Syracuse Chiefs vs. Buffalo Bisons – 2:05 p.m.
Jeff Mandel (2-0, 1.56) vs. Jon Niese (0-0, -.–)
Gameday | Boxscore
Akron Aeros vs. Binghamton Mets – 1:05 p.m.
Kelvin De La Cruz (1-3, 4.58) vs. Eric Niesen (0-2, 3.12)
Gameday | Boxscore
Clearwater Threshers vs. St. Lucie Mets - OFF
OFF
Gameday | Boxscore
Savannah Sand Gnats vs. Rome Braves - 1:05 p.m.
Armando Rodriguez (2-4, 3.44) vs. Chris Masters (1-3, 1.56)
Gameday | Boxscore
In his post game interview Jerry Manuel hinted that Jenrry Mejia could be sent down to the minor leagues in order to be stretched out as a starter.
“We’ll have to see obviously what direction we go, and then that will determine also how we feel the bullpen fits…We’ll do everything we can to keep it in a place where we feel very good about it, like we did coming out of spring training.”
So far this season Mejia is 0-2 with a 2.60 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 17.1 innings. He has appeared in just 18 of the Mets 37 games.
Mejia has shown an electric fastball that averages 94.4 mph with wicked movement. According to Fangraphs his fastball and curveball have been positive pitches for him, while his changeup has been slightly below average.
I have had no problem with what Mejia has done on the mound, but the simple fact of the matter is that he is not being given the chance to develop his pitches. He is throwing 81% fastballs and hasn’t had to use his off-speed pitches at all. At 20-years old he needs to be in the minors developing those pitches and not using one pitch to get outs in the bigs.
Ryota Igarashi could return soon from his injury within a week the Mets could wait until his return to send Mejia down and stretch him out. If the injury Jon Niese just sustained is serious at all there could be not better time than right now to make the move with Mejia.
Stars of the Night:
AAA – Jon Niese/Nelson Figueroa
AA – Brad Holt
HiA – Zach Lutz
LoA – Eric Beaulac
SSA – John Servidio
Rk1 – Darrell Ceciliani
Rk2 – Julio Concepcion
AAA – Buffalo Bisons
Jon Niese continued to pitch like a beast with a complete game 7inning shutout. I am hoping to watch the video for this game maybe tomorrow to get a look on how Niese is looking to go along with the amazing stats he has been posting.
Game 2
Two complete game shutouts. Talk about a rarity.
AA – Binghamton Mets
 |
| Final |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Erie |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
9 |
1 |
| Binghamton |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
X |
|
4 |
11 |
0 |
Recap | Box | 
W: Holt (2-3, 5.02); L: Nickerson (7-7, 4.94); SV: Robertson, C (4)
HR: ERI: De Leon (4). BIN: Duda (6), Davis, I (4).
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This is why I voted for Brad Holt over Mejia in the side poll. The dude is just dominant. His K totals have been and outside of 3-4 starts in his short career he has been nearly unhittable. Lucas Duda now has 2 homeruns and 5 RBI’s in the last two games. Ike Davis hit his 11th homerun of the season and 4th since joining the B-Mets.
HiA – St. Lucie Mets
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| Final |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Daytona |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
3 |
7 |
2 |
| St. Lucie |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
2 |
2 |
Recap | Box |
W: Carpenter, C (2-1, 1.71); L: Moviel (0-3, 6.05)
HR: None.
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I am not going to start worrying about Scott Moviel he is still coming back from an injury and this is a decent start I won’t really worry too much until next season. That will be the key year for him as a prospect. KIrk Nieuwenhuis has really got to lower his average this .240 is not going to cut it for me.
LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats
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| Final |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Hickory |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
2 |
3 |
| Savannah |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
X |
|
5 |
9 |
3 |
Recap | Box |
W: Beaulac (6-5, 2.44); L: Boscan (4-5, 3.34); SV: Cruz, R (18)
HR: None.
