Author: Matt Mongin

Minors Recap: Ryan Clifford Swats Seventh Home Run In June

The Binghamton Rumble Ponies (Double-A) came back from an early 3-0 deficit to beat the Akron Rubberducks. Sparked by a fourth-inning Ryan Clifford home run, his seventh in June, the Ponies earned the victory via a two-out, two-run single by Drake Osborn. Clifford now has a 1.138 OPS in June with seven home runs, four doubles, and a walk-to-strikeout ratio of 18:15. Though he is graded as a pure...

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Minors Recap: Baty Stays Hot in Syracuse Victory

Unlike the Major League Mets’ success on Friday, the minor league affiliates struggle to piece together wins – only Syracuse and the Florida Complex League team pulled out a victory. Brett Baty collected his 14th RBI in only 12 games played with Triple-A Syracuse, increasing his OPS to 1.162. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (45-26) 3, Rochester Red Wings (36-34) 1 BOX SCORE 3B Brett Baty: 1-for-3,...

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Minors Recap: Ryan Clifford Hits Sixth Homer In June

For the second consecutive game, Ryan Clifford hit a home run for Double-A Binghamton. Not only has he hit six home runs across 12 games in June, but he has raised his Double-A batting average 69 points (.143 to .212) and his OPS 373 points (.562 to .935) over that span. Triple-A Lehigh Valley Ironpigs (29-37) 4, Syracuse Mets (41-26) 2 BOX SCORE 3B Brett Baty: 1-for-4, 2B, K (1.372 OPS) CF...

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Minors Recap: Clifford Walks It Off For Binghamton

Despite the poor weather up and down the East Coast, every Mets affiliate managed to get in a game on Friday. Brett Baty keeps crushing Triple-A pitching as Syracuse beat Lehigh Valley again. Ryan Clifford hit a walk-off two-run home run in Binghamton’s thrilling win over Somerset. Clifford has increased his Double-A OPS up to .877 despite his .198 batting average. TRIPLE-A Lehigh Valley...

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Ryan Clifford Hits Fourth Home Run In Last Six Days

There were plenty of home runs up-and-down the system on Saturday. This includes Trayce Thompson’s team-leading 15th homer in Syracuse’s victory over St. Paul, Ryan Clifford and JT Schwartz going back-to-back in the Rumble Ponies win, Junior Tilien extending his on-base streak with a two-run shot, and A.J. Ewing’s first Low-A round-tripper. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (37-24) 8, St....

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