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splitterpfj

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Tyler has pitched pretty well so far, even if the numbers are small.

 

27 IP, 5 BB, 24K, 1.00 WHIP, 2.00 ERA

 

 

31 IP now and down to a 1.74 ERA, whip still at 1.00. Just as effective vs lefties as righties. Hopefully we'll watch him pitch to Monte Harrison and company down the road.

Icbj86c-"I'm not that enamored with Aaron Donald either."
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splitterpfj Biloxi Shuckers

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Thanks for the link, Mass. Josh and I talked about Tyler the other day - this is a big season for him. If T. puts up numbers, he has the opportunity to advance - the Mets didn't bring in any right-handed arms over the offseason, which most teams did.

 

For Tyler, the world is black and white - pitch well, and keep advancing, or don't, and go home. A kid that was a "senior sign" out of college doesn't get multiple chances to prove it, they have to put up numbers. Tyler certainly has the arm - I can't wait to see how he does this season.

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Mets' Badamo allows one hit in first win

Long Island native brushes off long night, dazzles in front of family

By Danny Wild / MiLB.com

 

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Tyler Badamo ranks fourth in the New York-Penn League with a 0.66 WHIP in three starts.

 

Tyler Badamo and the Brooklyn Cyclones pulled into Dutchess County around sunrise on Wednesday morning, but the right-hander wasn't about to let a rough night of sleep ruin a start in front of his closest family and friends.

 

"This is now three starts in a row I've had 15-plus people in the crowd," he said. "It's nice to be home."

 

In spite of the long night of travel, the Mets prospect allowed one hit over seven dominant innings in his third start of the year Wednesday night as Class A Short Season Brooklyn blanked Hudson Valley, 7-0.

 

Badamo, a 24th-round Draft pick last year, faced the minimum and held the Renegades to a leadoff single in the third from Nic Wilson, who was erased on a double play. He retired his final 14 batters and Craig Missigman worked around a hit in the eighth before Carlos Valdez fired a 1-2-3 ninth to finish off the Cyclones' second shutout of the season.

 

"I felt pretty good out of the gate," Badamo said. "I had all four pitches working, I kept everything down in the zone. My changeup was breaking well, I kept them off-balance -- I don't think they knew what was coming any time in the game. I felt good strength-wise. Apparently, four hours of sleep works for me."

 

Badamo said his mother, sister, fiance, daughter, aunt, a cousin and a group of friends made the two-hour trek from Long Island to Dutchess Stadium and none left disappointed. He needed only 63 pitches to cruise through seven innings, throwing 46 strikes and inducing nine ground balls from the 21 Renegades he faced. In fact, he was about 30 pitches under his limit when manager Tom Gamboa made the call to the bullpen.

 

"He came up to me, said I was done and said I did a great job," Badamo said. "He said we have two guys coming in that needed work who hadn't thrown in seven days. I asked about my pitch count, but I shouldn't have asked. I realized I was at 63 pitches."

 

It was an efficient performance that followed a long 24 hours in which Brooklyn played in Auburn on Tuesday night, departed the hotel at 1 a.m. and arrived close to Wappingers Falls, New York, around 5:30 a.m.

 

"We drove through the night," he said. "I surprised myself a little. I thought I would be a little more tired, but I kept the ball down and it worked out pretty well."

 

Brooklyn gave Badamo a lead in the first when Jeff Diehl followed Mike Katz's bases-loaded walk with an RBI single. Dave Thompson added a sacrifice fly in the third and an RBI single in the fifth, Natanael Ramos hit a two-run homer in the sixth and pinch-hitter Pedro Perez capped the night with his first blast in the ninth.

 

Badamo -- drafted out of Dowling College -- a Division II school on Long Island -- signed with the Mets last June and spent the summer in the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League, going 1-0 with a 1.74 ERA and 26 strikeouts over 31 innings in 10 games, including four starts. He was at extended spring training this year until the Mets shipped him north to Coney Island, where he debuted on June 19. The right-hander allowed two runs over six frames in his first start at Staten Island before taking his first professional loss on June 25, when Connecticut reached him for a pair of runs over 6 2/3 frames.

 

Badamo said he's finally getting used to the environment of the New York-Penn League, a big jump from the empty practice fields in Florida.

 

"The prep is a little different. You try to keep the fans and atmosphere out of your head as long as possible, but you let that all soak in when you get on the mound," he said. "We have fun in the locker room, I talk to teammates, I'm not one of those guys who avoids talking. I try to be as unfocused for that part of it as possible, but then I get into my routine and get up on the mound."

 

Badamo throws a fastball, changeup, curveball and slider but said typically he only has three of those offerings to rely on. Wednesday was different.

 

"Tonight I had all four. I was keeping them off-balance and throwing all four pitches in any count, so it worked well," he said. "First-pitch curve or slider, it was a good night for my stuff. I was locating my fastball and kept everyone off-balance, so it made it fun for me."

 

Badamo said the Mets worked with him on refining his pitches at extended spring training for the first few months of the season.

 

"It's a grind," he said. "They worked with me on locating my changeup early in the count and developing more movement with my two-seamer. I became pretty good with it."

 

The other big challenge Badamo has faced was his New York baseball loyalty. He said he was a Yankees fan growing up a short drive from the Bronx but has since clarified his rooting interests.

 

"I was more of a 'Core Four' fan," he said, referencing former Yankees stars Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Mariano Rivera and Jorge Posada. "But I told myself, once Jeter retires, I would fully devote myself to the Mets. He happened to retire the same year I got drafted, so it worked out to be pretty cool. It's a great opportunity [getting drafted by the Mets], I wouldn't change it for the world."

 

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Not just “at Night” anymore.
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Tyler's just lighting it up right now, and his mother is on top of the world. He's pitching for Brooklyn, and the family lives on Long Island. He's getting 30-40 friends and relatives at each of his home starts.

 

If the Brewers and Mets make a deal, I want 'em to throw in the kid.

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Tyler had a rough spring, he was in extended spring training...which means you're not being paid, and you pitch against the same guys each time out, who are also grumbling and tired of it.

 

It was a true test for the young man, but he did the work, and he's actually pitching better because of it.

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If you haven't been following this in the Draft forum, Tyler is a friend of splitterpfj's. And we have been getting a bit of the behind the scenes view during his draft process. And now following him in his MiLB career.

 

So we decided to move it to this forum. Hopefully it will get a few more views and comments here. Tyler isn't a Brewer prospect, but its interesting to get a bit more details from the player's point of view. :)

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