Clearwater 7, St. Lucie 3 Alonzo Harris homered and drove in two runs, but the Mets were unable to overcome an early deficit as they fell 7-3 to the Clearwater Threshers on Wednesday. The Mets trailed 7-0 entering the eighth inning, before rallying with three runs. Robbie Shields had a leadoff single in the eighth and Harris followed with a two-run shot to left for his fifth home run of the...
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I received an interesting question from @GWNY on Twitter who asked me: Why don’t the Mets call up Fred Lewis to play LF? It’s a great question and one we’ve grappled with a couple of times in our Minor League comment threads this season. The answer as to why Lewis is still languishing in Buffalo is kind of a mystery to me. One could say they don’t want to add him to the...
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Twenty four hours later the final score of 3-2 was the same, but this time around the Binghamton Mets were on the losing end of the decision dropping game two of the series against the Harrisburg Senators. On the mound for the B-Mets, Gonzalez Germen threw a total of seven innings in the game and in the process suffered his eighth loss of the season. In his outing on Wednesday night, Germen...
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Yesterday, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reported that the Mets and Marlins were discussing a deal before the trade deadline that would send Jason Bay to Miami, and bring Heath Bell and John Buck to the Mets. Although they weren’t close to a deal, they were discussing. All three players in this proposed trade are overpaid and not performing. However, it would be one that could could benefit...
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Zack Wheeler’s 11K performance for Double-A Binghamton last night has earned him a promotion. He’s headed to Triple-A Buffalo, the team announced this afternoon. Sandy Alderson also told reporters it was unlikely would pitch in the big leagues this season. The Mets GM said Wheeler has a limit in place of around 150 innings this season, and that will allow him to only pitch through the remainder...
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