Minor League News Archive

Betsy Helfand of the Las Vegas Review Journal reports Dominic Smith will start on Opening Day for the Las Vegas 51s.  According to Manager Tony DeFrancesco, Smith is only slated to play five innings as the former first round pick still needs to get his legs in shape. Smith

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The St. Lucie Mets have released their 2018 Opening Day roster. That roster will be led by Chad Kreuter, who is returning for his second season as manager. Marc Valdes and Joel Fuentes will also return in their positions as as the pitching coach and hitting coach. Pitchers (15)

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  With Opening Day this Thursday, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies have released their 2018 initial roster. Here’s how the roster breaks down. Coaching Staff Manager Luis Rojas Hitting Coach Val Pascucci Pitching Coach Frank Viola Bench Coach Luis Rivera Athletic Trainer Bob Grimes Strength Coach Kory Wan Pitchers –

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According to Jacob Resnick of MetsMinors.net, the New York Mets have released their sixth-round draft pick in the 2012 MLB Amateur Draft, outfielder Jayce Boyd. Boyd, 27, spent six seasons in the Mets’ organization, making his way to Triple-A Las Vegas for 56 games in 2015 and again for 92

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Ben Badler published on Monday the prospects that he felt could break out in 2018. In his list, he names many players with either under-appreciated talents or who haven’t played yet like a couple international signees by position, and which side of the minor leagues they will start. In

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When the Mets traded Jay Bruce for right-handed relief prospect Ryder Ryan, there were groans among the fan base for the team selling short on a 30 homer right fielder. When the Mets signed Bruce this offseason, many joked about Sandy Alderson’s genius at play with his having both

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Mets minor league infielder David Thompson has been named as the 2018 recipient of the John J. Murphy Award, according to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. The award, named after the late general manager of the 1969 Miracle Mets, is given annually to the top Mets rookie in Spring Training. The 2017

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The Columbia Fireflies have released their initial roster for the 2018 season headlined by 2016 first round pick Anthony Kay. The Fireflies will be managed by Pedro Lopez after he spent the 2017 season managing the Las Vegas 51s. Joining him on the staff is pitching coach Jonathan Hurst

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Baseball America released the Bonus Pools for each team’s International Free Agent budget on Wednesday night. Every year on July 2nd, Teams are allotted a bonus pool that allows them to spend money on free agents who they have scouted for the last year, and sign them for what

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Thanks to Adam Rubin, we now know where most of the Mets’ top prospects will begin their 2018 seasons. Among the notable assignments is shortstop Andres Gimenez staying in Florida with High-A St. Lucie, left-handed pitcher David Peterson heading to Low-A Columbia, and catcher Tomas Nido repeating the Double-A level in

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