In a season where the New York Mets have had to resort to signing 37-year-old Jose Bautista and trying first baseman Dominic Smith in the outfield to create sufficient Major League organization depth at the position, the entire Mets organization really needs one of their outfield prospects to step

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With the Dominican Summer League (DSL) season beginning this weekend, Ben Badler of Baseball America named 2o prospects who played in the DSL last year who are sleeper prospects that are primed for a breakout 2018 season. There would be one Mets prospect who made this list – Luis Santana.

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Columbia Fireflies left-handed pitcher Aaron Ford has been recognized as the BC Powder Relief Pitcher of the Month for the month of May, the team announced on Wednesday. Ford, 23, appeared in seven games in May, pitching to a 2.79 ERA in 9 2/3 innings. He faced 37 batters

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Reno (23-31) 8, Las Vegas (22-32) 5  Box Score Kevin Kaczmarski CF: 4-5, 2B, .529/.545/.706 Dominic Smith RF: 1-5, 2B, .276/.371/.397 Ty Kelly SS: 2-5, 2B, K, .268/.338/.475 Zach Borenstein LF: 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI, .238/.338/.418 The 51s had a lot of chances, but blew most of them going just 4-21 with runners in

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With the recent rash of pitcher injuries at the Major League level, the New York Mets made a flurry of transactions today. RHP Tim Peterson, RHP Scott Copeland, and LHP Buddy Baumann have been called-up from Triple-A Las Vegas, and they are available in the Mets bullpen tonight. Peterson

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Las Vegas (22-31) 4, Tacoma (27-26) 3  Box Score Kevin Kaczmarski CF: 1-4, 2 RBI, K, .417/.471/.583 Matt den Dekker RF: 1-2, 2B, RBI, .300/.344/.512 Dominic Smith 1-3, RBI, BB, .278/.376/.396 Jose Lobaton C: 2-2, BB, .375/.412/.594 The 51s did just enough to win, scoring two runs in the seventh to go ahead 4-3,

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New York Mets 2017 16th round draft pick Raphael Gladu has been on a hot streak, and he is setting records for the Columbia Fireflies. In yesterday’s game 3-2 win against the Charleston RiverDogs, Gladu was 2-for-4 with a triple. With those two hits, Gladu has extended his own

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When Dominic Smith was drafted out of high school, the Mets had a few options on what to do with him.  He had enough athletic ability to play the outfield, and when he took the mound, he was able to ramp it up to 95 MPH.  However, when the

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Las Vegas (21-31) 10, Tacoma (27-25) 2  Box Score Matt den Dekker RF: 3-4, HR, 2 RBI, BB, .298/.343/.506 Dominic Smith 1B: 1-4, RBI, BB, .277/.373/.398 Zach Borenstein LF: 1-3, HR, RBI, BB, .233/.338/.417 Jose Lobaton C: 1-4, HR, 3 RBI, K, .333/.333/.567 Kevin Kaczmarski CF: 2-2, 2 BB, .500/.583/.750 It was a great offensive

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Betsy Helfand of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that New York Mets right-handed pitcher Andrew Church has retired. Church, 23, was the Mets 2013 second round draft pick from Basic High School in Henderson, Nevada. He would make the final two appearances of his professional career in his home state

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