Jefferson Rojas is picking up where he left off in Syracuse.
The Mets’ top prospect went 3-for-4 with two solo homers, three RBIs and three runs scored in the Gigantes del Cibao’s 7-1 victory Saturday over the Tigres del Licey in his second Dominican Winter League game. He went 1-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base in the Gigantes’ opener.
The first homer (see it here) was 106 mph to left and measured 401 feet. The second was pulled 423 feet. (See it here.)
Rojas, 21, a DR native, homered in his first three games for Triple-A Syracuse in September after he was promoted. He went 8-for-26 there to close a minor-league season he started with Double-A Knoxville, a Cubs affiliate. He came to the Mets at the trade deadline for Clay Holmes and Tyrone Taylor.
For the year, Rojas hit .274/.338/.505 with 27 homers, 93 RBIs and 21 stolen bases in 126 games (120 at Double-A). He is the No. 68 prospect in baseball, per MLB Pipeline.
Meanwhile, in the Arizona Fall League, Peyton Prescott threw two scoreless innings and struck out two and Irving Cota hurled three scoreless frames and fanned five in a Surprise Saguaros 10-0 win over the Glendale Desert Dogs.
Prescott has allowed three earned runs in five innings in the AFL. Cota has given up two earned runs in 7 2/3 innings, struck out 12 and walked three.
At the plate, Boston Baro went 1-for-2 with two walks, three runs scored and two stolen bases. Bruin Agbayani went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored and Cole Mathis was 0-for-4 with a run scored.
Baro is 2-for-14 in six games, Agbayani is 2-for-22 and Mathis is 4-for-24 with a home run. Mathis is the Mets’ No. 13 prospect on MLB Pipeline. Agbayani is No. 28.
