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It was a dominant two-start week that forced us to award the third MMN Pitcher of the Week award to Gabriel Ynoa today. On the 27th, he earned the win against the Greenville Drive by throwing eight innings of one-run ball, allowing six hits, no walks, and six strikeouts.

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Travis Taijeron was selected by the New York Mets in the 18th round of the 2011 MLB Draft. Taijeron spent his college years playing for a D-II school, Cal Poly Pomona. His profile on CPP’s website reads: As a Senior in 2011: Selected as the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association

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Las Vegas 51s @ Fresno Grizzlies, 10:05 pm EST Carlos Torres (4-3 5.03 ERA) vs. Mike Kickham (3-4, 4.33 ERA) The past two starts made by Torres have by far been his best of 2013. He’s won both appearances, throwing 13.2 innings and allowing three runs (two earned), 10

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Charlotte 7, St. Lucie 3 St. Lucie 5, Charlotte 3 (Because of the nature of the image I cut for the scoreboard, you can check the box score links here and here. — SR) After 14 straight shutout innings, Angel Cuan‘s scoreless streak came to an abrupt end Sunday. Cuan, the reigning

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Savannah 7, Kannapolis 1 For the second straight night, Savannah’s starting pitcher perplexed Intimidators hitters as the Sand Gnats cruised to a 7-1 win in Kannapolis on Sunday evening in front of 2,440 fans and more than a hundred dogs attending “Bark in the Park.” Gabriel Ynoa tossed the

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Binghamton 7, New Hampshire 2 The Binghamton Mets used a 13-hit attack to blow past the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, 7-2, on Sunday afternoon at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium. The B-Mets took the lead with five runs in the fifth inning and never looked back en route to their

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Remember that whole Generation K thing people used to talk about? It was a group of three young starting pitchers projected to be cornerstones of the New York Mets’ rotation for years to come. Jason Isringhausen and Paul Wilson were two pieces of that three-man team, but Bill Pulsipher

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Cesar Puello Boom or Bust? Boom or Bust is a feature on MMN where we ask our writers to sound off on whether or not they think a particular Mets prospect will be a boom…or a bust. “Where the MMN writers stop being polite…and start getting real…MMN’s Boom or

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Las Vegas 51s @ Fresno Grizzles, 5:05pm EST Matt Fox (1-1, 4.50 ERA) vs. Austin Fleet (0-1, 3.00 ERA) Fox turned in what could be considered his best overall start for the 51s since starting the season in the Atlantic League with the York Revolution. He went a season-high

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  Savannah 5, Kannapolis 0 Savannah starter Luis Cessa led a dominant pitching performance as the Sand Gnats blanked the host Intimidators 5-0 on Saturday night and moved into a tie for first place in the Class A South Atlantic League’s South Division. Cessa (3-2) limited Kannapolis (19-34) to

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