Coming off a strong spring training, youngster Elian Peña will headline the 2026 St. Lucie Mets Opening Day roster. The 18-year-old from the Dominican Republic, inked to a $5 million signing bonus in January 2025, slashed .292/.421/.528 with nine home runs and 33 RBIs in 221 plate appearances in the Dominican Summer League last year. He stole 21 bases in 25 tries. He walked the same number of...
About two months post-draft, a handful of the Mets’ selections have already made their professional baseball debut. Not everyone plays—most pitchers and high school players don’t—but the Mets have had eight of their draft picks make their debuts. It is important to emphasize that these initial debuts don’t mean much, especially for an organization so skilled at developing...
After giving up five earned runs in 3.1 innings his last time out, Brandon Sproat rebounded on Tuesday with six innings of one-run ball, striking out eight in Syracuse’s 6-5 loss to Indianapolis. His fastball touched 99 mph, generating 12 whiffs. Luisangel Acuña also made an impact in his Triple-A return, reaching base four times and swiping his fifth bag of the season. Triple-A Syracuse Mets...
The New York Mets welcomed two new players into their organization on Sunday night during the 2025 MLB First-Year Player Draft down in Atlanta. With their first selection (38th overall), they took a two-way player out of Michigan in Mitch Voit. Later on in the evening, they went with UCF shortstop Antonio Jimenez in the 3rd Round (102nd overall). When you look at Voit, he is a player who went...
With the 102nd pick of the 2025 MLB Draft, the Mets selected Antonio Jimenez, a shortstop out of UCF. This was the Mets’ second draft choice of the night, with the first being the selection of Mitch Voit out of Michigan. As a reminder, the Mets’ third-round selection was their second pick of the draft – the team forfeited their second-rounder as a competitive-balance penalty...
