EL PASO 10, LAS VEGAS 9 The 51s jumped out to a 7-0 and seemed like they were on their way to an easy victory. El Paso had other plans in mind, putting up seven runs of their own in the bottom of the 6th on their way to

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The Savannah Sand Gnats and the Charleston RiverDogs played the first game of a four game series Saturday in front of 4,499 fans at Grayson Stadium. It was the second largest crowd of 2014 at Grayson Stadium. Charleston won 3-1, as they got off to a fast start– scoring

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I ventured over on Wednesday and Thursday to JetBlue Park, the spring home of the Boston Redsox, to catch some of the Florida State Baseball Championships and I walked away impressed with the level of talent that was displayed in the tournament. My visit was a bit biased as

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LAS VEGAS 6, EL PASO 4 The Las Vegas 51’s won their sixth game in a row by defeating the El Paso Chihuhua’s 6-4.  It seemed like the 51’s were going to score every inning instead of every other like they did on Friday.  That trend of scoring every

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In the double header, L.J. Mazzilli was 3-for-5, one run scored, two RBI’s, and walked twice. The Savannah Sand Gnats and the Greenville Drive played a double header on Friday at Grayson Stadium. The teams split with Savannah winning the first game 11-3 and Greenville winning the second game 4-1.

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LAS VEGAS 10, EL PASO 2 The Las Vegas 51’s were on an “every other inning” scoring spree on Friday as they defeated the El Paso Chihuahuas 10-2.  The 51’s gave starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard so help scoring runs in the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th innings enroute

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In a day an age of the young power thrower, it’s refreshing to know there will always be a place for a guy who simply pitches, who masters the art of using his pitching arsenal to keep hitters off balance and get batters out.  Wednesday night at NYSEG Stadium

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LAS VEGAS 4, EL PASO 3 Giancarlo Alvarado started for the 51s and earned the win despite having a very odd night on the mound. The right-hander went five innings and only allowed one hit, but walked six batters. He also struck out four. Cesar Puello, who’s been mired

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For the second night in a row, the  New York Mets marched out one of their pitching prospects to make their major league debut.  On Wednesday night it was Rafael Montero and Thursday night it was Jacob deGrom.  deGrom was originally called up to pitch out of the bullpen,

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The 2014 MLB Draft will take place from June 5th-7th, with our Mets holding the 10th overall pick in what is considered a deep draft. Earlier this month Baseball America had the Mets selecting college outfielder Michael Conforto. Today, ESPN‘s resident draft and minors guru Keith Law released his

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