Gavin Cecchini has had a breakout year with the bat for the Binghamton Mets that has put him on the prospect map including ranking #69 on John Sickels mid-season top 75 prospect list. Baseball America recently chose a 13 player All-Prospect team for July including eight position players and five pitchers with Cecchini being their selection at shortstop. The Mets drafted him in the first round...
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Las Vegas (63-49) 9, Salt Lake 3 Brandon Nimmo fell to the 9th spot in the order for the first time, he responded by going 3-4 with a walk and his first AAA homerun. Here is video of the blast. Nimmo is now 7-11 with two walks, two stolen bases, and three runs scored in his last three games. Zach Lutz was 2-4 with a double and his first blast since returning to Las Vegas. Wilfredo Tovar...
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Injury Update Mets pitching prospect Marcos Molina is making his return to the mound today at 12 PM for the GCL Mets as the starting pitcher. He has been out with “elbow soreness” since May 13th with most believing he would end up needing TJS. He was MMO’s #9 rated prospect prior to this season and with Michael Fulmer gone is clearly the best Mets pitching prospect if healthy....
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Las Vegas (61-49) 7, Tacoma 2 Dillon Gee pitched his second straight complete game giving up two runs on ten hits (HR) and two walks while striking out four. Gee is now 6-1 with a 4.85 ERA and 1.44 WHIP in eight starts for the 51’s. Dilson Herrera leadoff the bottom of the first inning with his second homerun in as many days, he finished going 2-4 with three RBI, two runs scored,...
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During his press conference yesterday Sandy Alderson indicated the Mets could make a trade in August mostly for a reliever. With the second wild card creating more teams thinking they are contenders I think we will see a fair share of waiver trades this season. When a player is placed on revocable waivers in August (or September) there is three possible outcomes: Unclaimed players can be traded...
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