Dominic Hamel, Photo by Ed Delany of MMO

After a successful run of 13 starts with St. Lucie, in which he struck out more than 10 batters per nine innings, Hamel earned a midseason promotion to High-A Brooklyn. He made his first start there on Saturday with mixed results. Overall, he allowed three runs and struck out seven batters over four innings.

AAA: Syracuse Mets (36-47) 4, Buffalo Bisons (43-40) 2 Box Score

Jankowski played his fourth rehab game with Syracuse and has recorded a hit in three of those four games. This was his first time playing a complete game in the field. Patrick Mazeika was the starting catching in this game but was replaced by Álvarez in the second inning, shortly after James McCann was removed from the big-league game.

Fisher tied a career high with four walks but was still able to limit the damage he faced to just a single run. Limiting damage has been a common narrative for Fisher since his promotion to Syracuse, as his strong ERA masks his high 1.59 WHIP.

Montes de Oca tossed a perfect inning with three strikeouts on 18 pitches. He has maintained a 12.6 K/9 following his promotion to Syracuse and has cut his walk rate from 7.3 BB/9 in Binghamton to 5.4 with Syracuse.

AA: Portland Sea Dogs (39-41) 11, Binghamton Rumble Ponies (31-49) 5 Box Score

Binghamton’s offense had just six hits in Saturday’s game, but they took advantage of the few opportunities they did have by going 4-for-8 with runners in scoring position. Baty had his second hitless outing in his last three games but is still hitting a decent .257/.316/.571 so far in July. He also made his tenth error of the season. Ronny Mauricio did not play in Saturday’s game.

Lasko had shown significant improvements in recent starts, allowing one run or less in five of his previous six outings. However, he took a major step back in this start. The six runs he allowed were the most he had allow in any start this year.

Núñez also had his worst outing since his return from Tommy John surgery. Just 14 of his 35 pitches were strikes, and his four walks were the most he has given up since a 5 2/3rd inning start back in 2018. After walking nobody in his first five appearances of the season, he has now walked nine batters in his last six appearances.

A+: Aberdeen IronBirds (51-29) 7, Brooklyn Cyclones (37-43) 5 Box Score

Four of Brooklyn’s six hits went for extra bases, but that still was not enough for them generate enough offense to win the game. For just the fourth time this season, Ramirez started at a corner outfield position while Consuegra took over center field (Consuegra typically only plays center field when Ramirez is the designated hitter or has the day off). Four of Ramirez’s first five hits with Brooklyn have gone for extra bases, and he has struck out just three times in 22 plate appearances since his promotion.

Hamel had mixed results in his Brooklyn debut. He threw 74 pitches over just four innings and was constantly in trouble throughout the game. He allowed seven batters to reach base over those four innings. But Hamel did have his strikeout pitch working for him, as he came just two strikeouts shy of his season high despite this being one of his shorter starts of the year.

Seymour has upped his strikeout rate to 9.64 K/9 since joining the Cyclones, but a high home run rate has led to worse results than when he was striking out less batters with St. Lucie.

A: St. Lucie Mets (47-31) vs. Daytona Tortugas (33-45)

The Mets’ game against the Tortugas on Saturday was postponed due to rain. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Sunday, July 10th.

FCL: FCL Mets (14-10) 4, FCL Astros Blue (5-18) 2 Box Score

The Mets were just 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position during Saturday’s game, but they were able to push across four runs with the help of three Astro’s errors and a clutch double by Lara.

Dillon had a 3.45 ERA through 10 appearances with Syracuse before ending up on the injured list in late May. This was his first rehab appearance in his return from that injury.

DSL: DSL Phillies White (14-10) 8, DSL Mets 1 (13-12) 3 Box Score

Juan has struggled quite a bit early in his professional career and, although it looked like he was coming around by the end of June, he is hitting just .125/.176/.219 so far in July.

DSL: DSL NYY Bombers (17-11) 14, DSL Mets 2 (10-16) 3 Box Score

The Mets were held without a single run until Marquez’s bases-clearing double in the eighth inning.

Cardoza has walked 12 batters in just 10 innings of work this season, but that has not stopped him from being very successful at limiting run scoring against him.