Ed Delany Archive

To aid in their playoff push over the final ten days of the regular season, Mets top prospects Ronny Mauricio and Simeon Woods-Richardson have received promotions to Kingsport, MMN has learned. At 29-29, the K-Mets hold a one-game lead on the Bristol Pirates for the second and final spot in

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There’s outperforming the competition, then there’s what Steve Villines has done to opposing hitters through a season-and-a-half of professional baseball. The sidewinding right-hander from the University of Kansas has pitched at four levels since the Mets took him in the tenth round in 2017, and he’s found success everywhere he’s

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The New York-Penn League (Short Season-A) announced their All-Star rosters for the upcoming showcase being played on August 14 at Medlar Field in State College, Pennsylvania, the home of the Williamsport Crosscutters. Six Brooklyn Cyclones players were named to the South squad; second baseman Carlos Cortes, outfielders Wagner Lagrange

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Baseball America recently updated it’s Top 100 Prospects list and the Mets saw a trio of players move up the rankings. Before the season began, Andres Gimenez was the lone Met on the list, coming in at No. 94. Since then, Peter Alonso and Jarred Kelenic have joined Gimenez

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Kingsport Mets third baseman Mark Vientos has quietly dominated the Appalachian League this season, despite being more than two years younger than the average Appy League player. After a quiet June in which the fourth best prospect in the Mets system slashed a solid but uninspiring .258/.343/.419, Vientos has

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Columbia right-handed pitcher Tony Dibrell is so tantalizing with his high strikeout numbers. Unfortunately, Dibrell has also frustrated with a high walk rate. That is until recently. In seven of Dibrell’s last eight starts, he had issued two or fewer walks. With him cutting down on his walks, Dibrell

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MLB Pipeline updated its Top 100 prospects today and the Mets had four prospects on the list. Shortstop Andres Gimenez (60), first baseman Peter Alonso (65), outfield Jarred Kelenic (69), and right-handed starter Justin Dunn (100) were all featured on the list. Gimenez and Alonso both have been on the list previously,

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Baseball America released their weekly prospect hot sheet with the New York Mets’ pitching prospect Justin Dunn coming in at No. 4 on the list. The 2016 first rounder had two starts last week. In each start, he went six innings and gave up a combined two earned in both

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The New York Mets announced in their game notes today they’ve promoted their top prospect, Andres Gimenez, to the Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies. With the Advanced-A St. Lucie Mets this season, the 19-year-old posted a .282/.348/.432 slash-line with 20 doubles, four triples, six home runs, 123 wRC+ and a league-leading

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The Binghamton Rumble Ponies made a long list of roster moves on Saturday including putting outfielder Tim Tebow on the 7-day disabled list a few days after he left a game earlier with a wrist/hand injury. Tebow is hitting .273/.336/.399 with 14 doubles and six home runs in 84

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