When the New York Yankees traded for Eric Young Jr. hours before Wednesday’s waiver trade deadline, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com sent out the following tweet: The Yankees have acquired Eric Young Jr. from the Brewers, probably just to prevent the Mets from making him a September call-up. #joke —

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Las Vegas 51s (68-73) 5 vs. Salt Lake Bees (62-77) 4 BOX SCORE Brandon Nimmo CF: 1 for 5, 2 RBIs, 2 K .353/.423/.547 Gavin Cecchini SS: 3 for 5 .328/.389/.448 Matt Reynolds 2B: 2 for 4, 2B, 3 RBIs, R .265/.336/.360 The 51s scored two in the seventh

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The St. Lucie Mets beat the Jupiter Hammerheads 9-2 tonight to clinch the second half division title and a playoff spot. The Mets came into tonight with three games left in the season and all of them against Jupiter, needing to win just one to claim a playoff spot.

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Baseball America chose their All-Prospect Team for the month of August which included Las Vegas 51s outfielder Brandon Nimmo.  In the month of August, Nimmo hit .407/.474/.651 in 97 plate appearances for the 51s. He also had seven doubles, one triple, four home runs, 14 RBI and 21 runs scored.

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Update –  Gavin Cecchini made his professional debut at second base for the Las Vegas 51s on Thursday night and was flawless including turning a 5-4-3 double play. He had been working before 51s’ games with Mets director of player development Kevin Morgan at second base. Morgan played second,

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Las Vegas 51s (67-71) 5, El Paso Chihuahuas 2 Box Score Gavin Cecchini made his professional start at second base and was flawless, “Gavin was outstanding at second base,” Backman told Las Vegas 51s beat writer Betsy Helfand after the game. Brandon Nimmo LF: 3 for 5, 2B (25th), 2

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The Florida State League has named Mets prospects Tomas Nido and Corey Taylor to their end-of-season All-Star team. Nido was the Mets 2012 eighth round draft pick out of Orangewood Christian High School in Maitland, Florida. The 22-year old catching prospect had a breakout year hitting .310/.348/.448 with 22 doubles, one triple, seven

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As the Mets started making some of their September 1st call ups it sent a domino effect through the minor leagues today with a flurry of promotions. First off, the moves that started every was the Mets promoting Michael Conforto, Ty Kelly, Kevin Plawecki and Gabriel Ynoa from the

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Following the Brooklyn Cyclones’ 9-2 win over the Auburn Doubledays Wednesday night, Mets Minors learned that the New York Mets traded Brooklyn right-hander Erik Manoah to the Los Angeles Angels. It was later confirmed, via a team announcement, that the move was made to acquire RHP Fernando Salas. Manoah became

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The Dominican Summer League has finished its regular season and neither of the Mets teams will be moving forward to the playoffs. As the level is designed to initiate players to organized baseball for the first time, the life, diet, training regimen, with some English courses mixed in; winning

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