Author: Michael Mayer

Minor League Recap 4/16: Conforto Blasts Grand Slam, Morris Still Untouchable

Sacramento 4, Las Vegas 3 Matthew Bowman struggled in his second start of the season as the Las Vegas 51’s fell to Sacramento 4-3 last night. Bowman pitched 5.1 innings giving up four runs on six hits and one walk while striking out three. Bowman struggled against lefties who had 4 of the 6 hits against him including a 2-run homer. Scott Rice relieved Bowman with two runners on and walked...

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Mets Minor League Recap: Matz Wild, Nimmo Homers

Steven Matz got his 2nd AAA start and it did not go as well as the first as he walked five hitters and gave up five hits which lead to three runs for Sacramento. Matz got his first AAA loss in the 3-2 game and struggled to locate his fastball but didn’t get any help from the homeplate ump who had a small inconsistent strike zone. Matz did strike out five batters and had good movement on...

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Mets Minor League Recap: Thor Struggles, Soup Sizzling

Noah Syndergaard made his long awaited season debut on Monday after being pushed back due to forearm stiffness. Las Vegas won 8-5 despite Noah struggling through four innings allowing 7 hits, 3 runs (2 earned) while walking 1 and striking out 2 and was taken out after throwing only 54 pitches (37 strikes). Thor topped out at 94 MPH while throwing very few breaking balls on the evening. Eric...

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Mets Minor League Recap: Ynoa Shines, Conforto Homers

Las Vegas 51’s finally got their first win of the season 7-2 behind home runs by Brandon Allen, Darrell Ceciliani, and Alex Castellanos. Danny Muno led off and went 2-5 with a walk and Eric Campbell was 1-3 with 2 walks, 2B, and a run scored. Soup has started the season off hot going 5-10 with 3 walks showing Mets brass just maybe they could use another bench player. Darin Gorski started...

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Minor League Recap: Bowman Struggles, Lara Shines

The Las Vegas 51’s lost their second game of the season to Fresno 8-4 and Matt Bowman only lasted 4.2 innings. Bowman was hit hard giving up 2 HR’s and 8 hits but did manage to strikeout 8 batters. Bowman really struggled in the 3rd inning when he gave up 5 runs but seemed to be focused on working in his breaking ball. Hansel Robles made his AAA debut and threw 1.1 scoreless,...

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