The New York Mets have signed C David Rodriguez to a minor league deal. The 23 year old Venezuelan catcher has spent the past seven years in the Tampa Bay Rays organization reaching Double-A. As noted by Baseball America in 2016, Rodriguez “is an athletic, quick-twitch receiver who blocks

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According to MMN‘s Michael Mayer, the Mets are in danger of losing INF Shervyen Newton in Thursday’s Rule 5 Draft. Aside from Newton’s talent, one of the reasons why the Mets may lose Newton to another organization is the expansion of rosters to 26 players in 2020 giving teams

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With the New York Mets announcing Tony DeFrancesco was joining Carlos Beltran‘s staff as the team’s first base coach, there is now a vacancy for the managerial position with the Triple-A Syracuse Mets. Additionally, with the elevation of Kevin Boles to minor league field coordinator, the Mets will also

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In 2019 the Binghamton Rumble Ponies season was the tale of two halves as they started the season with a first half record of 35-29 but ended it with a 32-44 in the second half to finish 67-73 .479, finding themselves in fourth place in the Eastern League standings.

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The Brooklyn Cyclones closed out this decade of Mets minor league baseball by becoming the third affiliate to win a league championship in the 2010s, joining the 2014 Binghamton Mets and 2013 Savannah Sand Gnats. Between one name change, two new franchises, and one Tim Tebow, it was quite

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With the hiring of Brodie Van Wagenen, there was some upheaval in the Mets international scouting department. Well regarded scout Chris Becerra was hired by the Boston Red Sox, and as a result, the organization would reorganize their international scouting department. Becerra was replaced by Rafael Perez, who had

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The New York Mets have acquired Houston Astros CF Jake Marisnick in exchange for prospects Kenedy Corona and Blake Taylor. With Marisnick, the Mets have a right-handed hitting defensive outfielder who can replace the role once assumed by Juan Lagares. Corona, 19, was a 2019 international free agent signee

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MiLB.com recently did an article on the Mets’ organization All-Stars from 2019 with the best performers, and quite honestly it was kind of sad with the inclusion of multiple older players like Rene Rivera and Travis Taijeron. Congrats to those guys for having terrific seasons, but let’s take a look at a list

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Sam Haggerty 2018 Stats: .239/.369/.384, 21 2B, 5 3B, 4 HR, 39 RBI, 26 SB, 7 CS 2019 Stats: .271/.376/.387, 15 2B, 6 3B, 3 HR, 26 RBI, 23 SB, 4 CS When the Mets traded Kevin Plawecki to the Cleveland Indians, the hyped return was RHP Walker Lockett

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With the Mets protecting Andres Gimenez, Jordan Humphreys, Ali Sanchez, and Thomas Szapucki from the Rule 5 Draft, the 40 man roster is completely full. With the Mets needing to address a number of areas of this team, this means ever trade, waiver claim, and free agent signing is

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