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Minor League News Archive

Ty Kelly Part Of New Non-Profit Advocating for Minor Leaguers

March 20, 2020Minor League NewsNo comments

A non-profit called Advocates for Minor Leaguers sent out a press release on Friday announcing they are dedicating to helping minor league baseball players improve their working conditions. Garrett Broshuis, former minor league player and currently an attorney, helped create the group, “This organization is long overdue. Even though

Keith Law Ranks Top 30 MLB Draft Prospects

By Matt Mancuso

March 18, 2020Minor League NewsNo comments

Although college baseball is currently on pause, mock draft season is back upon us. The MLB draft is currently scheduled for June 10, which is only less than two months away. However, with the cancelation of all collegiate baseball activities and the stoppage of all amateur scouting, it’s poised

MLB Order Clubs To Halt Amateur Scouting

By Matt Mancuso

March 17, 2020Minor League NewsNo comments

After COVID-19 canceled all future collegiate baseball activities, Major League Baseball has ordered all MLB clubs to pull all of their scouts — both domestically and internationally — indefinitely. Clubs will also not have the ability to host showcases for any player. Furthermore, teams will not be able to

Syracuse Mets Open House: The Good, The Not So Good, and the Unfinished

By Steve Schaeffler

March 9, 2020Minor League NewsNo comments

The Syracuse Mets held their annual Open House on Saturday and I had the privilege of attending. This is the second year that I have done so and while there were improvements made versus last season it still seems to be lacking something. Last season’s event was highly anticipated

Law Ranks Mets System 16th

By Matt Mancuso

March 2, 2020Minor League NewsNo comments

Keith Law of The Athletic published his farm system rankings for all 30 MLB clubs earlier this morning, ranking the Mets system as the 16th strongest in the game. Law notes that although the Mets have traded away four of their top 10 prospects over the last year, a

Keith Law Ranks Four Mets Prospects In His Top 100

By John Sheridan

February 24, 2020Minor League NewsNo comments

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.

Tim Tebow Passed on XFL

By John Sheridan

February 20, 2020Minor League NewsNo comments

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

MLB Will Join Senator Schumer At NYSEG Stadium

By John Sheridan

February 19, 2020Minor League NewsNo comments

Major League Baseball’s prospective plan to contract minor league teams was partially predicated upon how the facilities are deficient and need updating. That has led to many teams, including the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, being named as contraction candidates. One of the issues with including Binghamton on the list is

Baseball America Ranks Mets Farm System Sixth Worst

By John Sheridan

February 12, 2020Minor League NewsNo comments

In ranking all of the farm systems, Baseball America has rated the Mets 25th putting them in the bottom six in the league. This is the fourth straight year the Mets have dropped in these rankings. If you want a more optimistic view, this is up three spots from

Clover Park Renovations Includes MLB Only Clubhouse

By John Sheridan

February 11, 2020Minor League NewsNo comments

As part of the $57 million renovations to Clover Park, the New York Mets have built an updated state-of-the art clubhouse for the team to use during Spring Training. Notably, this clubhouse is to be used by Major Leaguers only. Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports the Clover Park upgrades

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