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I love Eric Beaulac‘s dominance, but he has to learn to pitch deeper into ballgames. I am not going to take anything away from his 1 hit, 7 strikeout performance, but the one thing he hasn’t done is pitch deep. The teen sensations both had multi hit games with Jefry Marte getting a double. A bit of a beanfest with 4 hit batters in the game (2 by Beaulac)
SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones
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| Final |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Auburn |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
3 |
11 |
0 |
| Brooklyn |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
X |
|
11 |
11 |
0 |
Recap | Box
W: Cohoon (5-1, 2.48)
HR: BRK: Servidio 2 (6), Green, A (1), Vaughn (1).
|
 |
| Pitcher |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
ERA |
| Cohoon |
6.0 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
2.48 |
| Sage |
2.0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0.90 |
| Hoge, L |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2.31 |
Nice job by 2009 draft pic Sam Honeck to go 3-5 with 3 RBI’s. He is one of the only hitters selected who has actually hit since joining the Metsies. John Servidio smacked the ball around hitting 2 bombs and even getting hit by a pitch. To go along with that he also drove in 3 runs.
Rk1 – Kingsport Mets
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| Final |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Kingsport |
0 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
15 |
16 |
1 |
| Greeneville |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
5 |
10 |
0 |
Recap | Box |
W: Aldama (2-0, 5.18); L: Hyatt, B (1-1, 11.77)
HR: KNG: Ceciliani, D (2), Lucas, R (1), Steinhauer, K (1).
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The offense broke out huge with everyone getting atleast one hit. Most notable games were Darrell Ceciliani, Alonzo Harris, Kurt Steinhauer. Undrafted free agent Bobby Gagg struck out the side in the 9th.
Rk2 – GCL Mets
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| Final |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| GCL Mets |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
10 |
0 |
| GCL Astros |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
X |
|
4 |
8 |
2 |
Recap | Box
W: Hylander, S (2-0, 2.20); L: Tovar, O (1-1, 3.80); SV: Schurz, M (3)
HR: None.
|
 |
Stars of the Night:
AAA – Jon Niese
AA – Lucas Duda
HiA – Francisco Pena
LoA – Robert Carson
SSA – Alex Gregory
Rk1 – Ronald Harris
Rk2 – Jhonathan Torres
AAA – Buffalo Bisons
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| Final |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Buffalo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
2 |
7 |
0 |
| Scranton/WB |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
10 |
0 |
Recap | Box |
W: McNab (3-2, 2.29); L: Kroenke (5-1, 1.17); SV: Knight
|
 |
AA – Binghamton Mets
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Recap | Box |
W: Pino (4-1, 3.16); L: Brown, E (4-10, 5.87); SV: Lugo (3) HR: NBR: Lis 2 (9).
|
 |
HiA – St. Lucie Mets
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| Final |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| St. Lucie |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
7 |
13 |
1 |
| Jupiter |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
6 |
11 |
2 |
Recap | Box |
W: Ramirez, Ed (2-0, 0.00); L: Harvey (6-3, 3.02); SV: Clyne (2) HR: STL: Pena, F (4), Williams, S (1).
|
 |
LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats
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| Final |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Savannah |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
8 |
13 |
1 |
| Lexington |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
3 |
1 |
Recap | Box |
W: Carson (7-6, 2.02); L: Seaton (6-8, 2.57)
HR: SAV: Marte, J (5).
|
 |
SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones
 |
Recap | Box
W: Watkins, B (2-0, 1.29); L: McHugh (3-1, 4.74)
HR: SI: Higashioka (1).
|
|
Rk1 – Kingsport Mets
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| Final |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Bristol |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
11 |
16 |
2 |
| Kingsport |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
5 |
8 |
1 |
Recap | Box
W: Rodriguez, S (1-0, 0.00); L: Needham (1-1, 5.65)
HR: BRS: Shoemaker, B 2 (2).
|
|
Rk2 – GCL Mets
 |
Recap | Box
W: Torres (4-0, 0.82); L: Swynenberg (0-1, 1.80); SV: Tabata (2)
|
 |
Baseball Prospectus has reported that the New York Mets have signed left handed pitcher Juan Urbina to a igning bonus in the range of $1 million dollars.
