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Gulf Coast League Mets

Gulf Coast League Mets
(1983, 1988-1999, 2004-2011, 2013-present)
Port St. Lucie
New York Mets.svg New York Mets Insignia.svg
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 (5)
  • 1993
  • 1997
  • 1999
  • 2004
  • 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. On November 8, 2012, the Mets announced the re-establishment of a Gulf Coast League team based in Port St. Lucie.

(from Baseball Reference Bullpen)


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