AAA International League: Buffalo 7/6/0, Columbus 5/13/1 cf Ezequiel Carrera 2 for 4, 2b, RBI, K, .321 ———- cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 0 for 5, 3 Ks, .111 2b Justin Turner 2 for 4, run, 2b (24), BB, .303 lf Lucas Duda 1 for 3, 2 runs, HR (14; walkoff) 2 RBI (40), 2 BBs, .312 (.312/.376/.665/1.040, 53 for 170, 28 runs, 14 2b, 2 3b, 14 HR, 40 RBI, 16/34 BB/K in AAA) 1b Nick [...]

AAA International League: Buffalo 11/11/1, Columbus 4/11/1 The Bisons used 2 in the 7th to close to within 4-2, then exploded for a 9 run 8th to take the lead and simultaneously put the game away. Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a double and walk in his AAA debut, while Justin Turner, Lucas Duda and Luis Hernandez had multi hit games. Nick Evans took the only 0-fer. The Bisons had 11 hits and a 4/8 BB/K ratio, [...]

Today is as good a time as any to start checking out which players down on the farm, may or may not be ready to help the Mets in 2011 and beyond. There’s no better way to do that, then by checking in with one of the best in the business, John Sickels, of MinorLeagueBall.com. John reviews the Mets Top 20 Prospects list that he originally posted back in January. Based on John’s comments, I decided to [...]

We will hold our second MPH chat in the chat room tomorrow, followed by our third on August 23rd, instructions for getting in are located directly below the Rotoworld widget. If you have any questions, use the chat box (either of them) to ask, and I’ll anwer. AA Eastern League: Binghamton 3/7/0, Harrisburg 5/9/0 in 10 innings Michael Antonini had a very good outing tonight, but Manuel Alvarez gave up 2 runs in his 2 [...]

We will hold our second MPH chat in the chat room on August 5th, followed by our third on August 23rd, instructions for getting in are located directly below the Rotoworld widget. If you have any questions, use the chat box (either of them) to ask, and I’ll anwer. AAA International League: Buffalo 1/8/3, Lehigh Valley 6/14/0 2b Luis Hernandez 0 for 4, K, .297 3b Justin Turner 0 for 4, .299 lf Lucas Duda [...]

We will hold our second MPH chat in the chat room on August 5th, followed by our third on August 23rd, instructions for getting in are located directly below the Rotoworld widget. If you have any questions, use the chat box (either of them) to ask, and I’ll anwer. AAA International League: Buffalo 2/8/0, LeHigh Valley 1/5/1 ss Luis Hernandez 0 for 4, BB, K, .308 cf Jorge Padilla 1 for 4, run, K, .310 [...]

We will hold our second MPH chat in the chat room on August 5th, followed by our third on August 23rd, instructions for getting in are located directly below the Rotoworld widget. If you have any questions, use the chat box (either of them) to ask, and I’ll anwer. AAA International League: Buffalo 4/10/0, Lehigh Valley 1/5/0 2b Luis Hernandez 0 for 4, .320 3b Justin Turner 1 for 4, 2b, .301 lf Lucas Duda [...]

We will hold our second MPH chat in the chat room on August 5th, followed by our third on August 23rd, instructions for getting in are located directly below the Rotoworld widget. If you have any questions, use the chat box (either of them) to ask, and I’ll anwer. AAA International League: Buffalo 8/11/1, Columbus 11/17/1 cf Jorge Padilla 1 for 5, K, .307 2b Justin Turner 4 for 4, 3 runs, 2b, 2 HR, [...]

I just wanted to pass this along from Adam Rubin of ESPN New York. Jenrry Mejia, who tossed three innings in the Gulf Coast League on Wednesday in his first official game action since straining the back of the rotator cuff while working in Double-A Binghamton’s rotation, was so impressive in the performance he will be moved to a higher level of the minors, outside of Port St. Lucie. Mejia regularly registered 96-98 mph with [...]