Minor League News Archive

A walk-off win from the St. Lucie Mets saved the farm system from going winless on Tuesday night. Albuquerque (4-2) 7, Las Vegas (1-5) 3   Box Score Phillip Evans 3B: 2-3, 2B, RBI, BB, K, .200/.368/.333 Zach Borenstein LF: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, K, .167/.250/.389 Gavin Cecchini 2B: 1-3, 2B, BB,

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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

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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

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In a shocking move, the New York Mets tweeted that Brandon Nimmo would be demoted to the Las Vegas 51s and Corey Oswalt would be promoted to the big-league club. Even though this move seems temporary, it’s still surprising to see the Mets send their best bat off-the-bench to

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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

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El Paso (4-1) 14, Las Vegas (1-4) 0   Box Score Ty Kelly SS: 1-4, K, .267/.353/.467 Gavin Cecchini 2B: 2-3, .333/.385/.500 The 51s’ offense was quiet all game, with just five hits, all of which were singles. Two of them came from Cecchini, who has started to hit well in

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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

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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

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El Paso Chihuahuas (3-1) 8, Las Vegas 51s (1-3) 5   Box Score  Ty Kelly 3B: 2-for-5, R, HR, 3 RBI, K, .273/.385/.545 Gavin Cecchini 2B: 2-for-3, R, 2 2B, .222/.300/.444 Jose Lobaton C: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 K, .333/.333/.583 The 51s had ten hits in the loss, but scored all

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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

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