Binghamton Rumble Ponies starter Jose Butto has been named the Double-A Northeast Pitcher of the Week following another dominant performance. The right-hander tossed six scoreless innings with eight strikeouts on Saturday. He allowed only two hits and walked one. Butto, 23, had a 4.32 ERA and 60 strikeouts in 58 1/3 innings with the High-A Brooklyn Cyclones before his mid-July promotion to...
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AAA: Syracuse Mets (29-52) 2, Rochester Red Wings (32-46) 1 BOX SCORE Travis Blankenhorn – 2B: 2-4, BB. .246/.391/.565 Wilfredo Tovar – SS: 2-5. .281/.372/.386 Patrick Mazeika – 1B: 1-5, RBI (26). .286/.364/.459 Mark Payton and Patrick Mazeika each drove in one of Syracuse’s two runs. In total, the Mets got eight hits, and half of them came from either Travis Blankenhorn or...
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Mets center fielder Brandon Nimmo has been scratched from Monday nights lineup against the Marlins in Miami. Brandon Drury will sub in for Nimmo and Kevin Pillar will shift from right field to center. Nimmo has been out of the lineup for the previous two games as he deals with a hamstring issue. In other roster news, the Mets placed reliever Miguel Castro on the COVID-19 injured list and...
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Sources tell MMO that the Mets have acquired Javier Baez from the Cubs. The Mets are also getting right-handed pitcher Trevor Williams from the Cubs. The Mets are sending center field prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong to the Cubs per Bob Nightengale of USA Today. Crow-Armstrong, the Mets’ No. 5 prospect, had major shoulder surgery earlier this season and is out for the year. Baez, a free agent...
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According to a report by Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post, the Mets are very interested in Rockies’ shortstop Trevor Story. Jim Bowden of The Athletic mentioned on Wednesday that there was a possibility of the Mets getting a package of right-handed pitcher Jon Gray and Story from the Rockies. Story, strictly a shortstop in the big leagues, has a 91 OPS+ this year and is a free agent...
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