On July 31st of last year, minutes before the 4 p.m ET trade deadline, Sandy Alderson made the splash Mets fans have been waiting for. The Mets had acquired All-Star Outfielder Yoenis Cespedes from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for two Mets prospects, right-handers Michael Fulmer and Luis Cessa.

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With minor league baseball only a week away, those of us who follow the minor leagues are always looking for minor leaguers who we expect to break out and excel. Below are three pitchers and three hitters who I expect to breakout in 2016: LHP Alberto Baldonado Signed as international

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The Mets have released infielder/outfielder Yeixon Ruiz who played for the Binghamton and St. Lucie Mets in 2015. Ruiz, 25, hit .242/.305/.297 with 11 stolen bases combined between the two teams last year. The versatile switch-hitter played second base, third base, center field and right field last season. They have

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  The minor league season is a week away, as the Las Vegas 51s, the Binghamton Mets, the St. Lucie Mets, and the Columbia Fireflies will open their 2016 campaigns on April 7. Leading up to Opening Day, the teams will be holding various events to satisfy the local

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Earlier yesterday, around 10am, ESPN’s Adam Rubin leaked some reports on the Mets Triple-A composition, and continued with other minor league placements. As described by Rubin, the Triple-A Team is as followed: Bullpen: LHP Dario Alvarez, LHP Duane Below, RHP Chase Bradford, LHP Chase Huchingson, RHP Stolmy Pimentel, RHP Paul Sewald, LHP Josh Smoker, RHP

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Mets outfield prospect Travis Taijeron received the organization’s John J. Murphy Award, given annually to the team’s top rookie in major league spring training camp. Taijeron batted .368 with a .432 OBP and .658 slugging percentage for the Mets with two home runs and team-high 11 RBIs in 38 at-bats.

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Earlier today, we talked about Curacao native SS/3B Shervyen Newton who signed for a $50,000 bonus, as it was reported by Baseball America in their international review. Michael gave an excellent profile for Newton’s signing. BA also reviewed on shortstops Andres Gimenez and Gregory Guerrero, both of which were signed

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Some things hurt more than others.  That was the case when I read a recent NJ.com headline: “Ex-Met prospect With Steroid Past Impressing Yankees.”  I didn’t need to see any more to know exactly who the article was talking about, Cesar Puello. Cesar Puello is one of my all

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One of my favorite things to do is to look back at old rosters and see what happened to some of the lesser known players. Here, I decided to dissect the Mets’ 2011 draft class, which was Sandy Alderson’s first with the organization. Ideally, I’d like to get through

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We reported here at MetsMinors.net in February that the Mets had signed Dutch infielder Shervyen Newton and now Baseball America reports it was for a $50,000 bonus. He worked out at a facility in Curacao called 5 Star Baseball Training and I was able to talk to one of the

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