Happy (early) Birthday Wilmer Flores!! Flores, born on August 6, is on his way to New York!! — New York Mets (@Mets) August 6, 2013 Welcome to the show, Wilmer Flores! The Mets thought they could get this news by us at night, huh…? Nope! I feel pretty excited

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Las Vegas 5, Memphis 2 Fueled by a five-run fourth inning, the Las Vegas 51s beat host Memphis Monday, 5-2. Francisco Pena had a three-run home run in the scoring outburst, and Zach Lutz had a two-run double to help the first-place 51s (62-53) win for the second straight

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Key Stats Jhoan Urena: 3-for-4, 2 R Ivan Wilson: 3-for-3, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 2 R Dominic Smith: 1-for-4, 1 BB, 1 RBI Vicente Lupo: 1-for-3, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 R Octavio Acosta: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 0 ER, 4 K Jose Encarnacion: 1.0 IP, 0

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Larry Brooks penned a thought provoking column in a recent New York Post that magnifies the dilemma facing the Mets front office in deciding how to play out the remainder of the 2013  season. A decent month of July baseball energized the Met faithful and made the Citi Field

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Las Vegas 51s The 51s went 3-5 the past seven days, and despite sweeping Sacramento at the start of the week, the River Cats have won five straight to put themselves in a first place tie with Vegas. The top three teams in the PCL Southern division are separated

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Cory Vaughn, who had been sidelined since June 2nd with a right elbow strain, will be moving up from High-A St. Lucie to Double-A Binghamton. On the heels of the Cesar Puello suspension, a roster spot opened up for Vaughn. Adam Rubin of ESPN New York broke the news

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According to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports, Mets minor leaguers Jordany Valdespin and Cesar Puello have each agreed to a 50 game suspension in connection with the Biogenesis scandal. Among players accepting 50-game suspensions: #Rangers’ Cruz, #Tigers’ Peralta, #Phlllies’ Bastardo, #Mets’ Valdespin, #Padres’ Cabrera. — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) August 5, 2013   Also

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Congratulations to T.J. Rivera of the Saint Lucie Mets for being named today’s MMN Player of the Week. When I looked at the candidates this past week in all levels of the Mets farm system, I tried to compare to other deserving winners like Las Vegas 51’s Jordany Valdespin

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Ben Badler of Baseball America put Mets prospect Wilmer Flores at the top of today’s Prospect Notebook. Badler notes that Flores is a very talented prospect that has the unlucky fortune of being in the Mets organization. Why is that? He’s a natural third baseman, but New York now

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As we all know, the Mets minor league system has a lot of affiliates, and a lot of players. So, we’re always on the look out for some enthusiastic people who enjoy talking and writing about our beloved Amazins. We have a wonderful staff full of talented writers here

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