Photo by Ed Delany

Although Alex Ramirez‘s promotion to Brooklyn received most of the headlines, his co-promotee Stanley Consuegra has been even more impressive during the pair’s first couple weeks in the new league. On Sunday, Consuegra had one of his best games of the season by recording three hits and falling just a triple shy of the cycle.

AAA: Syracuse Mets (40-50) 3, Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (48-42) 1  Box Score

Palka got the Mets on the board with a solo home run in the first inning but was removed with an apparent injury after singling in the third inning. He is hitting .259/.286/.519 since he returned from his previous stint on the injured list just a week ago. Plummer started July in a 2-for-32 slump, but he has returned to form a bit and now has a five game hitting streak. All of his hits during that streak have been singles, however.

Szapucki was dominant on Sunday afternoon, with a solo home run in the fourth inning being the lone blemish on his line. He threw 66 pitches over his four innings of work. Since returning to Triple-A after his ill-fated major league start, Szapucki has struck out 50 batters in 37 innings pitched, good for a 12.2 rate per nine innings. Otanez has a poor 12.46 ERA in July, but he has also struck out nearly two batters per inning during the month. Montes de Oca has not allowed a run in any of his last five appearances; he has also struck out 16 batters in just seven innings pitched during July.

AA: Binghamton Rumble Ponies (33-54) 4, Erie SeaWolves (50-36) 3  Box Score

The Rumble Ponies were able to push across four runs on nine hits before the game was called due to rain in the top of the sixth inning. Senger put Binghamton on the board with a two-run triple in the second, and they would not give up that lead for the remainder of the game. Young his his second home run of July after hitting just one home run total during the first three months of the season. Baty extended his hitting streak to six games with his fifth-inning single.

Yamamoto was making his first start of the season after pitching very well for 12 games out of the bullpen between Brooklyn and Binghamton. He scattered six hits and threw 47 pitches before being pulled from the game. Hall, a 32-year-old minor league veteran, was making his organizational debut after signing with the Mets just one day before.

A+: Brooklyn Cyclones (41-46) 5, Greensboro Grasshoppers (36-49) 1  Box Score

Consuegra’s huge game led the Cyclones to victory over the Grasshoppers on Sunday afternoon. Consuegra came just a triple shy of the cycle, and his fifth-inning home run provide an important insurance run for the Cyclones. 10 of Consuegra’s first 13 hits following his promotion to Brooklyn have gone for extra bases. Ramirez has followed up an 0-for-19 skid early last week with back-to-back two-hit games as he adjusts to the more advanced competition of High-A. Palmer’s two-run single in the fourth inning got the Cyclones on the board and gave them a lead that they would not relinquish; he now has a four-game hitting streak.

  • RHP Junior Santos (W, 4-9, 4.09 ERA) 6.0 IP, 3 H, ER, BB, 5 K
  • LHP Nick Zwack (S, 4-1, 1.49 ERA) 3.0 IP, H, BB, 5 K

Santos put together his second-longest start of the season on Sunday, needing just 78 pitches to make it through six one-run innings. He has been excellent so far in July: he has a 2.50 ERA and is averaging six innings per start so far in July. Zwack made his first appearance out of the bullpen since his promotion to Brooklyn in April; his piggybacking of Santos is likely an effort to limit his innings as he approaches his inning total from the 2021 season. Incredibly, Zwack has not allowed a run in six of his last eight appearances.

A (Game 1): Dunedin Blue Jays (38-47) 9, St. Lucie Mets (51-34) 3  Box Score

This game began on Saturday night but was suspended with the game tied 2-2 in the fourth inning. Once the game resumed, the Blue Jays took complete control. Two singles by Saunders in the first and third innings brought home a run apiece and Johnson added a 110.3 MPH RBI single of his own in the fourth, but the Mets were shut out for the remainder of the game. Johnson has a hit in each of the five rehab games he has played with St. Lucie. Beracierta his hitting .298/.327/.532 so far in July.

Sanchez flashed his blazing sinker during his start in the Saturday portion of this game: the pitch averaged 97.7 MPH with an above average 2430 RPM spin rate and topped out at 99.5 MPH. He threw his second pitch, a cutter averaging 91.4 MPH, about a third of the time and had a 60% whiff rate with the pitch. Sanchez has struck out 14.11 batters per nine innings so far this season. At 96.2 MPH, Gomez’s fastball was a bit below where he had been sitting this season, and the results were also uncharacteristically poor. He gave up an earned run for the first time in almost two months (May 20). Beck allowed his first run of the season after a run of eight scoreless appearances.

A (Game 2): Dunedin Blue Jays (39-47) 5, St. Lucie Mets (51-35) 3  Box Score

The Mets’ six hits in Sunday’s second game were clumped among just three hitters in the lineup. Tilien gave the Mets an early lead with a two-run home run in the first inning. The 406-foot shot was his ninth of the season, an impressive number considering he hit zero in over 100 plate appearances a season ago.

At just 19 years old, Acuna impressed enough in the Florida Complex League to be promoted to Low-A, and he continued to dominate in his first start with St. Lucie. His fastball sat just shy of 93 MPH, but despite the average velocity, the pitch had a high spin rate of 2400 RPM, allowing him to miss plenty of bats. When hitters did put the ball in play, the ball left the bat at an average of just 76.3 MPH.