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3 Up & 3 Down: Snake Eyes Edition

The Mets were out in Arizona for a four game set against the Diamondbacks, and they leave Arizona with a split, winning the first and last games of the series. The 3 Ups for this piece were pretty to easy determine, so here we go: Hooray For Harvey: So many times in the past we’ve seen other teams bring young pitchers up to stymie the Mets. It was great to see the Mets do that for a...

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Mejia Back In Rotation, Will Start Monday For Buffalo

The Mets are moving Jenrry Mejia back to the starting rotation said Mets VP of Player Development Paul DePodesta according to comments he made to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, Sure enough, today’s media notes from the Buffalo Bisons reported that Mejia will get the start on Monday against the Indianapolis Indians at 7:05 PM. DePodesta explained that Mejia changed his style of pitching once...

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MMO Farm Report: Cecchini’s Grand Slam Lifts Kingsport, Aderlin Picks Up Four Ribbies, Familia Rocked

Indianapolis 6, Buffalo 0 By Connor O’Brien Last night in Indianapolis, the Bisons were defeated once again by a score of 6-0. Jeurys Familia, coming off a stretch of great starts, got the start for Buffalo. In his previous start, he gave up seven runs against Charlotte and failed to make it out of the fifth inning. He struggled with his command and was pounded. Simply put, he continued...

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Matz and Tapia Make Baseball America’s Hot Sheet

Baseball America’s Prospect Hot Sheet for the week ending July 27th has Mets top prospects RHP Domingo Tapia and LHP Stephen Matz both ranked in their Top 10 at No. 5 and No.6 respectively. Tapia hails from the International arena when the Mets signed him in 2009 as tall, hard throwing 16-year old from Santo Domingo. He is having a solid season for Low-A Savannah where he is 5-2 with a 3.45 ERA...

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MMO Farm Report: Mazzoni and Gorski Win Two For Bingo, Rivera Still Raking At Lucie

Louisville 3, Buffalo 1 By Connor O’Brien Last night the Bisons and Bats squared off in the final game of a four-game series in Buffalo. It was a battle of the bullpens, as the Bats prevailed in a 3-1 game. On the mound for the Bisons was Garrett Olson. Olson was moved back to the rotation because of the recent shortaage of starters on Wally Backman’s roster recently. He had...

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