• [Fraley] Trevor Plouffe, who asked for and received his release from Rangers organization, has signed minor-league deal with Phillies. https://twitter.com/gfraley/status/988590928028930048?s=19 5 comments 24/4/2018 baseball
• [MLBTR] Edwin Jackson signs a minor-league deal with the Athletics, joining his 13th organization in 14 years https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/06/athletics-sign-edwin-jackson.html 32 comments 6/6/2018 baseball
• [Meisel] Sources: Carlos Carrasco is coming back to Cleveland on a minor-league deal with an invitation to big-league spring training. The 36-year-old pitched for the organization from 2009-2020. https://twitter.com/zackmeisel/status/1751367011500728704 29 comments 27/1/2024 baseball
• [SN Stats] With the trade of Danny Jansen to the Red Sox, the longest tenured players in the Blue Jays organization are Vladimir Guerrero Jr. & minor-league infielder Luis De Los Santos. They are the only players remaining from the Alex Anthopoulos era https://x.com/SNstats/status/1817321103888662769 3 comments 27/7/2024 baseball
• (Rosenthal) Source: RHP J.D. Martin, who last pitched in majors in 2010, has signed minor-league deal with #Rays. Will be throwing knuckleball and working with Charlie Haeger to further develop pitch. Spent last two seasons in #Nationals organization. First-round pick of #Indians in 2001. https://twitter.com/ken_rosenthal/status/963841536965402626?s=09 14 comments 14/2/2018 baseball
• [Lindsey Adler] Rachel Balkovec, who joined the Yankees organization as a minor-league hitting coach in 2019, will serve as the manager for the Low A Tampa Tarpons next season https://twitter.com/lindseyadler/status/1480320609083142151 71 comments 9/1/2022 baseball
• [Nightengale] Veteran reliever Jerry Blevins, who pitched four years for the #Mets before being released last spring by the #SFGiants, returns to the organization on a minor-league contract that will pay him $1.25 million if he's in the big leagues. It includes $1.5 million in incentives. https://twitter.com/bnightengale/status/1337544038082199552?s=21 12 comments 11/12/2020 baseball
• The #Nats sign 24-year-old CF Carlos Tocci to minor-league deal with a spring-training invite. He spent the last 2 years in the #Rangers organization (Nightengale) https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/1214635388528025600?s=20 11 comments 7/1/2020 baseball
• Austin Nola, whose brother pitches in the Phillies organization, hits his first big-league homer after seven years in the minors https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/9349d353-50f1-4756-bbdd-d2d27f30e2fb.mp4 28 comments 29/6/2019 baseball
• Here is each organization's most stacked Minor League team https://www.mlb.com/reds/news/best-minor-league-teams-for-each-organization-2023?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage 5 comments 13/4/2023 baseball
• Organize the Minor Leagues https://jacobinmag.com/2017/09/minor-league-baseball-union 45 comments 29/9/2017 baseball
• [Haudricourt] The #Brewers have signed RHP Jesus Castillo to a minor league contract with an invitation to big-league camp. Castillo, 24, pitched last season at Class AA Mobile in the Angels organization. https://twitter.com/Haudricourt/status/1198279704442265601?s=19 7 comments 23/11/2019 baseball
• TIL Randy Poffo AKA Machoman Randy Savage played 4 years of minor league baseball in the Cardinals and Reds organizations https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/959ury/til_randy_poffo_aka_machoman_randy_savage_played/ 11 comments 7/8/2018 baseball
• Cody Ross is happy that Mark Trumbo got "recalled" from what he felt is a Minor League organization https://twitter.com/iamcodyross/status/606283257202622465 81 comments 5/6/2015 baseball
• [KatieWoo] Former Cardinals assistant hitting coach Jobel Jiménez has accepted a role with the Angels as an assistant hitting coach for the organization’s minor league system, I’m told. Jiménez rejected an offer to stay with the #STLCards for 2022. https://twitter.com/katiejwoo/status/1457758359961018371?s=20 6 comments 8/11/2021 baseball
• [ Passan]The Oakland A's informed minor league players today that they would not continue paying them $400 a week after the end of the month, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN. Other decisions from organizations should arrive in the coming days. A bad sign to start, though. https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1265432930614198272?s=21 464 comments 27/5/2020 baseball
• I'm Steven Brault, pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. I did an AMA in ST of 2015 as a minor league PTBNL, and made my ML debut in 2016 with the Pirates. AMA! https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/5jswxd/im_steven_brault_pitcher_in_the_pittsburgh/ 314 comments 22/12/2016 baseball
• Minor league stalwarts: Which organizations have the longest tenured MiLB teams. http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140307&content_id=68799790&fext=.jsp&vkey=min_bus&sid=milb&tcid=tw_article_68799790 7 comments 7/3/2014 baseball
