Month: May 2013

Mets Minors Report 5/22: Alderson Says Wheeler Could Get Promoted After 2-3 Good Starts

Last Night’s Quick Scores Las Vegas got swept in a doubleheader with Iowa, 2-1 and 6-5 Binghamton dropped to New Britain, 9-3. St. Lucie dropped Dunedin, 5-3. Savannah dropped to Charleston, 2-0.  Prospect Pipeline Zack Wheeler gets back on the hill this afternoon against the Iowa Cubs. The Mets top prospect is back on-track to pitch every five days beginning today for the Las Vegas 51s....

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Logan Verrett Talks About His Road To The Show With MMO

You hear it all the time: it isn’t about velocity, it’s about location. And no one exemplifies that old adage more than Logan Verrett. The 22-year-old Texas native was taken in the third round of the 2011 draft and has been impressive at all three minor league stops. Verrett dominated A ball in 2012 in both Savannah and St. Lucie, combining to make 17 starts and finishing with an ERA of...

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Is Ike Davis Really Mike Jacobs Reincarnated?

It always is interesting how people automatically call a hitter that hits homers, strikes out a lot and has a low average “Dave Kingman.” Kong certainly had his issues, but regardless of what you think he still had a 16-year career in which he hit 442 homers. To say that Ike Davis is Kingman would be an insult since that would be an improvement over what he’s producing today....

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Sandy Disappointed With Some Of His Moves And The Team’s Performance

During the third inning of Tuesday night’s Mets broadcast, general manager Sandy Alderson joined Gary Cohen and Ron Darling in the booth. Alderson is disappointed with the team’s performance this season, particularly with some of the players he acquired for this transition year who did not perform to his expectation. He no doubt was referring to Collin Cowgill, who he expected to become...

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Sandy Alderson Says He Will Stick With Ike Davis A Little While Longer

Updated Post 5/22 During Tuesday night’s Mets broadcast, general manager Sandy Alderson said he intends to stick with slumping first baseman Ike Davis for a little while longer, but added that there’s a chance that he might be better off going to Triple-A Las Vegas for some period of time. Alderson said it’s hard to ignore what Davis did in the second half of last season, but the big...

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