Sunday marked a milestone in Arizona Fall League play with the AFL Fall Stars Game. Met prospects Nick Morabito and Chris Suero were named to the NL Fall Stars Team. The duo is part of the Scottsdale Scorpions, the Mets’ AFL affiliate, and MLB.com ranks Suero as New York’s 15th-best prospect and Morabito as its 16th-best. Morabito went 0-for-3 in Sunday night’s festivities,...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Dodgers defeated the Blue Jays 3-1 in Game 6 of the World Series, forcing a winner-take-all Game 7. The Blue Jays had a chance to tie or win with runners on second and third and no outs in the ninth inning, but Tyler Glasnow relieved Roki Sasaki and didn’t let a run across. Game 7, the first in a World Series since 2019 between the Nationals and Astros, will...
Good morning, Mets fans! Best two words in sports: Game 7. Addison Barger homered and drove in three runs and rookie Trey Yesavage induced three inning-ending double plays in Toronto’s 6-2 victory over the Mariners in Game 6 of the ALCS. The home team has won 11 of 13 games this postseason when facing elimination. Game 7 is Monday at 8:08 p.m. ET on FOX and FS1. The Mariners will be trying...
The New York Mets have a number of prospects playing in the Arizona Fall League (AFL) for the Scottsdale Scorpions. The two Mets prospects who have been performing the best thus far are catcher Chris Suero and center fielder Nick Morabito. The Scorpions had two big games back to back offensively. On Friday, they scored 11 runs in a shutout where Morabito and Suero each had two hits. Then, on...
Mets prospect Chris Suero went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs on Wednesday in the Scottsdale Scorpions’ 12-9 loss to the Salt River Rafters in Arizona Fall League play. Three Met minor-league pitchers also appeared in the game, including Bryce Jenkins, who served up a go-ahead grand slam in the ninth inning. (Box score) Suero, ranked 14th in MMO’s August top 50 prospect...
The Mets sent seven prospects to the desert for the 2025 Arizona Fall League, and on Wednesday, five of them appeared in a game for the Scottsdale Scorpions. D’Andre Smith played left field and batted ninth, providing his usual spark. The 24-year-old went 1-for-4 at the plate with a run scored and a stolen base. He was also hit by a pitch following a hard-fought, eight-pitch at-bat. Smith,...
Good morning, Mets fans! Rumor has it the Blue Jays won’t score today. Arizona Fall League play begins Monday and the Mets have seven players on the Scottsdale Scorpions, who host Peoria at 9:30 p.m. ET. MMO’s Jorge Eckardt wrote up an AFL preview last week. Catcher Chris Suero and outfielders Nick Morabito and D’Andre Smith are the biggest Met names on the team. The 30-game...
The 2025 edition of the Arizona Fall League will begin on October 6, and the Mets are sending seven prospects to compete. Of the seven, the three position players—Chris Suero, Nick Morabito and D’Andre Smith—are the most interesting. Suero enjoyed somewhat of a breakout 2025, hitting 16 home runs and 33 extra-base hits overall with a .786 OPS across High-A and Double-A. He can draw walks...
Drew Gilbert B/T: L/L Age: 24 Ht: 5’8″ Weight: 195 lbs Acquired: Selected in the first round by the Astros in the 2022 MLB Amateur Draft. ETA: 2025 Previous Rank: 2 2024 Stats: .205/.313/.371 (.685 OPS), 268 plate appearances, 47 H, 8 2B, 10 HR, 33 RBIs, 3 SB, 30 BB, 54 SO Overview One of the centerpieces of the Justin Verlander trade in 2023, Drew Gilbert spent a lot of time...
Mets prospects across the board enjoyed strong outings in the Arizona Fall League on Thursday night, as the Scottsdale Scorpions cruised to a 10-1 victory over the Glendale Desert Dogs. CF Jett Williams: 2-for-5, HR, 2 RBI, 2 SB, BB (.837 OPS) RF Drew Gilbert: 1-for-4, HR (.862 OPS) Williams crushed a solo home run, his second in the AFL this year, off Cincinnati Reds prospect Arij...
The Arizona Fall League experience has certainly been a mixed bag for Mets prospects, and it continued that trend in the Scottsdale Scorpions’ 10-6 win on Wednesday. The Mets two offensive prospects who played had good games, but starter Jonathan Pintaro left with the trainer and reliever Dylan Ross continued his dreadful AFL showing. LF Drew Gilbert: 1-for-3, 2 BB, R, .812 OPS DH Jacob...
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...
