Adam Rubin provided us all with a little update on Matt den Dekker today when he reported that den Dekker is only swinging with his left hand and is going to attempt swinging with both hands next week. Terry Collins said den Dekker’s wrist suffered disuse atrophy while in a

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The Draft is quickly approaching, and multiple people have been asking about different players. The player most people have been asking about has been Stanford outfielder Austin Wilson. Austin Wilson is an interesting prospect. His hit, and his power from the right side are listed as “plus tools” (Mayo

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Las Vegas 51s @ Fresno Grizzles, 10:05pm EST Zack Wheeler (3-1, 4.13 ERA) vs. Shane Loux (5-2, 4.09 ERA) Wheeler heads to the mound for the third time since hitting the disabled list for a week and will try to get himself back on track. While he likely won’t

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New Hampshire 8, Binghamton 7 The Binghamton Mets failed to hold an early five-run lead and fell to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, 8-7, in the series opener on a hot Friday night at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium. B-Mets starter Logan Verrett was tagged for eight runs on eleven

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Las Vegas 7, Reno 0 The Las Vegas 51s used a five-run fifth inning Friday to beat the visiting Reno Aces for the third straight night, 7-0. The 51s limited Reno to just two runs in the three-game winning streak, taking three of four games in the series at

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Savannah 6, Kannapolis 2 The Savannah Sand Gnats scored first on Maikis De La Cruz’s two-run homer in the third inning and never trailed in defeating the host Intimidators 6-2 on Friday night. Savannah (32-22) kept Kannapolis (19-33) off the scoreboard for eight of nine innings behind stalwart pitching

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Omar Quintanilla was officially added to the roster yesterday to take Ruben Tejada‘s spot, who landed on the 15-day DL with a strained right quad. Q’s departure left a void on Wally Backman‘s roster that needed to be filled. The Mets filled it with minor leaguer Rylan Sandoval, who will

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Ben Badler of Baseball America held his weekly Hot Sheet Prospect Chat this afternoon. All of the questions he’s answered can be seen here. Ryan from New York asked Badler who had the highest ceiling in the Mets’ farm system out of a group that includes Rafael Montero, Domingo

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Wilmer Flores didn’t break the top-13 list on Baseball America’s weekly hot sheet, but he did receive an honorable mention. The second baseman put together a .406/.406/.625 line over the past week. Mitch Petanick also focused on Flores this morning for today’s Prospect Spotlight. Flores has compiled nine RBIs

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Wilmer Flores got off to a slow start in 2013. The 21 year-old prospect found himself in the shadow of top prospects Travis d’Arnaud and Zack Wheeler when he arrived in Las Vegas. But now we find ourselves almost two months into the season, and Flores seems to be

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