While Cuban and Mexican baseball have been the forefront of baseball pioneering between spreading the sport and creating the Leagues, their stance is nothing in present-day Major League Baseball compared to both the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. As of April 1st in 2013, Venezuelans represented the second-highest number of

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The Mets announced they have signed first baseman Matt Clark to a minor league contract and have invited him to big league camp. A career minor leaguer, Clark played for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan last season and batted .238 with 25 home runs, 70 RBI, and a .785 OPS. Clark, 27, was drafted

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Completing his 2014 Top Prospects features, Keith Law of ESPN released his Mets Top 10 Ranking as follows (Top 100 in parenthesis): 1. Noah Syndergaard, RHP (24) 2. Travis d’Arnaud, C (36) 3. Dominic Smith, 1B (37) 4. Rafael Montero, RHP (60) 5. Brandon Nimmo, OF (92) 6. Kevin Plawecki, C 7. Dilson Herrera, 2B 8. Wilmer

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12. RHP Gabriel Ynoa Height: 6’2” Weight:  158 DOB: 5/26/1993 (Age:20) Bats/Throws: Right/Right Fastball: 45/55 Change-Up: 40/55 Slider: 35/50 Control: 60/65 Mechanics: 60/60 Even though Gabriel Ynoa did not receive a lot of preseason hype, he had one of the most impressive seasons of any prospect in the system. 

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When Randy Fontanez played on Team Puerto Rico in the 2013 World Baseball Classic it was an honor for him to represent his homeland, “The World Baseball Classic was the best thing to ever happen to me closely followed by the no-hitter I threw against Notre Dame.” Fontanez continues, “The

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Mets top-hitting prospect Wilmer Flores could get a look at shortstop says Anthony DiComo of MLB.com.  Mets GM Sandy Alderson tells DiComo that he remains a possibility despite not playing the position since 2011 at the age of 19. “I don’t think we’d rule it out,” Alderson said in a telephone

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Following the news that Matt Harvey will be missing from the New York Mets roster after being told he needs to undergo Tommy John surgery, young right-hander Zack Wheeler has been tipped by punters with the likes of Unibet to be the man to step up. Harvey was diagnosed

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Cleon Jones played both football and baseball at Alabama A&M when the Mets signed him in the summer of 1962 to report the following year. Unlike Ed Kranepool and Ron Swoboda, Jones was not a big-money bonus player who was touted as a surefire big leaguer from the day

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For the purpose of our series of posts, we define the word fringe as any prospects, which we considered, that were absent from MMN’s own Top 40 Prospect lists.  The purpose of the series is to identify prospects that are showing promise above what fans might expect and what their futures will

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Adam Rubin writes on ESPN, that the Brooklyn Cyclones will host the 2014 New York-Penn League All Star game at MCU park on August 19th. The last time the Cyclones hosted the game was in 2005. The Cyclones also showcased the games jersey’s on their Facebook page. As part of

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