For the second straight evening, the Bisons late inning play negated terrific work by the team’s starting pitcher.
Brandon Knight relieved Jonathan Niese to begin the top of the ninth in a 3-3 game and immediately invited trouble by walking the leadoff hitter, Wilson Betemit.   Betemit moved to second on a sacrifice.  So with one out, [...]

There are large puffy clouds massing on a day when the forecast calls for some rain.  I just hope I get to see Jon Niese tonight.
I just had a really nice chat with Buffalo hitting instructor Bill Maase which I’ll post more about in the coming days.

I was told that RHP Dillon Gee, who is in St. Lucie rehabbing a right shoulder strain, will begin a throwing program in the coming days. That means he won’t appear in a game until August or so.
Gee has been on the Bisons disabled list since May 29.  Gee was 1-3 with a 4.10 ERA [...]

I’m planning to travel to Binghamton this weekend.  I’m trying to stretch a very thin travel budget this year.
Is there any reader who could put me up Thursday-Sunday nights?  Or some segment of those evenings?  I’ll take you out to dinner and or regale you with wild tales of Buffalo.
My planning has been lame this [...]

AA: Binghamton 1, @ Akron Aeros 0 (10 innings)
Josh Thole drove home SS Ruben Tejada with the winning run in the top of the tenth.  Thole, who DHed was 2-5.  Ike Davis was hitless but did walk twice.  Dylan Owen tossed a season-best 7.2 shutout innings with seven strikeouts, also a season best.  He walked [...]

AAA – International League
Charlotte Knights 12, Buffalo Bisons 7 (10 innings)
Tobi Stoner’s home debut went brilliantly for the Bisons on Monday night.  Nearly everything after the 24-year old righthander left the game did not.
Stoner’s night began with a bit of trouble: he walked the leadoff hitter, former Met farmhand Miguel Negron and gave up an [...]

AAA: Charlotte Knights (35-41) @ Buffalo Bisons (26-47) – 7 PMRHP Lucas Harrell (NR) vs. RHP Tobi Stoner (1-1, 7.27)Stoner has walked five and struck out four in 8.2 IP.  
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AA: Binghamton Mets (28-46) @ Akron Aeros (50-24) (Indians) – 7:05 PM RHP Dylan Owen [...]

Coca Cola Park has a lot more red seats than I’d envisioned.
Just had a chat with Jon Niese who admitted that much of his recent success has come about because he’s throwing his secondary offerings more.  Josh preciently argued this point, that Niese needed to throw his offspeed pitches more in this fine pitch fx [...]

By the time you read this, I should be safely aboard a Greyhound bus, headed roughly west, towards Buffalo New York for my first visit to Coca-Cola Field.  Tobi Stoner is scheduled to throw tonight with Jon Niese on Tuesday.
Many more updates to come.

Friday, in his chat at Baseball America, Matt Eddy took a few Mets related questions:

richard (brooklyn): do you think jerry mejia,brad holt, and josh thole will be in the top 100 and if so where?

Matthew Eddy: Holt and Mejia have a bead on the Top 100 if they keep up the pace. Though Holt’s ankle [...]