Trenton Thunder (1-1) 9, Binghamton Rumble Ponies (1-1) 6 Box Score RHP Ricky Knapp (L, 0-1, 9.64) 4.2 IP, 6 R, 5 ER, 11 H, 1 BB, 1 K RHP Drew Smith (13.50) 1.1 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 3 K LHP P.J. Conlon (0.00) 1.0
Baseball America reports the New York Mets are the front-runners for 15-year-old Venezuelan Catcher Francisco Alvarez, who is considered a Top 10 prospect in next year’s international signing class. Here is some video from the MM Baseball Academy highlighting some of the skills the young catcher possesses: Here is
As previously noted by MMN, the Mets will be sending Tomas Nido, Luis Guillorme, David Thompson, and Kevin Kaczmarski to the Arizona Fall League. In addition to the position players, the Mets will be sending Pitching Coach Jonathan Hurst and four pitching prospects with them: RHP Mickey Jannis Ht:
With the Mets being sellers at the trade deadline, Sandy Alderson went out there and obtained a new crop of power throwing relief prospects. With the minor league regular season ending for the Mets affiliates ending today, here is a review of how the pitchers performed in the
New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard will make start the season finale for the Brooklyn Cyclones tonight. This will be the first time Syndergaard takes the mound since he suffered a partially torn lat that caused him to leave his April 30th start after his pitching just 1.1 innings.
The Binghamton Rumble Ponies beat the Trenton Thunder in Game 1 of their Eastern League Championship Series, 4-1. Box Score Pitching The Rumble Ponies sent their ace and arguably the best pitcher in the Eastern League, Corey Oswalt, to the mound. Oswalt had a 2.28 ERA in 134.1 innings
Once again, there have been a number of outstanding performances in the Mets minor leagues during the Month of August with some players starting to raise their profiles. While we cannot mention everyone who has had a good month, here are the staff selections for the Player of the
The more I watch Binghamton’s Rumble Ponies the more this scrappy group reminds me of the 1969 Mets. The similarities are sometimes uncanny. This weekend in Friday and Saturday games, the Ponies squeaked by the Hartford Yard Goats in back-to-back pitching duels, both 1-0 victories. Corey Oswalt, the Eastern League’s Pitcher of the
Tim Tebow’s resume reads like a fairy tale for the sports-lover with aspirations of athletic glory. Dig deeper into the story, and it becomes apparent that Tebow has taken a circuitous path to his current position as an outfielder for the New York Mets organization. He arrived at the
It hasn’t been a good season for the Las Vegas 51s (56-86). At 30 games under .500, it was one of the worst in franchise history. They went into their final home stand on an eight-game losing streak. But from game to game, good things can happen and they