Minor League News Archive

According to various reports, the New York Mets and Seattle Mariners are nearing completion of a blockbuster deal which would send Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz to the Mets for a package including Jay Bruce, Anthony Swarzak, Jarred Kelenic, and Justin Dunn. It is also possible the deal would

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The New York Mets have signed former top prospect Dilson Herrera to a minor league deal with an invitation to Spring Training. Earlier this offseason, Herrera was designated by assignment by the Cincinnati Reds. During his Reds tenure, he had dealt with shoulder injuries, and he hit .188/.268/.414 in

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Due to the rumors circulating about a potential deal of Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz to the Mets, Baseball America has opted to release their list of the top 10 Mets prospects earlier than anticipated. Looking back at the list published last year by Baseball America, the Mets top

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After serving as a Mets pitching coach in the Mets farm system for the past seven seasons, Frank Viola announced he was not going to return to the Mets organization in 2019.  While departing the Mets, Viola hoped he would be hired as a coach by another organization for

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According to Jacob Resnick of MMN, the New York Mets have reportedly signed 27-year-old outfielder Dario Pizzano to a minor league contract. Pizzano was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 15th round of the 2012 MLB Draft out of Columbia University. He steadily climbed Seattle’s farm system and reached Triple-A

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After the 2016 Triple-A season was completed, Wally Backman resigned as the manager of the Las Vegas 51s with the hopes of moving to another organization to have a much better chance of at least working on a Major League coaching staff. Since that time he managed briefly in

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In their last season as the Mets’ Triple-A affiliate, the Las Vegas 51s had a solid season. Following two consecutive losing seasons and an ugly 56-86 record in 2017, the 51s squeaked out an above-.500 record, finishing 71-69, and came in third place in the Pacific Coast League Pacific

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The Mets top three minor league free agents this offseason were Nabil Crismatt, Levi Michael, and Jhoan Urena. All three players have signed minor league deals with other organizations. With all three of these players likely ticketed for Syracuse next year, the Mets are going to have to find

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12/12 Update: The Mets have signed draft-eligible infielder Dilson Herrera and outfielder Dario Pizzano to minor league contracts and assigned them to the Syracuse reserve list, which now stands at 32 of the maximum 38 spots. Original Post: While the Mets did not make any changes to their 40-man

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  MLB Pipeline is naming their All-Stars for each organization based upon who had the best season at each position. In assembling this list, the age and prospect status of each player was disregarding. In assembling the list, MLB Pipeline included an analysis from Mets Director of Player Development

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