With the MLB Draft on tap this evening, it’s a good time to look at the unforgiving road to The Show. A little over 60 percent of first rounders make it to the big leagues—that’s a little more than half. We aren’t even talking about being an impact player,

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Las Vegas 51s @ Tacoma Rainiers, 10:00pm EST D.J. Mitchell (2-1, 6.61 ERA) vs. TBD The starters for tonight’s series opener between the 51s and Rainiers haven’t officially been announced yet, but it will likely be Mitchell, facing his former organization. The right-hander earned his first win since April

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We’ve got something special going on this morning! John Bernhardt, one of our esteemed writers at MetsMinors.Net, co-hosts a radio show called “Tip Off” every Friday morning at 8:00 AM. John comments on the site under the moniker “B-Mets Fan” and always provides great insight – and you might also

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Here is a 2013 Draft Primer to help you stay on top of all the MLB Draft action beginning tomorrow. 2013 MLB Draft Schedule Rounds 1-2 will be streamed live on MLB.com and broadcast on MLB Network beginning with a preview show at 6:00 pm. Rounds 3-10 will be

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Chris Crawford of MLB Draft Insider posted his second to last mock draft today and had the Mets selecting D.J. Peterson. It should be noted that Crawford has Austin Meadows going to the Red Sox with the 7th pick, Reese McGuire to the Pirates with the 9th pick, and Clint

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Cesar Puello has heard his name mentioned quite a few times over the last 24 hours. If you aren’t aware, ESPN’s Outside the Lines included the prospect in a list of about 20 professional ballplayers the MLB is seeking to suspend due to their alleged involvement with the Biogensis

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Binghamton Mets reliever Chase Huchingson took to Twitter today to voice his take on the recent development in the Miami-based Biogenesis investigation that is at the heart of one of the biggest performance-enhancing drug scandals in sports history. Been watching this PED scandal, thanks MLB for not brushing it

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Rainy Lara is expected to make his second start in the Florida State League tonight for the St. Lucie Mets. His first one went very well despite an eight-day layoff; he went eight innings and allowed three runs (one earned), four hits, no walks, and four strikeouts. He’ll try

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With the 2013 MLB draft set to take place tomorrow, I thought it would be nice to take a look back and see which notable Mets players were drafted on today’s date. The draft is always a special day to think about the future; we could watch our favorite

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The 2013 MLB Draft is tomorrow and the top Mets pick speculation is heating up. I recently allotted the mock drafts, compiling the lists where the likely Mets picks would be. Mock Drafts have had players fall and rise since then. Players such as Braden Shipley and Colin Moran

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