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According to Jonathan Mayo of MLB Pipeline, the Mets have agreed to terms with outfielder Isaiah Greene, the 69th pick in last week’s first-year player draft. The 18-year-old from Corona, California, was ranked as the 49th-best player available in this year’s draft. Scouts love his collection of tools, particularly his speed

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The Mets selected high school outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong with their first pick, 19th overall, in the 2020 MLB Draft on Wednesday. The pre-draft rankings had the California teenager as high as 10 (The Athletic) and as low as 25 (Fangraphs). Crow-Armstrong is the third consecutive high school bat taken

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All of the hard work over the past year by scouting departments across baseball has led up to… something resembling a draft. The 2020 First-Year Player Draft, as we’ve never seen it before, kicks off Wednesday night at 7 p.m. ET. The Mets have the 19th overall selection —

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The Mets have committed to paying their minor leaguers a $400 stipend through the end of June, according to multiple reports. All teams have been paying the stipend in lieu of player salaries since professional baseball shut down in March, though the original agreement only covered players through the

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After it was announced that the 2020 MLB Draft would be limited to the first five rounds, the remaining logistical details have been finalized, according to a string of tweets from Jeff Passan of ESPN. Most notably, the entire draft will be conducted remotely, much like it was prior

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As of right now, we don’t know what this summer will look like. It appears unlikely that we will be unable to congregate in beaches and parks, let alone at Major League Baseball stadiums. Another rite of June of which the format is still to be determined is the

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No. 5 Mark Vientos, 3B B/T: R/R Age: 20 (12/11/1999) Height: 6’4″ Weight: 185 lbs ETA: 2023 Previous Rank: 9 Acquired: 2017 Amateur Draft (2nd round, American Heritage HS, FL) 2019 Stats: 111 G, .255/.300/.411, 27 2B, 12 HR, 62 RBI, 105 wRC+ It’s hard to believe that the 2020 season — if one ever does

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Underscoring what has become a strong position within the organization, Mets farmhand Brett Baty was named the sixth-best third base prospect in baseball by MLB Pipeline, while Mark Vientos was listed under the “keep an eye on” section. Last week, Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez was listed at number five

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It’s the question that has been asked each of the past three offseasons, and the answer remains the same: Tim Tebow will be returning to the Mets organization next year. The 2020 campaign will be the former quarterback’s fourth, and most important, in the system. Tebow reached Triple-A for

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The Mets did not lose a player or have the room to select one in the major-league phase of the 2019 Rule 5 Draft, but there was some slight movement in the minor-league portion of the proceedings on Thursday. Right-handed pitcher Adam Oller was plucked from the San Francisco

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