The Mets have signed Mike Lamb to a minor league deal, while in Houston Lamb was affectionately know as Lambo for his unusual batting stance/swing and his solid power numbers. The 33 y/o left handed hitting corner infielder was let go by the Brewers out of spring training when he refused assignment to AAA. Throughout his career he has primarily been a third baseman but spent significant time at first base and sprinkled in a few games at second, catcher and the outfield. He's has a lifetime BA of .277 with a slugging percentage of .417, his best seasons came in Houston. While with the Astros in 2004 he had a slugging percentage .511 and in 2006 his BA was .306. Last year he struggled with the Brewers hitting a mere .235 and as I said before didn't make it out of spring training with the team. When the Mets signed their affiliation with the Bison's they committed to putting a winning product on the field and after Buffalo got off to it's worst start in team history, t...
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Just happened to take a peak at how Buffalo is doing and in reading a recap of the Bison's start to the season you would think that the writer was talking about the Mets. Buffalo is off to it's worse start in team history with a record of 2-11 and one of those wins took 15 innings. When Buffalo became the Mets AAA affiliate, the organization committed to putting a winning...
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