Month: August 2012

Mets Bullpen Could Be A Team Strength Down The Stretch

Closer Frank-Frank is being activated today. Mike Puma of the post writes: After spending the last five weeks on the disabled list with a strained left oblique, closer Frank Francisco will rejoin the Mets today, giving the team some much needed depth in the bullpen. The right-hander is 1-3 with a 4.97 ERA and 18 saves, but had rebounded from a disastrous May before hitting the disabled list on...

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Dustin Martin’s Walkoff Single Gives B-Mets Thrilling 4-3 Win In Extras

It took two innings of free baseball to do it, but the Binghamton Mets won the rubber match of their series against the Harrisburg Senators on Thursday night at NYSEG Stadium by a score of 4-3. Dustin Martin’s one out single in the bottom of the twelfth inning scored Raul Reyes from second base leading the B-Mets to their 53rd win of the season. Cory Mazzoni was on the hill for the B-Mets,...

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Who Are The Real Mets? First Three Months Of Season, Or First Two Weeks Of Second Half?

“Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes”. The Famous line from the movie The Godfather seems somewhat fitting for how the Mets looked in July. They looked like they were dead in the water. Now as the calendar has turned to August it seems as though they have come up for air and are beginning to steady the ship. The starting pitching has picked things up over the past week keeping the Mets...

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Mets Lower Minors: Strong Effort By Cuan Wasted, Maron Keeps Hitting, Gant Solid

St. Lucie 2, Clearwater 5 Angel Cuan struggled behind and some poor defense a poor relief outing by Jack Leathersich aided in a 5-2 loss to the Clearwater Treshers. Cory Vaughn and Alonzo Harris had RBI on the day and the  S.Mets struggled to get runners in  position to score Key Players: Alonzo Harris – 2 for 5, 1 RBI, 1 SO Cory Vaughn – 0 for 4, 1 RBI 1 SO Blake Forsythe – 2...

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Mets Minors Beat: Prospects Have Big Week As Wheeler, Pill, Montero, And DeGrom All Pitch Great

Welcome back for the second installment, and first Friday Edition of the brand new, MMO Mets Minors Beat. I’m your host, Petey Pete, and I’ll be going over the transactions reports and box-scores everyday, scanning the team reports, talking to the players and coaches, pouring over reams of scouting reports and statistics. Analyzing, crunching numbers. compiling notes, making coffee,...

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