Las Vegas (64-49) 3, Salt Lake 2 Brandon Nimmo wasn’t in the starting lineup, however he still managed to make his presence felt walking in the the 9th inning and coming around to score the game-winning run on a single by Wilfredo Tovar. Here is the GW single. Dario Alvarez picked up his 2nd AAA win pitching a perfect 8th inning with one strikeout. With the injury news of Jerry Blevins,...
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Kevin Kernan of the New York Post caught up with David Wright while he was rehabbing at the Mets complex in Port St. Lucie. The Mets’ captain continues to work his way back and suddenly it’s becoming easier and easier to envision him batting in the Mets lineup again. It’s getting real. Someone pointed out to me the other day, that the Mets haven’t lost a game since David...
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Mets right-handed reliever Erik Goeddel, who has been nursing a right elbow strain that landed him on the DL, continues to make progress and is nearing a return. Goeddel played in his second rehab game on Thursday, tossing one inning for High-A St. Lucie and allowing a run and walking two batters. Expected to be activated next week, Goedell received platelet-rich plasma therapy and has been...
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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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Left-handed relief pitcher Jerry Blevins re-fractured his injured left forearm and will undergo surgery and likely miss the rest of the season, the team announced on Thursday. Reportedly, Blevins slipped off a curb and re-fractured the distal radial bone. His surgery is scheduled for next week in Boston. He was recently cleared to throw last week after missing nearly 3 months with his fractured...
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In what has been a whirlwind week for the Mets, perhaps the most shocking development is that good, professional baseball players have admitted that they actually want to play for them. That’s right – despite the surrounding junkyards, the omnipresent shadow of the Yankees, and the notoriously stingy owners of the team that plays there, Flushing has all of a sudden become a desired home...
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