With the Pacific Coast League regular season is coming to a close, the Las Vegas 51s have announced their year-end awards. T.J. Rivera was given the Mayor’s Trophy. Each year, the Mayor’s Trophy is given to the best player on the 51s as voted on by the fans. A 2011 undrafted amateur free agent, Rivera certainly earned the award by hitting .347/.388/.508 with 26 doubles, one triple,...
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There are a multitude of reasons why the Mets are only a game over .500 and 3.5 games back of the Cardinals for the second Wild Card. The most popular excuse is injuries. There is some validity there with Matt Harvey, Lucas Duda, and David Wright gone for the year. Yoenis Cespedes was hobbled by a quad injury before he was finally forced to go on the disabled list. Now that he’s back, he...
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Ahead of a huge three game set against the St. Louis Cardinals, the 62-62 New York Mets are at .500 and are 4.5 games back of the Cardinals for the second Wild Card spot. Even with a good series here, nothing is guaranteed as the Mets are one of four teams currently within five games of the last Wild Card spot. Here is where they all stand: St. Louis Cardinals The Cardinals are currently the...
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With the Mets putting Steven Matz on the disabled list with a mild strain in his rotator cuff, the Mets are promoting Robert Gsellman from AAA Las Vegas. The 23-year old Gsellman was the Mets 2011 13th round draft pick out of Westchester High School in Los Angeles, CA. He started the year with AA Binghamton, and he worked his way up to AAA. Gsellman has combined to go 4-9 with a 3.99 ERA and a...
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Las Vegas 51s outfielder Brandon Nimmo was named the Pacific Coast League’s Player of the Week for the week ending August 21, 2016. Over the past week, the 23 year old Nimmo batted .432 (14-for-31) with nine runs, three doubles, one triple, two homers, seven RBI, five walks, and one stolen base. This is Nimmo’s first full season in Triple-A, and he has a .345/.420/.539 batting line...
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