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With the 2013 minor league season not far in our rear-view mirror, we wanted to reflect on what was an overall fantastic season for New York’s farm teams. We’ve sent team-specific questions to some of our minor league expects who follow particular affiliates closely, in order to get their

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It’s remarkable. A lot has happened since that long ago Tuesday in mid-June when the Mets swept the Braves in Atlanta and Zack Wheeler made his major league debut. The Mets were decimated as they entered play that day, a battered team that had lost 11 of the 14

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With the 2013 minor league season not far in our rear-view mirror, we wanted to reflect on what was an overall fantastic season for New York’s farm teams. We’ve sent team-specific questions to some of our minor league expects who follow particular affiliates closely, in order to get their

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North side, east side Little Willy Willy wears the crown He’s the best damn shortstop around town Backhand, forehand Willy drives them silly He’s a contact bat an’ a whole bunch more than that ‘Cos little Willy, Willy won’t go home But you can’t push Willy round, Willy won’t

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A recent Bleacher Report post listed the 2013 New York Met All-Prospect team. At shortstop, Bleacher Report tabbed Gavin Cecchini as this year’s Met shortstop of the future. Don’t get me wrong, this is not intended to be a knock on Cecchini. As a number one draft selection, Cecchini

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Daisuke Matsuzaka had his first solid start as a New York Met in Cleveland on Sunday. Met fans were likely happy to get a win and pleased for Matsuzaka even though the former Red Sox star was brought to New York simply to be a starting rotation placeholder for the remainder of

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It was the only game of the year with a four man umpiring crew the entire season in Binghamton. By the end of the night, manager Pedro Lopez and his B-Met baseball team and some 4,000 Binghamton fans pined for the return of a three-man crew, or perhaps the

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It’s a time honored baseball tradition, but more and more so it seems the sacrifice bunt is becoming a gambit of yesteryear. Modern day managers call for a sacrifice bunt less than the skippers who came before them. When the signal is on for a sacrifice, modern day batters,

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He’s a baseball alchemist with a potent mix of pitches proven to flummox even the most accomplished batters in Double-A’s Eastern League. With 12 wins, Binghamton starting pitcher Logan Verrett shares the top of the league in this category with two other pitchers. Yet, watching Verrett capably mix four

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Pedro Lopez had a taste of championship baseball in his mouth and was hungry for more. Last winter, Lopez got his first crack at managing a winter baseball team in his homeland of Puerto Rico. With Lopez’s leadership, The Criollos de Caguas survived the Winter League postseason format to

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