Real Dirty Mets Blog

It was a nice Sunday afternoon on the farm, with two aces on the mound, three wins, and a walk off.  Let’s have a look:   Las Vegas 5, Colorado Springs 4 (11 innings) Reese Havens came through with a bases loaded single to deliver a walk off win for the 51s in the bottom …

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Last night on the farm both Noah Synergaard and Steven Matz took the mound, one star prospect got plunked twice, and we had our first ejection of the season.  Let’s take a closer look:   Colorado Springs 11, Las Vegas 6 Darin Gorski got roughed up, giving up 5 runs in 2 innings, with 4 …

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Last night on the farm Las Vegas had its home opener, the B-Mets tried to outscore the big league Mets, St. Lucie played extra-innings against a comically bad team, and the Gnats got back on the field after a rain out.  Let’s have a look:   Colorado Spring 6, Las Vegas 1 The 51’s lost …

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Last night on the farm, one team couldn’t stop scoring, one team couldn’t guy a hit, one team couldn’t overcome a rough outing by its starter, and one team never took the field.  Let’s find out which was which:   Las Vegas 14, Fresno 3 Juan Lagares led off the game with a homerun, leading …

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Last night on the farm, while Daniel Murphy was making the most asinine base-running move ever, this happened:   Fresno 6, Las Vegas 3 Chris Schwinden lasted 4 innings and gave up 6 runs, including 3 homeruns.  Gonzalez Germen pitched 2 scoreless innings in relief while striking out 3 without allowing a base runner.  Reese …

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There may be a reason for Zack Wheeler’s struggles with his control during his first two minor league starts.  News broke earlier tonight that Wheeler underwent an MRI to examine a blister on the middle finger of his right hand.  Wheeler has had a history of blisters that have affected his performance and while it’s …

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Last night on the farm both Zack Wheeler and Rafael Montero took the mound, St. Lucie stayed undefeated, and Savannah’s first baseman continued to be red hot.  Let’s have a looksy:   Fresno 4, Las Vegas 1 Zack Wheeler gave up 4 runs, but only 1 was earned because of errors by himself and Brian …

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St. Lucie had the night off, but the Mets affiliates got two wins, while the third team blew a lead.  Let’s take a look:   Las Vegas 4, Fresno 3 Josh Satin doubled and Jamie Hoffman singled him home in the top of the 9th to give the 51s the lead, and Jeurys Familia pitched …

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It was a nice Sunday afternoon on the farm.  There were two shutouts in A-ball and anything but shutouts in the upper levels.  Let’s take a look:   Sacramento 8, Las Vegas 4 Carlos Torres started and gave up 2 runs in 5.2 innings, but then Dylan Owen came in and the flood gates opened, …

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The wins keep on coming for the Mets minor league teams, who are a combined 10-2 to start the season.  Let’s see how it happened for them last night:   Las Vegas 6, Sacramento 1 Collin McHugh had a nice season debut, pitching 5.1 innings and giving up 1 run on 4 hits while striking …

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