Welcome to this week’s edition of Boom or Bust! Today, we’ll be focusing the spotlight on Savannah Sand Gnats starting pitcher, Gabriel Ynoa. The 20-year-old Dominican led the South Atlantic League in wins, and finished the regular season with a 15-4 record, 2.72 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, and 106 strikeouts

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There might be some weird voodoo magic associated with the Mets spacing out their call-ups, but part of it could definitely have to do with paying players the MLB minimum salary for a couple days less. See, the Mets made the move to re-call Greg Burke, who will join

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Salt Lake 4, Las Vegas 3 They had their chances… they had their chances. The 51s went 3-for-14 with RISP today with chances to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth and ninth en route to losing, 4-3, and finding themselves eliminated at the hands of Salt

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For those of you who didn’t catch it, Steven Matz came through in a huge way for the Sand Gnats last night when he tossed a gem in order to push Savannah to the next round. Savannah received excellent pitching from both Gabriel Ynoa and Steven Matz in their

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Allan Dykstra, Logan Verrett and Jeff Walters – The Killer Bees RHP Jeff Walters has been promoted to Triple-A Las Vegas in time for their game against the Salt Lake Bees today, according to ESPN New York. Thoughts from John B. A live arm with a fastball that regularly

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With pitchers Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler, and Noah Syndergaard rising through the minor leagues and dominating along the way, the hype surrounding those at the top has blocked out some of the performances of lesser-known prospects, even with a fanbase as critical and attentive as the Mets’. Last week,

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It was the only game of the year with a four man umpiring crew the entire season in Binghamton. By the end of the night, manager Pedro Lopez and his B-Met baseball team and some 4,000 Binghamton fans pined for the return of a three-man crew, or perhaps the

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As of 10:00am EST today, here are today’s Mets minor league starting pitchers: Salt Lake Bees @ Las Vegas 51s, 3:05pm EST TBD vs. Aaron Harang (0-0, 4.50 ERA) PCL League Scoreboard With Jacob deGrom‘s season likely over after exiting his final regular season start with shoulder stiffness, Wally

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Savannah 5, Augusta 0 Behind a brilliant pitching performance, the Savannah Sand Gnats blanked the Augusta GreenJackets 5-0 Friday night at Historic Grayson Stadium to sweep the best-of-three Southern Division Championship Series two games to none. Savannah outscored Augusta 15-2 in the two games. Savannah pitchers recorded 19 strikeouts against just

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Potential. It’s always been about potential with Domingo Tapia and unfortunately, it looks like it’ll be about potential for a little while longer. Tapia is coming off a less-than-stellar year in St. Lucie, partially influenced by some lost time due to a burned hand. Tapia never really found himself

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