Category: Minor Leagues
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Darin Gorski named Pacific Coast League Player of the Week
LHP Darin Gorski has been named the Pacific Coast League’s Player of the Week for July 6-12. Gorski, 27, combined to throw seven shutout innings with 11 strikeouts in two appearances, one start, for the Las Vegas 51’s last week. His seven wins are tied for the team lead this season. Gorski joins Noah Syndergaard and Duane Below as the…
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Michael Conforto believes he’s ready for the Mets now, but will remain patient
Michael Conforto was drafted just 13 months ago, but has immediately become one of the Mets most exciting and highly touted prospects in recent memory. It was only a year ago the sweet-swinging left-handed hitting prospect was tearing up the New York-Penn League with the Brooklyn Cyclones, posting an .851 OPS while hitting three home runs…
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Michael Conforto, Brandon Nimmo help lead Team USA to victory in Futures Game
–By Michael Baron, MLB.com– On Sunday in Cincinnati, Major League Baseball hosted it’s annual Futures Game, featuring the world’s best prospects in the minor leagues in a one-game All-Star exhibition at Great American Ballpark. Among the attendees were Mets top prospects Michael Conforto and Brandon Nimmo, and both of them helped lead a 13-hit attack in…
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Mets sign Joe Benson to minors deal
The Mets have added to their outfield depth at Double-A Binghamton, signing Joe Benson to a minor league contract and assigning him to the Binghamton Mets. Benson, 27, has played in 21 big league games in his professional career. That came in 2011 while with the Twins – he posted a .239/.270/.352 line in 74 plate…