Minor League News Archive

11. Jose Butto, RHP B/T: R/R  Age: 23 (3/19/98) Ht: 6’1  Wt: 202 LBS Acquired: International free agent, Venezuela (2016) ETA: 2023  Previous Rank: 16 Stats (Brooklyn/Binghamton): 4-6, 3.83 ERA, 20 G, 20 GS, 98.2 IP, 1.095 WHIP, 2.19 BB/9, 10.03 K/9 As it stands now, with 40 man

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MLB has proposed an international draft in CBA negotiations, according to an article by Anthony Castrovince of MLB. The draft would be in place of the current signing system, which, as outlined by Castrovince, has Latin American kids making verbal commitments to baseball organizations as young as 12 to

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With the collective bargaining agreement stalemate, and Commissioner Rob Manfred announcing the first two series of the Major League season will be canceled, minor league baseball appears to be set to be the only baseball left to be played. This was the case on August 12, 1994 until the

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At Fangraphs, Dan Szymborski used his ZiPS projections to amass a Top 100 prospect ranking. As noted by Szymborksi, these rankings are based upon “data from a player’s professional career.” Moreover, he does note this is not something which should be used as a substitute for scouting. Rather, this

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Photo by Ed Delany, MMN While the collective bargaining talks remain at an impasse, and the lockout continues, the New York Mets have begun Spring Training. It’s Spring Training with non-roster invitees only. As dubbed by Tim Healey of Newsday, it’s a “minor-league mini-camp — leading into minor-league regular

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Keith Law of The Athletic has followed his Top 100 rankings with the top 20 prospects in each organization. With respect to the New York Mets, we were aware of his top five, as he included five Mets in his top 100. Those five prospects were Francisco Alvarez, Ronny

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Previous to December 2020, Major League organizations were not restricted whatsoever on the amount of minor league players they could have under contract. Now, Major League Baseball is seeking the ability to have the ability to again significantly reduce the amount of minor league players. As reported by Jeff

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The Mets have officially hired former collegiate and professional softball player Gretchen Aucoin, bringing in the 27-year-old in a historic addition to their on-field minor league instruction team. Aucoin will become one of 10 women with on-field coaching positions in affiliated baseball, and the first ever in the Mets

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The Mets announced over the weekend that they have signed Anthony Vizcaya, 28, to a minor league contract. Vizcaya has pitched well this year in the Venezuelan Winter League, where he won set-up man of the year, pitching to 2.05 ERA in 22 innings.  He then reportedly touched 97

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In an effort to bridge the gap between the gap between Triple-A and the major leagues, Minor League Baseball announced that it is adding an additional six games to the end of the 2022 Triple-A season taking the season from a 144-game season to a 150-game season. As the

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