Month: June 2012

Mets Minors Daily: Bingo Wins! Everybody Else Loses

Buffalo Loses As Familia Is Ineffective Again By Pete Shapiro Jeurys Familia (5-4, 5.00) was ineffective yet again, giving up five earned runs and not able to get through the third inning as Norfolk defeated Buffalo 5-3 to take the four game series three games to one. Three Bisons relievers went 5.1 innings of scoreless relief, but the Bisons bats were unable to play catch-up. Zach Britton (2-1,...

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Zack Wheeler, Wilmer Flores To Represent Mets In All-Star Futures Game

It.s been a busy week for Wilmer Flores… First he has a huge game if the FSL All Star game and is named MVP. Next, he learns that he’s been promoted to Double-A Binghamton and follows that up with a game-winning hit in his last game as a St. Lucie Met. And today came the announcement that he has been named to the MLB Futures Game as one of two Mets, the other being top Mets pitching...

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Jason Bay Injury Could Benefit Mets

Nobody wants to see a player injured, and despite his lack of production I haven’t heard anybody say a negative thing about Jason Bay. However, in the wake of his latest concussion, which could keep him out indefinitely, this could turn out to be one of the best things to happen to the Mets. If Bay was hitting as they hoped, things would be different. However, this is a young team that is...

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Thanks to The Knuckleball, R.A Dickey Is On Top of The Baseball World

I can remember when I heard about R.A Dickey being called up to the Mets.  When I heard the news, it felt like an ordinary call-up.  Nobody knew who this guy was and I felt that he was going to be a short-term option in the rotation. Little did I know, Dickey would go on to become one of the league’s best starting pitchers two years after his call-up to the team. R.A currently leads the...

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Our Amazin’ Mets, The Comeback Kids!

After a sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays, the Mets laid an egg in a home series against the Red, dropping all three games. The Mets needed a bounce back series against Baltimore, who has been terrific the first few months of the season. They did just that only alowing two runs in the three games and sweeping the Orioles at Citi FIeld. Once again the Mets show their resiliency a resiliency that they...

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