Gulf Coast League Mets

Gulf Coast League Mets Founded in 1988 Port St. Lucie
Team logo Cap insignia
Class-level
Current	Rookie League
Minor league affiliations
League	Gulf Coast League (1988−1999, 2004−2011, 2013–present)
Division	East Division (1992−1999, 2004–2011, 2013–present)
Major league affiliations
Current	New York Mets
Minor league titles
League titles (2)	1997 1999
Division titles (3)	1997 1999 2005
Team data
Nickname	GCL Mets
Ballpark	Tradition Field (1992−1999, 2004−2011, 2013–present)
Previous parks	Twin Lakes Park (1988−1991)
Owner(s)/ Operator(s)	New York Mets

The Gulf Coast League Mets are a Rookie-level minor league affiliate of the New York Mets that play in the Gulf Coast League. The team plays at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The franchise entered the league in 1983 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-five 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 20, 2011, it was announced the Mets would eliminate their Rookie level team due to financial reasons.^[1] On November 8, 2012, the Mets announced the re-establishment of a Gulf Coast League team based in Port St. Lucie.^[2]

Season-by-season record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
1983	24–35	8th	Vern Hoscheit
1988	21–42	10th (t)	John Tamargo
1989	25–38	12th	John Tamargo
1990	29–30	10th	John Tamargo
1991	24–35	14th	Junior Roman
1992	29–30	10th	Junior Roman
1993	39–20	2nd	Junior Roman	Lost in 1st round
1994	32–27	6th	Junior Roman
1995	38–19	2nd	John Stephenson
1996	29–30	10th	Mickey Brantley
1997	42–18	1st	Mickey Brantley (18–7) / Doug Flynn (24–11)	League Champs
1998	24–35	13th	John Stephenson
1999	39–21	1st	John Stephenson	League Champs
2004	36–24	2nd (t)	Brett Butler	Lost in 1st round
2005	37–16	1st	Gary Carter	Lost League Finals
2006	23–30	9th	Bobby Floyd
2007	20–35	14th	Juan Lopez
2008	27–27	9th (t)	Juan Lopez
2009	22–34	14th	Julio Franco
2010	31–25	4th	Sandy Alomar, Sr.	Lost in 1st round
2011	27–29	8th	Luis Rojas
2012	Not active
2013	20-40	16th	Jose Carreno

Roster

Gulf Coast League Mets roster
Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 95 Keaton Aldridge 34 Luis Carreno 60 Alejandro Castro 19 Nicolas Debora 36 Alex Durham 84 Gregorix Estevez 86 Edwin German 54 Ronald Guedez 81 Joel Huertas 79 Kurtis Horne 67 Jordan Humphreys 89 Jose Carlos Medina 64 Marbin Montijo 83 Aneury Olivo 62 Jake Simon 27 Thomas Szapucki 96 Sixto Torres 30 Max Wotell		Catchers 99 Anthony Dimino 29 Victor Moscote Infielders 39 Cecilio Aybar 56 Franklin Correa 12 Yeffry De Aza 25 Oliver Pascual 80 Miguel Patino 46 Walter Rasquin Outfielders 94 Will Barring 70 Kenneth Bautista 28 Ricardo Cespedes 18 Anthony Dirocie 44 Jose Miguel Medina 92 Dionis Paulino		Manager 55 Jose Carreno Coaches 59 Ender Chavez (batting) 40 Royce Ring (pitching) 7-day disabled list * On New York Mets 40-man roster # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporary inactive list Roster updated February 26, 2016 Transactions → More MiLB rosters → New York Mets minor league players

References

1. Mets cut ties with Gulf Coast League: New York will operate eight Minor League affiliates in 2012, Minorleaguebaseball.com (Dec. 20, 2011)
2. Mets to field GCL team in '13, Minorleaguebaseball.com (Feb. 9, 2013)