The New York Mets today announced the club has recalled righthanded pitcher Pedro Beato from Buffalo (AAA) of the International League and optioned righthanded pitcher Jeremy Hefner to the Bisons. Beato, 25, will wear uniform #27 and will be available for Thursday night’s game vs. Philadelphia. Beato was 3-2 with a 1.16 ERA (three earned runs/24.0 innings) in 16 games with Buffalo. The 6-4,...
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The Mets have designated Justin Hampson for assignment and recalled Jordany Valdespin fron Triple-A Buffalo. Valdespin, 24, has been on hot streak at Buffalo and is batting .333 in his last ten games with two homeruns, eight RBI and four stolen bases. For the season he has a .289 average in 136 at-bats. Hampson, 32, appeared in three games and faced eight batters for New York. The left-hander...
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On the eve of the Fourth of July, the Mets bats exploded for fifteen hits tonight and beat up the Philadelphia Phillies 11-1 in a sold out Citi Field. Jon Niese pitched a gem of a game going a full eight innings and holding the Phillies to just one run on three hits while striking out three. Niese has stepped it up big time and has won his last three starts for the Mets. The Mets knocked Vance...
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You’ve heard the term used all the time, but what exactly is a troll and what is trolling, and was the Mets GM guilty of being a troll or trolling his own fan base on Twitter in recent days? I’ll let you be the judge on Alderson, but first lets define what a troll is. No, we’re not talking about those dwarf-sized, hairy, humanoid beings that come out and attack you from the...
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In this latest gathering of the Knights of the MMO Roundtable, we ponder the age-old question about the Mid-Summer Classic. What are your thoughts on All Star fan voting especially when Home-Field Advantage is at stake? Jessep – I think people need to remember this game was supposed to be fun. Nobody was really begging for the MLB All Star Game to have added meaning, we just didn’t...
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