I find it amazing how little attention RHP Luis Mateo gets when the topic of conversation is about the Mets’ best pitching prospects. If you didn’t know any better you would think that Zack Wheeler, Jeurys Familia, Matt Harvey and one or two others, were the only starting pitchers in the Mets minor league system. So let me introduce you to rising star Luis Mateo, currently the hottest pitcher in the Mets organization. This very young and [...]

Ramblings from Henry and Fayette Streets The Week That Was June 25th - July 1st If not for a win in Erie on Monday, the Binghamton Mets would have gone 0-for-the week.  After their 11-5 victory at Jerry Uht Park against the SeaWolves, the B-Mets were swept at home in a four game series against the Bowie BaySox, and started off their four game set against the Altoona Curve with two more losses over the weekend.  At [...]

Durham 12, Buffalo 6 By Connor O’Brien Coming off a 12-6 loss to the Durham Bulls on Saturday night, the Bisons lost by the same score in yesterday’s afternoon game. Jeurys Familia took the hill for the Mets, looking to stop the Bisons’ six-game losing streak to the Bulls. Familia came into the night with an ERA close to five and had been struggling with his command. Yesterday’s game was more of the same. In [...]

It was a rough end to an otherwise exceptional series for the New York Mets as the failed to complete the four game sweep of the Dodgers, with poor pitching and sloppy defense being the name of the game as they fell by a lopsided score of 8-3. Dillon Gee got the nod for New York and labored through his outing to say the least. After Scott Hairston gave the Mets an early lead in [...]

The Brooklyn Cyclones do warm-ups on an already hot day in the H.V. (click any photo to embiggen) Just got back to The Dutch, otherwise known as Dutchess Stadium in scenic Wappingers Falls, New York. I’m gearing myself up for tonight’s grudgematch between the 1st place Brooklyn Cyclones and the 1st place Hudson Valley Renegades. That’s no misprint, both teams are tied atop the McNamara Division of the New York Penn League with identical 9-4 [...]

The starting lineups for the 2012 All-Star Game on July 10 at Kauffman Stadium have been announced. including the 17 starters as well as the all the reserves and of course the pitchers. Only David Wright and R.A. Dickey made the cut, Wright as a reserve and Dickey as a starting pitcher. Congratulations to both of them! Wright leads the league in both batting average and on-base percentage, and leads NL third basemen in average, [...]

In a shocking development, San Francisco Giants’ Pablo Sandoval has beaten out David Wright to start at third base for the National League at this year’s All-Star Game in Kansas City. Sandoval has hit .307 with a .366 on-base percentage, .482 slugging percentage, and .848 OPS with six home runs and 25 RBI in 166 at-bats over 44 games for the Giants this season. Wright is second in the Major Leagues with a .355 batting average, [...]

It’s funny how some things work out in this game. About a year ago this week we were staging a “Don’t Trade Reyes Rally” at Citi Field and everyday we were consumed with countless posts about keeping Reyes at all costs and how the team would be doomed if we lost him. I oughta know because I wrote a handful of those posts myself. But this why I love baseball so much. No matter how hard you [...]

Durham 12, Buffalo 6 By Connor O’Brien The Durham Bulls beat the Buffalo Bisons last night by a score of 12-6. Mark Cohoon took the mound for the Bisons in just his second start with Buffalo. In his first, he was roughed up by Durham on the road, allowing seven runs on eight hits in 3.2 innings. Last night was more of the same for Cohoon. He allowed the Bulls to score two RBI singles [...]

On Saturday night, Brandon Nimmo connected for his first home run of the 2012 season, a seventh inning grand slam to put the Brooklyn Cyclones up 6-2 over the Aberdeen Iron Birds. The score would stand and the Clones won the rubber match to take the series. Nimmo became the first player of the year to hit a grand slam for the Cyclones. Here is the post game video courtesy of the Brooklyn Cyclones: