Ed Delany Archive

While Rumble Ponies first baseman Peter Alonso has demanded the attention of evaluators and fans all across minor league baseball, and very deservedly so, the New York Mets have another young slugger manning the cold corner that is garnering attention of his own. Jeremy Vasquez, who has been playing

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The Mets were well represented on MLB Pipeline’s prospect team of the week list published on Monday, as they occupied the entire right side of the infield. First baseman Peter Alonso of the Binghamton Rumble Ponies and second baseman Gavin Cecchini of the Las Vegas 51s earned a selection

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Last week was just the latest week in the unfathomably great start Peter Alonso has had to the 2018 season. During the week, Alonso was 12-22 with eight runs, a double, four homers, eight walks, and eight RBI. During that stretch, Alonso not only registered a hit in all

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One year ago today, Matt Pobereyko was pitching in his second season in his second stint for the Florence Freedom of the Frontier League. His first stint came after he went undrafted after graduating from Division II Kentucky Wesleyan College. The led to a his being signed by the

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Position Players Jeremy Vasquez, 1B Level: Columbia Stats: .343/.477/.597, 7 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 17 RBI MMN Ranks: N/A Heading into the season, the Mets future at first base seemed to be a two man discussion between Peter Alonso and Dominic Smith.  With his debut in Kingsport last

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In Jim Bowden’s recent article for The Athletic, the former General Manager identified 15 different prospects which were getting noticed and could quickly rise through their respective farm systems.  In that list, Bowden identified two left-handed starting pitchers from the Mets organization in David Peterson and Anthony Kay. With

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According to the Columbia Fireflies game notes, right-handed pitcher Cannon Chadwick has retired. Chadwick, 23, was the New York Mets ninth round pick in the 2017 draft from the University of Arkansas. Cannon struggled in his five innings of work this year for the Columbia Fireflies allowing seven runs

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It may surprise you which starting pitcher in the Mets organization is off to the best start this season. It’s not a first round draft pick. It’s not one of the many pitchers who throws in the mid to upper 90s.  In fact, this pitcher has a fastball in

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While all the attention has been in Flushing regarding the Mets bullpen’s hot start, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies bullpen has been off to an at least equally as good start.  In fact, you could even argue, they are off to an even better start. Tyler Bashlor, 24, is showing

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  Coming out of Stanford, there was an interesting debate about whether Chris Viall belonged in the rotation or in the bullpen.  Certainly, there is always the temptation to use a guy out of the bullpen when a pitcher has the ability to ramp his fastball up to 101

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