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The New York Mets have announced Chad Kreuter will become the 17th manager in the history of the St. Lucie Mets. St. Lucie is the Mets High-A affiliate that plays in the Florida State League. Kreuter said this in a team press release, ”It is an honor to be named a manager

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#13 Marcos Molina Ht: 6’3″ Wt: 188 Level: High-A St. Lucie Mets (2015) B/T: R/R Age: 3/8/95 (21) Age Dif: -2.9 (2015) Acquired: Signed as International Free Agent for $100,000 (January 2012) Last year: 9 2015 MiLB Statistics: 1-5, 4.57 ERA, 8 G, 7 GS, 41.1 IP, 1.452 WHIP, 7.8 K/8 2016 AFL Statistics: 0-0, 3.78 ERA, 7 G, 2 GS, 16.2 IP, 1.380

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John Sickels of Minorleaguebaseball.com announced his top 20 Mets prospects including grades that were a “blending of present performance and long-term potential.” Sickels’ list is as follows: #1 SS Amed Rosario (A) MMN Rank: #1 #2 RHP Robert Gsellman (B+) MMN Rank: #3 #3 1B Dominic Smith (B) MMN

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The New York Mets have announced that the following minor league players will be invited to Major League Spring Training: RHP Chase Bradford 2016 Level: Las Vegas 2016 Stats: 5-3, 4.80 ERA, 56 G, 65.2 IP, 1.477 WHIP, 7.4 K/9 C Xorge Carrillo 2016 Level: Binghamton & Las Vegas

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#7 Gavin Cecchini Ht: 6’2″ Wt: 200 Level: AAA & MLB B/T: R/R  Age: 12/22/93 (23) Age Dif: -4.2 (AAA) & -6.6 (MLB) Acquired: Selected in the first round (12th) of the 2012 Amateur Draft Last year: #4 2016 MiLB Statistics:  117 G, 499 PA, 446 AB, 71 R, 145 H, 27 2B, 2 3B, 8 HR, 55 RBI, 4 SB, .325/.390/.448

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  On January 8th, Mets top prospect Dominic Smith joined local leaders and other players including Hall of Famer Dave Winfield at the first ever Gardena Serra Community Baseball Fest. Erikk Aldridge, executive director of the Inglewood Baseball Fund and LA Rockstars founder, noted the event was held to

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Seeing the contracts handed out for pitchers like Mike Dunn and Marc Rzepczynski, you know that the market for left-handed relievers this offseason has gotten out of the hand. Once these contracts were finalized it all but ensured Jerry Blevins was going to get the three year deal he

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After Baseball America published their Top 10 list of Mets prospects, Matt Eddy answered questions about the list and other Mets prospects. Compilation of the List Eddy explained he believed everyone on the list from Amed Rosario (#1) to Gabriel Ynoa (#9) was fairly interchangeable, which would arguably mean

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The Mets have signed right-handed relievers Ben Rowen and Cory Burns to minor league deals. Only Rowen’s deal included an invitation to Spring Training. Rowen, 28, has made 12 total appearances in the major leagues. In those appearances, he has pitched 11.2 innings with a 6.94 ERA, 2.057 WHIP,

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When the Mets and Rene Rivera avoided arbitration by agreeing to a $1.75 million salary, it was an indication Rivera was going to return to the Mets as the backup catcher. This also means the former supplemental round draft pick Kevin Plawecki is likely going to start the 2017

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