Coming out of Stanford, there was an interesting debate about whether Chris Viall belonged in the rotation or in the bullpen.  Certainly, there is always the temptation to use a guy out of the bullpen when a pitcher has the ability to ramp his fastball up to 101

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Week In Review The Las Vegas 51s (3-8, fourth in the Pacific Coast League Pacific Southern division) won back-to-back games for their second and third victories of the season, but through 11 contests have allowed a league-worst 85 runs. The Binghamton Rumble Ponies (3-5, t-third in the Eastern League

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El Paso (7-4) 10, Las Vegas (3-8) 0  Box Score Dominic Smith 1B: 2-for-4, 2B, K, .294/.364/.618 David Thompson 3B: 1-for-3, BB, K, .290/.353/.355 Zach Borenstein LF: 1-for-3, BB, K, .308/.386/.641 The 51s were the only Mets affiliate to play a full game today and their game went very poorly. The team’s

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Fully recovered from Tommy John surgery, 2016 Mets first round draft pick (31st overall) Anthony Kay is finally getting his opportunity to show everyone why the Mets drafted him not just once, but twice. More than that, he is showing everyone just how good a pitcher he truly is.

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Saturday’s start times carried enough variation to keep your eyes on the system the whole day. The Rumble Ponies had their hands full with the Red Sox’s number six prospect, righty Mike Shawaryn. St. Lucie Mets looked to win their fifth in a row, and the Fireflies were looking

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Las Vegas (3-6) 7, El Paso (5-4) 1 Box Score Ty Kelly 2B: 2-for-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI, K, .433/.469/1.100 Dominic Smith 1B: 0-for-3, 2 BB, 2 K, .269/.345/.654 David Thompson 3B: 2-for-4. RBI, .308/.385/.385 The 51s’ offense scored seven runs on ten hits in a very strong showing against El Paso. Four

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  One of the more maligned trades Sandy Alderson made last year was sending Jay Bruce to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for their 2016 30th round draft pick Ryder Ryan.  At the time of the trade, Ryan had made 33 appearances for Cleveland’s Low-A affiliate, and he had

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With both Travis d’Arnaud and Kevin Plawecki landing on the disabled list, the Mets needed to make some moves in order to address the catching depth at both the Major League and Minor League levels. Addressing the catching situation was just one of the things the Mets organization did

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Las Vegas (2-6) 10, Albuquerque (5-3) 3 Box Score Brandon Nimmo CF: 2-for-4, 2 R, HBP, RBI, (.500/.600/.500) Ty Kelly RF: 3-for-5, 3 R, 2 3B, HR, 3 RBI, (.440/.481/1.200) Zach Borenstein LF: 2-for-5, 1 2B, 1 R, 3 RBI (.259/.333/.667) Gavin Cecchini SS: 2-for-4, 1 2B, 1 R, 1 BB (.381/.458/.571) The 51s

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After losing the home opener of the series on Monday, the St. Lucie Mets have now run off three straight victories including Thursday night’s 8-4 finale over the Tampa Tarpons, an affiliate of the Yankees on Thursday night in Port St. Lucie. The Mets were lead by the organizations consensus top

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