Minor League News Archive

In the second round of Major League Baseball’s amateur player draft, the Mets have selected J.T. Ginn, a RHP from Mississippi State University. Ginn is a right-handed starting pitcher, who has been regarded highly on multiple prospect pundits. Baseball America has him as the 23rd highest prospect while MLB.com

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The Mets selected high school outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong with their first pick, 19th overall, in the 2020 MLB Draft on Wednesday. The pre-draft rankings had the California teenager as high as 10 (The Athletic) and as low as 25 (Fangraphs). Crow-Armstrong is the third consecutive high school bat taken

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As hopes of having a 2020 Minor League Baseball season begin to fade away, there is a chance that minor league prospects will still get to play baseball this summer, and for the Mets’ prospects, that could mean returning to sunny Port Saint Lucie, FL to do so. According

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The Mets have committed to paying their minor leaguers a $400 stipend through the end of June, according to multiple reports. All teams have been paying the stipend in lieu of player salaries since professional baseball shut down in March, though the original agreement only covered players through the

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Confirming a Mets Minors report from last night, multiple outlets are relaying that the details surrounding the 2020 MLB Draft have been solidified. The draft will still begin on June 10th but will be shortened to five rounds from the typical 40. The Mets will make six picks, including

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The 2020 Eastern League All-Star game, which had previously been announced to take place in Binghamton, has been cancelled, per a report from Nicole Menner of WBNG 12 News. This news, of course, does not come as a huge shocker given the COVID-19 pandemic and all the shutdowns and

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With the Red Sox losing their 2020 second round pick as punishment for sign-stealing, the Mets second round pick has moved up to No. 69. The Mets No. 69 pick is compensation for the Phillies signing free agent right-handed starter Zack Wheeler. Mets have five picks in the top 120

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As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to cause mass disruption around the world, the United States has now surpassed China in the number of confirmed cases that it is seeing. With over 500,000 cases in the country, there are several states now on lockdown to prevent further spread of the

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In a press release Thursday morning, Major League Baseball announced their intent to pay Minor League Baseball players through May 31st or the start of the season. This announcement follow an announcement from earlier in the month when the MLB said it would pay their MiLB players through April

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Baseball has been put on pause for the foreseeable future, but there are still plenty of minor league news and notes to catch up on. According to the Mets’ minor league transactions page, the Mets signed Travis Taijeron to a minor league deal on March 13th. He was assigned

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