SMITH NAMED TO ALL-STAR GAME

Smith Named to All-Star Futures Game

BINGHAMTON, NY – Binghamton Mets first baseman Dominic Smith will play for the US Team at the 2016 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game on Sunday, July 10 at PETCO Park in San Diego. Smith is the ninth B-Met to be included in the game in the last six years.
The Futures Game, entering his 18^th year in existence, puts the top prospects in the game on the national stage during Major League Baseball’s All-Star Week festivities.
Smith, 21, is batting .259 across 71 games in his first season at Double-A. The Mets first pick in the 2013 draft has belted two home runs in his last four games and has matched a career-high with six long balls this season. Smith leads the B-Mets and ranks fifth in the Eastern League with 48 RBI. He will be making his first career appearance in the Futures Game.
Former B-Met Dilson Herrera was named to the World Team. Curtis Pride, a former B-Met and member of the Binghamton Baseball Shrine, will serve as a coach for the World Team.
The B-Mets have had at least one representative at the Future Games in each of the last six seasons: Michael Conforto & Brandon Nimmo (2015), Kevin Plawecki (2014), Noah Syndergaard & Rafael Montero (2013), Zack Wheeler & Wilmer Flores (2012), and Matt Harvey (2011).
Riding a four-game winning streak, Binghamton (32-42) continues a three-game series against the Altoona Curve on Tuesday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field.
Fans can purchase tickets for the B-Mets upcoming homestand by stopping by the NYSEG Stadium box office, calling 723-METS or by visiting BMETS.COM.
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