After winning the Eastern League Championship in 2022, the Somerset Patriots had the bar set high for 2023. The success was powered by 19 of the Yankees’ top 30 prospects, including OF Jasson Dominguez and C Austin Wells. Off the field, Somerset displayed the legendary Yankee tradition and baseball history

What is the Rule 5 Draft? At Major League Baseball's 2023 Winter Meetings in Nashville, the league's annual Rule 5 Draft took place on Wednesday, December 6th, providing an opportunity for teams to fill out their 40-man rosters with players from different organizations. Which Players are eligible for the Rule

Return of the Zorros! As part of Minor League Baseball’s “Copa de la Diversion” program, in 2022 the Somerset Patriots debuted as the Zorros de Somerset, beginning a yearly tradition of honoring and embracing Hispanic heritage in baseball. For their involvement in the program during the 2022 season, Minor League

Bridgewater, New Jersey – Minor League Baseball has announced that Somerset Patriots RHP Richard Fitts, OF Jasson Dominguez and RHP Clayton Beeter have been named 2023 Double-A Eastern League All-Stars.

Bridgewater, New Jersey – Expectations internally for the 2023 Patriots were enormous after the 2022 version of the club danced in champagne showers while being crowned Eastern League Champions last September. The Yankees on the major league level expect to win World Series Championships every single season and most players

Bridgewater, New Jersey – Manager Raul Dominguez and the Patriots will officially begin the defense of their Eastern League Championship crown when they meet the Rumble Ponies in the best-of-three ELDS, which opens on Tuesday night at Mirabito Stadium in Binghamton. Dominguez, in his first crack as a full-season manager,

The Somerset Patriots defeated the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Friday night by a final score of 3-2 at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester, NH. The win brings Somerset’s record on the season to 82-53, one win shy of their exact record from 2022, with two games left to

Bridgewater, New Jersey – After a long and grueling 23 weeks, Somerset has finally reached the finish line with their final six regular season games on tap this week in New Hampshire before the Eastern League playoffs begin next week. There is some clarity on that front now, as the

The Somerset Patriots defeated the Erie SeaWolves on Sunday afternoon by a final score of 8-5 at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ. It was the final regular season home game of the season at TD Bank Ballpark, as the Patriots finished the season 42-27 at home, tied for the

The Somerset Patriots lost to the Erie SeaWolves by a score of 9-7 in 10 innings on Tuesday night at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ. RHP Richard Fitts (6.0 IP, 4 ER, 8 H, BB, 4 K, HR) was tagged with four early runs, before retiring nine of the

The Somerset Patriots used 10 unanswered runs in the final three innings to win their sixth straight game on Wednesday night by a final score of 13-6 over the Portland Sea Dogs at Hadlock Field in Portland, Maine. The win improved Somerset to a season-best 27 games over .500 and

The Somerset Patriots defeated the Hartford Yard Goats by a score of 2-1 in walk-off fashion on Thursday night at TD Bank Ballpark in the third of a six-game series. Somerset’s last two wins have come in walk-off fashion. RHP Richard Fitts (6 IP, 0 R, 5 H, 4 K)

The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Reading Fightin’ Phils on Thursday night by a score of 5-4 at FirstEnergy Stadium in Reading, Pennsylvania. In the game, former Somerset Patriots Oliver Dunn (2022) and Max McDowell (2021) each hit go-ahead home runs vs. the Patriots in the seventh and eighth

The Somerset Patriots blew out the Binghamton Rumble Ponies by a score of 14-0 on Thursday night in the third of a six-game Double-A Subway Series at TD Bank Ballpark. All nine Patriots had a hit in the ballgame, with eight players registering an RBI and seven scoring a run.

Bridgewater, New Jersey - The Somerset Patriots welcome the New York Mets affiliate Binghamton Rumble Ponies to TD Bank Ballpark for a six-game Double-A Subway Series from August 8-13 in a showdown of New York’s top prospects.

The Somerset Patriots shut out the Akron RubberDucks by a score of 5-0 on Friday night at Canal Park in Akron, Ohio. The win marked Somerset’s eighth shutout win of the season and its first started by Richard Fitts. After scoring five combined runs in the first three games of

Bridgewater, New Jersey - The Double-A level of the minor leagues is widely viewed across the industry as the level that will weed out the ordinary players from the eventual big-league contributors. The Yankees, somewhat aggressively, assigned right-hander Richard Fitts to Somerset right out of spring training this past April

Bridgewater, New Jersey – After taking five-of-six from Bowie last week, the scorching hot Patriots have won nine of their last 10 ball games to take a half-game lead over Portland in the Northeast Division’s second-half standings. Somerset has mashed at the plate and kept their opponents at bay with

The Somerset Patriots defeated the Bowie Baysox by a score of 10-3 on Saturday night at TD Bank Ballpark, earning the series win in the fifth of a six-game set. The Patriots have now won eight of their last nine contests, outscoring opponents by a margin of 67-22 over that

The Somerset Patriots defeated the Hartford Yard Goats for a third straight night by a score of 9-3 on Saturday at Dunkin’ Park in Hartford, Connecticut.

The Somerset Patriots defeated the Binghamton Rumble Ponies by a score of 9-4 on Sunday night at Mirabito Stadium in Binghamton, New York. The win clinched a series victory for Somerset in Binghamton. This season, the Patriots are now 10-5 vs. the Rumble Ponies. RHP Richard Fitts (5.0 IP, 3

Bridgewater, New Jersey – The four-day lull in the minor league schedule, the proverbial All-Star break, could not have come at a better time for Somerset after dropping four of five to Reading before having their series finale with the Phils suspended in the bottom of the ninth in a

The Somerset Patriots will welcome the Baltimore Orioles Double-A affiliate Bowie Baysox to TD Bank Ballpark for a six-game series July 25-30 in a battle between baseball’s top prospects.

Due to rain, Sunday afternoon's series finale between the Somerset Patriots and Reading Fightin' Phils has been suspended in the middle of the ninth inning with the score tied 4-4. The suspended game will resume on Tuesday, August 15 at FirstEnergy Stadium in Reading. It will take place prior to

The Somerset Patriots fell to the Reading Fightin’ Phils by a score of 5-4 on Tuesday night on Independence Day at TD Bank Ballpark in the first of a six-game series. RHP Richard Fitts (6.2 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 8 K) took the no-decision, putting together his team-leading eighth