Las Vegas had the day off but are back at it tonight at Cashman Field with Matz the Magnificent facing off against former Met farmhand Randy Fontanez at 10:05 ET. Harrisburg 10, Binghamton 1 Gabriel Ynoa continued what has been a disappointing season for him giving up five runs on six hits, three walks, HBP, and three strikeouts while picking up his 2nd loss of the season that saw his ERA...
Las Vegas (26-14) 2, Tacoma 0 Duane Below got the start for Las Vegas pitching 9 innings of fantastic baseball that saw him give up just four hits and a walk needing only 98 pitches to complete the shutout. Below was making just his 3rd start of the season after starting the year as the long man in the bullpen and evened his record to 3-3 with a 2.51 ERA. Tacoma didn’t get a runner to 2nd...
Las Vegas (19-8) 6, Albuquerque 4 The 51’s were looking for their franchise record 13th straight win heading into the Top of the 9th tied at 3-3 when Matt Reynolds led off with a single to get the three-run inning started. Las Vegas now with the 6-3 lead handed the ball over to Chasen Bradford to gave up an unearned run because of a Reynolds error was able to get Tim Smalling (the tying...
Las Vegas (17-8) 10, Albuquerque 2 F/7 Game One The 51’s won their 11th straight game as Steven Matz was not dominant but still managed to get his 4th win by going 6 innings, giving up two runs on nine hits while striking out seven over his 87 pitch outing. Matz fastball was sitting in the 91-94 range while he had a good curveball working he seemed to throw feeler changeups than his last...
Catcher Kevin Plawecki slammed a two-out, three-run homer in his first at-bat with Advanced-A St. Lucie last night, who beat Palm Beach by the score of 8-6. The 2012 first round draft pick added an RBI-double and went 2-for-5 with four RBIs in the game. Plawecki, Jayce Boyd and Bret Mitchell had been promoted from Savannah to St. Lucie before the game which you can read below. Original Post 6/20...
Palm Beach 7, St. Lucie 3 St Lucie’s six game winning streak was snapped tonight by the Palm Beach Cardinals. St Lucie’s starter Angel Cuan pitched six solid innings in the loss. Cuan allowed one unearned run in the second inning, and surrendered a solo home run to Stephen Piscotty in the fourth inning. St. Lucie was leading 3-2 in the seventh when Cuan exited the game. While Cuan was not...
Last Night’s Quick Scores Las Vegas toppled Round Rock, 6-5. Binghamton was no-hit by and dropped to Harrisburg, 6-1. St. Lucie destroyed Palm Beach, 17-1. Savannah topped Rome, 3-1. Prospect Pipeline Word on the street is that Zack Wheeler could be making his major league debut very soon…like in two more weeks. “Personally, I think if he has a couple of more starts like his last start...
St. Lucie 17, Palm Beach 1 Do not be alarmed…you are not dreaming. This actually did happen. Noah Syndergaard was responsible for stifling the Palm Beach bats with some superb pitching while the St. Lucie offense combined for sixteen hits and a crooked seventeen runs. So let’s give Syndergaard his time in the sun here. This young man seems to be pitching with a chip on his...
Last Night’s Quick Scores Savannah (5-4) topped Rome, 8-6 St. Lucie (6-3) dropped to Palm Beach, 4-3 Binghamton (5-4) lost to New Hampshire, 6-1 Las Vegas (5-5) dropped slugfest to Fresno, 11-6 Prospect Pipeline I just learned that we have some exciting phone interviews lined up with T.J. Rivera, Travis d’Arnaud, Cory Mazzoni, Brandon Nimmo and Cam Maron coming up. April will be fun...
Last Night’s Quick Scores: Savannah vs Rome was postponed due to inclement weather. St. Lucie (5-2) dropped a game to Palm Beach, 7-4. Binghamton (4-3) dropped a game to New Hampshire, 3-1. Las Vegas (5-3) defeated Fresno in a blowout, 14-3. Prospecting For Gold (Joe D) 1. Baseball America didn’t have any Mets prospects...
St. Lucie Mets 4, Palm Beach Cardinals 0 St. Lucie (5-0) continues to dominate early this season, picking up its fifth win in as many games. Luis Mateo was stellar on the mound, tossing 6.2 scoreless innings to pick up his first win of the season. Mateo allowed four hits and surrendered two walks to go with his nine strikeouts. St. Lucie scored its first run in the fourth inning after designated...
REALITY BITES! I guess seeing is believing, and this image certainly brings home the realization that Jose Reyes is now the shortstop for the Miami Marlins. Nice airbrush job by Topps… I’d like to thank Mr. North Jersey for the link and also credit to the Palm Beach Post for the image.
