Author: Michael Mayer

Mets Minor League Recap: Nimmo Collects Two Hits, Survives Injury Scare

It was light on the Minor League schedule with both Las Vegas and Savannah having off days but that didn’t keep the Mets from getting a serious injury scare. I was the at the game and what seemed like a harmless double to left center field before it resulted in Brandon Nimmo leaving the field with the help of trainers. He was in visible pain and walking gingerly which they are saying...

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Mets Minor League Recap: Las Vegas Walks Off On Tovar 2B, Herrera Up To .375, Bingo Sweeps Doubleheader

Las Vegas 6, Albuquerque 5 Wilfredo Tovar came up with Johnny Monell on 3rd and Kyle Johnson on 1st with two outs and the 51’s down 5-4 hitting a low liner to that the LFer dove for but came up empty with the ball rolling past him allowing Johnson to score to give Las Vegas a 6 game win streak. Alex Castellanos hit his 7th homerun and second in as many nights. Dilson Herrera was 2-5 with...

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Mets Minor League Recap: Thor Drops The Hammer, Gsellman Cruises to 3-0

Las Vegas 8, Albuquerque 0 F/7 Game 1 Noah Syndergaard has had a rough couple of days between having a bad case of food poisoning and getting into a twitter battle that GM Sandy Alderson didn’t approve of. Yet somehow he took the mound last night and was absolutely dominant over 7 innings allowing as many hits (2) as he had at the plate. Thor needed only 83 pitches (62 strikes) to get the...

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Mets Minor League Recap 4/27: Conforto Blasts 6th HR, Herrera Batting .371, Fulmer Makes Season Debut

Las Vegas 10,  Albuquerque 4 Matt Bowman got his first win of the year after starting the game with 4.1 perfect innings before allowing three runs (two earned) in 5.2 innings. Early in the game Bowman was pounding his sinking fastball down in the zone which resulted in 11 groundouts on the day. Cody Satterwhite relieved Bowman and stranded two inherited runners but allowed a run when he came out...

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Mets Minor League Recap 4/25: Matz is Masterful, Reynolds Homers, St. Lucie Wins in 17 Innings

Las Vegas 12, Reno 0 Steven Matz made the start in Vegas for Noah Syndergaard (food poisoning) and did not disappoint holding a no hitter through 6.2 innings before our old friend Nick Evans singled to break it up. The next batter singled but Matz got a strike out to end the inning and his 7 innings of shutout baseball with only one walk and five strikeouts. Not only was Matz spectacular on the...

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