As most, if not all of you know, Ike Davis was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates on the evening of April 19th. Some of you may also know that the Mets acquired soon to be 26-year old Zach Thornton; a somewhat underwhelming reliever in the Pirates system. Now, what I am certain that none of us know is the name of the second player involved in the deal; the mysterious player-to-be-named-later...
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Mets prospects have put up some tremendous offensive numbers so far this season with a few standouts having the best starts of their minor league careers. Allan Dykstra, has been nothing short of amazing. He just continues to hit and produce and if Lucas Duda happens to falter at all, the Mets have to pull the trigger and give Dykstra his opportunity to shine on the big club. Only an injury...
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Noah Syndergaard was on the bump Friday night against the Tacoma Rainiers, making the fifth Triple-A start in his young career. After a relatively disappointing effort last time out where he only lasted four innings, Syndergaard did a bit better going five frames this time. Thor threw a season high 96-pitches (58 strikes) over the five innings, giving up three runs on six hits, walking two while...
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With a big walk-off single by Curtis Granderson, the New York Mets (13-10) defeated the Miami Marlins (10-13) by a score of 4-3 Friday night at Citi Field. Zack Wheeler was on the mound for the Mets tonight. It was, without a doubt, his best performance of the season. Wheeler held the Marlins to just 1 run on 4 hits and 3 walks in 6 innings pitched, striking out a season-high 10. Wheeler tossed...
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Las Vegas 11, Tacoma 4 Rafael Montero pitched his way to victory despite a lackluster performance. The right-hander went six innings, allowed three runs on six hits and struck out three while walking two. Luckily he got plenty of support from the offense, led by Zach Lutz‘s pair of home runs. Lutz finished the game 3 for 3 with four runs scored, three RBI, and a walk to go along with those two...
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