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Like Baseball America‘s rankings, Baseball Prospectus has named Francisco Alvarez, Brett Baty, and Ronny Mauricio to their top 101 prospect rankings. it should be noted Baseball Prospectus also believes these are the New York Mets three best prospects; however, they rank them far differently in their overall rankings. The

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Stephen Nogosek/Photo by Ed Delany, MMN Stephen Nogosek again remains the last reliever from the Addison Reed trade as he has returned to the New York Mets organization on a minor league deal. Nogosek, 27, made one appearance in the majors in 2021 allowing two earned in 3.0 innings.

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Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire The New York Yankees have hired Rachel Balkovec to manage the Tampa Tarpons (Low-A). This makes Balkovec, 34, the first ever woman hired to manage a minor league team. More than that, Balkovec becomes the first woman to be named manager/head coach of any of the

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  In addition to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, the Brooklyn Cyclones have announced their 2022 coaching staff. Notably, Ed Blankmeyer will not be returning as the manager of the team as he accepted a role with the Chicago Cubs organization. The coaching staff is as follows: Luis Rivera –

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Earlier, the New York Mets announced their 2002 full season affiliate minor league managers with Reid Brignac being promoted from St. Lucie to Binghamton for the 2022 season. On Twitter, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies announced who will join Brignac in his first season as a Double-A manager: Meet the

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Mike Puma of the New York Post reports the New York Mets are finalizing a deal to hire Joey Cora as the team’s infield and third base coach. For Cora, it’s a return. After his 11 year playing career and one year as a minor league coach with the

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Brooklyn Cyclones manager Ed Blankmeyer was left the New York Mets organization, and he has accepted a role as the Chicago Cubs minor league coordinator. Blankmeyer, 67, was hired to replace Edgardo Alfonzo after the Mets legend led the Cyclones to what proved to be the final New York-Penn

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The New York Mets inked OF Daniel Palka and RHP Kevin Gadea to minor league deals. Both players have been assigned to the Syracuse Mets roster. Palka, 30, played last season with the Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. In 106 games, Palka hit .256/.364/.472 with 19 doubles, two

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Baseball America named 10 sleeper pitching prospects from the Dominican Summer League for the 2022 season. Coming in at number three was New York Mets prospect Joel Diaz. When the 17 year-old Diaz signed out of the Dominican Republic in January, he was regarded by Baseball America as the

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Tim Healey of Newsday reports the New York Mets have hired Jonathan Armold as their new minor league pitching coordinator. Armold, 32, “spent the previous five-plus years with the Rangers, including three years as the pitching coordinator.” As noted by Mathew Brownstein of MMO, Armold replaces Ricky Meinhold. Meinhold

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