The New York Mets drafted slugging first baseman Peter Alonso in the second round of the 2016 draft from the University of Florida. During the 2016 season with Florida he mashed 32 extra base hits, knocked in 60 and had a 1.128 OPS in only 58 games as a junior. He also walked 31 times compared to 31 strikeouts and his overall offensive ability was a big reason why the Mets took him with the 64th...
New Hampshire 8, Binghamton 1 Tyler Pill went five innings and gave up four runs, striking out four. Beck Wheeler, David Roseboom, and Luis Mateo combined to give up four more runs in the next three innings. Mateo makes his return back to Binghamton after Tommy John Surgery in 2013. DH Matt Oberste went 2 for 4 with a double and the only B-Mets RBI of the game. Dominic Smith finally recorded his...
Las Vegas (40-31) 4, Fresno 2 Going into the top of the 9th the 51’s were being shutout while going 0-7 with runners in scoring position before Brooks Conrad changed all that with a pinch-hit two-out grand slam to win the game. Kirk Nieuwenhuis started the rally with a double, followed by a walk by Anthony Recker and Travis Taijeron was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Kirk was 2-4 on the...
Tacoma 4, Las Vegas (25-13) 0 The 51’s bats had a very rare off night collecting only 6 hits without a walk as no hitter reached base more than once against former big Leaguer Justin Germano and the Tacoma bullpen. Alex Castellanos was 1-4 with his 10th double of the year while hitting 4th and playing 1st base. Castellanos has now played 6 games at 1st, 9 at 3rd, 6 in left field, 2 in...
Las Vegas (16-8) 5, Reno 2 Las Vegas was tied 2-2 heading into the bottom of the 6th before Wilfredo Tovar hit a two-run double to score Brandon Allen and Travis Taijeron to give the 51’s lead for good and win their 10th straight game. Matt Reynolds went 1-4 with his 12th double and two RBI’s to give him 23 on the year. Danny Muno hit lead off and played 3rd going 2-4 with a RBI....
Standing 6-foot-7 and weighing 265 pounds, 22-year-old Kingsport first baseman Zach Mathieu is a towering sight behind the plate. Hailing from the chilly Northeastern town of Derry, New Hampshire, Mathieu was a multi-sport athlete that actually had his eye on the ice until the age of 14. “My first love actually used to be hockey,” Mathieu said. “I eventually just decided to go with baseball...
Last Night’s Quick Scores Las Vegas snuck by Fresno, 3-2. Binghamton shutout New Hampshire, 7-2. St. Lucie split their doubleheader against Charlotte, 7-3, 5-3. Savannah shut down Kannapolis, 7-1. Prospect Pipeline A day after Mets prospect Zack Wheeler rebounded with a solid performance for Las Vegas, Mike Puma of the New York Post reports that the Mets are considering a variety of...
There aren’t many pitchers that pitch seven innings of scoreless baseball, and you can say that wasn’t the most dominating performance we’ve seen this year from that guy. Rafael Montero is one of those guys. Montero’s four strikeouts was his lowest total of the year thus far, but the guy completely shut down New Hampshire tonight, pitching seven scoreless innings. Montero threw 102 pitches...
This week’s Baseball America Prospect Hot Sheet included two Mets right-handers: Rafael Montero, rhp, Mets: The rules of the game allow for New York to put off a 40-man decision on the 22-year-old Montero until after the 2014 season. Necessity may dictate a callup this season, given the way that Montero has pitched at Double-A Binghamton. After dealing six shutout innings at New Hampshire...
Colorado Springs 8, Las Vegas 7 It was an up and down night for the Las Vegas 51s that ended on a low note as they fell to Colorado Springs in walk off fashion, going down in a wild one 8-7. Mets rotation hopeful Collin McHugh took the hill and had himself a day he’d like to soon forget. Going just 5 1/3 innings, McHugh surrendered four runs on a whopping 13 hits while walking none and...
Last Night’s Quick Scores Las Vegas Tops Sacramento 10-5 New Hampshire Tops Binghamton 5-2 Fort Myers Routed St. Lucie 14-2 Savannah Tops Lakewood 7-2 Prospect Pipeline This is now fourth straight starts in which Zack Wheeler failed to deliver six innings. It was another start where his pitch count was remarkably bad. 108 pitches and only 61 strikes in 4.1 innings is not going to get...
New Hampshire 5, Binghamton 2 The Binghamton Mets were kept in check by three New Hampshire Fisher Cats pitchers in a 5-2 loss on Friday night at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium. The teams traded runs early. With two outs in the first, Ryan Schimpf laced a 1-1 pitch from Erik Goeddel over the right field wall, giving the Fisher Cats an one-run lead. Binghamton answered back in the top of the...
