If the Mets become sellers at the July 31 trade deadline, as is expected, and make call-ups from the Triple-A roster, it’s not out of the realm of possibility that Tim Tebow is promoted to Las Vegas.
Betsy Helfand
Former reporter: Las Vegas 51s, General Assignment
Betsy Helfand worked for the Las Vegas Review-Journal between March 2016 and November 2018. She previously made stops at the Star Tribune, Pioneer Press, Minnesota Daily and MLB.com in Minnesota. She was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs and graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in journalism.
The 51s have spent much of their series against Salt Lake playing from behind. Wednesday, for the second time in three days, their starting pitcher put them in a deep hole that they couldn’t recover from.
Salt Lake second baseman Jose Fernandez hurt the 51s both with the bat and glove Tuesday, taking away at least a run and driving in two of his own in the Bees’ 5-4 victory over Las Vegas at Smith’s Ballpark.
The nine earned runs were a season high and came after Conlon had strung together three consecutive quality starts.
Las Vegas (45-49) starter Drew Gagnon gave up a pair of home runs — one in the first and one in the fourth — and two more runs in the fifth but he left with a lead after five innings.
T.J. Rivera’s rehab assignment in Las Vegas was abruptly paused as the infielder felt some discomfort in his right arm playing in Friday night’s game.
Las Vegas pulled ahead in the fifth inning just before the rain hit hard. The 51s went on to win a 2-1 rain-shortened game over Albuquerque on Saturday night at Cashman Field.
Nabil Crismatt, in just his second start at Triple-A, tossed six scoreless innings in the 51s’ 12-0 win over Albuquerque on Friday night at Cashman Field.
Peter Alonso hit the go-ahead home run in the eighth inning of the 51s’ 5-4 victory over Albuquerque in the series opener at Cashman Field.
With 90 games in the rearview mirror, the coaches sounded off on the players who took the biggest step in the first half and who to watch for in the second.
Every time the 51s got close on Tuesday night, the goalposts kept moving just a little bit further.
The 51s’ second baseman has hit 16 home runs this season across two levels after hitting just nine from 2013-17.
Zach Borenstein’s home run broke open a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning and helped spur the 51s to an 8-3 victory over Salt Lake on Monday night at Cashman Field.
The 51s beat Salt Lake 7-2 on Sunday night at Cashman Field to move five games behind Salt Lake and El Paso, who are now tied for first.
The Las Vegas 51s closed out their first above-.500 month with a five-game winning streak on Saturday.