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 [...]

AAA International League: Buffalo 4/10/0, Columbus 6/13/1 cf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 5, run, .346 (13 for 59 since returning to Buffalo, .220 average) 2b Luis Hernandez 3 for 5, run, 2b, .351 lf Lucas Duda 1 for 5, run, HR (13, lol), 2 RBI (37), K, .309 1b Mike Jacobs 1 for 3, run, 2b, RBI, .263 rf Fernando Martinez 1 for 3, BB, K, .238 3b Justin Turner 1 for 3, BB, K, [...]

AAA International League: Buffalo 5/7/2, Columbus 4/9/1 rf Jesus Feliciano 2 for 5, 2 runs, 2b (16), .349 ss Luis Hernandez 2 for 3, BB, .337 lf Jorge Padilla 0 for 3, run, RBI, BB, .312 1b Mike Jacobs 0 for 3, run, BB, K, .263 dh Lucas Duda 2 for 4, run, HR (12), 3 RBI (35), .313 3b Mike Cervanek 0 for 4, .243 cf Fernando Martinez 0 for 3, BB, 2 Ks, [...]

Press Release from the Buffalo Bisons: The New York Mets and Buffalo Bisons today announced a two-year extension of their player development partnership through 2012. Ike Davis, R.A. Dickey, Josh Thole, Elmer Dessens, Chris Carter and Bobby Parnell all began the season in Buffalo and have become key contributors to the success of the 2010 Mets. The Mets and Bisons partnership began with the 2009 season, and 12 of the 25 players on the current [...]

The Buffalo Bisons hit four home runs last night, but they still fell short of a miracle comeback and lost to the Gwinnett Braves 8-7 In that game, Val Pascucci hit a pinch hit home run, but the star of the night was right fielder Fernando Martinez, who clubbed a pair of home runs, his eighth and ninth of the season. F-Mart went 3-5 with three runs scored and a pair of RBI from his solo [...]