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B’Mets Bullpen Shake up

May 24, 2016Minor League NewsNo comments

According to Press & Sun Bulletin reporter Lynn Worthy, the organization is shaking up the bullpen in Binghamton. Sending struggling Mike Hepple (2-3, 6.30 ERA) and Kelly Secrest (0-1, 5.51) down to St Lucie. Hepple’s struggles were mentioned last week as he made our Who’s Not list.

Rivera, Knapp Honored as Minor Leaguer Players of the Week

By John Sasso

May 23, 2016Minor League NewsNo comments

For the second week in a row, players from the Mets organization were honored by Minor League Baseball. T.J. Rivera of the Las Vegas 51s and Ricky Knapp of the St. Lucie Mets, were honored by MiLB for their contributions to their respective teams. Both players were also selected here at

Mets Minors Player of the Week Award

By John Sasso

May 23, 2016MMN Feature StoriesNo comments

We continue our series of Player of the Week with some familiar names, (though Dilson Herrera didn’t hit another half dozen homers this week). Our Pitcher of the Week last week went on to win the award for the PCL. Vegas 51s are the only team over .500

Mets Minors Who’s Hot, Who’s Not: Nimmo Heating Up

By John Sasso

May 20, 2016MMN Feature Stories3 Comments

As the weather warms up so are the older veterans, as the players in the upper minors keep hitting well. I could have added Ty Kelly, Phillip Evans, Nevin Ashley and Johnny Monell to the hot list. In the lower minors it will be interesting to see how the players

Mets Minors Player of the Week: Herrera Continues Power Display

By John Sasso

May 16, 2016MMN Feature Stories4 Comments

The decision was difficult as there were some viable options to choose as our Player’s of the Week. I actually went back and forth a few times with each edit. The organization continues to see some outstanding contributions from some interesting prospects Offensive Player of the Week: Dilson

Rafael Montero Earns PCL Player of the Week Honors

By John Sasso

May 16, 2016Minor League News2 Comments

The recognition for Rafael Montero keeps coming, as he earns the MiLB PCL Pitcher of the Week award for May 9-15. Earlier today he was named MMN Pitcher of the week. This is the first of such recognition for anyone in the Mets minor leagues this season. Montero’s performance

Mets Minors Pitchers: Who’s Hot, Who’s Not

By John Sasso

May 12, 2016MMN Feature StoriesNo comments

Six weeks into the season and players are beginning to separate themselves from their peers at each level. This past week we had our first notable promotion, a major league veteran officially return from injury, and continued domination by familiar players. Who’s Hot: Paul Sewald – Las Vegas 51s Sewald has

Mets Minors News and Notes

By John Sasso

May 11, 2016Minor League News43 Comments

Some news and notes from the organization as there is a lot of comings and goings in the minor leagues. In what is an exciting development for all fans, MiLB.TV has announced effective May 12, all Columbia Fireflies games will be televised on-line. Now if only the Florida State

Mets Prospect Pulse: Ivan Wilson

By John Sasso

May 10, 2016Prospect Features6 Comments

Ivan Wilson, OF Player Profile Opening Day Age:20 Bats/Throws: R/R Height/Weight: 6’3”, 220 lbs Position: CF ETA: 2019 2016 MMN Top Prospect Rank: #59 Background It would be hard to find a player in the Mets organization with more tools than Ivan Wilson, who was selected in the 3rd

Mets Minors Players of the Month For April

By John Sasso

May 3, 2016MMN Feature Stories9 Comments

It’s been a banner month for the Mets organization, with each team at every level above .500 for the month. Contributions have come from everywhere, and as such there wasn’t any easy choices for the Players of the Month, the votes were split so we listed Co-Offensive Players