Las Vegas 51s 6 (49-44), Iowa Cubs 2 Box Score Dilson Herrera 2B 3 for 4, 2B, BB, RBI, .278/.323/.475 Kevin Plawecki C 2 for 4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, .327/.400/.615 This was Plawecki’s 4th homer of the year in Vegas. Duane Below LHP 7 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (ND, 4.57 ERA) Paul Sewald RHP 2 IP, 3 K (W, 5-2, 3.86) Duane Below doesn’t have overpowering stuff and won’t blow you away, but has looked...
Las Vegas 51s 11 (48-44), Iowa Cubs 5 Box Score Michael Conforto LF 2 for 4, 2B, 3B, BB, 2 RBI, 2 R .344/.420/.623 T.J. Rivera 3B 3 for 5, 2B, RBI, R, .351/.390/.502 Both of Conforto’s hits were down the right field line. Robert Gsellman RHP 4 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, K 13.50 ERA Gsellman is struggling thus far at Triple-A. Hartford 4, Binghamton Mets (41-50) 2 Box Score Champ Stuart CF 0 for 4, 3...
pressprosmagazine.com Full Season Single-A Delmarva Shorebirds 7 (Baltimore, 50-38), Columbia Fireflies 3 (41-48) Box Score Dale Burdick PR-2B 1 for 3, HR, 2 RBI, K .222/.263/.444 Vicente Lupo LF 2 for 4, 2 K .250/.345/.383 Milton Ramos SS 2 for 3, K, E .231/.297/.285 Lupo has been doing a lot better since returning to Columbia on June 24th, raising his line from .203/.314/.324 to...
Winter League Baseball started some time ago and I thought we’d check in on the several Mets scattered across each league: Venezuelan League Vicente Lupo – Has Not Played Leon Canelon – 6 G, 2 AB, 2 R, .000/.000/.000 Jairo Perez – 20 G, .208/.269/.417, 3 2B, 4 HR Wilfredo Tovar – 19 G, .295/.295/.372, 6 2B Ryan Reid – 9 G, 4.82 ERA, 9.1 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 9...
Last Night’s Quick Scores Las Vegas 6, Iowa 4 Erie 7, Binghamton 4 – Game 1 Erie 8, Binghamton 6 – Game 2 (Makeup 8/12) St. Lucie 6, Fort Myers 1 – Game 1 Fort Myers 7, St. Lucie 3 – Game 2 (PPD from 6/27) Savannah 4, Asheville 1 Lowell 3, Brooklyn 2 – Game 1 Brooklyn 3, Lowell 2 – Game 2 (Makeup from 8/12) Kingsport 10, Bristol 4 Prospect Pipeline Matt...
When signing a young player from an international market, you never really know what you will get. They haven’t gotten a lot of fanfare like most of the players that come straight from the draft out of college and high school. Most fans do not hear much about international ballplayers until years later if they are lucky to establish themselves as legit prospects as they advance through the...
From September 24th to October 4th, the Mets will be running their instructional league down at the Spring Training complex in Port St. Lucie. There are 49 players attending for the next two weeks, including first-round picks Dominic Smith, Brandon Nimmo, and Gavin Cecchini. In his first full season of professional ball (extended spring training and Brooklyn), Cecchini had a decent year despite...
The Mets’ 2013 first-round pick Dominic Smith, made his professional debut today for the GCL Mets and went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Smith started at first base for the Mets and grounded out in first at-bat in the second inning. But in the fourth inning he singled to drive home left fielder Vicente Lupo, picking up his first hit and RBI as a pro. Smith would single again in his fourth and final...
Last month, I had the chance to conduct an email interview with John Sickels of the well-known minor league blog, Minor League Ball. Sickels worked for ESPN many years ago, where he had his own column about minor league baseball. Here is some of what we talked about: Q: Were the Mets too conservative with the Gavin Cecchini selection? A: I thought Cecchini was a slight overdraft but I didn’t...
Vicente Lupo, OF Bats: R Throws: R Height: 6’ Weight: 180 lb. Position: Outfield Age: 19 ETA: 2016 MMO Top Prospect Rank: #15 Background: Here is a brief profile on Vicente Lupo from the recent 2013 MMO Top 25 Prospect series: Signed as an international free agent in July of 2010, Lupo quickly showed a penchant for extra-base power at a young age. While his 2011 season was marred after a...
If you are like me, you look forward to a time when the major rebuilding is done and the Mets can (hopefully) embark on an extended period of high level competitiveness and play meaningful games (to borrow a phrase) each fall. Assuming that time is near (2014? 2015?), what will the team’s roster look like? I offer a speculative peek from one fan’s perspective that will focus on internal options:...
I spent most of the day on the backfields at Port St. Lucie yesterday and had some fun watching many of the minor leaguers already in camp, many of whom are reporting early. I made a few small notes I wanted to share with the readers on MMO, but mostly wanted to pass along a significant health update on one of our top prospects. As most of the readers here know, 19-year old righthander Michael...
