Colorado Springs 13, Las Vegas 12 If you aren’t watching 51s baseball, you’re missing out. I need to preface this by saying that. These guys have been playing some damn good baseball and the PCL curve and Wally Backman have both played their parts in this movement. The 51s

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Binghamton 3, Bowie 2 The Binghamton Mets packed all their runs into the second inning and held on to defeat the Bowie Baysox, 3-2, on a record-setting Tuesday night at Prince George’s Stadium. The B-Mets set a franchise record with their 83rd win of the season and Jeff Walters

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Rome 14, Savannah 1 Every starter in the Rome Braves’ lineup had at least one hit and top pitching prospect Lucas Sims went five innings to notch his 11th win in a 14-1 rout of the Savannah Sand Gnats on Tuesday night. It was the largest margin of defeat

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Tri-City 5, Brooklyn 3 Brooklyn lost a heartbreaker at the hands of the Tri-City ValleyCats, 5-3 in 16 innings. This is the 10th extra-inning game that Brooklyn has played, going 4-6 in these contests. Brooklyn put two early runs on the board against ValleyCats starter, Michael Feliz who owns

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With today’s trade of Marlon Byrd and John Buck, the Mets got a very intriguing prospect from the Pirates, 19 year-old second base prospect Dilson Herrera. Herrera is a converted third baseman out of Cartagena, Columbia who is three years in to his professional baseball career, and in his second

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With the ensuing roster shakeups throughout the organization, the recent promotions of Robert Carson, Matt den Dekker, and Anthony Recker have left Wally Backman‘s clubhouse reasonably bare as the 51s push toward a playoff berth in the Pacific Coast League. So, to help out Las Vegas a little bit,

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As per Adam Rubin… The Mets will send right-handers Chasen Bradford and Hansel Robles, catcher Cam Maron, infielder Aderlin Rodriguez and outfielder Cory Vaughn to the Arizona Fall League along with two additional pitchers named later. The group will play for the Scottsdale Scorpions along with prospects from the

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The Mets have traded John Buck and Marlon Byrd and cash considerations to the Pittsburgh Pirates for 19-year-old Single-A second baseman Dilson Herrera and a player to be named later, according to ESPN New York. Herrera is the 20th best prospect in the Pirates minor leagues according to Baseball America and 11th best according to MiLB.com who

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As you can see from the most recent post here on MMN, Vinny B. chose Brooklyn pitcher Robert Gsellman as today’s Mets Minors Pitcher of the Week. It just so happens that the honors haven’t stopped there; the young hurler was also named the NY Penn League Pitcher of

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With young pitchers like Chris Flexen, Robert Whalen and Miller Diaz enjoying standout seasons for Kingsport and Brooklyn, the Mets currently possess many intriguing pitching prospects in the low minors. In recent weeks, another young pitcher is also starting to garner a lot of attention due to his excellent

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