Adam Rubin reports that Rainy Lara, who has won two of the last three South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week awards for the Savannah Sand Gnats, has been promoted to the St. Lucie Mets. In a corresponding move, Lara will take the rotation spot of Marcos Camarena, who

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Teddy Cahill of MiLB.com had an article this afternoon on catching prospect and 2012 first rounder Kevin Plawecki. As those of you who read here know, Plawecki has been raking in Single-A Savannah and may be close to a promotion to FSL and quite possible even to Double-A Binghamton given how

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Draft day is approaching quick; June 6th to be exact. The most important phase of the June rule IV Player Draft is the first round, which is speculated over and over every year. The first round usually sets the tone for priority of picks by selecting players teams feel

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Las Vegas 51s @ Iowa Cubs, 1:05pm EST Matt Fox (1-0, 5.40 ERA) vs. Chris Rusin (2-4, 4.33 ERA) Fox heads to the mound for his second start since getting picked up by the Mets organization. He got things off on the right foot by beating Omaha in his

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Charleston 4, Savannah 2 Game three of the series between the Sanannah Sand Gnats and the Charleston RiverDogs  was played in front of 1,752  fans Wednesday evening at Grayson Stadium. Charleston won 4-2, winning two out of three games this series. Neither team did much with the hits they collected,

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With Ike Davis struggling in the majors, Mets fans are looking for another option, someone who can take over the first base job for Davis while he puts in some work at Triple-A. There really seem to be three candidates, two more realistic than the other: Zach Lutz, Josh

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Binghamton 8, New Britain 3 The Binghamton Mets scored four runs in the fourth inning to defeat the New Britain Rock Cats, 8-3, Wednesday night at New Britain Stadium. Josh Rodriguez drove in two runs and led Binghamton’s 11-hit attack with two RBI singles and a double. For the

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Zack Wheeler took the hill this afternoon for the first time after a brief stint on the disabled list due to inflammation in the AC Joint of his throwing shoulder. He received a cortisone shot, and missed his scheduled start this past Saturday. Wheeler looked a tad rusty from

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Zack Wheeler took some time out to sit down with Matthew Stucko of MiLB.com recently to chat. One of the questions Stucko asked the Mets’ top pitching prospect is what he bought with this first paycheck. After getting drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the first round (sixth

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Francisco Pena, the son of Tony Pena, has the honor of catching Zack Wheeler today as the Las Vegas 51s take on the Iowa Cubs. In the top of the first, Pena hit his second home run since being promoted to Triple-A, spotting Wheeler with a quick 3-0 lead

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