Author: Michael Mayer

Minor League Roster Moves: Castellanos Headed To Japan, Lutz Back

  The Mets have brought back Zach Lutz to the organization after releasing him last June to allow him to sign with Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Japanese Pacific League. He has been added to the Las Vegas 51’s roster to take the place of OF/IF Alex Castellanos who is headed to play in Japan. Castellanos was having a great year for the 51’s leading the PCL in doubles (32),...

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Mets Minor League Recap: Eastern League ASG Ends In Homerun Shootout

INT All-Stars 4, PCL All-Stars 3 The Pacific Coast League All-Stars took a 3-1 lead in the 8th inning on a two-run homerun by Diamondbacks prospect Peter O’Brien but Jon Edwards from the Rangers organization gave up three runs in the top of the 9th. The lone 51’s representative at the game (Matt Reynolds on DL) Travis Taijeron came up in the bottom of the 9th with two outs and the...

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Binghamton Releases Three During All-Star Break

Binghamton has announced they have released INF Aderlin Rodriguez, INF Dustin Lawley, and OF Eudy Pina from the AA roster. Lawley was a 19th round pick of the Mets in 2011 and has hit .213/.256/.370 with six homeruns and 26 RBI. He has been more productive lately with two homeruns and eight RBI over his last ten games. He has also struggled in the field this year committing 15 errors in only 51...

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Mets Minor League Recap: Great Games By Ynoa And Meisner

  Las Vegas was off last night with the Pacific Coast League Homerun Derby competition being held, without Travis Taijeron surprisingly being included. The AAA All-Star game is Wednesday at 10 ET and will be televised on MLB Network. Darin Gorski was named the PCL pitcher of the week, going 7 innings giving up just one unearned run on four hits and zero walks while striking out eleven...

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Mets Minor League Recap: Lugo Shines In Front Of Four Scouts

  Las Vegas had their last game of the first half on Saturday when they extended their win streak to 6 games with a 5-4 win over Salt Lake. They finished the first half going 53-38 good for a 8-game lead in the Pacific Coast League Pacific Southern division. Vic Black picked up the win of Saturday but it wasn’t all gold stars after getting a 1-2-3 3rd inning he was brought out for a...

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