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Mets Minor League Transactions: Busy Day Highlighted By Monell Signing

April 13, 2018Minor League NewsNo comments

With both Travis d’Arnaud and Kevin Plawecki landing on the disabled list, the Mets needed to make some moves in order to address the catching depth at both the Major League and Minor League levels. Addressing the catching situation was just one of the things the Mets organization did

Ty Kelly Absolutely Raking

By John Sheridan

April 12, 2018Minor League NewsNo comments

When Ty Kelly first joined the Mets organization back in 2016, the then 27 year old career minor leaguer would be assigned to the Las Vegas 51s. He would make an immediate impression on the entire Mets organization. In his first 35 games of the season, he could not

Dunn Proving He Should Start

By John Sheridan

April 12, 2018Minor League NewsNo comments

Heading into the 2018 season, it was an open debate whether Justin Dunn would be able to stick it out in the rotation or if he was best suited to move back into the bullpen. After all, he had a 5.74 ERA as a starter and a 1.59 ERA

Ian Strom Displays Unexpected Power

By John Sheridan

April 11, 2018Minor League NewsNo comments

In the St. Lucie Mets 6-5 win over the Tampa Tarpons, the offense was led by right fielder Ian Strom. On the night, Strom was 2-4 with a run, triple, homer, and two RBI. This game was part of an impressive and unexpected power display from Strom to start

Roster Moves: Oswalt To Vegas; Wheeler Recalled

By John Sheridan

April 10, 2018Minor League NewsNo comments

With the heavy workload the Mets bullpen has undertaken to start the 2017, especially Robert Gsellman and Seth Lugo, the New York Mets had called up Corey Oswalt to be available to pitch out of the bullpen. As Tim Britton of The Athletic reported, had Yoenis Cespedes not delivered

L.J. Mazzilli Traded To Yankees

By John Sheridan

April 10, 2018Minor League NewsNo comments

The New York Mets have traded utility player L.J. Mazzilli to the New York Yankees in exchange for OF Kendall Coleman. Mazzilli, the son of beloved Met Lee Mazzilli, who currently was a Spring Training instructor with the Yankees, was the Mets 2013 4th round draft pick out of

Bautista Starting Where He Left Off

By John Sheridan

April 10, 2018Minor League NewsNo comments

Gerson Bautista pitched two perfect innings in the Binghamton Rumble Ponies loss to the Akron RubberDucks. In these two perfect innings, Bautista struck out five of the six batters he would face while walking no batters. This appearance was the latest in what has been a great run for

Gimenez Showing Early Season Pop

By John Sheridan

April 9, 2018Minor League NewsNo comments

In yesterday’s game against the Bradenton Marauders, Mets top prospect Andres Gimenez hit his first home run of the season: It was an impressive no-doubt home run to right. It was all the more impressive when you consider the homer was hit against Future’s Game veteran Luis Escobar, who

Anthony Kay Allows No Earned Runs In First Professional Start

By John Sheridan

April 8, 2018Minor League NewsNo comments

In the first round of the 2016 Draft, the New York Mets selected UConn left-handed started pitcher Anthony Kay (31st 0verall). Unfortunately, soon after he was drafted, it was discovered Kay had a torn UCL, and he required Tommy John surgery. As a result, Kay was not ready to

Alonso Hits Important Home Run

By John Sheridan

April 6, 2018Minor League NewsNo comments

While Tim Tebow set Twitter abuzz with his homering in his first at-bat in Double-A, there was another big home run in that game from another player who has quickly made a name for himself: Normally, a home run from 2016 second round draft pick Peter Alonso is hardly newsworthy.

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