Mets prospect Chris Suero hit an opposite-field blast for his third home run in seven Arizona Fall League games Thursday in the Scottsdale Scorpions’ 12-3 victory over the Peoria Javelinas (7-7). He went 2-for-4 with a walk, two runs scored and two stolen bases. Suero, ranked the No. 14 prospect on our most recent MMO list, is 8-for-29 with a .964 OPS and four steals in the AFL. The...
Luisangel Acuña had a big night in the Venezuelan Winter League, going 3-for-5 at the plate with a double while scoring two runs and stealing three bases. Acuña has hit the ground running in the VWL, slashing .333/.385/.667 with two extra-base hits in three games. Acuña’s strong start in winter ball is an encouraging sign for the Mets. The former top-100 prospect filled in nicely for the...
On Saturday, the Scottsdale Scorpions took on the Surprise Saguaros in Arizona Fall League action. In that game, the New York Mets had two of the eight prospects they sent to the AFL play. Those being Jett Williams and Drew Gilbert. Jett Williams tallied two hits in Saturday’s game. He went 2-for-4, with two singles, while also striking out twice. Williams now owns a .238 batting average...
A total of eight prospects in the New York Mets’ system are partaking in the Arizona Fall League (AFL) which just started a couple weeks ago. Each eight of those prospects have been assigned to the Scottsdale Scorpions team which sits with a 4-5 record through nine games. The eight prospects the Mets sent are Jett Williams (SS/CF), Drew Gilbert (OF), Jacob Reimer (3B), and right-handed...
The Glendale Desert Dogs just won their third game in a row, bringing their record to 5-10 in the 2023 Arizona Fall League. New York Mets prospects JT Schwartz, Kevin Parada, D’Andre Smith, Rowdey Jordan, and Nolan Clenney all played in the Desert Dogs’ 6-2 win on Thursday. The 23-year-old JT Schwartz had another great day at the plate after homering on Tuesday, hitting an RBI double...
With about a month’s worth of games left to play in the Arizona Fall League, the Mets affiliate team, The Glendale Desert Dogs, sit in last place with a 2-10 record. With nine of the Mets’ prospects joining the league this fall, most have gotten off to slow starts. However, things are beginning to pick up as the season progresses. After the AFL season started, we examined how the...
One of the New York Mets’ top prospects, Kevin Parada, hit his first career Arizona Fall League (AFL) home run on Saturday. The long ball smacked off the center field batter’s eye which is 410-plus feet away from home plate. The 22-year-old catcher, who had an up-and-down season this past year, is now slashing .231/.259/.385, good for an OPS of .644, across only 26 at-bats early on in the AFL...
The Peoria Javelinas kicked off their 2022 season with a victory on Monday afternoon, defeating the Glendale Desert Dogs by a score of 5-3. Box Score Two Mets prospects were featured in the starting lineup, but no pitchers made an appearance. 2B Kevin Kendall: 1-for-3, R, BB 3B Luke Ritter: 0-for-4, SO Kendall was the Javelinas’ leadoff hitter and reached base twice, scoring the team’s first run...
With the Arizona Fall League set to kick off in just a few weeks, the rosters for the six teams in the league were released on Friday. The Arizona Fall League offers minor leaguers an opportunity to get extra reps right at the start of their offseason and can prove to be especially valuable for players who missed time during the regular season due to injury. Nine prospects in the New York Mets...
The Salt River Rafters lost their second straight game on Wednesday and Brett Baty had a rare day without a hit. Earlier in the day, Baty was named the AFL Player of the Week after posting a 1.278 OPS during the first week of the season. The game was scoreless going into the sixth inning when the Surprise Saguaros scored one run off Mets prospect Connor Grey. Fellow Mets pitching prospect...
Mets prospect Brett Baty has been named the Player of the Week for the first week of the Arizona Fall League season. Baty, 21, has done nothing but impress since the Mets selected him in the first round of the 2019 Draft. In the opening week of the AFL, the Texas native showed he belonged among baseball’s best prospects. Baty batted a robust .444/.565/.722 with three doubles, a triple, and three...
No. 13 Jordan Humphreys RHP B/T: R/R Age: 23 (6/11/1996) Height: 6’2’’ Weight: 223 lbs Acquired: Drafted in 18th round of 2015 Draft out of Crystal River HS (FL) ETA: 2021 Previous Rank: 19 2019 Stats: GCL Mets 0-0 4.50 ERA, 2.0 IP, BB, 2 SO, AFL 0.77 ERA, 11.2 IP Drafted in 2015 out of Crystal River High School in Crystal River Florida, Jordan Humphreys received a signing bonus of $150,000...
