In yesterday’s Farm Report on ESPN New York, Adam Rubin gave out plenty of quality information about the Mets minor league system (as he always does). What I took notice of was the first item in the “short hops” section of the article. Rubin noted that while Rafael Montero,

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“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.” That’s a Chasen Bradford tweet I found on-line as I searched to find something about the B-Met relief pitcher. I was curious to know whether Bradford was talking about the cards he

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As of 9:00am EST today, here are today’s Mets minor league starting pitchers: Fresno Grizzlies @ Las Vegas 51s 10:05pm EST TBD vs. Carlos Alvarado (4-4, 3.74 ERA) PCL League Scoreboard After starting his tenure with the Mets organization with a 4-0 record and an ERA around 2.50, Alvarado

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Las Vegas 8, Fresno 7 After a sub-par start from Chris Schwinden left the 51s in a 7-0 nothing hole, they rallied to tie the game with seven unanswered runs across the 5th — 8th innings and put the stamp on the comeback with the walk-off hit in the

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Binghamton 5, Bowie 3 The Binghamton Mets defeated the Bowie Baysox, 5-3 to clinch the Eastern Division regular season title on Wednesday night at NYSEG Stadium. This is the third regular season title in franchise history, and their first since 2000. Binghamton led the entire game in the wire-to-wire

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  St. Lucie 6, Palm Beach 4 Palm Beach 7, St. Lucie 0 St. Lucie split two games of a doubleheader last night against the Palm Beach Cardinals.  The first game, which was resumed from Tuesday night, resulted in St. Lucie defeating the Cardinals by the score of 6-4. 

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Kannapolis 4, Savannah 3 The host Intimidators took advantage of wildness from Savannah relief pitcher Estarlin Morel in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Sand Gnats 4-3 on Wednesday night. With the game tied 3-3, Tim Anderson opened the bottom of the ninth with a bunt

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Staten Island 5, Brooklyn 3 The Baby Bombers lived up to their name, as a pair of home runs gave Staten Island a 5-3 win over the Cyclones on Wednedsay night. This season, the Cyclones pitching staff has allowed 15 home runs through 61 games, with six of them

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The Player of the Year in the Florida State League for 2013 was just announced and St. Lucie Mets slugger Dustin Lawley got the nod with a spectacular season leading the FSL with 25 home runs 90 RBIs. He is coming off a hot week where he went 8-for-18 with

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Who’s Hot: Akeel Morris SP/RP, Brooklyn: Akeel Morris, who one of the most intriguing arms in the low minors, dazzled in his first start of the season on Monday.  Morris fired five shutout innings against the Staten Island Yankees, and he struck out five.  After an extremely disappointing season

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