Travis d’Arnaud is projected to start at catcher tonight for the New York Mets — it was a long time coming and a freak injury in his foot may have slowed down his progress, but we all knew it was inevitable. D’Arnaud was likely going to make his debut

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As of 9:00am EST today, here are today’s Mets minor league starting pitchers: Las Vegas 51s @ Salt Lake Bees, 8:35pm EST Carlos Alvarado (4-3, 3.09 ERA) vs. Billy Buckner (6-2, 4.24 ERA) PCL League Scoreboard Alvarado has struggled of late, losing his last three starts. However, he performed

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Las Vegas 6, Salt Lake 4 The Las Vegas 51s scored two runs today in the top of the ninth inning for a 6-4 victory at host Salt Lake in the first game of a five-game series. With the win, the 51s stayed in a first place tie with Sacramento

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Jupiter 7, St. Lucie 0 After winning the first five games of their homestand behind an offensive outburst, the St. Lucie Mets tumbled at the conclusion and dropped the final two games, including a 7-0 decision to Jupiter on Friday night. The Mets were held hitless the first time

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Brooklyn Cyclones’ righty reliever Johnny Magliozzi had no thrown more than a single inning at any time this summer. But with the game on the line in the top of the eighth, Cyclones’ manager Rich Donnelly called on the reliever to get the final six outs. Magliozzi came through

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This year has been a very telling year for the Mets Organization as a whole.  Even though they are still losing more then they are winning, they are developing pieces on the major league team and in the minors for the future. One person who has stepped up and

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It was a good week for top prospects Rafael Montero and Travis d’Arnaud; they were both recognized by Baseball America today in their weekly edition of the Prospect Hot Sheet. Montero has been hot for a while, but his most effective performances since getting promoted from Binghamton have come

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The following post adds some perspective and a longer view to what the future may hold for the Mets starting rotation. It’s important to understand the approach that the front office takes with regards to how they determine the progression of their top pitching prospects through the Mets minor

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  1. Noah Syndergaard, RHP Status: Hot Syndergaard continues to exceed expectations, laying waste to the Eastern League along the way. Thor stayed red-hot this week when he took the mound on August 10th against the Erie SeaWolves. He pitched five scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and walking just

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In his fifth straight quality start, Rafael Montero cruised through seven innings today for Triple-A Las Vegas and allowed zero runs. In fact, he has pitched more effectively in each of his consecutive quality starts — starting with six innings and three runs allowed and culminating today with seven

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