Mets Minors Recap: Brett Baty Homers in Return to Triple-A

The Thursday night minor league focus was on Triple-A Syracuse with Ronny Mauricio and Brett Baty on the infield together and Minor League Baseball’s ERA leader Tyler Stuart on the mound for Binghamton. Let’s just say it was a mixed bag of results.

Triple-A: Syracuse 10, Scranton-Wilkes/Barre 1, Box Score

LF Tim Locastro 0-for-3, 2 BB, .658 OPS
2B Ronny Mauricio 1-for-5, 2 R, .820 OPS
3B Brett Baty 1-for-4, BB, HR (6th), 2 RBI, 2 R, 1.386 OPS
1B Luke Ritter 2-for-3, HR (23rd), 2 BB, 3 R, .809 OPS
C Tomás Nido 2-for-5, 2B, 2 R, .817

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Mauricio played second base after two games at third to accommodate the recently demoted Baty. Mauricio singled in the third inning and Baty knocked him in with an opposite field home run. Ritter followed with his Mets minor league-leading 23rd home run of the season.

Syracuse Mets newcomer Brandon McIlwain went 0-for-2 but walked three times and stole a base, and now has a 1.077 OPS in his first 8 Triple-A games. Shortstop Wyatt Young had two hits and knocked in three runs.

Carlos Cortes slugged a grand slam off former Met Zach Greene. Cortes now has a .956 OPS over his last 42 games.

RHP José Butto 5.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, Win, 17 whiffs, 5.96 ERA
RHP Tyson Miller 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, (Mets system debut)
LHP Nate Lavender 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 3.07 ERA

Encouraging outing for Butto, given how much he has struggled this season in Triple-A. Miller was claimed off waivers from the Dodgers last week.

Double-A: Somerset 14, Binghamton 0, Box Score

SS Luisangel Acuña 0-for-4, .475 OPS
CF Matt Rudick 0-for-4, .896 OPS
LF Drew Gilbert 1-for-4, .641 OPS
3B Jeremiah Jackson 0-for-3, BB, .488 OPS

It was a rough night for Binghamton as they collected only three hits and two walks. First baseman Mateo Gil had two hits and walked once for Binghamton.

RHP Tyler Stuart 1 IP, 7 H, 7 R (5 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 3.81 ERA
LHP Daniel Juarez 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2.84 ERA
RHP Junior Santos 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 6.14 ERA

Stuart came into the game with a 1.70 ERA that led all of minor league baseball, and it was a bizarre evening for the right-hander. He also had a balk and two wild pitches on the night. The hard-throwing Santos was recently moved to the bullpen and hasn’t allowed an earned run in his last four appearances.

High-A: Aberdeen 4, Brooklyn 0, Box Score

SS Jett Williams 1-for-4, .938 OPS
DH Alex Ramirez 0-for-4, .676 OPS
LF Ryan Clifford 0-for-4, 4 K, .861 OPS
1B William Lugo 2-for-3, BB, .669 OPS

Brooklyn didn’t have an extra-base hit in the game and struck out 10 times.

RHP Jawilme Ramirez 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2.57 ERA

The 21-year-old Ramirez has a 2.57 ERA in his first two High-A starts and has walked only one batter in that time.

Low-A: Palm Beach 4, St. Lucie 3, Box Score

LF Dyron Campos 3-for-4, 3B, RBI, SB, 2 R, .617 OPS
DH Nick Lorusso 1-for-3, BB, R, .237 OPS

The Mets went 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position.

LHP Felipe De La Cruz 5 IP, 5 H, 4 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 9 K, 5.02 ERA

De La Cruz led Low-A with 19 whiffs on Thursday night. The left-hander had his fastball up to 96 mph and his slider got 10 whiffs on 16 swings in the game.