I didn’t have the privilege of getting to Citi Field for the MLB Futures Game yesterday, but I had the opportunity to watch the first inning. I got a glimpse of both Noah Syndergaard and Rafael Montero on the hill, and I’m very happy I had the time to

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Las Vegas 51s The 51s are currently enjoying the Triple-A All-Star break, and will return to action on Thursday in Reno, which is the site of this year’s All-Star game. Las Vegas went 3-4 this week, losing two of three to Salt Lake, but splitting a four-game set with

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As of 9:00am EST today, here are today’s Mets minor league starting pitchers: OFF PCL League Scoreboard The 51 are off for the Triple-A All-Star break. They return to action Thursday night in Reno against the Aces. Richmond Flying Squirrels @ Binghamton Mets, 6:35pm EST Taylor Rogers (5-5, 5.85

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The Futures Game Was Bright With Syndergaard, Montero and Nimmo On Hand Well that was fun.. The game’s best young prospects converged on Citi Field, home of the New York Mets, to take part in the Futures Game, where the U.S. Team defeated the World Team by a score

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Binghamton 4, Portland 0 The Binghamton Mets rode a strong pitching performance from Erik Goeddel as they blanked the Portland Sea Dogs, 4-0 in the series finale Sunday afternoon at NYSEG Stadium. This was their third shutout of the series, which is the first time Binghamton has accomplished that

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Connecticut 6, Brooklyn 4 John Gant was on the mound for Brooklyn and looked good early on but struggled in sixth inning before being taken out after pitching 5.2 IP. The Cyclones put up two runs in the second inning, before extending their lead in the sixth inning, but the

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There was a nice piece that appeared over on NewsDay’s website about L.J. Mazzilli last night, where there’s just a little insight into the young Mazzilli as a person. We often get caught in figuring out what a prospect can do for us performance wise — and we overlook the

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This week’s prospect time machine puts the spotlight on a former first round pick of the New York Mets, and their current Triple-A manager, Wally Backman. The former second and third baseman is originally from Hillsboro, Oregon, and attended Aloha High School. The Mets selected him straight out of

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This week’s subject of MMN’s Boom or Bust spotlight is on St. Lucie first baseman, Jayce Boyd. The Florida State University product was selected by the Mets in the sixth round of the 2012 MLB draft. After getting his feet wet last season with the Brooklyn Cyclones, Boyd has

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As of 9:00am EST today, here are today’s Mets minor league starting pitchers: OFF PCL League Scoreboard The 51 are off for the Triple-A All-Star break. They return to action Thursday night in Reno against the Aces. Portland Sea Dogs @ Binghamton Mets, 1:05pm EST Matt Barnes (4-5, 5.32

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