In the first move of possibly many, on the minor league level, for the New York Mets, the team announced that it reached a two year agreement with the New Orleans Zephyrs to be the organizations’ Triple-A affiliate.“We are excited to relocate our top Minor League operation to New Orleans to become a part of the rebirth and renaissance of one of America's great cities,” Mets COO Jeff Wilpon said to Chris Girandola of MLB.com before the Mets took on the Florida Marlins at Shea.

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Everybody is always talking about the great, young pitching the Mets have in their minor league system, but June was quite the hitting month for many of their kids down on the farm. Victor Diaz [OF R R 6' 0" 200 24 12-10-1981] - June spilts were .292/.306/.479. Diaz was drafted by the Dodgers in the 37th Round of the 2000 amateur draft and signed as a draft-and-follow a year later out of Grayson County (Texas) CC. He was acquired by the Mets in the Jeromy Burnitz deal. After the 2004 season, Baseball America ranked Diaz as the Mets eighth best prospect. Scout.com ranked him No. 10. In 2006, Diaz got off to a slow start after returning from his Shea assignment in April. Since then, his numbers have steadily improved. Monthly batting averages have been .188 in April, and .233 in May. No one has questioned Diaz’ ability to excel in the minors. His career stats speak for themselves: .309/.357/.491

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