Pat Misch was removed from his start for AAA Buffalo Tuesday night after throwing just five innings and 55 pitches, indicating that he will start in place of Hisanori Takahashi on Saturday. Misch will be promoted despite the fact the Bisons boast a far more intriguing and better option in Dillon Gee. Gee has a [ ... ] ...
Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News is reporting that Danny Murphy was carried off the field tonight during the Buffalo Bisons game. Murphy was apparently injured while turning a double play:Daniel Murphy carried off. Rolled at 2B on DP on cheap slide by Syracuse’s Leonard Davis. No weight on right leg. – Mike Harrington on [ ... ] ...
A little more than seven hours after he put on his Buffalo Bisons jersey, Ike Davis stood on first base at Citi Field in a New York Mets uniform holding the ball from his first big league hit. What a day. Called from Triple-A at around noon to help the slumping Mets, the top prospect had two hits and an RBI in his debut, a 6-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Monday night ...
Ike Davis was putting on his Buffalo Bisons uniform about an hour before their afternoon game Monday when he was given the news: The New York Mets needed his big bat. The offensively challenged Mets purchased Davis' contract from their Triple-A club and inserted the top prospect right into the lineup Monday night, batting him sixth against the Chicago Cubs ...
With September just around the corner, hot minor leaguers look to get the call from Flushing. According to Metsblog.com, Adam Rubin had said that C Josh Thole, P Eddie Kunz, and IN/OF Nick Evans will get the call. Nick Evans has recently joined the Mets in the series against Florida and there has been serious talk about Josh Thole getting a good amount of playing time come September 1st. Of course the Mets will be looking to make, hopefully, big moves in the offseason, but this September is a
In some parallel universe, Billy Wagner also jogged in from the bullpen for the 8th inning and retired the side in order. But in that parallel universe, the other eight defensive position were occupied by something other than surplus Buffalo Bisons, and we were thinking about October instead of about April ... I'd like to live in that universe. But I don't, and so I can't escape the unhappy truth that for all that I was thrilled to see Billy return, that return is merely a footnote in a dismal
I couldn't give a report last night because I was at Citi for Santana's start ... also Billy Wagner's return, and the crowd was pumped. Today I checked out the B-Mets in their game against the first place Connecticut Defenders. I got to talk to some of the players who were full of information which I will share under the recap of the game ... The Bisons split their double header with the Chiefs. Game 1 went to Buffalo 7-2 and game 2 to the Chiefs 2-1. Both games lasted 7 innings ... Players to
According to The Buffalo News, Jeff Wilpon appeared at Coca-Cola Park in Buffalo to apologize for the Bisons’ awful season.After all, it was the Mets who inadequately stocked their AAA team ... [[ This is a summary ... visit MetsToday.com for the full story ]] ...
4 of 6 Mets minor league teams took the field today ... The Buffalo Bisons dropped their 1st game of a 4 game set with Syracuse Chiefs 1-0 ... Players to note: ... Mike Lamb went 2-4 ... Adam Pettyjohn pitched 7 scoreless giving up 5 hits and striking out 3 ... -The Bisons were without SS Wilson Valdez who was recalled to the Mets today in place of Alex Cora ... The Binghamton Mets game was suspended after completing 2 innings. Binghamton was leading the New Britain Rock Cats 1-0 ... Players to
Earlier this afternoon Omar Minaya was in Buffalo taking questions from the local media. Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News details the press conference. If you remember, NYBD heard rumblings about two weeks ago regarding some discontent with the partnership between the Bisons and the team. Harrington reports on Adam Wogan temporarily taking Tony Bernazard’s [ ... ] ...