Minor League News Archive

B/T: L/R  Ht: 6’4  Wt: 215 LB Age: December 17, 1999 (21 years old) Acquired: Mets 2021 4th round draft pick (UCLA) 2021 Stats (St. Lucie): .195/.320/.276, 5 2B, 8 RBI, 2 SB When the Mets amateur scouting department felt comfortable giving a sizeable slice of their bonus pool

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Baseball America‘s Mike Puma highlighted a 27-year-old arm in the Mets minor league system that some may have heard none or little of to this point. The Mets minor league Pitcher of the Year for 2021, Adam Oller is no stranger to going under the radar. Drafted in the

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The adulation around the game for the Mets top two prospects continues to mount. CBS Sports released their top 20 MLB prospects list Monday, and ranked Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez (#7) and Brett Baty (#14) in this elite grouping. On Alvarez, 20, the site notes that Alvarez’ power at

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Alex Valverde, 25, is a product of the Tamp Bay Rays, by way of the 22nd round in the 2017 draft. Valverde, like many, did not pitch in the COVID season but spent his 2021 season at his highest level yet. Prior to this season, Valverde was exclusively a

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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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Carson Seymour, RHP B/T: R/R   HT: 6’6  WT: 210LB Age: December 16, 1998 (22 years old) Acquired: Mets 2021 6th Round Draft Pick (Kansas State) 2021 Stats (FCL): 0-0, 4 G, 4.1 IP 2.08 ERA 2.077 WHIP, 12.5 BB/9, 8.3 K/9 The old moniker goes “Don’t scout the stat-line”.

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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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Kevin Kendall, SS B/T: L/R HT: 5’10 WT: 175LB Age: June 25, 1999 (22) Acquired: Mets 2021 Seventh Round Draft Pick (UCLA – Los Angeles, CA) 2021 Stats (St. Lucie): .327/.421/.451, 22 R, HR, 11 RBI When Kendall was drafted in the seventh round by the New York Mets, the

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