The New York Mets have traded utility player L.J. Mazzilli to the New York Yankees in exchange for OF Kendall Coleman.  Mazzilli, the son of beloved Met Lee Mazzilli, who currently was a Spring Training instructor with the Yankees, was the Mets 2013 4th round draft pick out of

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El Paso (4-1) 14, Las Vegas (1-4) 0   Box Score Ty Kelly SS: 1-4, K, .267/.353/.467 Gavin Cecchini 2B: 2-3, .333/.385/.500 The 51s’ offense was quiet all game, with just five hits, all of which were singles. Two of them came from Cecchini, who has started to hit well in

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Gerson Bautista pitched two perfect innings in the Binghamton Rumble Ponies loss to the Akron RubberDucks.  In these two perfect innings, Bautista struck out five of the six batters he would face while walking no batters. This appearance was the latest in what has been a great run for

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Monday evening, Chris Viall, 22, took to the bump against the Hagerstown Suns for his low-A Columbia Fireflies debut. The former 2016 sixth round pick out of Stanford was everything he was supposed to be. The tall right-handed pitcher, standing a full 6-feet-9 inches, generates plenty of velocity from

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I went to NYSEG Stadium today hoping to catch a glimpse of Tim Tebow on the baseball diamond.  I left the Binghamton Stadium impressed with the performance of a kid without Tebow’s name recognition –  a right-handed pitcher named Nabil Crismatt.  Crismatt was brilliant on the mound for the

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Week In Review The Las Vegas 51s (1-3, t-second in the Pacific Coast League Pacific Southern division) have struggled to get their own runners on base and keep their opponents off them. Their eight home runs allowed are tied for the most in the league. The Binghamton Rumble Ponies

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In yesterday’s game against the Bradenton Marauders, Mets top prospect Andres Gimenez hit his first home run of the season: It was an impressive no-doubt home run to right. It was all the more impressive when you consider the homer was hit against Future’s Game veteran Luis Escobar, who

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El Paso Chihuahuas (3-1) 8, Las Vegas 51s (1-3) 5   Box Score  Ty Kelly 3B: 2-for-5, R, HR, 3 RBI, K, .273/.385/.545 Gavin Cecchini 2B: 2-for-3, R, 2 2B, .222/.300/.444 Jose Lobaton C: 1-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 K, .333/.333/.583 The 51s had ten hits in the loss, but scored all

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In the first round of the 2016 Draft, the New York Mets selected UConn left-handed started pitcher Anthony Kay (31st 0verall). Unfortunately, soon after he was drafted, it was discovered Kay had a torn UCL, and he required Tommy John surgery.  As a result, Kay was not ready to

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It was a rough day for the New York Mets minor league affiliates with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies the only winner. With the season beginning to ramp up, here’s how the farm teams fared yesterday. El Paso (2-1) 8, Las Vegas (1-2) 3  Box Score Dominic Smith 1B: 3-for-4,

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