A’s trade Collin Cowgill to the Mets
The Oakland Athletics announced that they have traded outfielder Collin Cowgill to the New York Mets in exchange of Jefry Marte.
In 116 plate appearances for the A's in 2012, Cogwill hit .269/.336/.317 with 1 HR, 9 RBI's and a .295 wOBA. Marte spent the 2012 season playing for the Mets' Double-A team hitting .251/.322/.366 with 9 HR's, 58 RBI's and a .316 wOBA...
Mets Trade Jefry Marte To A’s For Minor League Outfielder Collin Cowgill
The Mets have announced they have acquired OF Collin Cowgill from the A’s in exchange for Minor League infielder Jefry Marte.
Cowgill, 26, was part of the package that went from Arizona to Oakland in last offseason’s Trevor Cahill deal.
After a solid season at Triple-A in 2011, he slumped this season year with Triple-A Sacramento batting .254 with 33 runs, 17 doubles, a...
Jefry Marte: Is He Still Developing?
As of a few years ago, the Mets had a promising crop of young international free agents – primarily Cesar Puello, Aderlin Rodriguez, Wilmer Flores and a young third baseman by the name of Jefry Marte. After five full seasons under his belt, Mr. Marte has shown progress – but is it enough to consider him a valid prospect?
Jefry Marte was signed as an IFA in 2007 out of the Dominican...
Mets Minors: Reviewing MLB.com’s Mets top prospects: Part III
#11 Juan Lagares:
What They Said – ‘Since signing at age 16 out of the Dominican, Lagares had moved slowly up the Mets’ ladder. He played at two levels in 2011 and actually hit for a higher average in Double-A, but he struggled to repeat that success at the same level in 2012. He makes consistent contact and doesn’t strike out much, but he also doesn’t walk and doesnâ...
Marte Goes Deep In B-Mets 8-3 Win Over Rock Cats
Marte’s three run shot sealed the deal for the B-Mets on Wednesday night
Behind a five run second inning the Binghamton Mets were able to take game three of their series against the New Britain Rock Cats by a final tally of eight to three. In that inning the B-Mets raked out four hits capped off by Jefry Marte’s ninth home run of the season, a three run shot over the left field...
Mets 101 Progress Report: Jefry Marte
Let’s take a quick peak at Mets prospect Jefry Marte -
Marte, drafted by the Mets organization shortly after his 16th birthday. The now 21-year-old is currently hitting a .261 average in 105 games and 375 at bats. To go along with his season average, he also has 51 runs, 49 rbi’s, 98 hits, 8 HR’s, and 6 stolen bases. As for fielding he still seems to be improving which is good...
Mets Minors: Jefry Marte rediscovers his power stroke
Jefry Marte was signed as an international free agent in 2007. Scouts saw big potential in his frame for power and hoped he might develop into a powerful corner infielder. Marte has lived in the shadow of Wilmer Flores for a number of seasons. Now, Marte is actually successfully holding the bigger ticket name back in Port St. Lucie by producing well in Binghamton.
After a...
Binghamton Buzz: Marte Keeps Raking, Wheeler Says He’ll Make Next Start
Ramblings from Henry and Fayette Streets
The Week That Was: April 30th – May 7th
The B-Mets went 2-5 over the past week, losing both their series in Akron against the Aeros and at home against the Harrisburg Senators. Three of the five games they lost were only by one run. The Mets fell below .500 and slid in the standings from third to fourth place. The big news on the...
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