Minor League News Archive

The New York Mets announced that lefthander John Lannan has been outrighted and that righthander Daisuke Matsuzaka has been called-up from Triple-A Las Vegas. Sandy Alderson told reporters that Dice K is coming to pitch out of the bullpen, but is also insurance in case any starter can’t make a start – an

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Matt Clark loves watching a baseball fly off his bat and soar over an outfielder’s head and out of the park for a home run.  Wherever he’s played and at whatever level, the strappling left-handed batting slugger his blasted the long ball.  As a junior at Louisiana State in

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Who’s Hot Rafael Montero, Las Vegas 51’s You couldn’t ask for Montero to have a better start to the season. I named him the first recipient of the 2014 MMN Pitcher of the Week for a reason. He was on my ‘Who’s Hot’ list last week and he makes

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LAS VEGAS 6, RENO 3 Jacob deGrom pitched spectacularly, keeping the Aces hitless through the first four innings. He pitched seven innings, giving up three hits, no runs and striking out four. Wilmer Flores hit well, going  2-4 with a double, home run and three RBIs. Reno battled back scoring

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RENO (6-7) vs LAS VEGAS (10-3) The 51’s will be looking for their fifth win in a row, in the second game of this four game set against the Arizona Diamondback Triple-A affiliate Reno Aces. Probable Starters Logan Verrett (0-1, 3.97) is scheduled to make his third start of

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Happy Jackie Robinson Day as Major League Baseball and the Mets organization take to social media to honor a legend of the game. Every Retweet this gets = a Thank You to Jackie. #Jackie42 pic.twitter.com/4CZojWDxRR — MLB (@MLB) April 15, 2014   Some #Mets recite #Jackie42’s core values. Learn

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With the Mets in need of help in the outfield, now with Curtis Granderson banged up with contusions to the left rib cage, forearm and knee and Juan Lagares most likely headed to the DL with a “pulled” right hamstring, Chris Young is waiting in the minors to get his call.  But unfortunately, the Mets can

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Rafael Montero has been nothing short of stellar to start his young season with the Las Vegas 51’s. When considering he’s made two of three starts in Cashman Field (a notorious hitting environment), his success has looked all the more staggering. In his first start of the season on

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As the calendar approaches May, MMN will begin to shift some of their focus to the upcoming draft. With the Mets holding the 10th overall pick, and experts calling this years class both deep and intriguing, it should be an interesting and exciting time for Mets fans. In the

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LAS VEGAS 5, FRESNO 2 Noah Syndergaard picked up the win in this one to improve to 2-1 on the season but still was not quite as sharp as we’ve come to expect. He gave up five hits, two walks, and two earned runs in five innings pitched. However,

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