According to a report on ESPN New York, Mike Baxter’s recovery from a displaced collarbone is moving forward. Baxter told ESPNNewYork.com that he was heading to the Mets’ Port St. Lucie, Fla., complex later in the day. Baxter said he has full range of motion in the shoulder and has started hitting off a tee, “so it’s coming along pretty well.” Before making his memorable no-hitter saving catch, Baxter had provided the Mets with a solid [...]

The New York-Penn League have named Cyclones first baseman Cole Frenzel Player of the Week and teammate Luis Mateo Pitcher of the Week. Cole Frenzel has been raking since arriving to Brooklyn once Short-Season got underway. He leads the league in over a dozen different offensive categories and is really in the midst of a frecord breaking season, batting .412 with a .492 on-base and .569 slugging percentage in 51 at-bats. Perhaps the most remarkable [...]

I asked Brandon Nimmo if he had a few minutes to spare at some point before the game against the Hudson Valley Renegades on Sunday. He said, “when?” I said, “you tell me, anytime your available.” He turned around and caught the eye of his hitting coach Bobby Malek who simply nodded, and Nimmo turned back to me and said, “I have time now.” Here’s the rest of what transpired: Petey:  I’m talking to Brandon [...]

The Miami Marlins have acquired outfielder/first baseman Carlos Lee from the Houston Astros according to Fox Sports‘ Ken Rosenthal. Houston will receive two minor leaguers, third baseman Matt Dominguez and left-hander Rob Rasmussen in exchange for Lee. The Astros will pay almost all of the approximately $9 million remaining on Lee’s contract. Miami will assume the pro-rated portion of the MLB minimum salary of $480,000. The deal comes less than a week after Lee invoked his limited [...]

The New York Mets today announced the club has recalled righthanded pitcher Pedro Beato from Buffalo (AAA) of the International League and optioned righthanded pitcher Jeremy Hefner to the Bisons. Beato, 25, will wear uniform #27 and will be available for Thursday night’s game vs. Philadelphia. Beato was 3-2 with a 1.16 ERA (three earned runs/24.0 innings) in 16 games with Buffalo. The 6-4, 222-pounder allowed 15 hits, seven runs (three earned), with three walks [...]

Chris Young had a good outing but ran out of steam in the seventh, and the bullpen faltered in the 9-2 loss against the Phillies Game Recap Chris Young went to the mound and has kept with the theme of quality outings, going seven innings allowing  three runs on five hits while striking out three and walking none with all of his runs allowed in the seventh inning. Chris gave up two big home runs [...]

The Mets have designated Justin Hampson for assignment and recalled Jordany Valdespin fron Triple-A Buffalo. Valdespin, 24, has been on hot streak at Buffalo and is batting .333 in his last ten games with two homeruns, eight RBI and four stolen bases. For the season he has a .289 average in 136 at-bats. Hampson, 32, appeared in three games and faced eight batters for New York. The left-hander allowed three hits and a walk in his first big league action [...]

Buffalo 5, Durham 4 By Sean Kenny Collin McHugh had by far his best outing for the Bisons, and after a Jenrry Mejia blown save Jordany Valdespin played the hero in the 5-4 win against the Durham Bulls Collin McHugh today was spectacular going six and one-third innings, allowing one run on four hits while walking two and striking out TEN. McHugh had everything working, and was effective with avoiding bats as well as avoiding [...]

On the eve of the Fourth of July, the Mets bats exploded for fifteen hits tonight and beat up the Philadelphia Phillies 11-1 in a sold out Citi Field. Jon Niese pitched a gem of a game going a full eight innings and holding the Phillies to just one run on three hits while striking out three. Niese has stepped it up big time and has won his last three starts for the Mets. The [...]

You’ve heard the term used all the time, but what exactly is a troll and what is trolling, and was the Mets GM guilty of being a troll or trolling his own fan base on Twitter in recent days? I’ll let you be the judge on Alderson, but first lets define what a troll is. No, we’re not talking about those dwarf-sized, hairy, humanoid beings that come out and attack you from the shadows of [...]