Gulf Coast League Mets

Gulf Coast League Mets
Founded in 1964
Port St. Lucie

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Cap Insignia
Class-level
  • Rookie League
Minor league affiliations
  • Gulf Coast League (1988−1999, 2004−2011)
    • East Division (1992−1999, 2004-2011)
Major league affiliations
  • New York Mets
Name
  • GCL Mets
Ballpark
  • Digital Domain Park (1992−1999, 2004−2011)
  • Twin Lakes Park (1988−1991)
Minor league titles
League titles 1997, 1999
Division titles 1997, 1999, 2005
Owner(s)/Operated by: New York Mets
Manager: Julio Franco
General Manager:

The Gulf Coast League Mets were the Rookie "A" Level minor league affiliate of the New York Mets. The team plays at Digital Domain Park in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The GCL Mets entered the league in 1988 playing their home games in Sarasota, Florida at Twin Lakes Park. The team moved their base of operations to St. Lucie when the league expanded to Florida's east coast.

Gulf Coast League team rosters are thirty players, and cannot have more than twelve players over twenty years old, and no more than four players over 21. No player can have more than two years of prior service, excluding Rookie leagues outside the United States and Canada. The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non-drafted free agents from the United States, Canada, Dominican Republic, Venezuela and other countries.

On December 20th, 2011 it was announced the Mets would eliminate their Rookie level team due to financial reasons.[1]

References

Roster

Players Coaches/Other

Pitchers

  • 49 Martires Arias
  • 43 Alberto Baldonado
  • 47 Shane Bay
  • 35 Matthew Budgell
  • 39 Luis Cessa
  • 16 Jacob DeGrom
  • -- Zachary Dotson ‡
  • 38 Erik Goeddel #
  • 18 Carlos Gomez
  •  3 Robert Gsellman
  • 36 Julian Hilario
  • 40 Rainy Lara
  • 23 Steven Matz
  •  7 Kenneth McDowall
  • 45 Roy Merritt
  • 54 Craig Missigman
  • 31 Rafael Montero
  • 44 Adam O'Neill
  • -- Alex Panteliodis
  • 52 Tyler Pill
  • 55 Richard Ruff
  • 28 Edioglis Villasmil
  • 46 Beck Wheeler
  • 29 Gabriel Ynoa

Catchers

  •  2 Hector Alvarez
  • 56 Tyler Carpenter
  • 25 Jeyckol De Leon
  •  4 Edward Rohan

Infielders

  •  1 Sneider Batista
  • -- Josh Dunn
  •   Juan Carlos Gamboa
  • 12 Dimas Ponce
  • 27 Jorge Rivero
  • 26 Randoll Santana
  • 11 Donnie Tabb

Outfielders

  • 20 Thomas De Wolf
  • 17 Gilbert Gomez
  • 13 Ryan Hutson
  • 32 Ariel Mercedes
  • 15 Eudy Pina
  • 13 Breiner Soto
  • 34 Joe Tuschak

Manager

  • 19 Luis Rojas

Coaches

  • 51 Mark Brewer (pitching)
  • 24 Yunir Garcia (hitting)

7-day disabled list
* On New York Mets 40-man roster
∞ Reserve list
§ Suspended list
‡ Restricted list
# Rehab assignment
Roster updated July 28, 2011
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