A.J. Ewing homered for the second straight night Friday in Double-A Binghamton’s 10-2 victory over Erie. (Watch it here.) The 21-year-old has hit safely in 13 of 16 games and is slashing a team-leading .345/.466/.552. He is the Mets’ No. 3 prospect on MLB Pipeline.
Elian Peña, the Mets’ No. 8 prospect, kept hitting as well. The shortstop smacked his sixth double (see it here) and stole third base twice in Low-A St. Lucie’s 12-4 loss to Palm Beach. Peña is slashing .329/.448/.905, has hit safely in 15 of 18 games, and stolen eight bases in nine tries.
AJ Ewing
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Triple-A
Syracuse Mets (13-11) 3, Worcester Red Sox (13-11) 0
- RF Ryan Clifford, 0-for-4, RBI, K (.801 OPS)
- CF Nick Morabito, 2-for-3, 2B, R, 2 BB, K, CS (.838 OPS)
- LF Jihwan Bae, 3-for-4, RBI, R, SB, BB (.914 OPS)
Morabito scored on a head-first slide on a Clifford sacrifice fly. Clifford has driven in 13 runs in his last six games.
- RHP Daniel Duarte (3.72 ERA) 2 1/3 IP, BB, 3 K
- LHP A.J. Minter (4.50 ERA) IP
- RHP Dakota Hawkins (0.00 ERA) 3 IP, BB, 4 K
- LHP Anderson Severino (0.00 ERA) 1 1/3 IP, H, SV
Six pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout. David Stearns said at a news conference Friday that Minter could rejoin the Mets within the first week to 10 days of May. Hawkins has thrown 7 2/3 scoreless innings across three levels. Severino has thrown 9 2/3 scoreless innings and struck out 11.
Double-A
Erie SeaWolves (7-12) 2, Binghamton Rumble Ponies (7-11) 10
- 2B A.J. Ewing, 1-for-3, HR (2), 3 RBI, BB, E (1.018 OPS)
- CF Eli Serrano III, 1-for-3, RBI, R (.859 OPS)
- C Chris Suero, 1-for-5, HR (4), K (.863 OPS)
- 3B Nick Lorusso, 3-for-4, HR (2), 2B, 3 R, K (.694 OPS)
- LF Jose Ramos, 1-for-4, HR (3), 2 RBI, K (.603 OPS)
Suero, 22, of the Bronx, might be the Mets’ most fascinating prospect as MMO’s Jorge Eckardt told us earlier this month. He is a catcher/first baseman/outfielder with power and speed.
- RHP Brendan Girton (4.02 ERA) 5 IP, ER, 2 H, 3 BB, 5 K, W
- RHP Saul Garcia (6.75 ERA) IP, 2 K
- LHP Gabriel Rodriguez (0.00 ERA) IP, 3 K
- RHP Ben Simon (3.68 ERA) IP, 2 K
Girton, 24, a 10th-round pick out of Oklahoma in 2024, has struck out 15 and walked 16 in 15 2/3 innings.
High-A
Brooklyn Cyclones (4-14) 4, Hudson Valley Renegades (11-7) 6
- 2B Kevin Villavicencio, 2-for-3, HR (2), 2 RBI, 2 R, SB, BB (.648 OPS)
- SS Mitch Voit, 1-for-4, SB, K (.635 OPS)
- C Ronald Hernandez, 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB, K (.696 OPS)
Hernandez has five doubles and five RBIs in his last six games. Voit is 3-for-21 with two walks and three strikeouts in his last five.
- RHP Irving Cota (1.32 ERA) 3 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 2 K, L
Cota, 22, of Mexico, gave up his first runs of the season. He’s struck out eight and walked three in 10 2/3 innings.
Low-A
Palm Beach Cardinals (14-5) 12, St. Lucie Mets (9-10) 4
- SS Elian Peña, 1-for-3, 2B, R, 2 SB, 2 BB, 2 K (.905 OPS)
- LF JT Benson, 1-for-4, 2B, R, BB (.984 OPS)
- RF Randy Guzman, 2-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 K (.793 OPS)
- DH AJ Salgado, 2-for-4, HR (4) (.843 OPS)
- CF Sam Biller, 2-for-4, 2B, R, K (.913 OPS)
Benson, 24, hit 10 homers and stole 24 bases in 80 games in the independent Frontier League last year. He went undrafted after finishing his college career at Louisville, where he stole 34 bases and posted .963 OPS in 52 games in 2024.
- RHP Cam Tilly (5.87 ERA) 4 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, BB, 4 K
After throwing five scoreless, hitless innings in his St. Lucie debut, Tilly had his third straight rocky showing. The 21-year-old was a seventh-round pick last year out of Auburn.
