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MMN Recap 9/1: Cecchini Plays Second, Flexen Throws Five Hitless

By Michael Mayer

September 2, 2016 9 Comments

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Las Vegas 51s (67-71) 5, El Paso Chihuahuas 2 Box Score

Gavin Cecchini made his professional start at second base and was flawless, “Gavin was outstanding at second base,” Backman told Las Vegas 51s beat writer Betsy Helfand after the game.

Nimmo continues to lead the league in hitting with teammates Rivera and Cecchini the two closest competitors. Nimmo also has the second highest OPS in the PCL now at .978, trailing Rob Segedin‘s .989. Eric Campbell drove in three and homered on the night but the big highlight was when he hit a ball that clearly looked foul then defied physics and went fair, you can watch it here.

  • Tyler Herron RHP: 6.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, W (1-0, 2.70)
  • Paul Sewald RHP Perfect inning, K, S (18th save, 3.34)

Altoona Curve 7, Binghamton Mets (62-74) 0 Box Score

The B-Mets out hit the Curve 11-9 but went 2 for 9 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base.

  • Joe Shaw RHP: 5 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, L (0-1, 5.40)

Shaw was called up before the game to make his Double-A debut from the Columbia Fireflies.

St. Lucie Mets (72-60) 4, Jupiter Hammerheads 3 Box Score

With the win the Mets move 1.5 games ahead of Jupiter for first place in the second half. They play each other three more times to finish the season and now St. Lucie only has to win one of those to clinch a playoff berth.

After a dreadful start to the season, Urena has looked better in the second half hitting .244/.333/.407 with six home runs and 33 RBI. Nido has the highest batting average in the league, but with recent rest has fallen below the required amount of plate appearances to qualify.

Flexen was absolutely dominant throwing 62 pitches with 45 for strikes and the only runner he allowed was on an error. The Mets lost the no-hitter with none out in the 7th inning.

Columbia Fireflies (65-71) 4, West Virginia Power 1 Box Score

Garcia is hitting .366 with 12 RBI and seven runs scored in his last ten games.

  • Luis Silva RHP: 4.1 IP, 2 H, ER, 3 BB, 3 K (2.08)
  • Witt Haggard RHP: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K, W (3-4, 2.50)

Silva was part of a flurry of Mets minor league roster moves yesterday, he started the year in the DSL and was with the GCL Mets before making the spot start last night. The 19-year old did pretty well and showed off a biting breaking ball.

Aberdeen IronBirds 5, Brooklyn Cyclones (35-37) 4 Box Score

Brandon Brosher hit his 5th Cyclones home run of the year and 6th overall in 2016.

Kingsport Mets (27-41) 9, Bristol Pirates 8 Box Score

The Mets won on a walk-off two-run error for their fifth straight win to close out the 2016 season.

GCL Marlins 8, GCL Mets (26-29) 1 Box Score

The Mets only had five singles on the night as their season comes to an end.

James, 2016 14th rounder, finishes his first season with a 0.52 ERA and 0.92 WHIP while allowing only 11 hits in 17.2 innings.

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Written by Michael Mayer

Lifelong Mets fan born in 1987, lived In Maine my whole life so I get my Mets fix from MLB.tv and watching Minor League games. Love the game, coached High School baseball for 5 years. Follow me on twitter @mikemayermmo

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  1. danielm27 - LGM

    As soon as the AAA season ends, Chech, Nimmo, Sewald, and Rivera should be on the first plane to NY. We could really use those guys. Shaw did a nice job in his spot start, considering he’s skipping two levels. I know the ERA was high this year, but K and BB rates are really nice. I remember hearing that he was likely a bullpen guy and he was a bit old for the level, but I find him interesting regardless.

  2. Ernest Dove

    It’s about time Cecchini saw game action at 2B.
    He has no Mets future at SS.
    I don’t see him losing trade value showing he can play 2B
    Mets can’t rely on walker going forward (unfortunately)
    I can go on……….

  3. Michael Mayer

    Agreed on those four guys but I have a feeling Mets won’t use Sewald unfortunately.

    Watched Shaw last night, definitely has a prototypical starters body but I just don’t see starter stuff yet. He’s done well considering this is first year at starting. I think he’s definitely one of the most interesting “non” prospect arms the Mets have.

  4. Slobby79

    should have started happening the day after Dilson was traded. One game at ss one at 2b and so on. but the mets….

  5. Rocky Thompson

    I agree with Nimmo and Rivera, but IMO the others coming up are going to be Goeddel, Edgin and Matt Reynolds.

  6. MetsNextYear

    I always root for homegrown players and I have a soft spot for Gavin.
    I hope he is the starting 2B next year. I know its unlikely , but I would much rather us keep Cespedes and save money by using Gavin at 2B instead of pursuing Walker.

  7. Michael Mayer

    I think it’s reasonable to think like you mentioned that not spending on Walker could make it more likely that Cespedes is back. Also meaning some combo of Flores/Johnson/Cecchini at 2B next year.

  8. Michael Mayer

    He’s been working before games with Kevin Morgan at second base. I think it was also important to keep him at SS with Cabrera banged up.

  9. MetsNextYear

    You know more than I do, so I hope you’re right.

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