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In an interview with Justin Toscano of The Record, New York Mets director of player development Kevin Howard detailed how he is going to help revamp and improve the organization’s player development. In terms of his plan and philosophy, Howard said, “I think the one thing that you can

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With their first selection in the minor league portion of the Rule 5 Draft, the New York Mets selected RHP Alex Valverde from the Tampa Bay Rays. Valverde was the Rays 2017 22nd round draft pick out of Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus. Valverde, 25, made 10 starts and

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In the Baseball America primer for the Rule 5 draft, J.J. Cooper and Geoff Pontes named Mets RHP Allan Winans as a potential Rule 5 target. Winans, 25, is coming off a very strong year with Brooklyn and Binghamton where he posted a 1.72 ERA. Baseball America noted he uses

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As reported by JJ Cooper of Baseball America, the MLB Portion of the Rule 5 Draft will be postponed indefinitely because of the lockout. While that is postponed, the minor league portion of the Rule 5 Draft will occur as scheduled on December 8 at 2:00 P.M. As noted

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Calvin Ziegler, RHP B/T: R/R     Ht: 6’0″     Wt: 205 lb. Age: October 3, 2002 (19) Acquired: Mets 2021 Second Round Draft Pick (TNXL Academy – Alamonte Springs, FL) 2021 Stats: DNP With the New York Mets not signing Kumar Rocker, Ziegler was their top draft pick in the 2021 draft.

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Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports New York Mets minor league pitching coach/coordinator Carter Capps has left the organization to accept a job as the pitching coach for Seattle University. Capps was hired in this role by the Mets in January of this year. Capps, 31, is returning to Seattle, the

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While it is the baseball offseason, the Binghampton Rumble Ponies have been very active with two huge announcements for the franchise. First and foremost, the organization announced the sale of the team from Evans Street Baseball to David Sobotka of Southpaw Enterprises, LLC. On Twitter, Sobotka introduced himself to

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Josh Norris of Baseball America reports Major League Baseball will officially provide housing for Minor League players. The biggest provision of the new rule is no player will have to sign a lease or take responsibility for utility payments. The housing provided will begin in Spring Training, and it

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Keith Law, now of The Athletic, has released in his Top 100 rankings, and he has rated four Mets prospects in his top 100. So far, this makes Law the most bullish on the top-end talent in the Mets organization. The four Mets prospects who were ranked are: 17.

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For the fourth straight year, Tim Tebow reported to Spring Training for the New York Mets. With new professional football leagues being created, there was a possibility Tebow would have given up his baseball career to return to football. As reported by Ralph Vacchiano of SNY, Tebow had some

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