Juan Lagares, returning from an oblique injury, got his rehab off to a roaring start at NYSEG Stadium in Binghamton on Monday. Lagares showed no ill effects from his muscle strain, and reached base safely the first three times he stepped into the batter’s box. Lagares hit at the top of the B-Mets order, drawing a first inning walk and would later score on Jayce Boyd’s RBI single....
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June 24 Adam Rubin of ESPN NY writes that Travis D’Arnaud was pulled early from Monday’s 51’s game and informed that he will be returning to the majors. D’Arnaud will be active for Tuesday’s series opener at Citi Field against the Oakland A’s. D’Arnaud, in 15 Triple A games batted, .436 (24-for-55) with eight doubles, six homers and 16 RBIs. “It was all...
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BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Of course, the old saying in baseball that pitching and defense win games more often than not holds true. But unfortunately that was not the case Monday night at MCU Park in Coney Island for the Brooklyn Cyclones (8-3), who dropped a 1-0 contest in 10 innings to the Hudson Valley Renegades, the Single-A short season affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. The Cyclones – who had won six...
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As you may or may not know by now, Cuban outfielder Yasmani Tomas defected from Cuba recently. Tomas, 23, is a 6’1 230-pound outfielder with monster power potential. Before his defection he’d been playing professional baseball in Cuba for Industriales. In 97 games last season for Industriales he hit .275 with 10 homeruns and 59 RBI. This season Tomas hit .290 with six homeruns in 257...
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Even with David Wright’s sudden surge at the plate, he has slipped into second place in the latest All Star voting for the starting third baseman for the National League. Brewers Aramis Ramirez (1,279,902) leaped from fourth place to take over the lead from David Wright (1,260,895) and now leads by 19,007 votes. The remaining players that make up the top five are Giants Pablo...
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