Ed Delany Archive

Baseball America has ranked the top 20 players in the South-Atlantic League this season, and left-handed pitcher Anthony Kay was ranked eighth.  With Kay being ranked eighth, he would be the second highest ranked pitcher in the league.  In ranking him eighth, Baseball America noted Kay has developed pitches,

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As the 2018 Minor League Seasons comes to an end, the Mets Minors staff made an All-Star team of minor leaguers. This list is strictly based on numbers, age and prospect status did not play a role into our decisions. We want to give recognition to all players that

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The 2018 season was an important one for Justin Dunn. He was coming off a tough year in what was his first full season as a starter. This year, Dunn has shown the Mets could not just start, but he could potentially be the top of the rotation starter

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Baseball America released their annual Classification All-Star teams today with three New York Mets players making the cut. BA specifies that the picks are based on performance though they do weight the player’s age and talent when deciding between two close players. Mets prospect Peter Alonso was chosen as

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The Florida State League announced their 2018 All-Star end-of-season team and pair of St. Lucie Mets made the squad. Andres Gimenez, the Mets No.1 prospect, was selected as the starting shortstop. The teenager dominated Single-A this season before earning a deserving promotion to Double-A. With the Mets, the 23-year-old hit .282/.348/.432

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One of the rarest feats in baseball is hitting two grand slams in one game.  In fact, it is something that has only been accomplished 13 times in Major League history.  That should put in perspective just how special a night Jhoan Urena just had for the Binghamton Rumble

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On Monday, the Appalachian League announced the Players of the Week for August 20-26. Along with Rays’ pitching prospect Rodolfo Sanchez, Kingsport Mets’ outfielder and recent first-round draft pick Jarred Kelenic was given the honor. Kelenic hit a scorching .579 over the week, recording 11 hits and multi-hit games

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Binghamton SS Andres Gimenez left last night’s 12-9 win against New Hampshire in the top of the sixth when Andrew Ely pinch hit for him. Up until that point in the game, Gimenez was 1-for-3 with a run scored, triple, and a stolen base. So far, it has not

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Seeing the start of Jarred Kelenic‘s professional career, you have hopes he could one day be the Mets version of Ronald Acuna. At least for tonight, Kelenic would get the Acuna treatment. In the second inning of Kingsport’s game against Bristol, Kelenic hit a three run homer giving Kingsport

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St. Lucie starter Anthony Kay departed his start in the fourth inning after Tampa catcher Jason Lopez hit a liner off of Kay’s left shin. According to Michael Mayer of MMN, Kay was lifted for precautionary reasons. Despite leaving early in the game, Kay would be tagged with the

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