The Mets have made the wrong decision to give Matt Harvey another shot Monday. In fact, it should actually be Matt who makes the choice for himself. He needs to take some time to go to AAA and get right. It could be a watershed selfless moment for him. The competitor in him should realize, “Okay, I can NOT put my team in this position every fifth day. I have to fix this, because I want...
Las Vegas (27-14) 11, Okla. City 6 Steven Matz did not have one of his typical dominant outings giving up six runs (four earned) on eight hits and a walk while striking out seven batters in 6.1 innings. He threw 92 pitches, 66 of them for strikes and produced 9 groundball outs compared to two fly ball outs. His line would have looked a little better had Zack Thornton been able to strand the...
Last Night’s Quick Scores New Orleans 4, Las Vegas 0 Binghamton 8, Erie 5 St. Lucie 6, Charlotte 2 Staten Island 14, Brooklyn 4 Rome 6, Savannah 3 Minor League Notes Daniel Muno enjoyed his second straight game with three hits finishing 3 for 4. Matt Reynolds singled to extend his hitting streak to five games, batting .444 (8 for 18) in that span. Kevin Plawecki singled to extend his...
Brandon Nimmo, the 2011 first round pick for the Mets in the MLB draft has been voted into the Futures Game, which is set to take place on July 14th at Citi Field. Here is what Nimmo had to say after receiving the news: [iframe]<iframe src=’https://mlb.mlb.com/shared/video/embed/embed.html?content_id=28508235&width=400&height=224&property=mlb’ width=’400′...
Rome 4, Savannah 1 The final game of the four game series between the Savannah Sand Gnats and the Rome Braves was played in front of 1,348 fans Sunday afternoon at Grayson Stadium. Rome won the game 4-1 to even the series at 2-2. The Sand Gnats were held to just three hits while committing four errors, effectively giving them more errors than hits on the afternoon. In the third inning, Rome...
Savannah 3, Rome 2 The third game of the four game series between the Savannah Sand Gnats and the Rome Braves was played Saturday at Grayson Stadium in front of 4,664 fans, which was their largest crowd since 2009. Both teams had 7 hits and Savannah won 3-2. The Sand Gnats scored 2 runs in the fourth inning. Leading off the inning, Eudy Piña singled and moved to third on a double by Kevin...
Rome 3, Savannah 2 Game two of the four game series between the Savannah Sand Gnats and the Rome Braves was played Friday evening in front of 2,535 fans at Historic Grayson Stadium. Rome scored in the 8th inning to break a 2-2 tie and win the game by the final score of 3-2. Rome scored a run in the first inning when ss Jose Peraza singled, stole second and scored on a single by second baseman...
Savannah 3, Rome 1 Game one of the four game series between the Savannah Sand Gnats and the Rome Braves was played in front of 2,999 fans Thursday evening at Grayson Stadium. Savannah outhit Rome 10-6 and won the game 3-1. Savannah has now won 9 out of their last 10 home games. Rome scored first in the 2nd inning when first baseman Casey Kalenkosky led off the inning with a home run over the...
Breaking News: As I predicted only two days ago, Jacob deGrom was indeed promoted to Binghamton before Noah Syndergaard. DeGrom replaces Luis Mateo, who was placed on the DL with a right elbow strain. Good call by the Mets, and a hearty get well soon to Luis Mateo. Joe D. Last Night’s Quick Scores Savannah (6-5) topped the Greensboro Grasshoppers, 8-5 St. Lucie (8-3) defeated the Charlotte...
Rome 2, Savannah 1 On Sunday afternoon at Historic Grayson Stadium in Savannah, the Rome Braves edged the Sand Gnats 2-1 to gain a split of the two game set. Savannah (5-5) scored their lone run in the bottom of the third inning on an RBI fielders choice by right-fielder Eudy Pina. Sand Gnats hurler Rainy Lara was perfect through the first four innings while striking out five – but...
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...
Savannah 8, Rome 6 The Savannah Sand Gnats (5-4) got back in the win column with an 8-6 victory over the Rome Braves, even after relinquishing a four run lead in the seventh. Rome jumped out on top in the first, set up on a fielding error by Gnats shortstop Phillip Evans. Savannah got even on through a Brandon Nimmo sacrifice fly, however, which scored Eudy Pina. The Gnats took a 5-1 lead in the...
