AAA International League: Buffalo 5/12/0, Pawtucket 3/6/0 rf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 4, .339 2b Justin Turner 2 for 4, run, 2 RBI (37), .306 lf Lucas Duda 2 for 5, run, HR (17), 2 RBI (52), 2 Ks, .320 >>lf Jorge Padilla 1b Nick Evans 1 for 5, run, 2b (8), 2 Ks, .313 cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 0 for 4, 3 Ks, .250 (12 Ks in 44 ABs in AAA, .273 K rate) dh [...]

AAA International League: Buffalo 4/10/0, Pawtucket 6/9/0 Michael Antonini got crushed for 6 runs on 9 hits in 6 innings to take the loss, and the prospecty middle of the Bisons order were just 3 for 12 to night with 4 strikeouts and no walks, a far cry from last night’s showing. Kirk Nieuwenhuis took an 0-fer with the Silver Sombrero (3 Ks, lol). rf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 5, .342 2b Justin Turner 3 [...]

AAA International League: Buffalo 9/12/1, Pawtucket 4/11/1 The prospecty middle of the Bisons order (Lucas Duda, Nick Evans, and Kirk Nieuwenhuis) went a combined 5 for 12 with 3 runs, a double, 2 homers and all 9 RBI, along with 3 walks and just one strikeout. Dillon Gee gave up 3 runs over 5 innings to pick up his 12th win, and he’s 1 strikeout shy of the modern day Bisons K record. lf Jesus [...]

A+ Florida State League: St. Lucie 2/7/0, Palm Beach 4/10/1 Jeurys Familia put together back to back outstanding starts for one of the few times this season, this one was even better then his previous outing. He allowed a run on 7 hits in 7 innings, but took a tough ND after Elvin Ramirez got ripped for 3 runs in 0.1 innings. In Familia’s last two outings, he’s worked 13.2 innings, allowing 11 hits, 1 [...]

AAA International League: Buffalo 10/14/1, Scranton 4/10/3 rf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 5, run, K, .346 2b Justin Turner 0 for 4, 2 runs, BB, K, .301 lf Lucas Duda 1 for 5, RBI (45), K, .317 1b Nick Evans 3 for 5, 2 runs, 2b (6), HR (2), RBI (11), K, .333 cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 2 for 5, 3b (1), 2 RBI (5), K, .345 3b Mike Cervanek 3 for 5, 3 runs, 2b, [...]

AAA International League: Buffalo 6/11/0, Lehigh Valley 0/4/0 Looks like it’s Pat Misch on Saturday, he was pulled after 55 pitches tonight. rf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 5, 2b, K, .349 2b Justin Turner 2 for 5, run, .305 lf Lucas Duda 2 for 4, 2 runs, HR (15), RBI (44), BB, .321 1b Nick Evans 2 for 5, run, 2b (5), RBI (10), 2 Ks, .302 cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 1 for 3, BB, .333 [...]

Apologies for yesterday…I was out very late and neither D nor I were near a computer. AAA International League: Buffalo 8/15/1, Lehigh Valley 1/6/3 The middle of the Bison order (Duda, Evans, Nieuwenhuis) were a combined 6 for 12 with 6 RBI, leading the Bisons 15 hit attack. Michael Antonini made his 2010 Buffalo debut and fired 6 innings of 1 UER ball for the win. lf Jesus Feliciano 3 for 4, 4 runs, BB, [...]

I’m still a little bit confused by the snap decision by the Mets to promote Fernando Martinez on Saturday. It seemed as though it wasn’t very well thought out. Normally, I love to see a home-grown player promoted from the minor leagues, but the more I look at this particular case, the more it wreaks of just another bad decision by Mets higher-ups. As I wrote on Saturday, I thought the Mets made the right [...]

Apologies for the format tonight and tomorrow night – got stuff going on, no time for writeups… AAA International League: Buffalo 6/10/1, Columbus 2/5/1 cf Ezequiel Carrera 0 for 4, 3 Ks, .298 —————- cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 2 for 4, run, .231 2b Justin Turner 1 for 3, RBI (33), BB, K, .303 lf Lucas Duda 1 for 4, run, .310 1b Nick Evans 1 for 4, run, HR (1), 2 RBI (9), K, .300 [...]

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, [...]