According to Betsy Helfand of The Las Vegas Review-Journal, the New York Mets plan to call up Dominic Smithto fill the open roster space left by the absence of Jay Bruce going on Paternity Leave. Helfand also reports the Mets are promoting lefty reliever Buddy Baumann from Triple-A Las Vegas. Mets right-handed reliever

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Las Vegas (13-22) 3, Fresno (21-14) 1 Box Score Matt den Dekker RF: 2-3, 2 RBI, BB, K, .274/.313/.509 Phillip Evans 2B: 1-3, HR, RBI, .243/.316/.466 Tomas Nido C: 1-3, .333/.333/.333 All three of the 51s’ runs came in the fifth. Evans led off the inning with his sixth homer of the year

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Betsy Helfand of the Las Vegas Review Journal reported that the X-ray on the foot of Gavin Cecchini was negative and he is considered day-to-day with a bruise. The infield prospect is not in the Las Vegas 51s’ starting lineup tonight. On Wednesday night, Cecchini was hit by a pitch on his instep

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Fresno (21-13) 14, Las Vegas (12-22) 4  Box Score Matt den Dekker RF: 3-5, RBI, .262/.296/.505 Gavin Cecchini 2B: 0-3, HBP, .294/.342/.468 Dominic Smith 1B: 1-4, .278/.390/.417 Phillip Evans 3B-2B: 1-4, HR, RBI, .240/.315/.440 The 51s didn’t get on the board until they were already down 10-0 in the bottom of the seventh, when

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The New York Mets have signed utility player Patrick Kivlehan to a minor league deal and assigned him to the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s according to Betsy Helfand of the Las Vegas Review Journal. Kivlehan, 28, was 7-for-42 with 15 strikeouts for Triple-A in the Cincinnati Reds organization earlier

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After seven years as manager for the New York Mets, the organization decided it was time to move on from the winningest manager in their history. However, while they believed their Major League team needed a different voice, the organization still respected and felt they still needed Terry Collins‘

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We’re so close! Four weeks from now the MLB draft takes place, and things are getting interesting. Mocks are starting to spring up left and right, and Baseball America is already onto their third revision, while Keith Law of ESPN came out with his first one last week. In

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Fresno (20-13) 11, Las Vegas (12-21) 6   Box Score Matt den Dekker RF: 2-5, HR, RBI, .245/.282/.500 Gavin Cecchini SS: 0-5, K, .302/.345/.481 Dominic Smith DH: 1-3, 3B, 2 BB, K, .279/.394/.423 Phillip Evans 3B: 2-3, 2B, 3 RBI, BB, .240/.318/.417 Den Dekker hit a homer last night to continue his surprising

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The Mets will recall infielder Luis Guillorme from Triple-A Las Vegas, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports. The need for another infielder at the major league level was created on Tuesday when Todd Frazier went on the 10-day disabled list with a hamstring strain. Guillorme, 23, hit .182 over the

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Matt Eddy of Baseball America comprised a list of April All Stars predicated upon how those players performed in the first month of the season.  In what should not be a surprise to anyone, Binghamton Rumble Ponies first baseman Peter Alonso was named to the team. In naming Alonso

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