LEHIGH VALLEY 8 – BUFFALO 2 AAA RHP Jeurys Familia was playing with fire Monday night and his final pitching line was downright diabolical, letting up 6 runs on 6 hits and 6 walks. After four innings pitched, manager Wally Backman had seen enough and promptly exorcised Familia from the mound in favor of right-hander Dylan Owen. The 25 year old reliever quickly allowed two more runs to cross the plate as things completely spiraled [...]

BUFFALO 10 – PAWTUCKET 9 AAA The Herd charged back in dramatic fashion last night as they came from six runs down in the middle of the sixth inning, to win the game against Pawtucket in 10 innings, on a walk-off hit by Jordany Valdespin which gave Buffalo a 10-9 victory. The comeback started in the bottom of the sixth with the score 9-3 in favor of Pawtucket. Andrew Miller had just come on to pitch in [...]

The Eastern League has named Binghamton Mets starter Greg Peavey as the Pitcher of the Week ending April 15th. Peavey, 23, went 2-0 with and tossed 10.2 scoreless innings allowing just six hits and a walk while striking out nine batters. The right-hander was selected in the 6th round of the 2010 draft by the Mets and made his professional debut with the Savannah Sand Gnats last season where he made 14 starts and went [...]

MLB Draft Insider posted their latest mock and this time they have a new name for Mets fans to consider. Check it out: You can see the rest of their mock here. MLB Draft Guide has the following scouting report on Piscotty: Player:  Stephen Piscotty Position:  3B School:  Stanford Date of Birth:  1/14/1991 Height/Weight:  6’3/195 Bats/Throws:  R/R Stephen Piscotty is one of the better pure hitters eligible for the 2012 draft.  He has topped .300 in [...]

PAWTUCKET 9 – BISONS 6 AAA The Bisons were out-slugged for the second day in a row, this time it was the Pawtucket PawSox who branded them with the loss on Saturday afternoon in Buffalo. A crucial fielding error by Zach Lutz in the fifth inning opened the floodgates to five unearned runs, and as a great baseball genius once said, “that’s the ball game.” Second-baseman Bobby Scales came a triple shy of the cycle [...]

BUFFALO BISONS AAA The SWB Yankees pounded out 7 runs on 13 hits as they lassoed the Herd Friday afternoon in Buffalo by a score of 7-5. The loss drops Buffalo’s record this year to 4-5. Chase Whitley (1-0), pitching in relief of starter D.J. Mitchell, picked up the win by throwing four scoreless innings, striking out three, and only giving up one hit. Kevin Whelan gave up a run in the ninth, but still [...]

BUFFALO BISONS AAA The Bisons got corralled Thursday afternoon by a score of 7-2 at the hands of the SWB Yankees in Buffalo. A three-run second off Chris Schwinden, and a three-run seventh off Jeff Stevens would provide the Yankees with all the scoring they would need, and they added a solo homer by Steve Pearce off Daniel Herrera in the fifth. Schwinden who struggled mightily with his command, pitched four innings and took the [...]

A common thread among all contenders is a strong home-grown core. Teams augment themselves with trades and free-agent signings, but the foundation comes from within. With the exception of left fielder Jason Bay, last night’s line-up was a production of the farm system. Josh Thole, Ike Davis, Daniel Murphy, Ruben Tejada, David Wright, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Lucas Duda and Mike Pelfrey all came from below. Ideally, a team wants to add one player a year from [...]

METS FARM REPORT 4/10 ROCHESTER 5, BUFFALO 3 Matt Harvey made his second Triple-A start of the season in difficult weather conditions. Harvey battled for five innings, allowed seven hits, two runs (both earned) and struck out four and issued one walk. His ERA in two starts is 5.79. Harvey exited the game after five with a 3-2 lead, but Jeff Stevens allowed three runs (zero earned) in the bottom of the sixth inning. Red [...]