WEEK IN REVIEW The Las Vegas 51s (15-19, fourth in the Pacific Coast League Pacific Southern division), who went 2-4 this week, suffered from Blake Beavan‘s performance on Saturday, when he allowed ten runs in his organizational debut. Don’t blame Desmond Jennings, though, as the veteran hit .440 with

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According Mike Puma of the New York Post, the New York Mets are discussing promoting Columbia Fireflies outfielder Tim Tebow. The next level up for Tebow would be the Mets Advanced-A affiliate, the St. Lucie Mets. The promotion would come after the South Atlantic League All-Star game on June 20,

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Omaha Storm Chasers (15-17) 5, Las Vegas 51s (15-19) 1 Box Score Our own Jennifer Nieves was at the game and has the full recap here. Akron RubberDucks (14-17) 1, Binghamton Rumble Ponies (18-12) 0 Box Score LHP P.J. Conlon (L, 3-2, 2.88)  8.0 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 6

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The Las Vegas 51s (15-19) opened their series with the Omaha Storm Chasers Thursday night at Cashman Field. They sent right-hander Tyler Pill to the mound. Pill had given up only one earned run over his last four starts at AAA. It seemed Omaha’s approach to Pill was playing

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The Mets made a small flurry of internal transactions Thursday afternoon, as LHP Alberto Baldonado was promoted to Triple-A Las Vegas from Double-A Binghamton, RHPs Cory Burns and Tim Peterson were demoted to Binghamton from Las Vegas, and IF Dale Burdick was demoted to High-A St. Lucie from Binghamton,

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New York Mets shortstop prospect Andres Gimenez has been one of the pleasant surprises thus far in 2017 making his stateside and full season debut for the Columbia Fireflies. Gimenez has played nine games for the Mets Low-A affiliate and has reached base in every game while playing shortstop

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Binghamton Rumble Ponies (18-11) 6 vs. Portland Sea Dogs (16-12) 5 Box Score Luis Guillorme SS: 3 for 3, 2B, 2 RBI, BB .339/.407/.394 Tomas Nido DH: 2 for 5, RBI .236/.271/.371 The Rumble Ponies scored four in the second to equal the Sea Dogs four-run first inning. The

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Las Vegas 51s (15-18) 12, Albuquerque Isotopes (17-15) 9 Box Score Dominic Smith 1B: 4 for 5, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 3 R Desmond Jennings RF: 3 for 5, 2B, BB, 2 R Amed Rosario SS: 2 for 6, 3 RBI Brandon Nimmo CF: 2 for 5, 2B, RBI, BB, 3 R

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Albuquerque Isotopes (17-14) 8, Las Vegas 51s (14-18) Box Score Brandon Nimmo CF – 1 for 5, HR Dominic Smith 1B – 1 for 4, BB, RBI, .307/.362/.441 Phillip Evans 3B – 0 for 1, 3 BB, .245/.333/.327 Nimmo led off the game with an opposite field home run. Amed Rosario

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Columbia Fireflies starting pitcher Merandy Gonzalez was named the South Atlantic League’s Player of the Month for the Month of April. In earning the honor, Gonzalez became the first ever Firefly to achieve such an honor. The honors were well deserved as Gonzalez was the most dominant pitcher on

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