Mets Minor League Daily – May 20, 2015

All your Mets minors needs in one place

Updated throughout the day and night

Minor News

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            Check out yesterday’s results here.

            ICYMI, the Mets signed Cuban catcher Lednier Ricardo, who figures to be upper level minor league depth.

            Adam Rubin’s Farm Report discusses Michael Fulmer’s return from injuries this year.

            The future of the Sand Gnats is to be officially announced at a press conference Thursday in Columbia, S.C. – it is expected that they will be moving to Columbia.

Minor Games

Scheduled starters and start times (EST), game notes, and results as they come in

Las Vegas 51s 26-14

Yesterday: W 2-0 (Astromets Mind)

Today: Off

Binghamton Mets 22-16

Gabriel Ynoa (2-1, 3.72 ERA) @ Matt Spann (AA Debut)

@Harrisburg (15-22) at 10:30 AM

MiLB.tv coverage – Boxscore

Yesterday: W 7-6 (Astromets Mind, Binghamton)

Game notes

Today: L 10-1, Ynoa (L, 2-2, 4.35 ERA) – 5 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 BB, 3 SO, HBP, 94 Pitches (54 Strikes), 8 GO: 3 FO

Lineup

SS – Gavin Cecchini – 1-4, SO

CF – Jared King – 0-4

2B – Josh Rodriguez – 0-4

LF – Jayce Boyd – 2-4, R, 2B (15)

3B – Dustin Lawley – 1-4, SO

1B – Aderlin Rodriguez – 0-1, BB, 2HBP

RF – Eudy Pina – 1-4

C – Albert Cordero – 2-3,

PH – Jario Perez – 0-1

Bullpen:

Julian Hilario (13.50 ERA) – 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, BB, 2 SO, 1 FO

Dario Alvarez (5.79 ERA) – 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 3 SO, HR
Beck Wheeler (7.85 ERA) – 0.1 IP, 2 IR – 0 S

Full recap

St. Lucie Mets 17-22

Logan Taylor (0-2, 6.14 ERA) @ Luke Weaver (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

@Palm Beach (20-19) at 6:35 PM

Boxscore

Yesterday: L 3-0 (St. Lucie, Palm Beach)

Today: W 4-3, Taylor (5.75 ERA) – 6.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, BB, 7 SO, 8 GO: 3 FO

Lineup

CF – Yeixon Ruiz – 3-5, 2 R, 2B (2), SB (3)

2B – Jeff McNeil – 2-4, 2B (3), BB

LF – Michael Conforto – 2-5, 2 R, HR (7), RBI (24), SO

RF – Maikis De La Cruz – 1-4, 2 RBI (20), SF, SB (5), 3 SO

1B – Dominic Smith – 1-3, 2B (7), RBI (14), BB, 2 SO

SS – Amed Rosario – 1-4, 2B (10), SO

3B – Jhoan Urena – 1-4, SO

DH – Phillip Evans – 0-4

C – Colton Plaia – 1-4,SO

Bullpen:

Kelly Secrest (W, 3-1, 3.94 ERA) – 1.1 IP, 1 GO: 1 FO, 2 IR – 0 S

Akeel Morris (S, 6, 1.80 ERA) – 1 IP, H, 3 GO


Full recap

Savannah Sand Gnats 15-22

Mark Reyes (1-1, 2.00 ERA) @ Brad Wieck (0-4, 4.15 ERA)

vs. Augusta (17-20) at 7:05 PM

Boxscore

Yesterday: W 4-0

Today: W 2-0, Wieck (W, 1-4, 3.41 ERA) – 6.2 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 8 SO, HBP, 97 Pitches (62 Strikes), 3 GO: 4 FO

Lineup

SS – Luis Guillorme – 3-4, RBI (18)

2B – Jean Rodriguez – 0-4, 2 SO, 2 GIDP

CF – John Mora – 0-3

RF – Wuilmer Becerra – 0-3

3B – Eudor Garcia – 0-3, SO

C – Tomas Nido – 0-3, 2 SO

1B – Jon Leroux – 0-3, R, 2 SO

LF – Vicente Lupo – 1-3, R, SO

DH – John Johnson – 2-2, RBI (8), SF

Bullpen:

Jimmy Duff (S, 2, 3.43 ERA) – 2.1 IP, 3 SO, 3 GO

Brad Wieck threw his best start as a professional, and the Sand Gnats scratched out a couple of runs to complete the sweep of Augusta Wednesday night. Wieck entered with a 35 K: 8 BB ratio over his last 4 starts (21.1 IP), but a 4.64 ERA due to a few big innings allowed. He kept the strong K: BB rates going, and avoided any big inning in this start. All three hits off of him would go for doubles, but one runner was erased at 3B on a fielder’s choice groundout to Luis Guillorme, and the other two were stranded at 3B. The Sand Gnats jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 3^rd without so much as a hit (or even a BB or HBP) in the inning. Jon Leroux reached on a fielding error, went to 2B on a wild pitch, 3B on a groundout, and scored on a sac fly. With runners on the corners and two outs in the 7^th, Wieck was nearing his pitch count with the 9-hitter coming up, so manager Jose Leger went to Jimmy Duff, who’d pick up a strikeout to end any threat. The Gnats bats added an insurance run in the 8^th, as Vicente Lupo, Jonathan Johnson, and Luis Guillorme hit consecutive two outs singles. Duff was great in his outing, retiring all 7 batters, including strikeouts of the first two batters in the 9^th.

Minors MVP of the Day – He’s back baby! Michael Conforto hit a homerun in the 9^th inning, with 2 strikes and 2 outs, to give St. Lucie a 4-3 lead that Akeel Morris would save. After a sluggish few weeks, Conforto is heating up again. #PROMOAT

Minors Cy of the Day – Brad Wieck has much better than his ERA/W-L record would suggest, as he’s up to a 30.1% K-rate after this start (11% BB-rate needs work). The big lefty was great Wednesday night, bringing a two-hitter into the 7^th.

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