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1 day agoCanadian Owen Gregg promoted to Dunedin Blue Jays
Owen Gregg, a Canadian shortstop, joins the Dunedin Blue Jays after a strong performance in Rookie League Ball.
Since opening in 2022, Maven has assessed thousands of baseball players with force plates that use sensors to measure the amount of energy being transferred into the ground during a swing. Griffin was the top-ranked 16-year-old in the country, a 6-foot-4, 200-pound specimen, and the plate was no match for him. Though the plate was anchored into a portable frame that had withstood swings from perennial major league All-Stars and MVP-caliber players, the force Griffin was creating jarred it loose.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) - The Syracuse Mets have to chalk this one up as an error. The baseball team had previously announced plans to retire the "Syracuse Mets" name and unveil a new identity and brand for future seasons. After months of planning, the team's rebranding process struck out. The Mets' general manager Jason Smorol tells NewsChannel 9 | LocalSYR.com that the new name they had selected was already trademarked.
The catcher began his journey through the minor leagues with the Dodgers, who signed him out of Venezuela in 2019. Valladares was one of a few Venezuelan catching prospects in the Dodgers' system alongside Diego Cartaya and Keibert Ruiz. Both Cartaya and Ruiz eventually left the Dodgers via trade, but Valladares remained with the Dodgers and trudged his way through L.A.'s farm system.
REV Entertainment, the sports and entertainment arm of the Texas Rangers, has purchased the Long Island Ducks, the team announced Wednesday. The Ducks, who began play in 2000, compete in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball and play at Fairfield Properties Ballpark in Central Islip. The franchise is the league's all-time leader in both wins and attendance and has won four championships, most recently in 2019.