Rafael Montero was absolutely amazing today as he continued his stretch of dominance over the entire Eastern League. Montero breezed through his start against the Altoona Curve with seven more shutout innings, allowing just two hits and a walk over that span. He struck out six and dazzled anyone

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These were the results of the 11th – 40th rounds of the Mets 2013 MLB Draft. I will have a post up later today entailing a few notes on the draft overall to wrap up the draft coverage this weekend. Interesting note: Our 17th – 25th round picks were

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A lot of moving and shaking has been going on in the last few days, so here’s a quick little transaction report of what you might have missed over the weekend… Las Vegas Collin McHugh was demoted to AAA-Las Vegas. David Aardsma was promoted to the MLB team. Landon

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Jupiter 2, St. Lucie 1 Domingo Tapia was sharp in game one of today’s double header.  Tapia yielded five hits and only one run in six innings pitched.   The Hammerheads’ lineup was formidable since it featured three major leaguers on rehab assignments: Giancarlo Stanton, Donavan Solano, and Joe Mahoney.

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Tacoma 11, Las Vegas 0 It was a rough day at the office for Las Vegas who got flattened and tossed to the curb in an 11-0 blowout. Matt Fox struggled to find the strike zone through the entire game, walking three batters and giving up eight hits over

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Savannah 4, Rome 1 (Box) Rome 3, Savannah 0 (Box) Stefan Sabol’s sixth homer of the season — a three-run shot in the fourth — provided all of the offense the Savannah Sand Gnats needed to win the opener of a doubleheader Saturday, 4-1 over the host Rome Braves.

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OF Cory Vaughn was placed on the DL today with what Lynn Worthy has called a “right elbow strain.” Not much has been made about it, so I can only hope that the injury isn’t too serious and we will see him back in AA soon. In 192 ABs

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Adam Rubin is reporting that Rick Ankiel is out with the Mets. He has been designated for assignment, and considering he was on an MLB deal with no options left, he can choose to accept the assignment to AAA or he will be released from the club. In the

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The Las Vegas 51s have released C Landon Powell from his contract. Powell, 31, hit .159 with a .284 OBP, two home runs and three RBI in 82 plate appearances for the 51s in 2013. This means that for now Juan Centeno and Francisco Pena will man the catching

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Updated by Joe D, Last night in what many saw as his final Triple-A tuneup before a promotion to the Mets,  Zack Wheeler allowed four runs and eight hits with a walk  in 4.2 innings with seven strikeouts. According to SNY’s Kevin Burkhardt, Wheeler will not start next Friday as has

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