#5 Gavin Cecchini Preseason: #12 Age: 21 – December 22, 1993 Drafted: First Round (12th overall) 2012 Bats/Throw: Right/Right Cecchini had the breakout year offensively that the Mets have been waiting for being awarded as the Rookie of the Year in the Eastern League, he was also a midseason and postseason All-Star. He was named the EL player of the month for July after hitting...
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As the big league club was putting the finishing touches on the sweep of the Nationals neither of the Mets two affiliates left playing were having the same success as they both dropped game one of their playoff series. Reading 9, Binghamton 4 Game One (Best of 5) The B’Mets found themselves in a big whole to start after Tyler Pill allowed four runs in the top of the first inning to...
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The Binghamton Mets will look to win the Eastern League title for the second straight season with their run starting tonight at NYSEG Stadium against the Reading Fightin Phils. Last year the B’Mets ended their 20-year championship drought when they swept the Richmond Flying Squirrels that ended on a walk-off pinch-hit RBI double by Jayce Boyd. Steven Matz took a no-hitter into the...
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The Mets today promoted right-hander Tim Stauffer who was 4-1 with a 2.48 ERA and 1.031 WHIP in eight starts this year for the Las Vegas 51’s. The Mets signed Stauffer on July 30th after he was released on June 17th from the Minnesota Twins. Stauffer struggled earlier this year for the Twins pitching to a 7.80 ERA in 13 games out of the bullpen. He pitched out of the Padres bullpen...
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Las Vegas (76-65) 9, Tacoma 4 After losing three of four to El Paso and moving out of first place the 51’s seemed to be reeling before Brandon Nimmo and Dillon Gee put them on their shoulders carrying them back atop the division by half a game. Nimmo was slid up to the #2 hole in the lineup and responded by going 4-5 with three runs, double, two RBI with a homerun for second...
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