Ronald Hernandez went 5-for-5 with two home runs in a Brooklyn blowout victory, Ryan Clifford returned from the development list and got a hit in a Syracuse win, Binghamton was blown out in their loss and Ryan Tayman continued his hot season but it wasn’t enough as St. Lucie met defeat on Thursday.
Triple-A
Syracuse Mets (70-63) 8 vs. Rochester Red Wings (80-52) 0
- 3B Ronny Mauricio – 1-for-5, 2 K (.864 OPS)
- DH Émilien Pitre – 0-for-5, 2 K (.764 OPS)
- CF D’Andre Smith – 2-for-3, 1 RBI (9), 2 BB (1.010 OPS)
Syracuse was 5-for-14 with runners in scoring position. Clifford, in his return from the development list, went 1-for-2 with a hit, a run scored, two walks and a strikeout.
- RHP Tobias Myers (3.72 ERA) 2 1/3 IP, 1 H, 3 K
- RHP Chayce McDermott (4.32 ERA) 2 IP, 3 H, 5 K
The pitching staff danced around nine hits to allow zero runs with some help from Smith, who threw a runner out at home.
Double-A
Binghamton Rumble Ponies (58-71) 5 vs. New Hampshire Fisher Cats (57-70) 17
- 3B Jacob Reimer – 1-for-5, 2 K (.731 OPS)
- SS Jefferson Rojas – 0-for-4, 1 BB (.881 OPS)
- RF/DH Eli Serrano III – 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K (.651 OPS)
- LF Corey Collins – 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 K (.937 OPS)
Mitch Voit received the day off and the back of the lineup thrived. Jamari Baylor hit his first home run in Double-A while going 3-for-4 to up his OPS to .849.
- RHP Will Watson (8.88 ERA) 2 1/3 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HR allowed (31 of 50 pitches for strikes)
- RHP Brendan Girton (6.89 ERA) 1 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 HR allowed
- RF/RHP JT Benson (0.00 ERA) 1 IP, 1 BB
Watson and Girton, both recovering from injury, struggled, allowing nine of the 17 runs by themselves. The only Binghamton player to not allow a run was right fielder JT Benson.
Ronald Hernandez. Photo by Ed Delany of Metsmerized
High-A
Brooklyn Cyclones (57-71) 12, Frederick Keys (80-46) 5
- SS Elian Peña – 0-for-5, 2 K (.512 OPS)
- 1B Ronald Hernandez – 5-for-5, 3 R, 2 HR (10), 6 RBI (50), SB (24)(.677 OPS)
- CF Aidan Smith – 2-for-5, 1 R, 1 RBI (48), 2 SB (24), 1 K (.773 OPS)
- LF Aiden Robbins – 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K (1.098 OPS)
- DH Trey Snyder – 1-for-3, 3 R, 1 RBI (24), SB (11), 2 BB (.680 OPS)
Hernandez is the whole story, notching five hits (including two home runs), driving in six runs and stealing his 24th base of the season for good measure. Colin Houck struck out four times in five at-bats.
- RHP Joel Díaz (6.23 ERA) 3 1/3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Díaz has not taken the leap many felt he would after a strong 2025 season, with more uneven outings and a drastic regression that has seen him walk 16 more hitters this season in 50 less innings.
Single-A
Jupiter Hammerheads (61-65) 5, St. Lucie Mets (56-72) 3
BOX SCORE
- SS Bruin Agbayani – 1-for-4, 2 K (.737 OPS)
- C Ryan Tayman – 3-for-4, 1 R, HR (4), 2 RBI (16) (.970 OPS)
- RF Kuhio Aloy – 0-for-3, 1 BB, 1 K (.719 OPS)
St. Lucie struggled with runners in scoring position, going 1-for-9. 3B Branny De Oleo went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts. Tayman has shown his calling card will be his bat, with his .970 OPS and nine of his 23 hits going for extra bases.
- RHP Nathan Hall (5.40 ERA) 2 1/3 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (28 of 45 pitches for strikes)
- RHP Camden Lohman (6.75 ERA) 1 2/3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Lohman, the Mets’ 2025 draft pick out of high school, has struggled with his control in his introduction to professional baseball, walking 38 batters in 47 innings while allowing 52 hits.
