Ike Davis extended his career-high in home runs when he belted 25th homer of the season last night – a two run blast that soared deep into the Miami night and put the Mets up 3-0. Davis now leads the National League with 18 home runs on the road. His 25 home runs are the sixth-most in team history among Mets first basemen and just one behind Mo Vaughn who is fifth on the list with 26 home...
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New York Mets infield Prospect Wilmer Flores earned the No. 1 spot Baseball America’s Prospect Hot Sheet. for the week of August 24-30, while pitching prospect Luis Mateo came in at No. 9. Flores had a tremendous week batting .481 with three doubles, a triple, two home runs in 27 at-bats with three runs driven in and four runs scored. Baseball America writes about the 21-year old Flores: One of...
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As much as we all hoped the Mets would contend this season, we all had to know in the back of our minds that it was a long shot. They took us on a fun ride through the first half, but showed what they really were around the all-star break. Now it’s time to turn our attention to the September call-ups and the playoff chases down the stretch. In September the pennant races begin to heat up,...
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St. Lucie 7, Bradenton 3 Chase Huchingson struck out 11 batters, and the offense was alive in their 7-3 victory on Friday Key Players Richard Lucas – 2 for 4, 2 RBI, 2 strikeouts Blake Forsythe – 1 for 4, 1 strikeout Alonzo Harris – 2 for 5, 2 strikeouts, 1 run score, 1 stolen base (40th of the season) Cory Vaughn – 1 for 4, 1 run scored, 1 RBI, 2 strikeouts Chase...
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Much was expected in 2012 for Mets starting catcher Josh Thole. He left Spring Camp with one message from manangement – swing for the fences. The results have been staggering and I mean that in a bad way. It’s yet another case of where the Mets front office tried to squeeze a square peg into a round hole and not only did this Sandy Alderson and Terry Collins brainstorm fail to...
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