Last Night’s Quick Scores Las Vegas snuck by Fresno, 2-1. Binghamton shutout New Hampshire, 6-0. St. Lucie lost the first game of their doubleheader against Charlotte, 2-1. The second game was rained out. Savannah shut down Kannapolis, 5-0. Both DSL Mets1 and Mets2 won their first games to begin the 2013 DSL. Prospect Pipeline A trio of top pitching prospects took the mound for the Mets...
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I hardly agree with anything Terry Collins says – except on the rare occasions when he quotes me. While talking to reporters about Matt Harvey, the Mets manager offered up this gem: “He’s been in every game he’s pitched. If we scored him some runs, he’d be 9-0.” Harvey, who starts this afternoon’s game against the Marlins, is coming off a no-decision...
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With center field prospect Matt den Dekker still a long way from returning from the DL (read more here), and Rick Ankiel now hitting only .218 with a .286 on-base for the Mets, Terry Collins will look to give rookie Juan Lagares some extended play. Lagares has been languishing on the bench since being promoted, but Collins is resolved to change that and will start playing the toolsy...
Read MoreThere aren’t many pitchers that pitch seven innings of scoreless baseball, and you can say that wasn’t the most dominating performance we’ve seen this year from that guy. Rafael Montero is one of those guys. Montero’s four strikeouts was his lowest total of the year thus far, but the guy completely shut down New Hampshire tonight, pitching seven scoreless innings. Montero threw 102 pitches...
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Jose Fernandez, the 20-year old Marlins pitching phenom, suffocated the Mets tonight as Miami beat them by the score of 8-1 to take their second straight game of the series. Collin McHugh made his first start of the season and he was in trouble right from the start. The righthander lasted just four innings and was charged with four runs on six hits and three walks while striking out one. The...
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