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Wilmer Flores didn’t break the top-13 list on Baseball America’s weekly hot sheet, but he did receive an honorable mention. The second baseman put together a .406/.406/.625 line over the past week. Mitch Petanick also focused on Flores this morning for today’s Prospect Spotlight. Flores has compiled nine RBIs

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Wilmer Flores got off to a slow start in 2013. The 21 year-old prospect found himself in the shadow of top prospects Travis d’Arnaud and Zack Wheeler when he arrived in Las Vegas. But now we find ourselves almost two months into the season, and Flores seems to be

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Reno Aces @ Las Vegas 51s, 10:05pm EST Charles Brewer (3-4, 4.97 ERA) vs. D.J. Mitchell (1-1, 7.98 ERA) Mitchell looks to continue the hot streak for Las Vegas, but to do so, he’ll have to get himself back on track. He lasted 2.2 innings in his last start

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Jupiter 4, St. Lucie 3 Rainy Lara‘s FSL debut may have ended in a tough 4-3 loss in extras, but it was truly no fault of his. He looked strong in his debut for the St. Lucie Mets, lasting eight innings and allowing three runs – but only one

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Savannah 8, Kannapolis 2 Kannapolis 5, Savannah 4 After Savannah won the opener of a doubleheader, the Kannapolis Intimidators salvaged a 5-4 victory on Jake Brown’s RBI single in the bottom of the 11th inning of the second game Thursday night. Kannapolis (19-32) had led 4-2 before solo home

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Las Vegas 11, Reno 1 The legend of Las Vegas rang true for at least one team on the baseball diamond on Thursday evening as the 51s went off for 11 runs in this one, off the strength of three home runs. Josh Satin provided one of them, a

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Savannah Sand Gnats left-hander Steven Matz was lifted from his most recent start after three innings of work thanks to a blister on his pitching hand. It was reported as minor, but the Long Island native has found himself placed on the disabled list. The Mets selected Matz in

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Jayce Boyd is currently leading the South Atlantic League with a .352 batting average. He has a 10-point lead over Stetson Allie (.342 BA) of the West Virginia Power, and a 13-point lead over fellow Gnats teammate, Kevin Plawecki (.339 BA). In addition to leading that category, his .438

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In another question during his afternoon chat with fans on ESPN New York, Adam Rubin was asked how many current Mets prospects will find their way to the 40-man roster this winter. While he mentioned right-hander Rafael Montero does not need to be added to the 40-man this winter,

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Adam Rubin hosted a chat today at 12pm EST on ESPN New York, answering fan questions on everything involving our beloved New York Mets. One question posed by a fan asked Rubin when the Mets would consider promoting hard-throwing southpaw reliever, Jack Leathersich. The lefty is currently in Double-A

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