Month: May 2013

Mets Minors Report 5/30: Satin Pushing The Envelope, Quintanilla On The Way, Dykstra In The Mix

Last Night’s Quick Scores Las Vegas rocked Reno, 7-1. Binghamton dropped a game to Altoona, 8-4. St. Lucie split a double header with Jupiter, 4-1 & 7-4.  Savannah dropped to Greenville, 5-1. Prospect Pipeline In his second game back from his stint on the DL, Brandon Nimmo was 0-for-2 with two strikeouts in last night’s loss. His average has now dipped below the .300 mark for the...

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Hot-Hitting Satin Drives In Four In 7-1 Vegas Win

Las Vegas 7, Reno 1 Josh Satin caught wind of Ike Davis showing signs of life at the plate and decided that he needed to step it up a notch – so he ripped four hits and drove in four runs in this 7-1 Las Vegas victory. On the pitching end of the victory was Carlos Torres, who has honestly turned it up a notch ever since I called him out in the beginning of May. I honestly don’t know...

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Mets Wallop The Yankees 9-4 To Win Fourth Straight

Marlon Byrd crosses home plate after homering in the third inning. (USA Today) The Mets beat the Yankees for the third straight time in a 9-4 walloping tonight at Yankee Stadium. The win gave the Mets their first four-game winning streak of the season. The Mets jumped out to an early lead when they sent ten batters to the plate in the first inning and scored five runs; the big blow coming off...

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Six Moves The Mets Could Make To Give This Team A Jolt

1. Fire Dave Hudgens – Call it bad luck, poor execution or just a failed approach, whatever Hudgens is doing or trying to do has been a massive failure. There are no success stories in his wake and too many good hitters with promise that have regressed. Every failed season needs a fall guy, and Hudgens fits the bill quite nicely. Remember when Steve Phillips fired Bob Apodaca and how it...

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Mets at Yankees: Tejada Leads Off, Duda Cleanup, Davis Eighth, Hefner Looks For First Win

Starting Lineup Ruben Tejada – SS Daniel Murphy – 2B David Wright – 3B Lucas Duda – DH John Buck – C Rick Ankiel – CF Marlon Byrd – RF Ike Davis – 1B Mike Baxter – LF Jeremy Hefner – RHP Game Notes The Mets have won three games in a row for the second time this year. New York won three straight from April 6-8. The Mets won their second...

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