On Friday night, for the first time in his minor league career, Ronny Mauricio is playing a position other than shortstop. The 22-year-old will play second base tonight for Triple-A Syracuse. Mauricio did play one game in winter ball at second base during the offseason and nine games at third base, but never in the minors. Moving Mauricio off of shortstop certainly expedites his path to the big...
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Triple-A Durham Bulls (10-6) 8, Syracuse Mets (10-7) 4, Game 1 Box Score 3B Mark Vientos 2-for-3, 2B, BB RF Jaylin Davis 3-for-4, R, 2B SS Ronny Mauricio 1-for-4, R 1B Luke Ritter 1-for-3, HR, 3 RBI, BB Vientos continued his great start to the season reaching base three times and hitting three balls at least 99 mph. Mauricio has been great at the plate, but made his fifth error of the season....
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Major League Baseball announced on Thursday night that they’ve suspended New York Mets pitcher Max Scherzer for 10 games and fined him $10,000 for violating prohibitions on foreign substances, which led to his ejection during the fourth inning of his Club’s Wednesday, April 19 game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Scherzer told reporters before the Mets game on Thursday...
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The Mets farm system certainly took steps forward in 2022 with top prospects Francisco Alvarez, Brett Baty, and Mark Vientos reaching the major leagues, their draft department adding Kevin Parada, Jett Williams, and Blade Tidwell, and teenagers Jesus Baez and Deangelo Sarmiento flashing in potential in their pro debuts. Here is my list with their current level in parentheses. Francisco Álvarez...
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The story of Thursday night in the Mets farm system was Brett Baty and Ronny Mauricio homering for Triple-A Syracuse with Mets’ GM Billy Eppler at the game. Lefty Joey Lucchesi also twirled a gem in the Syracuse win. AAA: Syracuse (8-4) 4, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (6-6) 3 Box Score 3B Brett Baty 3-for-4, 3 RBI, HR (4th), 1.325 OPS 1B Mark Vientos 0-for-4, 2 K, 1.038 OPS SS Ronny Mauricio...
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