It’s been confirmed to me that the Mets have signed Venezuelan LHP Juan Urbina, son of former big leaguer Ugueth Urbina. I have also confirmed that the bonus is for over $1 million. I’ll try to track down the specific amount. Sources also indicate this will be the only Mets signing today.
And boy Kiley McDaniel was right about everything. The Mets have signed him and the did not sign anybody else on the July 2nd signing date. They are still linked to a couple high priced shortstops like Jairo Kelly, but have not signed anybody else.
Urbina has a fastball that sits at 88-89 but reaches 91 to go along with an advanced curveball for his age. This helps bolster the Mets left handers inj the sytem, which is a pretty slim area with only Jon Niese, Robert Carson, Eric Niesen, and Darin Gorski as serious prospects in that area. I really like that Urbina has a solid fastball, good curve, and pitchability. Pitchability is my favorite tool he has as it i the hardest thing to teach someone and can take years to develop, but to have it at such a young age is just great.
Sorry for posting this so late like I said I moved to a paid host which took some time and then my computer broke. Not good.
Stars of the Night:
AAA – Javier Castillo/Jon Niese
AA – Ike Davis
HiA – Greg Veloz
LoA – Chris Schwinden
SSA – Jim Fuller
RK1 – Alonzo Harris
RK2 – Nelfi Zapata
AAA – Buffalo Bisons
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| Final |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Buffalo |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
5 |
8 |
1 |
| Rochester |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
X |
|
9 |
12 |
0 |
Recap | Box |
W: Humber (3-6, 6.16); L: Stoner (1-2, 5.75); SV: Morillo (3)
HR: BUF: Castillo, Ja (5). ROC: Pridie (3), Tolleson (3).
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 |
Game 2
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| Final |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Buffalo |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
5 |
10 |
0 |
| Rochester |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
5 |
1 |
Recap | Box |
W: Niese (4-6, 4.32); L: Jones, J (2-8, 6.23)
HR: BUF: Rivera, Re (3).
|
|
Jon Niese was absolutely masterful. 126pitches, 10 strikeouts, 10 groundball outs, nothing else you could ask for from the young Niese.
AA – Binghamton Mets
 |
| Final |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Erie |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
3 |
14 |
0 |
| Binghamton |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
6 |
1 |
Recap | Box |
W: Stanley (3-2, 4.30); L: Ramirez, Ed (0-2, 6.17); SV: Jensen (8) HR: BIN: Davis, I (2).
|
|
Decent outing from Eric Niesen who is settling down in AA, love the amount of K’s that is a ridiculous k/9. Again Ike Davis is the only offense for Bingy.
HiA – St. Lucie Mets
 |
| Final |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Jupiter |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
8 |
15 |
0 |
| St. Lucie |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
4 |
7 |
4 |
Recap | Box |
W: Sanabia (8-3, 3.23); L: Kaplan (1-3, 4.03)
HR: JUP: Dominguez, M (8), Perez, S (2). STL: Veloz (2).
|
 |
Greg Veloz hit his second homerun in as many days. Jeff Kaplan was awful.
LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats
 |
| Final |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Savannah |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
4 |
11 |
0 |
| Greenville |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
9 |
0 |
Recap | Box |
W: Schwinden (5-4, 3.77); L: Fife (0-3, 2.30); SV: Cruz, R (14) HR: GVL: Weeden (1).
|
 |
SSA – Brooklyn Cylones
 |
| Final |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Brooklyn |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
3 |
7 |
2 |
| Tri-City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
7 |
1 |
Recap | Box |
W: Fuller, J (3-0, 0.00); L: Godfrey (0-1, 5.54); SV: Lynn (1) HR: None.
|
 |
Jim Fuller has been amazing not allowing an earned run this year.
RK1 – Kingsport Mets
 |
| Final |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Greeneville |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
9 |
14 |
3 |
| Kingsport |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
7 |
8 |
3 |
Recap | Box |
W: Sarisky, D (2-0, 3.86); L: Taveras (0-2, 8.44); SV: Pettus (3) HR: KNG: Harris, A (2).
|
 |
Alonzo Harris has his 2nd homerun of the week!
RK2 – GCL Mets
|
| Final |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| GCL Mets |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
|
9 |
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