Month: April 2013

Mets News: Jeurys Familia Promoted and Activated, Greg Burke Optioned To Triple-A

Updated by Joe D. at 3:50 PM It’s official. The Mets just announced that they have recalled RHP Jeurys Familia from Las Vegas (AAA) and optioned RHP Greg Burke to Las Vegas. Hat tip to Mr. North Jersey…. Original Post 2:40 PM The Mets’ bullpen allowed 14 hits, 10 runs, eight earned over 9.0 innings during yesterday’s doubleheader and appear to be showing some leaks. Entering...

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Brandon Nimmo Is One Of The Hottest Prospects In Baseball

Brandon Nimmo has gotten off to one of the hottest starts in the minor leagues this season. After another three hit performance on Tuesday, he woke up on Wednesday morning as the leading hitter in the South Atlantic league with a .447. Nimmo has officially positioned himself to be the No. 2 prospect in the Mets organization once Zack Wheeler and Travis d’Arnaud are promoted to the big...

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Prospect Spotlight: Time To Promote Josh Satin and Platoon Him With Ike Davis

This post is not about Zack Wheeler, Travis d’Arnaud, Brandon Nimmo or Noah Syndergaard. I hope that is okay with you as last night I was informed by several people at SNY that those four are all that average Mets fans care about as far as Mets prospects go. I’m sure not all SNY connected bloggers feel that way, or at least I hope not. I was told that 99% of Met fans don’t...

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Mets Minors Report 4/17: Nimmo Sizzling With Three More Hits, McHugh Making Case For Mets Rotation

Last Night’s Quick Scores Savannah (6-6) got edged out by the Greensboro Grasshoppers, 9-8 St. Lucie (9-3) destroyed the Charlotte Stone Crabs, 13-3 Binghamton (7-5) defeated the Portland Sea Dogs, 7-3 Las Vegas (6-6) dropped to Sacramento River Cats, 2-1 Prospect Pipeline Brandon Nimmo continues to flatten baseballs. He had another three hits in Tuesday night’s game, and has brought...

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NL East Report: Stanton Hurt, Maholm’s Scoreless Streak, Halladay Rebounds

Team News and Notes Atlanta Braves (12-1) The Braves continue to plow over any team in their way, as they are thoroughly dominating their opponents and remain in first place in the NL East. The Braves tomahawked the reigning NL East champs in Washington this past weekend, with a clean sweep of their three game series, while outscoring them to the tune of 18-4. Justin Upton continues to lead the...

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