Before Daniel Murphy blasted that epic home run in the Mets 3-1 victory over the Miami Marlins, there were many killing Murphy and some were even calling for him to be replaced by Triple-A second baseman who has been tearing it up in Las Vegas. Herrera, 21, has been a Top 100 prospect in baseball, ranking as high as No. 46 on MLB.com to as low as No. 82 on Baseball Prospectus. But just how good...
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Mets prospect Michael Conforto continues to demolish Florida State League pitching, so much so that Marc Carig of Newsday says the 2014 first rounder has put himself in line for a promotion about a month ahead of schedule. Conforto, 22, has been raking for Advanced-A St. Lucie and is wielding a .348/.439/.652 slash line with three doubles, six homers, 19 RBI and 14 runs scored. Perhaps more...
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Being from Las Vegas, NV, I am still 300 miles from the nearest MLB ballpark; however, I’m just a mile or two away from the Triple-A Las Vegas 51’s home. I went to the first game of a double-header last night and watched Noah Syndergaard absolutely throttle the Albuquerque Isotopes over seven innings. Syndergaard’s fastball velocity was consistently in the high 90’s, and...
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Lost in the thrill and excitement of the dramatic three-run homer by Daniel Murphy, was the booming double by Juan Lagares to get that ninth inning started. It was a huge moment that ignited what was to ensue. Lagares was down 0-2 in the count versus Marlins close Steve Cishek, but he battled back to 2-2 in the count, fouling off a couple of tough sliders before finally ripping another Cishek...
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Mets reliever Bobby Parnell is still working his way back from Tommy John surgery by doing rehab. The team would greatly benefit from his return, but the Mets bullpen has been doing fine so far this season. The Mets bullpen ranks 2nd in the NL in ERA despite the absence of Parnell, Jenrry Mejia. Vic Black and Josh Edgin. Jeurys Familia has excelled as closer. Parnell has taken notice....
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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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