• [Romero] Kelsie Whitmore could receive an opportunity to play in the minor leagues, per sources. Several MLB teams are in talks with her agency. In 2022, Whitmore became the first woman to sign with a team in organized baseball (Atlantic League). https://x.com/francysromerofr/status/1766234457311150535?s=46&t=gKXpJc1UEqp3RWe3R_-Ybg 166 comments 10/3/2024 baseball
• [Doolittle] Nationals major league players will cover salaries of the organization’s minor league players https://twitter.com/whatwouldDOOdo/status/1267290503915147264?s=20 7 comments 1/6/2020 baseball
• [CleGuardPro] Cleveland Guardians have signed 27yr old (C) Jake Anchia to a minor league contract for the 2025 season with an invite to MLB spring training. Anchia was previously with the Mariners organization. https://x.com/CleGuardPro/status/1874195718912827463 4 comments 31/12/2024 baseball
• [Meyer]The Baltimore Orioles have 101 wins, the No. 1 farm system in the sport and baseball’s top prospect. And tonight their top minor league affiliate, the Norfolk Tides, won the Triple-A championship behind a roster with nine of the organization’s top 14 prospects. Incredible. https://x.com/jcalvinmeyer/status/1708346364105515204?s=46&t=SfodenOe-maIpYaG59caug 122 comments 1/10/2023 baseball
• [Joon Lee] BREAKING: Minor Leaguers have been sent a vote to unionize the minor leagues. The MLBPA is organizing the vote, sources tell ESPN. More to come at http://ESPN.com. https://twitter.com/joonlee/status/1564085985624875012 342 comments 29/8/2022 baseball
• [Divish] Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto has sent a letter to minor league players in the system saying the organization would continue to pay them through the remainder of the 2020 season. https://twitter.com/RyanDivish/status/1265866498511273985 44 comments 28/5/2020 baseball
• [Passan] The New York Yankees have informed their minor league players that another minor leaguer in the organization has tested positive for coronavirus, sources familiar with the message distributed to players tell ESPN. https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1239939915485458432 42 comments 17/3/2020 baseball
• Wally Backman has left the Mets organization after managing three of their various minor league affiliates since 2009 https://twitter.com/jareddiamond/status/775450749677559810 22 comments 12/9/2016 baseball
• [Toribio] #Dodgers are calling up Emmet Sheehan to make his major league debut tomorrow vs. Giants, sources tell MLB.com. Sheehan is the organization’s No. 13 ranked prospect per MLB Pipeline and has really impressed in the Minors this season. https://twitter.com/juanctoribio/status/1669616827507564546?s=46&t=f1CngLinLiYKbxkfG0otAw 19 comments 16/6/2023 baseball
• [MikeDiGiovanna] The #Angels have parted ways with minor league field coordinator Chad Tracy, who was with organization for seven years. Move was not performance-related, GM Perry Minasian said. More an issue of "fit" with new farm director, who has been given autonomy to run his department. https://twitter.com/MikeDiGiovanna/status/1441093681038053379?s=20 8 comments 23/9/2021 baseball
• I made a customizable tool that lets you see how strong an MLB team's organization is by taking win percentages and applying the weighting of each Minor League. Rangers are big winners, Twins not so much http://www.allmysportsteamssuck.com/baseball-organizational-rankings/ 4 comments 22/4/2016 baseball
• [Ragazzo] Sources: Dodgers have shown interest in Mets outfielders Tommy Pham and Mark Canha For Canha, Mets are seeking lower minor league prospect (outside organization's top 10) https://twitter.com/ragazzoreport/status/1684982675461812233 59 comments 28/7/2023 baseball
• [Stavenhagen] “The statement is what it is,” A.J. Hinch said. “The restricted list part is the relationship between the player and the organization. I knew [Rodriguez] wasn’t gonna make his start, wasn’t going to pitch in the minor leagues or major leagues at this time. This was inevitable.” https://twitter.com/codystavenhagen/status/1536446255399849988?s=21&t=Wag_u36TPTboWBlH2cUcDg 46 comments 13/6/2022 baseball
• [O’Brien] Mike Brumley has left the #Braves organization. He was the minor league hitting coordinator and the coach whom Austin Riley often credited most for his big improvement and for his swing maintenance. Am told Brumley declined to get vaccinated, as required to continue in that role. https://twitter.com/dobrienatl/status/1500499124336185349?s=21 76 comments 6/3/2022 baseball
• [SI Ferry Hawks] - "Drew Maggi has had his contract purchased by the Tigers organization! The 35-year old who made his MLB debut in 2023 after spending 13 years in the minor leagues, now makes his way back to MiLB after spending 29 games with the FerryHawks in the Atlantic League." https://x.com/FerryHawks/status/1806329458564972792?s=19&t=N_sXJW9ttZaQ_Rey9x9zRQ 3 comments 29/6/2024 baseball
• [Morosi] As #Nats show interest in free agent catcher Jonathan Lucroy, I need to correct my earlier column and note that Pedro Severino, in fact, has one minor league option remaining. So they can add Lucroy without diminishing overall catching depth in the organization. @MLB https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/970419956939743232?s=09 9 comments 4/3/2018 baseball