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Las Vegas 4, New Orleans 3 Pitcher Jacob deGrom helped his own cause today for the Las Vegas 51s, connecting on a solo home run in a 4-3 victory against visiting New Orleans. Las Vegas scored twice in the sixth inning to break a scoreless tie, including deGrom’s home

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Worth noting: The highs and lows of a long season have been on full display for the St. Lucie Mets recently. After their offense stalled during the final week of July — a stretch that included being held to one hit in a loss at Lakeland on July 28th —

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Before Travis d’Arnaud, there was Wilmer Flores…our top position player prospect for many years. Flores has finally hit the MLB and has picked up where he left off in Triple-A, showing impressive plate coverage. The above heat map was provided by Mark Simon and I wanted to take a

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With Mets minor league pitchers turning in many outstanding performances this week, it was difficult to decide who would be this week’s MMN pitcher of the week. Rafael Montero posted a terrific 1.20 ERA in 15 innings pitched for Las Vegas while Jacob Lugo, who flew under the radar

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St. Lucie 8, Palm Beach 4 After being carried by a select group of players for most of the season, the St. Lucie Mets are beginning to get contributions from other members of the lineup. That recent boost has lifted the Mets back into first place in the FSL

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I wanted to take a minute to respond to an email I got from one of our readers about Akeel Morris. Richard Wilburn wrote: After a rough start in Kingsport in 2012, Akeel Morris is having a great 2012 in Brooklyn. He seems to be under everyone's radar. What's the deal?

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Talk about a good week for your Mets pitching prospects… Jacob Seth Lugo has been recognized as the SAL Pitcher of the Week after an awesome start a couple days ago. On August 10th, Lugo tossed one of the better starts all year in the Mets organization, where he

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The EL announced that B-Mets left-hander Mark Cohoon has earned Pitcher of the Week honors after winning two games this week off two quality starts. His first start was part of a double-header, where he provided the Mets with a seven-inning complete game victory. He allowed just an unearned

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Boom or Bust, where we feature Cory Vaughn. Vaughn is the son of former MLB player Greg Vaughn and was the 4th round draft pick for the Mets in 2010. Vaughn was recently ranked number 13 on our Mid-Season Top Prospect List. John Bernhardt:

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Congratulations to the Savannah Sand Gnats outfielder Brandon Nimmo for being awarded with the MMN Player of the Week honors.  Brandon just tore up the South Atlantic League pitching over the past week. When a player is considered a Top Prospect, he is looked at as an athlete capable

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