Buffalo 2, Toledo 1 By Andrew O’Brien The Buffalo Bisons needed extra innings Monday night, but an error led to another Herd win, this time defeating Toledo, 2-1, in 10 innings. In the top of the 10th inning, Dustin Martin led off with a line-drive double to right to give the Bisons a runner in scoring position with no outs. Corey Wimberly laid down a sacrifice bunt, but a throwing error by Mud Hens closer [...]

The New York Mets today announced the selection of shortstop Gavin Cecchini from Barbe High School (LA) with the 12th pick of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft. Cecchini, 18, who bats and throws right-handed, hit .413 with seven home runs, 32 RBI and 31 stolen bases to help Barbe to the Class 5A state title this season.  Cecchini played for his father, Glenn, at Barbe.  The 6-0, 175-pound native of Lake Charles, LA, was named Mr. Baseball [...]

Well as is usually the case Day One of the First Year Player Draft was filled with surprises. Mark Appel didn’t go first, or second, or even third, we was selected with the eighth pick by the Pittsburgh Pirates. I don’t remember seeing too many mocks that had shortstop Carlos Correa in the number one slot do you? In fact rumors circulated that Appel was not only a sure thing for the Astros, but that he had [...]

The New York Mets wind up taking 3 of the 4 games against the St. Louis Cardinals, losing the finale on Monday afternoon. Since I work fulltime, it’s very hard for me to catch weekday games, but it’s really of no consequence, because this edition of 3&3 is all about some great weekend pitching by the Mets. 3 Up: Oh, What A Night: Friday night Johan Santana made Mets history, and also made a lots [...]

The MMO Player of the Week for this week has shown what a great impact he can have on this team. This week includes the 3-game series against the Phillies, and 3 of the 4-games against the Cardinals for a total of 6 games. Congratulations to… Through the use of the scorecard, let’s take a look at how Johan Santana did this week: G IP W L SV R ER BB K AVG WHIP 1 9.0 [...]

The Mets have selected catcher Kevin Plawecki from Purdue with the 35th overall pick in the 2012 first year player draft. Jonathan Mayo says: “Plawecki is an offensive catcher with a lot of ability with the bat. He makes consistent contact with a short swing that allows him to stay in the center of the field. With a contact first approach, Plawecki’s power is fringy right now, but there’s a lot of strength to potentially tap into [...]

The Houston Astros shocked many in attendance during Day One of the 2012 First Year Player Draft last night when they selected shortstop Carlos Correa from Puerto Rico. Correa who was actually one of the players in attendance, reached into his pocket as he strolled to the podium, pulled out a small Puerto Rican flag and waved it at the cheering crowd. The 17-year-old slugging shortstop had just made hometown history at the baseball draft, [...]

Here is the latest from many of the experts on who they believe the Mets will select with their No. 12 overall pick in tonight’s First Year Player Draft. Through The Fence Albert Almora, OF, Mater HS - Almora is the most polished high school player in the draft, and once he fills out his 6’-2”, 180-pound frame, could end up being the best position player to come out of this draft. He has all five [...]

Dillon Gee with another great start tonight. Having to follow Santana, Dickey and Niese’s great starts, Gee keeps the saying, “Good starting pitching is contagious” true. With seven strong innings tonight, only allowing three runs (two earned) on six hits, two walks and he struck out eight batters. Despite his great start, and several great starts in a row, he walks away with a no decision and an a 4.48 ERA. Jon Rauch was great [...]

Manager Terry Collins announced that right-hander Chris Young will make his long anticipated return to the rotation on Tuesday when the Mets begin a big three game series against the Nationals. Young will be on a strict pitch count and is expected to throw between 80-85 pitches, with a limit of 90 according to Collins. Miguel Batista will also be back and will most likely back up Young after his day is done. Young, who [...]

As most of you know, for most of the offseason, I’ve taken an optimistic approach toward the Mets for this new season. In our 2012 MMO Predictions, I picked the Mets to win the second Wild Card in the National League. For comeback player of the year, my choice was Johan Santana. I’m on record as saying that by the end of this season, the Mets will have increased their attendance over last year. I shared [...]