Ed Blankmeyer News Today

The New York Mets’ youth movement took another step forward in Washington on Tuesday, when their four rookies — Francisco Alvarez, Brett Baty, Mark Vientos and Ronny Mauricio — were all in the lineup at the same time in a major league game.

Anthony Varvaro, 37, was on his way to an assignment at Manhattans World Trade Center 9/11 ceremony when the crash happened, the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association said in a statement.

A former Major League Baseball pitcher who retired from the sport to become a New York City area police officer was killed in a wrong-way crash Sunday, authorities said.

It's going to be a newsy day around MLB, though you could debate how much of it matters.

We have personnel news today from the Reno Aces (Triple-A West) and the Staten Island FerryHawks (Atlantic League).

The latest in our long-running series of #Cubs-related news articles. #MLB, #MiLB, too. This one ranges wide but has narrow focus.

You wouldn’t normally see a full article about a bullpen catcher. But Noble was no ordinary bullpen catcher.

The Cubs have a new minor league field coordinator, but have lost their long-time bullpen catcher.

BROOKLYN -- Triple-A is where players are closest to the Majors. Double-A is where they can begin to feel their dreams becoming a reality. Low-A is where they get their first tastes of full-season ball. So what does that make High-A -- the level that is typically defined as the

Minors primer: What’s new as MiLB returns in 2021? FILE - Tulsa Drillers Hueston Morrill waits for his name to be announced at the Double-A baseball teams game against the Frisco RoughRiders in Tulsa, Okla., in this Tuesday, June 30, 2020, file photo. Minor league teams across the country are set to open their seasons Tuesday, May 4, 2021, returning baseball to communities denied the old national pastime during the coronavirus pandemic. (Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP, File) Ian Maule FILE - Pl...