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The New York Mets have announced they have signed Tim Tebow to a minor league contract, and that he will participate in the Mets Instructional League. After having spent three years in the NFL, including one year with the New York Jets, Tebow had gone off to various pursuits

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Mets outfield prospect Brandon Nimmo was named to Baseball America’s Minor League All Star Second Team. Entering the season, he was Baseball America’s fifth ranked Mets prospect. In 97 games, the 23-year old center fielder hit .352/.423/.541 with 25 doubles, eight triples, 11 homers, and 61 RBI. Nimmo lost

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The Binghamton Mets were not quite Stud Muffins this year finishing in fifth place in the Eastern League with a 63-77 record.  However, with the growth of some prospects and the rescuing of another, it was a highly successful season for the Pedro Lopez led B-Mets. When discussing the

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With today being the last day of the minor league season, the New York Mets have announced their next group of September call-ups. The players include Brandon Nimmo, T.J. Rivera, Eric Campbell, Josh Edgin, Erik Goeddel, Rafael Montero, and Gavin Cecchini. Matt Reynolds will be recalled and with the

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Last night, St. Lucie Mets catcher Tomas Nido went 3-4 raising his batting average from .308 to .316.  With that impressive performance, Nido passed Chace Numata, a catcher in the Phillies organization, in the race for the 2016 Florida State League batting title. After a 3-5 performance today, the

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Update –  Gavin Cecchini made his professional debut at second base for the Las Vegas 51s on Thursday night and was flawless including turning a 5-4-3 double play. He had been working before 51s’ games with Mets director of player development Kevin Morgan at second base. Morgan played second,

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The Florida State League has named Mets prospects Tomas Nido and Corey Taylor to their end-of-season All-Star team. Nido was the Mets 2012 eighth round draft pick out of Orangewood Christian High School in Maitland, Florida. The 22-year old catching prospect had a breakout year hitting .310/.348/.448 with 22 doubles, one triple, seven

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The Mets have traded AAA catcher Nevin Ashley for cash considerations according to Robert Murray of Knuckleball. The 32 year old Ashley served as the 51s third catcher recently. In 63 games in AAA, Ashley was hitting .240/.350/.389 with 10 doubles, five homers, and 28 RBI. Since being drafted in the

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Gavin Cecchini has been in limbo over the past few seasons. He’s a shortstop that has no future at the position. Asdrubal Cabrera is ahead of him at the major league level through next season and perhaps the year after that. Charging up through the system behind him is

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The Mets have announced that the Las Vegas 51s will continue to be their AAA affiliate through the 2018 season. Heading into this offseason, there were a number of different affiliation agreements that were expiring that were much closer to the Mets.  It is unknown if the Mets ever entered

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