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The Mets selected high school outfielder Ivan Wilson in the third round (76th overall) of the 2013 MLB Draft. He currently ranks 25th on the MMN Mid-Season Top 25 Prospects. Wilson, 18, who was raised in Simsboro, Louisiana, played his high school ball at Ruston HS. He was named

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Sacramento 9, Las Vegas 3 The 51s jumped ahead in the bottom of the 1st inning on a double by Jordany Valdespin; scoring Ruben Tejada and Wilmer Flores. What seemed like it was going to be a good night in Las Vegas took a turn for the worse, as

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The Mets have traded minor league outfielder Julio Concepcion and right-handed pitcher Andres Perez to the Angels in return for an International Signing bonus allotment slot the team announced. #Mets send minor league OF Julio Concepcion & RHP Andres Perez to the #Angels in exchange for an International Signing

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Welcome to the next installment of MMN’s Mid-Season Top 25 Prospects! We’re in the final stretch now… 4. Wilmer Flores, 2B/1B Height: 6’3″ Weight: 190 Age: 21 Bats/Throws: Right/Right Contact: 50/65 Power: 50/60 Speed: 30/30 Field: 40/40 Arm: 50/50 In 2007 the Mets lured Wilmer Flores from Venezuela for

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Ryan Braun has accepted a suspension that will end his 2013 season. Cesar Puello was also allegedly involved with Florida-based lab Biogenesis, which has reportedly supplied players with performance enhancing drugs. Braun’s acceptance of such a suspension is basically an admission of guilt, which therefore casts a dark shadow

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The Mets signed Domingo Tapia out of the Dominican Republic in December of 2009. He is currently ranked 15th on the MMN Mid-Season Top 25 Prospect list. Tapia, 21, was born in Santo Domingo, DR and was the second eldest of eight children. Domingo didn’t begin playing baseball until

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Finally, a Brooklyn Cyclones that did not include a rain delay or extra innings… The Cyclones continued their climb to the .500 mark on the season with a 7-5 victory Wednesday night at MCU Park in Coney Island over the Mahoning Valley Scrappers – the Single-A short season affiliate

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Welcome to the next installment of MMN’s Mid-Season Top 25 Prospects! The traditional scouting scale, which ranks players on a scale of 20-80 (abbreviated at times without the zero), can summarize how we feel about a player in an easy to understand format. Now, for those of you unfamiliar

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The Mets selected Dominic Smith in the first round (11th overall) of this June’s MLB Draft. He’s already amongst the Mets top 10 prospects in the eyes of MMN. Dominic, who turned 18 last month, was born in Los Angeles, California. Growing up he played in the Major League

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The Brooklyn Cyclones are inching closer to the .500 mark as the team notched its third straight win with a 4-3 victory over the Lowell Spinners – the Single-A short season affiliate of the Boston Red Sox – Monday night at MCU Park in Coney Island. It took a

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