 RBIs. Pascucci has now played in 1,276 games in 11 years in the minors and he is 1,183 of 4,332 (.273 avg, .886 OPS) with 769 runs scored, 223 homers, 809 RBIs and 74 stolen bases. His lone experience in the majors came way back in 2004 with the Montreal Expos. Pascucci played in 32 games with the Expos in 2004 and he was 11 for 62 (.177 avg, .588 OPS) with 6 runs scored, 2 homers, 6 RBIs and 1 stolen base. Maybe this will be the year that Pascucci gets back to the majors.

20-year old righty swinging outfielder Cesar Puello came into this season as the Mets’ #3 prospect according to Baseball America. But, he’s having problems with the bat in A-ball so far this year. Puello has played in 52 games in A-ball so far this year and he is 50 of 215 (.233 avg, .621 OPS) with 32 runs scored, 3 homers, 12 RBIs and 11 stolen bases. He has now played in 250 games in his first four years in the minors and he is 272 of 966 (.282 avg, .719 OPS) with 173 runs scored, 10 homers, 86 RBIs and 94 stolen bases. Puello needs to start hitting better as his speed is getting wasted this year.