There is no getting around it that through graduations, trades and injuries that the New York Mets farm system has certainly taken a hit and is in the bottom tier of baseball. The two big names that were atop the Mets prospects lists going into the 2017 season were

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As part of our series of Mets Minors All-Stars, our staff has selected the relief pitchers. When ranking these players, we selected them based up on their performance during the 2017 and not their prospect status: Adonis Uceta, RHP Level: Columbia, St. Lucie, Binghamton Stats: 6-0, 1.51 ERA, 41 G, 14

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One of the purported reasons why Sandy Alderson was hired to replace Omar Minaya as the Mets general manager was due to the state of the Mets farm system. Now, there was some truth to that given how Minaya continuously left the team without high draft picks due to

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It appears that the baseball hot stove is not going to fully heat up until the Miami Marlins trade Giancarlo Stanton.  In the interim, teams have been making a couple of minor league free agent signings to round out their minor league rosters as well as to bring in

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Columbia Fireflies Manager Jose Leger has been hired by the St. Louis Cardinals to be the organization’s Latin American Field Coordinator.  Leger leaving the Mets organization means the organization will be hiring their second minor league manager this offseason. Previously, Tony DeFrancesco was hired to replace Pedro Lopez as

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Las Vegas 51s RHP Ricky Knapp Stats: 7-13, 5.35 ERA, 29 G, 29 GS, CG, 171.2 IP, 97 K, 1.439 WHIP, 5.1 K/9 Like most pitchers who pitch to contact, Knapp struggled pitching in the Pacific Coast League.  This was evident from his .327 BABIP.  Still, Knapp would show

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Andrew Church was selected by the New York Mets in the second round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft out of Basic High School in Henderson, Nevada. Andrew started his pro career with the Gulf Coast League Mets, where he pitched in nine games (six starts) totaling 35 innings

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The Syracuse Chiefs won’t officially become a Mets affiliate until after the upcoming season, but the club is already assimilating into the orange and blue culture. The Chiefs announced Sunday that their annual Hot Stove Dinner will be attended by Mets legends Edgardo Alfonzo, Ron Darling, Tim Teufel, and

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After bringing in RHP Matt Purke on a minor league deal late last week, the Mets have made another move, signing veteran outfielder Zach Borenstein on Wednesday, the team announced. The 27-year-old’s contract includes an invite to major league Spring Training. 2018 will be Borenstein’s eighth as a pro,

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With the Mets opting to add Gerson Bautista, Tyler Bashlor, Luis Guillorme, and Corey Oswalt to the Major League roster, they protected those players from the Rule 5 Draft. Conversely, the Mets made some tough decisions on some other players whom they exposed and risked losing in December 14th’s

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