Mark your calendars for the five Buffalo Bisons games now scheduled to air on SNY.  All of the games are either precede or land in the middle of a Mets homestand on a day where SNY will not carry a Mets game.

Date

Thursday, May 28 @ 1:05 PM  vs. Lehigh Valley (Phillies)

Mets OFF

Monday July 6 @ 7:05 PM  @ Rochester (Twins)

Mets OFF

Sunday July 19 @ 1:05 PM vs. Toledo (Tigers)

Mets @ ATL 6 PM EST (ESPN)

Thursday Aug 13 @ 1:05 PM vs. Rochester (Twins)

Mets OFF

Monday Aug 31 @ 7:05 PM vs. Rochester (Twins)

Mets OFF

LHP Jon Switzer and RHP Eddie Kunz each tossed two scoreless innings.

Fernando Martinez was 1-3 with a walk and a run scored.

The Bisons are now 0-3-2 in their exhibition schedule, a record which doesn’t matter  at all.

The B-Mets, behind another fine team offensive display, beat the Springfield Cardinals 9-5 this afternoon in Jupiter, Florida.

C Josh Thole had two hits, one of which was a go ahead two run single in seventh. Meanwhile 3B Shawn Bowman continued his hot hitting, coming through with run-scoring singles in both the second and ninth innings. In his last four exhibition games he has 8 hits and 7 RBI.

On the mound, LHP Mike Antonini took the start and went four strong innings. He limited the Cards to two hits and one run.

it certainly appears, at least right now, that Shawn is very healthy and has put the back injuries that have slowed him down over the last few years behind him…

Baseball America’s Ben Badler checks in from two low-level Mets-Marlins minor league games.

Flores and Marte were both impressive today. … From his face to his body, Flores looks every bit like a player who didn’t turn 17 until the last month of the 2008 season—until he steps into the batter’s box. The righty-batting Flores stays quiet at the plate with little hand movement, showing natural hitting ability with excellent hands to drive the ball to all fields. In his first at-bat against 2008 Marlins’ second-rounder Brad Hand, Flores ripped a line drive over the third baseman’s head for a double, then hit the ball hard in the rest of his at-bats.

Flores played shortstop, but it’s hard to imagine him staying at the position given that he’s a below-average runner whose range will be even more limited once he fills out his 6-foot-3, 175-pound frame. Today, however, Flores fielded balls cleanly, showing a strong arm and a very quick release that could fit well at third base.

Marte tends to somehow get lost in the shuffle of international prospects, but he was one of the top 2007 international signings and hit .325/.398/.532 in 44 games in the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League in 2008. At 6-foot-1, the righty-hitting Marte isn’t as tall as Flores, but he is thicker. He made loud contact all game, including on a double—based on my unofficial scorer’s discretion, since the ball bounced off the ranging right fielder’s glove—that he smashed to right field. Scouts have questioned Marte’s defense in the past, but he fielded cleanly each of several balls hit his way and showed a strong arm, though Flores’ arm strength is a tick better.

Marte doesn’t get lost around here…

Badler also saw Nick Carr shut down powerful Marlins prospect Mike Stanton.

Carr worked quickly and effectively mixed three pitches, an 88-92 mph fastball, a breaking ball and a changeup.

After a very poor 2008, Carr pulled things together with two dominant starts to end the year.  Badler’s observation on Carr that he was mixing three pitches is both surprising and … um excellent.  Carr had big time trouble throwing his slider for strikes last year and his changeup was not a factor.

Rubin also breaks out the pitchers who reported directly to minor league camp.  As he points out, Nathan Vineyard’s name does not appear.

Nick Abel, Eduardo Aldama, Edgar Alfonzo, Kyle Allen, Manuel Alvarez, Travis Babin, Raul Batis, Eric Beaulac, Julio Bello, Jose Bierd, Eric Brown, Brad Burns, Angel Calero, Eddie Camacho, Luis Carlin, Nick Carr, Matias Carrillo, Robert Carson, Stephen Clyne, Mark Cohoon, Ryan Coultas, Rhiner Cruz, Julio De La Cruz, Jose De La Torre, Jeurys Familia, Tony Feliz, Emary Fredrick, James Fuller, Jacob Goldberg, Michael Hebert, Joe Hietpas, John Holdzkom, Brad Holt, Jimmy Johnson, Jeffrey Kaplan, Guillaume Leduc, Michael Lynn, John Madden, German Marte, Pedro E. Martinez, Pedro P. Martinez, Samuel Martinez, Collin McHugh, Tim McNab, Jenrry Mejia, Oscar Melendez, Alexander Merricks, Roydrick Merritt, Brandon Moore, William Morgan, Scott Moviel, Eric Niesen, Manuel Oliveras, Phillips Orta, Dylan Owen, Michael Powers, Stephen Puhl, Elvys Quezada, Edgar Ramirez, Elvin Ramirez, David Reyes, Jorge Rodriguez, Luis Rojas, Wendy Rosa, Zack Rosenbaum, Jake Ruckle, Brant Rustich, Jose Sanchez, Chris Schwinden, Scott Shaw, Timothy Smith, Joshua Stinson, Tim Stronach, Erik Turgeon, Sendy Vazquez, Nicholas Waechter

At his Daily News blog, Adam Rubin breaks out the complete list of postion players who reported directly to minor league camp. Here it is.

Catchers: Jordan Abruzzo, Luis Allen, Rafael Arroyo, Jean-Luc Blacquiere, Juan Centeno, Cesar Cordido, Rogelio Del Campo, Dock Doyle, Kai Grounauer, Ralph Henriquez, Charlie Hinjosa, Tyler Howe, Jason Jacobs, Tony Maccani, Sean McCraw, Michael Moras, Mike Nickeas, Salvador Paniagua, Francisco Pena, Orlando Rodriguez, Juan Torres

1B: Ike Davis, Lucas Duda, Jeffrey Flagg, Jose Jimenez, Douglas McNulty, Geovanni Ortiz

2B: Imbewer Alvarez, Alonzo Harris, Jonathan Malo, David Montas, Hector Pellot, Argenis Reyes, Joshua Satin, Jordanny Valdespin, Gregory Veloz

SS: Matthew Bouchard, Jacob Eigsti, Wilmer Flores, Emmanuel Garcia, Reese Havens, Mark Kiger, Juan Lagares, Luis Nieves, Luis Rivera, Matt Smith, Miguel Tejada, Ruben Tejada

3B: Shawn Bowman, Eric Campbell, Nicholas Giarraputo, Zach Lutz, Jefry Marte, Josh Petersen, Aderlin Rodriguez, Tyler Vaughn, Stefan Welch

OF: Brian Burgamy, Jason Cooper, Frank Diaz, Jesus Feliciano, Rafael Fernandez, Justin Garber, Scott Grimes, Carlos Guzman, Joe Holden, B.J. Huppert, Evan LeBlanc, Carl Loadenthal, Brahiam Maldonado, Ruben Martinez, Mark McGonigle, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Richard Pena, Cesar Puello, Sean Ratliff, Raul Reyes, Javier Rodriguez, John Servidio, Dan Stegall, Caleb Stewart, D.J. Wabick, Seth Williams, Pedro Zapata, Gabriel Zavala

Fernando Martinez singled home a run in the top of the ninth to help the Mets AAA squad tie their second game of spring training on Tuesday.

Kyle Snyder, who I wrote about here, tossed three shutout frames.  Valerio de los Santos and Connor Robertson each added a scoreless inning as well.