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Morning Briefing: Pete Alonso Never Had Final Conversation With Mets

Good morning, Mets fans! With the Orioles in the Bronx for a series with the Yankees, it marks the first time Pete Alonso has returned to New York since his departure from the Mets this offseason. Prior to Friday’s series opener, Alonso held a 13-minute session with media where he said he never had a final conversation with Steve Cohen or David Stearns before signing with the Orioles. He...

Mets Minors Weekly Report: Ewing, Peña Continue to Impress

A.J. Ewing continued his scorching start to the year with another impressive week. Ewing went 6-for-18 with two home runs, a triple, seven walks and four stolen bases. He drove in four runs and scored five runs, both team highs for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. In 18 games, Ewing has an outstanding 1.052 OPS. Following Ewing’s impressive week, he was promoted to Triple-A Syracuse on Monday...

Mets Minors Recap: Ryan Clifford Homers for Fourth Time in Last Five Games

The Syracuse Mets lost despite Ryan Clifford homering for the fourth time in as many games while Jack Wenninger struggled with his control, A.J. Ewing hit his first home run of the season in a Binghamton loss, Dylan Ross had a scoreless inning in a Cyclones loss and Elian Peña had two hits in a St. Lucie loss. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (12-11) 4, Worcester Red Sox (13-10) 10  BOX SCORE 1B Ryan...

Mets Minors Recap: Colin Houck Has Big Game for Brooklyn

The Syracuse Mets were postponed due to weather and all three Mets affiliates lost on Thursday, despite Randy Guzman hitting his third home run in two games for St. Lucie and Dylan Ross beginning his rehab assignment. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (8-9) vs Buffalo Bisons (10-7)  Syracuse and Buffalo were rained out and will be making their game up on Friday, April 18th, at 12:35 pm as part of a...

Mets Minors Weekly Report: 2026 Season Gets Underway

It’s time for the first Mets Minors Weekly Report of the season! Each of the Mets’ four full-season minor league affiliates is now underway in their 2026 campaigns. Last year was a resounding success for the Mets’ minor league affiliates, with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies and Brooklyn Cyclones each winning their respective league championships. We’ll see if that success...

Freddy Peralta Strikes Out Five, but Mets Lose to Astros 8-2

With just two weeks left until his first start at Citi Field as a member of the New York Mets, Freddy Peralta took the hill on Saturday in his latest spring training outing against the Houston Astros. While Peralta had another good showing against Houston, the Mets offense left nine runners on base and went 4-for-13 with RISP in an 8-2 loss to the Astros. Saul Garcia and Jordan Geber allowed a...

Mets Minors Recap: Brandon Sproat Turns In Sparkling Outing

It was a bounce-back outing for top prospect Brandon Sproat, who fired seven scoreless innings with nine strikeouts while allowing just five baserunners. Meanwhile, Francisco Alvarez also appeared in another rehab game with Triple-A Syracuse. He went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts as their starting designated hitter. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (66-65) 2, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (77-51) 0 Box...

Mets Minors Recap: Jett Williams Has Big Day For Syracuse

Brandon Sproat had his first bad outing in over two months in a Syracuse loss, Jacob Reimer powered Binghamton to a victory, Brooklyn split its doubleheader and St. Lucie stole eight bases in its win. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (61-56) 2, Rochester Red Wings (45-69) 9 Box Score CF Jett Williams – 3-for-3, 2B, BB (1.144 OPS) RF Carson Benge – 0-for-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K (.717 OPS)...

Minors Weekly Report: Nolan McLean Continues Triple-A Dominance

Nolan McLean shone in two starts in Triple-A this week, combining for one run allowed in 9 2/3 innings with 14 strikeouts. He allowed just three hits but did walk six. McLean lowered his Triple-A ERA through 16 games (13 starts) to 2.78 as he continues to make a case for a call-up to the bigs. In other notable news, top prospects Jett Williams, Carson Benge, Jonah Tong, and Ryan Clifford were...

Montas Struggles In Triple-A Rehab Start

In his first start of his final rehab assignment, Frankie Montas struggled, giving up eight hits, including four home runs. The 32-year-old aims to rejoin the Mets’ starting rotation soon, hoping to leave the struggles of these rehab appearances behind in the minors. Meanwhile, Binghamton picked up their tenth straight win behind strong offensive performances from Kevin Parada and Nick Morabito....

Mets Minors Recap: Baez Blasts Two Homers for Brooklyn

High-A Brooklyn Cyclones infielder Jesus Baez went 6-for-8 with a two-run homer and a three-run homer, a double, and seven RBIs combined in a doubleheader sweep Friday of Jersey Shore. Baseball America ranked the 20-year-old from the Dominican Republic 92nd on its prospect list before the season. In Binghamton, Jonah Tong gave up two runs in four innings and struck out six Flying Squirrels. The...

Minors Weekly Report: Powerful Cyclones Sweep Six-Game Set

A Mets’ minor league affiliate has swept a six-game series for the first time this year. The Brooklyn Cyclones achieved this feat against the Winston-Salem Dash, putting forth a dominant effort where everything was firing on all cylinders. Carson Benge and A.J. Ewing were among the catalysts, but it was a total group effort to shut down the Dash. Let’s get into the last week of the...

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