While, for most of the season, it will be the St. Lucie Mets grabbing the headlines, the Binghamton Mets have an intriguing roster as well. Bingo will feature a solid pitching staff, headlined by Rafael Montero, as well as some prospects that have largely flown under the radar in their careers, but have talent, such …
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Las Vegas 51s 10, Sacramento River Cats 5 The 51s had a rougher start to their season behind a shaky first outing for their star pitcher. Zack Wheeler got the opening day nod for Las Vegas and came out of the gate erratic but still exhibiting the mid-90′s fastball and hard curveball. Wheeler went three and …
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Top pitching prospect Zack Wheeler was among the casualties in the first round of major league cuts in Mets camp this morning. Wheeler and nine others were re-assigned to minor league camp. Wheeler, 22, has made only one appearance so far this spring on February 23, when he struck out two in two innings. He …
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20. Jack Leathersich, LHP Height: 5’11″ Weight: 205 Throws/Bats: L/R We may be seeing Josh Edgin 2.0 as Jack Leathersich shoots up the ladder. Another college lefty reliever. However, Leathersich is rather unconventional, and has been slightly more successful than Edgin was in his short time in the minors. Although he had a 4.12 ERA over the second …
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The Mets announced today that they have added six players to the 40-man roster, five of whom are prospects that are now protected from the Rule 5 Draft. Besides dding Greg Burke, a right-handed pitcher they signed earlier this week, the Mets added Zack Wheeler, Hansel Robles, Gonzalez Germen, Darin Gorski, and Wilfredo Tovar. Teams …
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This winter, I did a series of posts on the top 20 prospects in the Mets minor league system. Now that we are halfway through the season, let’s review how they’ve done. [ws_table id="3"] Note: stats as of 7/12 Names to watch for next year’s list: Matt Den Dekker, who had an excellent 50+ games …
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We are just a little more than halfway through the year for the Mets’ full-season minor league affilliates, so now would be a good time to take a look at how the season has gone so far for each team. We reviewed the Sang Gnats’ first half, so now it’s time to look at the …
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