When Ty Kelly first joined the Mets organization back in 2016, the then 27 year old career minor leaguer would be assigned to the Las Vegas 51s.  He would make an immediate impression on the entire Mets organization. In his first 35 games of the season, he could not

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Baseball America released their annual review of the Mets’ signings of International Free Agents yesterday with some positivity. The Mets had a budget of $5.75 million after trading Milton Ramos to the Orioles for $1 million extra and made it count, signing 28 players, according to Baseball America. Headlining the Mets’ free agent

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The New York Mets’ minor league affiliates split their games last night, with Las Vegas and Binghamton losing, and Columbia and St. Lucie going home victorious.   Albuquerque (5-2) 17, Las Vegas (1-6) 11  Box Score Ty Kelly 2B-CF: 4-5, 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 3 RBI, .400/.455/1.000 Dominic Smith 1B: 3-5, 2

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Heading into the 2018 season, it was an open debate whether Justin Dunn would be able to stick it out in the rotation or if he was best suited to move back into the bullpen.  After all, he had a 5.74 ERA as a starter and a 1.59 ERA

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In their annual review of all ten full-season minor leagues, Baseball America noted that 19-year-old shortstop Andres Gimenez, the top prospect in the Mets’ system, was the third youngest player in the Florida State League as of Opening Day. Playing for the St. Lucie Mets, Gimenez is the first

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A walk-off win from the St. Lucie Mets saved the farm system from going winless on Tuesday night. Albuquerque (4-2) 7, Las Vegas (1-5) 3   Box Score Phillip Evans 3B: 2-3, 2B, RBI, BB, K, .200/.368/.333 Zach Borenstein LF: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, K, .167/.250/.389 Gavin Cecchini 2B: 1-3, 2B, BB,

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In the St. Lucie Mets 6-5 win over the Tampa Tarpons, the offense was led by right fielder Ian Strom.  On the night, Strom was 2-4 with a run, triple, homer, and two RBI. This game was part of an impressive and unexpected power display from Strom to start

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Of the hard-throwing relievers acquired by the Mets in exchange for veterans over the final two months of the 2017 season, Eric Hanhold understandably received the least fanfare. Three of the pitchers—Jacob Rhame, Gerson Bautista, and Stephen Nogosek—found themselves in MLB Pipeline’s top-30 prospect list, while Rhame and another,

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With the heavy workload the Mets bullpen has undertaken to start the 2017, especially Robert Gsellman and Seth Lugo, the New York Mets had called up Corey Oswalt to be available to pitch out of the bullpen. As Tim Britton of The Athletic reported, had Yoenis Cespedes not delivered

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In a shocking move, the New York Mets tweeted that Brandon Nimmo would be demoted to the Las Vegas 51s and Corey Oswalt would be promoted to the big-league club. Even though this move seems temporary, it’s still surprising to see the Mets send their best bat off-the-bench to

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