The New York Mets have an off day on Thursday as they travel to Oakland for a three-game weekend series with the A’s. That gives us the opportunity to shed some light on the Mets minor leagues with a full game thread of four games taking place on Thursday night. Thursday, April 13, 2023 ⋅ 6:35 PM PNC Field ⋅ Moosic, PA Syracuse Lineup Danny Mendick DH Brett Baty 3B Mark Vientos 1B DJ...
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If there is one trend that has continued from New York Mets spring training, it is the fact that shortstop Ronny Mauricio has a ton of power. On Tuesday night, Mauricio crushed a solo home run to right against Scranton Wilkes-Barre for his fourth home run in Triple-A Syracuse’s tenth game of the year: Ronny Mauricio homer at 113.1 mph. Mauricio has 4 home runs in 35 at-bats in Triple-A....
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Triple-A: Syracuse Mets (7-4) 9, Scranton Wilkes-Barre (6-5) 4 Box Score 2B Danny Mendick 4-for-6, 2 runs, 3 RBI, 1 HR (2nd), 1.022 OPS 1B Mark Vientos 2-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBI, BB, 1 HR, (4th), 1.145 OPS SS Jonathan Arauz 2-for-3, 1 run, 1 RBI, .951 OPS 3B Brett Baty 0-for-4, 2 BB, 1 R, 1.196 OPS DH Ronny Mauricio 1-for-5, 2 RBI, 1.145 OPS Mendick led off the game with a home run over the right...
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One question Mets fans were curious about going into the 2023 is whether the new rules that were designed to ignite more basestealing, would do exactly that with leadoff man Brandon Nimmo? Nimmo, despite being in the 92nd percentile for sprint speed, stole only three bases and was caught twice during the 2022 season. His career-high for stolen bases was nine in 2018 and he was caught stealing...
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With all four of the New York Mets minor league affiliates in action on Friday for the first time in 2023 I want to write about two pitchers that could be poised for breakout seasons in 2023. You probably won’t find either of these guys on a Mets’ top 30 prospect list (outside of mine that’s coming out next week), but make sure you eye an eye on them during the 2023 season. LHP...
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