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When the New York Yankees traded for Eric Young Jr. hours before Wednesday’s waiver trade deadline, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com sent out the following tweet: The Yankees have acquired Eric Young Jr. from the Brewers, probably just to prevent the Mets from making him a September call-up. #joke —

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Following the Brooklyn Cyclones’ 9-2 win over the Auburn Doubledays Wednesday night, Mets Minors learned that the New York Mets traded Brooklyn right-hander Erik Manoah to the Los Angeles Angels. It was later confirmed, via a team announcement, that the move was made to acquire RHP Fernando Salas. Manoah became

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Mets Minors has learned that lefty sensation Thomas Szapucki will not make another start this season because of back stiffness. The 20-year old prospect hadn’t pitched since August 12th and the Brooklyn Cyclones decided with less than two weeks left in the season it was better to be caution.

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  While pitching coaches at various levels of a club may have different views on the art, the organizational philosophy must remain the same throughout. The man tasked with implementing and overseeing those philosophies with the Mets is Ron Romanick, the minor league pitching coordinator. Romanick joined the Mets in 2012, after

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Update 8/11: The Cyclones announced that first baseman and recently named All-Star Peter Alonso would miss the rest of the season with a broken right pinky finger. He suffered the injury on Tuesday night while trying to avoid a tag at second base. Tough blow for the Mets 2nd

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Update, 8/10: Carpio made his season debut with the GCL Mets as the designated hitter on Wednesday. He went 0-3 with a walk in his first game since last September. Original report, 8/7: After missing over five months of the baseball season with a labrum tear in his right

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The only difference between Harol Gonzalez now, and Gonzalez in his last start, is that the right-hander now carries the title of New York Penn-League All-Star. He gave the Brooklyn Cyclones (26-25) seven scoreless innings in their 3-0 defeat of the Vermont Lake Monsters (19-32) Gonzalez added to his

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In preparation for next week’s New York-Penn League All-Star game, three members of the Brooklyn Cyclones were selected to the South squad. RHP Harol Gonzalez, SS Colby Woodmansee, and 1B Peter Alonso will travel to Dutchess Stadium in Hudson Valley on August 16 to represent Brooklyn. Gonzalez, 21, has

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Player Profile Name: Erik Manoah Pos: RHP Team: Brooklyn Cyclones Age: 12/22/1995 (20) Ht: 6’2″ Wt: 190 2016 MMN Prospect Rank: N/R Background The Mets made Manoah their 13th-round pick in 2014, when they selected him from South Dade High School in Homestead, Florida, a magnet campus about 35 miles south of Miami. He agreed to a $200,000 signing bonus

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#30 SS Milton Ramos HT: 5’11 WT: 180 Level: Low-A Columbia B/T: R/R Age: 8/26/1995 (20) Age Dif: -1.4 Acquired: Selected in the third round of the 2014 MLB Draft from American Heritage HS (FL). Preseason Rank: #19 2016 Statistics: 284 AB, 64 H, 11 2B, 2 3B, 29 RBI, 24 BB, 70 K, 3 SB, .225/.294/.278 Profile: Nobody expected Ramos’ bat to

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