Mets Minors Recap: Voit Continues Hot Streak

Mitch Voit was slashing .207/.288/.360 after going 0-for-3 with two strikeouts on May 14. The 2025 first-round pick out of the University of Michigan has found his stroke since. He homered Wednesday for the second straight game to raise his slash line to .249/.355/.425 in High-A Brooklyn’s 13-7 victory over Frederick. He is tied with John Bay for the team lead in homers and leads the Cyclones in stolen bases with 26 in 30 attempts.

Triple-A

Worcester Red Sox (39-40) 6, Syracuse Mets (42-41) 5

Box Score

1B Ryan Clifford, 1-for-4, BB (.665 OPS)
2B Ji Hwan Bae, 2-for-5, 2B, R, K (.786 OPS)
C Ben Rortvedt, 3-for-5, 2B, RBI, K (.746 OPS)
CF Nick Morabito, 1-for-5, 2 RBI, 4 K (.790 OPS)

Let’s hope for better days ahead for Clifford, the Mets’ top hitting prospect, who had a nightmare of a June. He went 8-for-81 (.099 batting average) with one home run last month. He will represent the Mets in the Futures Game.

LHP Zach Thornton (4.54 ERA) 5 2/3 IP, 3 R, (2 ER), 3 H, 4 BB, 4 K, HR
RHP Ben Simon (2.20 ERA) IP, BB, K

Thornton, 24, awaits his next call to the big leagues. He had a nice start against the Phillies (one-run ball over six innings) his previous time out.

Double-A

Chesapeake Baysox (32-43) 8, Binghamton Rumble Ponies (29-48) 4

Box Score

3B Nick Lorusso, 1-for-4, HR (14), SF, 2 RBI, K (.795 OPS)
1B JT Schwartz, 3-for-5, HR (8), 2B, 2 RBI, K (.682 OPS)
2B Nick Roselli, 3-for-4, R (.412 OPS)

Lorusso leads the team in homers, hits and OPS. The 25-year-old from Carmel, N.Y., was a ninth-round pick out of the University of Maryland in 2023.

RHP Brendan Girton (6.71 ERA) 4 IP, 8 ER, 6 H, 3 BB, K, 3 HR, L

High-A

Brooklyn Cyclones (32-44) 13, Frederick Keys (46-29) 7

Box Score

SS Mitch Voit, 1-for-5, HR (10), 2 R, BB, 2 K (.780 OPS)
RF Yohairo Cuevas, 2-for-3, 2 HR (4), 4 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB (.590 OPS)
LF Trace Willhoite, 2-for-5, HR (5), 5 RBI (.682 OPS)
2B Yonatan Henriquez, 2-for-5, HR (3), 2 RBI, SB, BB (.542 OPS)

Cuevas has homered in three straight games, a surprising power surge from the 22-year-old who hit two homers in 93 games last season at Brooklyn and St. Lucie and has 17 in 401 career minor-league contests.

RHP Robert Stock (3.38 ERA) 2 1/3 IP, R, (0 ER), H, BB, 2 K
RHP Noah Hall (5.63 ERA) 5 1/3 IP, H, 4 BB, 8 K, W

Low-A

Tampa Tarpons (43-34) 6, St. Lucie Mets (35-40) 0

Box Score

SS Antonio Jimenez, 0-for-4, K (.656 OPS)
CF Branny De Oleo, 2-for-4, K (.667 OPS)
2B Trey Snyder, 1-for-4, SB, K (.567 OPS)

Jimenez is having a hard time at the plate in his first full pro season after being drafted in the third round out of the University of Central Florida. He went 12-for-97 at Brooklyn, was demoted, and hasn’t hit for St. Lucie either. The Mets were held to four hits.

RHP Jose Guevara (4.50 ERA) 4 IP, 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, BB, 5 K, HR, L

Rookie Ball Florida Complex League

FCL Mets (17-24) 2, FCL Nationals (22-19) 0

Box Score

3B Vladi Gomez, 1-for-3, R, 2 SB, CS (.954 OPS)

Gomez is tied for the team lead in steals with 24 in 35 games.

RHP Eris Albino (5.86 ERA) 4 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 6 K, W

Dominican Summer League

DSL Blue Jays Red (9-13) 7, DSL Mets Orange (13-10) 3

Box Score

SS Wandy Asigen, 0-f0r-2, BB, K (.400 OPS)
RF Jhonael Cuello, 1-for-2, 2B, RBI, 2 SB, BB, K (.871 OPS)

Asigen is 16 years old, from the Dominican Republic and the No. 2 ranked international prospect in the 2026 class. His MLB ETA is 2031, per MLB Pipeline, which already ranks him as the organization’s No. 9 prospect. He was playing his second game.