AAA: Louisville Bats (11-8) @ Buffalo Bisons (2-16) – 6:05 PM
RHP Matt Maloney (2-0, 1.86) vs. RHP Brandon Knight (0-2, 5.50)
The Bisons have lost six games in a row. On the plus side, Wily Mo Pena had two hits Wednesday in his Bisons debut.
The Bisons play 20 of their next 28 games at home.
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In his excellent now almost daily commentary about minor league performances, Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus has the following to say about Fernando Martinez:
Look dude, at some point you gotta start hitting
Fernando Martinez, OF, Mets (Triple-A Buffalo)
Wednesday’s stats: 0-for-3, 1 BB, 2 K
Martinez has been much-hyped since signed a seven-figure deal out of the Dominican four years ago. Since [...]
Will Sommer at Mets Fans Forever talked to C prospect Josh Thole. In a nice interview, they covered defense and Thole’s improvement with the bat in 2008.
Will Sommer
Now in your first three minor league seasons, 2005 – 2007, your batting average was mid-to-high .200s. What changed last season when you hit exactly .300?
Josh Thole
I think [...]
In his always excellent Minor League Report, Adam Rubin of the Daily News focused on Savannah catcher Kai Gronauer this week. Rubin chatted with the Mets scout for Europe and Gronauer as well.
Fun facts: Gronauer grew up playing soccer, tennis, handball and swimming and his parents still don’t quite understand baseball’s nuances.
AAA: Nelson Figueroa
… … 7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
AA: Josh Thole, Lucas Duda
… … Thole: 2-4, 2B, BB
… … Duda: 2-3, 2B, BB
A+: Angel Calero, Brant Rustich & Ike Davis
… … Calero: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
… …Rustich: 5 IP, 1 [...]
Advanced A – Florida State League
@ St. Lucie Mets 2, Jupiter Hammerheads 1 (14 innings)
The pitching was as good as I hoped it might be in St. Lucie Wednesday. Jeff Allison blanked the Mets through six innings on one hit. On the other side, Angel Calero (1-1, 1.23) held the Hammerheads to one [...]
A – South Atlantic League
Savannah Sand Gnats 11, @ Greenville Drive 7
The Gnats offense got cranking in the top of the first and barely slowed down on its way to cranking out 11 runs on 17 hits to snap a five-game losing streak. Six different Gnats had multi-hit days. LF Sean Ratliff led the way [...]
AA – Eastern League
@ Portland Sea Dogs 6, B-Mets 2
This one wasn’t as close as the final score; Portland scored four times off Jose Sanchez (1-3, 8.68) in the first three innings, while the B-Mets didn’t push a run across until the ninth inning.
Josh Thole (.382/.462/.491 in 55 AB) was 2-4 with a double and [...]
AA: B-Mets (9-7) @ Portland Sea Dogs (8-9) – 6:00 PM
RHP Jose Sanchez (1-2, 9.88) vs. RHP Jared Plummer (0-1, 9.00)
Portland bombed Sanchez for 9 runs in three innings on April 18.
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A+: Jupiter Hammerheads (9-9) @ St. Lucie Mets (8-10) @ – 7:00 PM
RHP Jeff Allison (1-1, [...]
Savannah Sand Gnats (10-9) @ Greeneville Drive (12-7)
LHP Robert Carson (1-2, 4.91) vs. RHP Yeiper Castillo (0-1, 5.40)
Carson will try to stop the Gnats five game skid.
Adam Rubin reports that 2B Jordany Valdespin who was hitting .385/.406/.615 in 65 AB for Savannah, has been suspended by the organization.
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