Savannah 2, Kannapolis 0 Kyle Allen and 3 relievers combined on a 3 hit shutout tonight, and Jefry Marte continued his resurgance at the plate with 2 doubles, leading the Gnats to a 2-0 victory. Allen had one of his best games of the season, pitching into the 7th inning for the 2nd time all season (June 14th against Augusta), and matching his longest outing with 6.2 innings of 3 hit shutout ball. At one [...]

In July 2005 the New York Mets signed 16 year old Fernando Martinez.  F-Mart was given a signing bonus of $1.4 million and from that point on was labeled as the future of the New York Mets.  Omar Minaya said of F-Mart when he signed that: “What we saw in [Martinez] was a 16-year-old kid with power, great ability and great character, above everything else.” F-Mart was considered to be a “five tool player” meaning [...]

Tuesday night will be baseball’s annual All Star Game, from Bush Stadium in St. Louis Missouri. St. Louis is a great baseball town, and the Cardinals are one of Major League Baseball’s most historic and great baseball teams. Having said that, I have no interest at all in the All Star Game. This morning I was watching the news on the FOX station here in New York, and the sports anchor referred to the All [...]

Binghamton 14, New Britain 1 Not sure what the bigger story is, the Mets putting a severe beat down on the Rock Cats, or Brad Holt’s 7 shutout innings, but either way, it was a good afternoon for the BMets. The Mets hammered out 16 hits and drew 7 walks en route to dismantling the Rock Cats 14-0, and Brad Holt struck out 7 over 7 shutout innings for his first EL victory. Five players, [...]

Buffalo 2, Scranton 3 cf Cory Sullivan 0 for 4, .290 lf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 4, 2b, K, .303 dh Javier Castillo 1 for 4, 2 Ks, .280 rf Emil Brown 1 for 4, run, K, .252 3b Mike Lamb 2 for 4, run, 2b, RBI, .236 ss Angel Berroa 1 for 4, RBI, K, .308 1b Nick Evans 2 for 4, K, .110 (2 for 7 (.286) since returning) c Robinson Cancel 0 [...]

Buffalo 2, Scranton 1 Coming off a 5 hit complete game shutout, Jon Niese wasn’t on top of his game tonight, giving up a run while scattering 8 hits (3 in the first, when he escaped a bases loaded one out jam without giving up a run). Over his last 7 starts, Niese is 4-1 with a 1.09 era, spanning 49.1 innings, he’s allowed 38 hits, while walking 11 and striking out 44. Nick Evans’ [...]

JMAN’s post-game last night–not so good. Very Randolph-esque now. Lots of mumblin’, lots of hoping, lots of “it’s not so good; we have to try to turn it around” crap! Fans, I’m thinkin’ it’s high time for a little fire and brimstone. Whadda ya say? No one would seriously argue that a bit of the rant and rave would make matters worse, right? Here’s an appeal to the Wilpons or Minaya: Fly me to Queens [...]

Quick and to the point: I don’t understand the trade. We didn’t gain anything better than what we gave away. The Braves may have needed a center fielder, which Church can be, but the Mets certainly didn’t need a right fielder, which Church was. As Gary Cohen put it, “A one-on-one deal, an outfielder for an outfielder, in the same division …” If you ask me, both organizations got rid of guys their managers didn’t like. This [...]

Buffalo 1, Pawtucket 0 Tobi Stoner had his best AAA outing tonight, giving up just 1 hit over 7 innings for his 2nd AAA win (4th overall). cf Cory Sullivan 0 for 4, K, .292 lf Jesus Feliciano 2 for 4, 2b, .304 rf Chip Ambres 0 for 4, K, .231 dh Emil Brown 0 for 4, .252 1b Mike Lamb 2 for 4, run, 2b, .230 3b Javier Castillo 1 for 4, 2b, RBI, [...]

Atlanta Braves: (6-4; -5) The Atlanta Braves took two of three from the Chicago Cubs before losing the opener in Colorado. They will finish their series with three more in Colorado before the All-Star Break. Pitcher Javier Vasquez will miss his next scheduled start because of a strained lower abdominal muscle. The Braves had two prospects in the Baseball America’s Top 25, including the number 1 overall, Jason Heyward. Florida Marlins: (7-3; -2) The Marlins [...]