Buffalo 5, Gwinnett 3 By Pete Shapiro Matt Harvey pitched six strong innings and Valentino Pascucci hit two home runs and drove in four, as the visiting Buffalo Bisons took the series at Gwinnett three games to one, winning the final game by a score of 5-3. Pascucci hit a two-run home run in the third (9th), and another two-run job in the fifth (10th), to ice the game. Harvey (4-1, 4.31) went...
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I have been keeping in touch with a lot of the Mets minor leaguers this spring who are still working out down in extended spring training. They are competing for a spot on either Brooklyn, or Kingsport and the competition is absolutely fierce. For example, there are between 50 and 60 pitchers vying for what will boil down to 34 spots on the two pitching staffs. One of those pitchers is a friend...
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Recap: The ink on his contract has dried, his Rangers jersey is packed away, but Jon Niese was not smiling tonight. He had a few good pitches, but the Blue Jays were just absolutely dominant tonight. Niese’s Achilles heel has always been the long ball, and the Jays had that going for them. Niese allowed a career high four homeruns in the first three innings and two came from the same guy....
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This press release was just issued by Major League Baseball: New York Mets Minor League second baseman Daniel Muno has received a 50-game suspension after testing positive for a metabolite of Drostanolone. The suspension of Muno, who is currently on the roster of Single-A St. Lucie Mets of the Florida State League, will be effective immediately. Well how’s that for a sucker punch? Never...
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Well it’s been a little while so I thought it was time to take a look at who is really hot right now with the bat in the Mets minor league system. And you know what? A lot of the guys you had come to expect to see here, are no longer on this list. Guys like Travis Taijeron, and Bobby Scales, Zach Lutz and T.J. Rivera have all been bumped off the list and replaced with guys you might not...
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