LHP Mike Antonini took the start and pitched 2.2 innings before the rain moved in with the B-Mets up 3-1 in the third. He allowed just one hit and one unearned run while striking out two.
C Josh Thole had an RBI single in the first and LF Frank Diaz added another run in the second with [...]

Ted L asks:
If Parnell makes the bullpen this year (and it’s looking pretty likely) does this hurt his chances of ever becoming a starter?  Or do his lacking secondary pitches fit him into the bullpen anyway?

Ted, it’s more the latter than the former. The scouts who saw him in 2008 generally put an overall 45 [...]

Monday, the Mets signed LHP Ken Takahashi to a minor league contract.  The 39-year-old Takahashi had been in camp with the Blue Jays.  He had spent 14 years with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp culminating in a 8-5 record with a 3.50 ERA in 21 games, 20 of which were starts in 2008.  In 115.2 IP, [...]

I joined Buffalo Bisons voice Ben Wagner on the most recent edition of the Buffalo Bisons preview show.  Ben also talked to Mike Harrington, the Buffalo News beat writer and Adam Rubin of the New York Daily News.
Listen here.  The full archive of past shows is here.

Minorleaguebaseball.com’s Benjamin Hill wraps up his “At Home With…” Series on the promotional side of the minor league game by talking to Brooklyn Cyclones Media Relations Director Dave Campanaro, who has been with the club since its inception in 2001.
MiLB.com: How has the internet affected the way your team is run?
DC: The internet has changed [...]

Will Sommer of Mets Fans Forever caught up with Omar Minaya at Tradition Field for a quick, insightful interview. 
Will Sommer: What are the worst/best acquisitions you have made in your career as GM?

Omar Minaya: The one I regret the most is not protecting catcher Jesus Flores from the Rule V draft. That one is [...]

The Memphis Redbirds (Cardinals) beat the Buffalo Bisons 5-3 on Sunday afternoon in Port St. Lucie as Buffalo fell to 0-4-3.
Fernando Martinez was 2-4 with an RBI double.
Rob Mackowiak and Michel Abreu each added RBI doubles of  their own.

On a wet Sunday, in Fort Lauderdale, the Mets gave a number of regulars the day off, opening the way for a host of minor leaguers to see action against the Orioles.
3B Shawn Bowman: 1-3 (pictured)
2B Jon Malo: 0-4
SS Matt Bouchard: 1-3, SO
Casey Fossum: 2.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 [...]

The Binghamton Mets improved to 4-1-1 this spring after defeating the Springfield Cardinals 5-4 earlier this afternoon in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
RHP Ryan Coultas took the start and allowed two earned runs and two hits over four innings before giving way to RHP Jose Sanchez. The twenty-four-year-old struck out seven and yielded just a run [...]

Dillon Gee lasted 3.1 innings Saturday against the Marlins, yielding two runs on four hits, in his first outing longer than 2 innings.  The Marlins runs scored on homers by Dan Uggla in the second inning and Jorge Cantu in the fourth.  Gee fanned four and walked two.  Both walks came in the fourth inning [...]