WILMER FLORES RUMORS
Scout Says No Way Flores Can Play Any Position But First Base
As the Mets wait through a second rain delay and the score tied at 5-5 against the Braves, Ike Davis looked worse than ever tonight at Citi Field.
The slumping first baseman is 0-4 with four strikeouts as they wait for the rain to stop. This has become unbearable.
Meanwhile, Adam Rubin of ESPN New York reminds us that infield prospect Wilmer Flores continues to log time at first...
Roundtable: What is Wilmer Flores’ trade value?
Tuesday’s column on Wilmer Flores drew a strong reaction so I thought I would ask my friends in the blogosphere about his trade value. I asked them to respond to the following questions:
Flores is 21 and playing at Triple-A, one of the four youngest full-time position players in the PCL. He also was not ranked in any major preseason Top 100 list and has gotten off to a so...
When Will We See Wilmer Flores?
With Ike Davis struggling in the majors, Mets fans are looking for another option, someone who can take over the first base job for Davis while he puts in some work at Triple-A. There really seem to be three candidates, two more realistic than the other: Zach Lutz, Josh Satin, and Wilmer Flores. Lutz and Satin are examples of two guys who never got a real shot. They certainly...
Is it time to jump off the Wilmer Flores bandwagon?
In Monday’s Mets Minors piece by David Groveman, there was some discussion, both in the article and the comments section, about Wilmer Flores. That’s not that unusual – he is one of the few hitting prospects in the upper levels of the minors and he’s been on Mets Top Prospect lists for half a decade now. One of the topics was Flores versus Daniel Murphy and who was going...
Flores Homers, Las Vegas 51s Falls To Omaha 4-3
It was a short and ineffective outing for Chris Schwinden, resulting in a long Sunday for the Las Vegas 51s as they went on to fall to the Omaha Storm Chasers by a final score of 4-3.
Schwinden took the mound looking to bounce back from his last outing in which he allowed five runs in just five frames. Sunday against Omaha, the 26-year old only last four innings allowing two runs...
Lutz, Flores Go Deep En Route To 6-5 Vegas Victory
Las Vegas 6, Round Rock 5
Zach Lutz and Wilmer Flores hit solo home runs Thursday for the Las Vegas 51s, helping them take down visiting Round Rock, 6-5.
Lutz, who also homered Wednesday, started the scoring in the second inning with a home run to right-center field. The 51s scored two more runs in the frame, on an RBI single from Juan Centeno and another when Eric Campbell scored...
Mets Promote Juan Legares from Las Vegas 51s – Is Josh Satin and Wilmer Flores Next?
TweetThe Mets certainly have some talent in their AAA minor league affiliate with the Las Vegas 51s. Not surprisingly, the team just promoted Juan Legares from the 51s to join the team probably tonight against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Legares was tearing up AAA pitching to the tune of a .348 average with 3 homeruns and nine RBI in 17 games for the 51s so far this season.
And it...
Mets prospect news: Flores improving, but where does he fit in?
Flores has always made contact well, but he’s gradually improved his feel for the strike zone and began maturing into his power last year. Although scouts still wonder exactly how many home runs he’ll hit, there’s no question that he’s made real progress.
That’s what baseball prospect expert John Sickels had to say about Mets “third baseman” Wilmer Flores this morning...
Wilmer Flores remains on the MLB.com list of Top 10 third base prospects
Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com, who has been breaking down the top 10 prospects at each position leading up to the unveiling of his ’2013 Top 100 on January 29th, revealed his top third base prospects for the upcoming season. As Mayo points out, of his 2012 list, “two have graduated to the Major League and two have changed positions, giving this year’s edition four new names...
What should the Mets do with Wilmer Flores?
There is no argument that Wilmer Flores possesses one of the most potent bats in the Mets minor league system, earning him a spot in every Mets top 10 prospect list that has been published this offseason.
The 21-year-old Flores made great strides in his game last year, finishing with a .309/.349/.479 slash line splitting time between Hi-A St. Lucie and AA Binghamton, career bests...
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