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As of 9:00am EST today, here are today’s Mets minor league starting pitchers: New Orleans Zephyrs @ Las Vegas 51s, 10:05pm EST TBD vs. Jacob deGrom (4-2, 4.02 ERA) PCL League Scoreboard deGrom bounced back from two subpar showings to pitch well in his last time out. Jacob went

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As of 10:00am EST today, here are today’s Mets minor league starting pitchers: Las Vegas 51s @ New Orleans Zephyrs, 10:05pm ET  Carlos Alvarado (4-2, 1.94 ERA) vs Brian Flynn (4-10, 2.95 ERA) PCL League Scoreboard Alvarado takes the mound having lost his last two starts despite pitching well. He

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The Mets selected L.J. Mazzilli in the fourth round of the 2013 MLB Draft. He was recently ranked the Mets 22nd best prospect in MMN’s Mid-Season Top 25. Upon being drafted, L.J told Newsday: “It all seemed to make sense,” said L.J., who played college baseball for UConn. “They

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I recently had the opportunity to speak to Al Skorupa and Chris Blessing from BullpenBanter.com. They’re both really good guys and they do a great job covering the minors. I highly suggest you check out their site. I originally contacted them to get a feel for their thoughts on

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Every official baseball game features a top of the third inning. The Brooklyn Cyclones (23-24) likely wish that were not the case after a 4-1 loss to the Connecticut Tigers – the Single-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers – Tuesday night. The Tigers scored all four of their runs

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A version of this story originally appeared in The Tablet Newspaper. Brooklyn Cyclones’ manager Rich Donnelly is known for being a passionate man. He’s coached professional baseball at various levels for nearly 40 years, including winning the 1997 World Series as a coach with the Florida Marlins. But Donnelly

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The Mets signed Cesar Puello out of the Dominican Republic in July of 2007 for a reported $400,000. He recently checked in at number five on the MMN Mid-Season Top 25 Prospects list. Puello, who turned 22 this spring, was born La Romana, Dominican Republic. Cesar was part of

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  Las Vegas 13, Sacramento 4 In a weird game that was called early due to extreme wind conditions, the 51s blew away the River Cats last night in Sacramento. In what’s becoming a running theme, Las Vegas jumped out to a lead early on– scoring five runs in

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  Las Vegas 9, Sacramento 4 Jordany Valdespin continued his torrid hitting since being demoted, going 3 for 3 and falling a homerun shy of the cycle. The 51s got off to a fast start, highlighted by extra base hits off the bats of Zach Lutz and Mike Baxter—

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  Cyclones 3, Yankees 2 The Cyclones pulled out a win last night, scoring three unearned runs thanks to three errors by the Yankees. Brooklyn jumped out to an early lead, scoring a run in the top of the first inning on an error by Staten Island shortstop Jose

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