The Binghamton Rumble Ponies announced their coaching staff for the 2018 season with many familiar faces including the manager Luis Rojas returning for his second season with the team. Rumble Ponies made the playoffs in Rojas first season at the helm for them after going 85-54 that was driven

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We have begun discussing our top prospects heading into the 2018 season and the first way we will bring them to you is by position. These rankings were voted on by all of the writers that make up MMN. We already covered our top five shortstops. The first base

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We have voted on our top five prospects at each position in the Mets minor league system. To start off, we will be looking at who we believe to be the Mets’ five best shortstop prospects. The Mets’ class of up-and-coming shortstops is a little weaker this year, mostly

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that the Syracuse Chiefs will rebrand as the Syracuse Mets when they switch affiliations in 2019. The news, relayed by Syracuse.com, was made public at Cuomo’s State of the State address, which was attended by Jeff Wilpon, Sandy Alderson, Brandon Nimmo, and

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MMN‘s own Jacob Resnick reports the New York Mets have RHP Drew Gagnon to a minor leauge deal. The 27-year-old pitcher was the Brewers 2011 third round draft pick out of California State University Long Beach.  He was traded almost a year to the day to the Angels as

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Every knuckleballer has a difficult path to the Show. No one gets drafted as one, they are forced to adapt as their baseball career begins to crater. Mickey Jannis fits this stereotype to a T. As a 44-round pick in 2010, he had always needed to exceed expectations. However,

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As Peter James once wrote, “Christmas is for the kids.”  Hopefully, the Mets organization will heed that call, and they will make sure to leave something special for their kids this Christmas.  Of course by kids, we mean the players in the Mets minor league system. To that end,

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After serving the previous three years as the the Senior Advisor to the Executive Director for the Major League Baseball Players Association, the New York Mets have announced that Omar Minaya will be returning to the Mets organization as a Special Assistant to general manager Sandy Alderson. “Omar has

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As noted in an earlier MMN article, MiLB President Pat O’Conner gave a wide-ranging interview with Josh Norris of Baseball America.  Whether fans like it or not, Tim Tebow has become a lightning rod, and it was a topic that needed to be addressed in the interview. Overall, O’Conner

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WBNG reports Marion O’Connor bequested $195,159 to the City of Binghamton to be used for maintenance, repairs, general expense, and special projects at the publicly-owned NYSEG Stadium. NYSEG Stadium is the home of the Mets Double-A affiliate Binghamton Rumble Ponies. Already, the City of Binghamton knows how it wishes

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