Master Index of Archived Threads


Merandy Gonazalez

Edgy MD Jul 09 2015 01:32 PM

Merandy Gonazlez pitches with the Gulf Coast Mets. He's 19 years old, has 30 career games under his belt, and I can't even find a picture of him online. But he just pitched a seven-inning no-hitter. Walked one and struck out six. The G-Mets made two errors behind him, which implies he pitched well enough to stretch his effectiveness at least 2/3 of an inning further. In fact, the last time he faced the GCL Marlins (the Guppies?) back on June 22, he threw five hitless innings. So I think it's safe to say that somebody has somebody else's number. That's 12 innings of no-hit, one walk, 13 strikeout ball between the two starts. Merandy. Make a note.

d'Kong76 Jul 09 2015 02:00 PM Re: Merandy Gonazalez

And he's not adopted! The race to the AaPF is on!

Edgy MD Jul 09 2015 03:53 PM Re: Merandy Gonazalez

Heck, I'll just bounce this baby to the AaPF, and he's all mine.

d'Kong76 Jul 09 2015 04:09 PM Re: Merandy Gonazalez

I applied and was immediately rejected... something about an outstanding warrant in Boston from the early 80's...

Edgy MD Apr 25 2017 12:01 PM Re: Merandy Gonazalez

Hi, I'm Merandy Gonzalez. How many games have I appeared in this season for the Columbia Fireflies? Three. How many wins do I have? Three. How many innings have I pitched? 20 and 2/3. How many runzzz have I allowed? Zero. What's a run? How many dudes have I struck out? Eighteen. Alice Cooper sings about the number of dudes I've struck out. That's how many. And how many have I walked? One. Combine that with 10 hits allowed, and no hit batsmen, and I'm walking around the Sally League with a 0.532 WHIP. What's a Tebow? Are you serious? There's some guy named "Tebow" on my team? Never heard of him.

Edgy MD Apr 25 2017 01:03 PM Re: Merandy Gonazalez

No pitcher has been more dominant than Class A Columbia's Merandy Gonzalez to begin the season. That trend continued on Friday night, as the Mets' No. 14 prospect extended his scoreless innings streak to 20 2/3 by tossing seven frames in a win against Lexington. http://m.mlb.com/news/article/225794220 ... ss-streak/

Edgy MD Apr 27 2017 07:58 AM Re: Merandy Gonazalez

Merandy kills it again, pitching 7 2/3 scoreless in a 5-0 win over the Asheville Tourists. He's now 4-0 and he is THE MAN WITHOUT AN ERA! Sixth shoutout of the year for the Fireflies.

A Boy Named Seo Apr 28 2017 09:50 AM Re: Merandy Gonazalez

Damn, son. Get it.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 28 2017 09:53 AM Re: Merandy Gonazalez

You know what we haven't seen in this forum for a long time? The phrase "Bring him up now. He can't be any worse that what we already have." I don't think that's true, of course, but it used to be a common refrain.

Edgy MD Apr 28 2017 10:09 AM Re: Merandy Gonazalez

One of two 4-0 pitchers for the Fireflies. Someone adopt Jordan Humphreys NOW!!!!

Edgy MD Jun 07 2017 09:39 PM Re: Merandy Gonazalez

Threw six innings of shutout ball tonight, giving up but three hits and a single walk, while striking out five. He advances his record to a record 8-1, with a 1.56 ERA. You may look shocked.

Edgy MD Jun 23 2017 07:47 PM Re: Merandy Gonazalez

Merandy, along with his unadopted brother Jordan Humphreys, gets promoted from Columbia to St. Lucie. I don't expect he'll ever be back. His first half numbers: 8-1, 1.55 ERA in 69 2/3 innings with 13 walks and 65 strikeouts. That's some baseball.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 24 2017 06:48 AM Re: Merandy Gonazalez

I guess, if things go well, we'll see him in 2020. Maybe even 2019.

Edgy MD Jul 22 2017 09:57 AM Re: Merandy Gonazalez

Merandy is totally this year's P.J. Conlon. After seven scoreless his last time out, he's doing the unthinkable, actually improving on his 8-1/1.55 performanc in his first half with Columbia, going 4-1/1.52 so far with St. Lucie. Only four homers in 99 innings. Yeah, it's A-Ball, but that combines with low walk rates and opponent batting averages too, and it tracks across his career. His 1.54 combined ERA is second in all full-season affiliated baseball, behind only Phillies prospect Ranger Suarez, currently rocking an NCAA Softball-esque 1.42 ERA also between the South Atlantic League and the Florida State League.

Edgy MD Aug 25 2017 09:16 PM Re: Merandy Gonazalez

Merandy putting up a 0.98 ERA over his first 18.1 innings in the Miami system. His 11 strikeouts and five walks won't knock you out, but, well, there's no bad way to a 0.98 ERA.

Edgy MD Apr 21 2018 11:37 AM Re: Merandy Gonazalez

Merandy gets promoted to the bigs by the Marlins, making him the first-ever Columbia Firefly to reach the majors. This is your benchmark, A.J. Ramos. Outpitch Merandy.