Tag: Brendan Girton

Mets Minors Recap: Ewing, Peña Stay Hot

A.J. Ewing homered for the second straight night Friday in Double-A Binghamton’s 10-2 victory over Erie. (Watch it here.) The 21-year-old has hit safely in 13 of 16 games and is slashing a team-leading .345/.466/.552. He is the Mets’ No. 3 prospect on MLB Pipeline. Elian Peña, the Mets’ No. 8 prospect, kept hitting as well. The shortstop smacked his sixth double (see it here)...

Mets Minors Recap: Cam Tilly Dominates In First Professional Outing

The first full weekend of action for the New York Mets’ minor league system has produced a mixed bag of results, as each team already has at least one loss to its name, while High-A Brooklyn hasn’t won yet. Triple-A Syracuse is now over a full week’s worth of games into their season, sitting exactly at .500, with Joander Suarez looking to finally push himself over the top and...

5 Breakout Seasons from Mets Minor Leaguers

The 2025 season was a breakout for the entire Mets minor league system, seeing some of the best development of minor league players it has ever seen. To pick just five of the many breakouts throughout the system will inevitably leave out some deserving names, but we’ll give it our best shot. We’re talking about true breakouts, too. Carson Benge was great, but he was a first-round...

Jonah Tong, Carson Benge Among Several Top Mets’ Prospects Promoted

Sunday evening, the New York Mets made the decision to promote several of the organization’s top prospects from Double-A Binghamton to Triple-A Syracuse. First reported by Daniel Wexler, New York is promoting infielder/outfielder Jett Williams, outfielder Carson Benge, right-handed pitcher Jonah Tong, and first baseman/outfielder Ryan Clifford to Syracuse. According to Metsmerized’s...

Mets Minors Recap: Brazobán Struggles In Third Appearance For Syracuse

The New York Mets sent down right-handed reliever Huascar Brazobán in hopes of stretching him out for a return to the major leagues at some point down the stretch. Brazobán had been a stalwart in the Mets’ bullpen prior to reassignment to Triple-A, tossing 51 2/3 innings posting a 3.38 ERA and 4.13 FIP. In his third appearance since being sent down, he struggled mightily, getting shelled...

Mets Minors Recap: Drew Gilbert Has Four-Hit Night

Drew Gilbert had his first four-hit game as a professional in the Syracuse win, Ryan Clifford smacked two homers for the Rumble Ponies, Brooklyn lost despite a strong outing from Brendan Girton, and St. Lucie put up two touchdowns in their victory, fueled by Simon Juan and Jeremy Rodriguez Triple-A Syracuse Mets (48-50) 8, Omaha Storm Chasers (38-59) 4 Box Score CF Drew Gilbert – 4-for-5,...

Minors Weekly Report: Brandon Sproat Continues Scoreless Streak

Each of the Mets’ full-season minor league affiliates played just a three-game series this past week due to the All-Star break. Brandon Sproat looked extremely sharp in his start against Norfolk, tossing five scoreless innings with nine strikeouts. He allowed just one hit and one walk. Sproat has now thrown 23 innings in his last four starts and has not allowed a single run in that span....

Mets Minors Recap: Tong’s Seven Strikeouts Lead Binghamton

Fresh off pitching a scoreless inning in the MLB Futures Game over All-Star Weekend, Jonah Tong went 5 1/3 innings, struck out seven, and gave up one unearned run in leading Double-A Binghamton to a 3-1 victory. Tong leads the minor leagues in strikeouts with 132 and the Eastern League in ERA (1.71), WHIP (0.92), and batting average against (.139). The last time he gave up more than two earned...

Trade Profile: Eugenio Suárez, 3B

Eugenio Suárez, 3B Position: 3B B/T: R/R Age: 33 (7/18/1991) Contract Status: Free Agent after 2025 season 2025 Traditional Stats: 391 PA, .250/.320/.569/.889, 87 H, 31 HR, 78 RBI, 25 BB, 105 SO 2025 Advanced Stats: 142 wRC+, 142 OPS+, 26.9 SO%, 6.4 BB%, .258 BABIP, .348 xwOBA, 2.8 fWAR, 3.0 bWAR Rundown Eugenio Suárez has had a remarkably underrated career, despite accumulating 307 home runs...

Minors Recap: Nolan McLean Strikes Out 10 Again

Carson Benge is keeping his stellar 2025 season on track, this time with a big day at the plate in the Rumble Ponies 3-0 win, Syracuse managed a walk-off win behind an RBI single by Joey Meneses, and St. Lucie and Brooklyn both scored over 10 runs in their victories, giving the Mets farm system a clean sweep on Wednesday. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (42-47) 2, Lehigh Valley IronPigs (52-35) 1 BOX...

McLean, Williams Highlight Mets’ Minors June Players of the Month

Another month of the minor league season is in the books, so it’s time to take a look at who in the Mets system has been the most impressive as the weather starts to really heat up. Triple-A: Syracuse Mets Hitter of the Month: Yonny Hernández Stats: 21 G, .458/.549/.593/1.142, 2 3B, 4 2B, 12 R, 9 RBI, 11 BB, 6 SO Yonny Hernández is far from a household name. The 27-year-old journeyman...

Mets Minors Recap: Elian Peña Hit Three Homers

Joander Suarez pitched six innings of two hit ball in a Binghamton win, Brendan Girton struck out eight in a Brooklyn extra-inning loss, St. Lucie was held scoreless in their loss and Elian Peña was unstoppable, hitting three home runs in the DSL on Thursday. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (33-44) vs. Rochester Red Wings (27-47) POSTPONED The Syracuse Mets/Rochester Red Wings game was postponed and will...

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