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Cubs Sign Alberto Baldonado
The Chicago Cubs have signed former New York Mets farmhand Alberto Baldonado to a minor league deal according to our own Jacob Resnick. We recently did a roundtable at MMN to choose which minor league...
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Mets Alumni Highlight Syracuse Hot Stove Dinner
The Syracuse Chiefs held their annual Hot Stove Dinner on Friday night, and the event was not lacking in luminaries. Although the Mets will not send their players to Syracuse until 2019, franchise...
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MMN Roundtable: Columbia Fireflies Next Manager
Photo via https://twitter.com/Jeremy_Gilbert/status/720987958971670528 With the St. Louis Cardinals poaching Jose Leger from the Mets to make him their new Latin American Field Coordinator. This...
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Baseball America’s Top Five Rule 5 Players Available
The New York Mets have the sixth overall selection in tomorrow’s Rule 5 Draft. As we know the team runs the risk of losing players like Adonis Uceta or Mickey Jannis, the team also stands to select...
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MMN Roundtable: Who Will The Mets Lose In Tomorrow’s Rule 5 Draft?
Photo by Ed Delany Tomorrow, the Rule 5 Draft will commence. With players like Mason McCullough and Cale Coshow being available, the Mets may be able to add a reliever to compliment Anthony Swarak or...
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Rule 5 Primer Including Players That Could Interest Mets
Major League Baseball’s annual Rule 5 Draft takes place on Thursday at 9 a.m. at the Winter Meetings. Below is a primer on the draft and how it affects the Mets this year who will have the 6th pick....
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Mets Pick Ely, Lose Medina In Minor League Portion Of Rule 5 Draft
With their first pick in the minor league portion of the Rule 5 Draft, the Mets selected infielder Andrew Ely from the Chicago Cubs organization. The 24 year old was the Cubs 2014 32nd round draft...
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Mets Minors Positional Breakdown: Outfield
Las Vegas 51s Jayce Boyd MiLB Stats: .297/.371/.512, 18 2B, 3B, 11 HR, 46 RBI, 26 BB/47 K, 3/3 SB Travis Taijeron played three years at Las Vegas and finally got the call to the big leagues. Injuries...
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Mets Minors 2017 All-Stars: Urena Bounces Back
This is the final part of our series of Mets Minors All-Stars, our staff has selected the bench players. When ranking these players, we selected them based up on their performance during the 2017 and...
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MiLB President Pat O’Conner On Low Minor League Wages
While it has long been an issue, the topic of Minor League Baseball wages is once again a hot topic. While it is not a very popular opinion, baseball justifies the wages as a function of their view...
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Woman Makes Large Bequest For Rumble Ponies’ Stadium
WBNG reports Marion O’Connor bequested $195,159 to the City of Binghamton to be used for maintenance, repairs, general expense, and special projects at the publicly-owned NYSEG Stadium. NYSEG Stadium...
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MiLB President Pat O’Conner On Tebow, Rumble Ponies
As noted in an earlier MMN article, MiLB President Pat O’Conner gave a wide-ranging interview with Josh Norris of Baseball America. Whether fans like it or not, Tim Tebow has become a lightning rod,...
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Omar Minaya Returns To Mets As Special Assistant
After serving the previous three years as the the Senior Advisor to the Executive Director for the Major League Baseball Players Association, the New York Mets have announced that Omar Minaya will be...
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MMN Roundtable: What Do You Want Santa To Bring The Mets Minor League System?
As Peter James once wrote, “Christmas is for the kids.” Hopefully, the Mets organization will heed that call, and they will make sure to leave something special for their kids this Christmas. Of...
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Breakout 2017 for Jannis Has Knuckler Inching Closer to Big Leagues
Every knuckleballer has a difficult path to the Show. No one gets drafted as one, they are forced to adapt as their baseball career begins to crater. Mickey Jannis fits this stereotype to a T. As a...
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Mets Sign RHP Drew Gagnon
MMN‘s own Jacob Resnick reports the New York Mets have RHP Drew Gagnon to a minor leauge deal. The 27-year-old pitcher was the Brewers 2011 third round draft pick out of California State University...
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Syracuse Team Will Inherit Mets’ Moniker in 2019
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that the Syracuse Chiefs will rebrand as the Syracuse Mets when they switch affiliations in 2019. The news, relayed by Syracuse.com, was made public...
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MMN Top 5 Shortstop Prospects: Gimenez Leads Young Group
Photo by Ed Delany We have voted on our top five prospects at each position in the Mets minor league system. To start off, we will be looking at who we believe to be the Mets’ five best shortstop...
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MMN Top 5 First Base Prospects: Alonso Provides Powerful Hope
(Ed Delany/Mets Minors) We have begun discussing our top prospects heading into the 2018 season and the first way we will bring them to you is by position. These rankings were voted on by all of the...
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Binghamton Rumble Ponies Announce 2018 Coaching Staff
Photo Credit: WNBF News/Roger Neel Photo The Binghamton Rumble Ponies announced their coaching staff for the 2018 season with many familiar faces including the manager Luis Rojas returning for his...
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