Minor League News Archive

In their initial season as the Rumble Ponies, the Mets Double-A affiliate made a somewhat and surprising run to the Eastern League playoffs.  Manager Luis Rojas will attempt to lead his team back to the postseason, but with a revamped coaching staff that sees Frank Viola take over as

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In preparation for the upcoming minor league season, the New York Mets made a small trimming of their system. Over the weekend the organization released left-handed pitcher Ben Griset, infielder Vinny Siena, and outfielder Arnaldo Berrios. Additionally, infielder Jose Maria was placed on the voluntarily retired list. Griset, originally

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As reported by MMN‘s Jacob Resnick, the New York Mets have claimed OF Bryce Brentz from the Pittsburgh Pirates.  As noted by Resnick, it is unknown what the Mets immediate plans are with the former first round draft pick.  However, as Resnick notes, the Mets moved Rafael Montero to clear a spot

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Earlier this year, Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson intimated both that Tim Tebow will one day play at the Major League level and Tebow could begin the season with Double-A Binghamton. Well, the second of Alderson’s predictions have come true as the New York Mets have announced Tebow will

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Despite both players having uphill battles to make the Opening Day roster this Spring, the New York Mets have announced utility player Phillip Evans and right-handed reliever Jacob Rhame have made the team.  Both players were able to overcome these long odds by having terrific Springs. Evans really did

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Puerto Rican-born Tomas Nido has a made a reputation for himself over the last handful of years for having a solid glove, arm and receiver behind the plate, but it’s his bat that quietly went unnoticed this spring. In the notably small sample of 22 plate appearances, Nido, the ninth

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After hitting two home runs in an instrasquad Spring Training game, reporters gathered around Michael Conforto to discuss his rehab and the homers.  During the scrum, Conforto was quick to point out how he needed to get revenge on David Peterson for striking him out in an earlier at-bat. 

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MiLB.com has begun the final stage in their series of farm system rankings, and the New York Mets farm system came in at 26th of the 30 MLB teams. Earlier this month, MiLB.com broke it down further, rating the Mets hitting prospects 25th overall, and the Mets collection of

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With Opening Day less than two weeks away, the New York Mets have announced an additional 10 roster cuts from the Major League portion of Spring Training to bring the current Spring Training roster to 34. The 10 players cut from Spring Training were: INF Gavin Cecchini LHP P.J.

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Continuing with their rankings of different areas of all the teams’ farm systems, MiLB.com recently ranked the Mets 26th out of the 30 teams in talent under the age of 21. As some of the most notable prospects under 21 that largely led to this ranking, author Alex Kraft

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