Flushing University: Minors News and notes about the minor league affiliates of the New York Mets. Minors en mike@brandywinenewmedia.com <a href="http://www.globalmoxie.com/">Big Medium Web Content Manager v1.3.7a</a> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/index.shtml Copyright 2008. Brandywine New Media. <br><a href="http://www.brandywinenewmedia.com"><img src="http://www.horriblescope.com/images/BNMLogo.gif" /> <br> All rights reserved. Wed, 06 Nov 2007 03:04:00 GMT Savannah's Historic Grayson Stadium Takes Shape The parent-club Mets aren't the only team in the system upgrading their home field. There's plenty of work taking place on Victory Drive as well. (picture courtesy John Mackin Ade)<br /><br />Related:<br /><a href="http://www.flushinguniversity.com/forums/showthread.php?p=32211#post32211">Discuss In Our Forums</a> </p> Wed, 06 Nov 2007 03:04:00 GMT http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/savannahs-historic-grayso.shtml http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/savannahs-historic-grayso.shtml End of the Year Prospect Rankings In a year that saw the Mets brightest prospect's value plunge, had a 20th round pick out of Francis Maron capture sterling honors, and more than a few breakout seasons, our 2008 rankings looks a whole lot different than 2007.<br /><br />Related:<br /><a href="http://www.flushinguniversity.com/forums/showthread.php?p=32076#post32076">Discuss In Our Forums.</a> </p> Mon, 04 Nov 2007 16:41:00 GMT http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/end-of-the-year-prospect-.shtml http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/end-of-the-year-prospect-.shtml Mack’s Top Mets Prospect List – August 2007 It is high, it is deep and it is far away the best listing of Mets Minor League Prospects you can find anywhere: It's Mack's Top 40 Prospect List for August!<br /><br />Related:<br /><a href="http://www.flushinguniversity.com/forums/showthread.php?p=23252#post23252">Talk about it in our lively forums!</a> </p> Thu, 01 Aug 2007 20:29:00 GMT http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/macks-top-mets-prospect-l-2.shtml http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/macks-top-mets-prospect-l-2.shtml Castillo Deal Has Trickle-Down Effect on Mets' Minors Sure, Luis Castillo will plug a hole in the big league lineup, at least in theory, but what happens in the minors with the departures of Drew Butera and Dustin Martin?<br /><br />Related:<br /><a href="http://www.flushinguniversity.com/forums/showthread.php?p=23145#post23145">Talk about it in our lively forums!</a> </p> Thu, 01 Aug 2007 03:12:00 GMT http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/castillo-deal-has-trickle.shtml http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/castillo-deal-has-trickle.shtml Why Are The Sand Gnats Now Pennant Contenders? It was looking pretty ugly in Savannah for a while, but a new attitude and new mix of players now had Tim Teufel's Sand Gnats thinking post-season.<br /><br />Related:<br /><a href="http://www.flushinguniversity.com/forums/showthread.php?p=19996">Discuss In Our Forums</a> </p> Wed, 03 Jul 2007 00:07:00 GMT http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/why-are-the-sand-gnats-no.shtml http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/why-are-the-sand-gnats-no.shtml The Future of F-Mart Is Fernando Martinez the real deal, or just another over-hyped Mets' outfield prospect? Matt "The Stat" Himelfarb crunches the numbers to come to an interesting conclusion.<br /><br />Related:<br /><a href="http://www.flushinguniversity.com/forums/showthread.php?p=18748#post18748">Talk about it in our lively forums!</a> </p> Tue, 25 Jun 2007 19:50:00 GMT http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/the-future-of-fmart.shtml http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/the-future-of-fmart.shtml PCL Awards Ambres 'Batter Of The Week' Not since 2004 has a Zephyr won this award, when Mike Coolbaugh took the honors in July of that year. Congratulations to Chip Ambres from all of us at FU!<strong>(Photo/Flushing University)</strong><br /><br />Related:<br /><a href="http://www.flushinguniversity.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=11">Discuss This Award In Our Minors Forum</a> </p> Sat, 13 Jul 2007 18:34:00 GMT http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/pcl-awards-ambres-batter-.shtml http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/pcl-awards-ambres-batter-.shtml B-Mets' Stewart Named EL Player Of The Month Binghamton's Caleb Stewart was named the Eastern League Player of The Month after tearing up the league — notoriously tough on hitters — with a .364 batting average, six HR and 29 RBI.<br /><br />Related:<br /><a href="http://www.flushinguniversity.com/forums/showthread.php?p=15991#post15991">Talk about it in our Forums</a> </p> Thu, 06 Jun 2007 21:33:00 GMT http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/bmets-stewart-named-el-pl.shtml http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/bmets-stewart-named-el-pl.shtml Stoner Called Up To St. Lucie Tobi Stoner, impressive last season at Brooklyn, and now one of the few bright spots for Savannah has been called up to St. Lucie. Wed, 05 Jun 2007 15:17:00 GMT http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/stoner-called-up-to-st-lu.shtml http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/stoner-called-up-to-st-lu.shtml Mets Prospect Rankings Our own Matt "The Stat" Himmelfarb gives us his updated rankings of the Top 15 Mets Prospects, with Fernando Martinez, Philip Humber and Carlos Gomez topping out the list.<br /><br />Related:<br /><a href="http://www.flushinguniversity.com/forums/showthread.php?p=15607#post15607">Talk about in the Forums</a> </p> Tue, 04 Jun 2007 22:18:00 GMT http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/mets-prospect-rankings.shtml http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/mets-prospect-rankings.shtml Series Preview: Yankees' Minors Wrap As the Mets and Yanks begin interleague play against one another tonight at Shea, Matt Himelfarb examines the Yankees' minor league inventory.<br /><br />Related:<br /><a href="http://www.flushinguniversity.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=12">Discuss This Topic In Our Forums</a> </p> Mon, 20 May 2007 14:48:00 GMT http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/series-preview-yankees-mi.shtml http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/series-preview-yankees-mi.shtml Mike Carp Sidelined With Broken Finger Tough break for Mets prospect Mike Carp on Thrusday night as a throw to first hit his finger as he was sliding into second base. Initial reports have Carp out anywhere from four to five weeks.<br /><br />Related:<br /><a href="http://www.flushinguniversity.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=11">Discuss This Injury In Our Minors Forums</a> </p> Tue, 07 May 2007 02:50:00 GMT http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/mike-carp-sidelined-with-.shtml http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/mike-carp-sidelined-with-.shtml Humber Takes 'Pitcher of the Week' Honors The Mets 2004 first round draft pick, Philip Humber took this weeks pitching honors in the Pacific Coast League, by compiling a 1.38 ERA over his two games in which he started over the past week. Congrats!<br /><br />Related:<br /><a href="http://www.flushinguniversity.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=11">Discuss In Our Mets Minors Forums</a> </p> Fri, 26 Apr 2007 03:27:00 GMT http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/humber-takes-player-of-th.shtml http://www.flushinguniversity.com/moxie/minors/humber-takes-player-of-th.shtml