Good morning Mets fans! Zack Wheeler will make his season debut tonight as the Mets look to finish off the series sweep and extend their winning streak to eight games at 7:10 p.m. at Marlins Park. Zack Wheeler will make his season debut against Jarlin Garcia. Last night, the comeback kids clinched the best start in franchise history (9-1) with an 8-6 win over the Miami Marlins. In a...
The Las Vegas 51s have released their initial roster for the 2018 season, their last as the New York Mets’ Triple-A affiliate. The 51s will be led by new manager Tony DeFrancesco, he spent last season as the Houston Astros’ Triple-A manager. He will be joined by former Binghamton Rumble Ponies pitching coach Glenn Abbott and hitting coach Joel Chimelis who spent last season in the...
El Paso Chihuahuas 7, Las Vegas 51 2 Box Score Josh Rodriguez LF: 1 for 1, HR, R, RBI Dominic Smith 1B: 2 for 4, RBI Amed Rosario SS: 2 for 4, CS Gavin Cecchini 2B: 1 for 4, R, K, SB The 51s were held without a run until the eighth, when Rodriguez led off with a pinch-hit home run, his second of the season. Three consecutive hits led to another run before Travis Taijeron grounded into a double...
The New York Mets traveled to Disney to take on R.A. Dickey and the Atlanta Braves. Rafael Montero took the mound making his first start of the spring as the Mets defeated the Braves 3-0. Pitching Rafael Montero made his first start of the spring. He continued a very strong spring, in which he is making a case for one of the remaining bullpen spots. Montero threw five shutout innings of four hit...
The New York Mets were defeated by the Detroit Tigers by the score of 4-3 this afternoon at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, FL. Pitching Lefty Adam Wilk got the start for the Mets. He got into a little trouble in the first, loading the bases with two hits and a walk, but was able to get out of it. He threw 2.2 scoreless innings allowing three hits and striking out one, lowering his ERA on...
A split-squad of the New York Mets defeated the Detroit Tigers by a score of 7-3 this afternoon at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie. Bartolo Colon started and earned the win, allowing one run in 3.0 innings pitched. Antonio Bastardo and Jeurys Familia tossed a scoreless frame each, but Jerry Blevins didn’t fare as well allowing a run on a hit and two walks. Josh Smoker pitched another...
The Salt River Rafters beat the Mesa Solar Sox 4-2 to stay within a game and a half of the first place Scottsdale Scorpions with two games left. The Rafters and Scorpions do play on the last day of the regular season. Mets first base prospect Dominic Smith returned to the lineup for the first time since November 2nd, he was out with a strained oblique. Smith batted third and was the designated...
As the big league club was putting the finishing touches on the sweep of the Nationals neither of the Mets two affiliates left playing were having the same success as they both dropped game one of their playoff series. Reading 9, Binghamton 4 Game One (Best of 5) The B’Mets found themselves in a big whole to start after Tyler Pill allowed four runs in the top of the first inning to...
Iowa 4, Las Vegas (66-56) 3 Vic Black struck out Mike Baxter to start the 9th inning before allowing a double that right fielder Travis Taijeron misplayed allowing the hitter to go to third. Matt Szczur successfully executed the squeeze play to knock in the winning run. Black would then strike out Javier Baez and get a groundout to end the inning. Kevin Plawecki went 0-4 but the big story...
Had the Top 25 prospect list already to go last week until Sandy Alderson happily put a pretty big wrench into my plans and list. Four of the five players traded were going to be on my list with Michael Fulmer leading the group at #4, Casey Meisner at #9, Luis Cessa at #16, and Robert Whalen at #22. That combined with Noah Syndergaard, Kevin Plawecki, Dilson Herrera, and Rafael Montero all...
Las Vegas (57-42) 9, Fresno 4 Dillon Gee enjoyed some run support as the the 51’s offense hit three homeruns pushing him to his 4th win in five AAA starts. Gee went 5.1 innings allowing four runs (three earned) on six hits and a walk while striking out nine hitters. He threw 102 pitches (65 strikes) while lowering his Las Vegas ERA to 6.35. Chase Huchingson, Zack Thornton, and Vic...
