With the 2023 World Baseball Classic rapidly approaching let’s take a look at Pool C, the pool that features Team USA. The action will take place in Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. The last time Team USA played WBC games in Arizona was in 2013 when they won the pool despite a loss to Mexico. Now, 10 years later, Team USA will have Canada and Mexico in its pool again along with Colombia...
For any baseball fans looking to watch some live games before spring training begins later this month, the Caribbean Series just might be the thing to focus on. The tournament begins on Thursday in Venezuela as eight nations will go for the title. While there are no current Mets major leaguers or prospects on any of the rosters that feature the champions of each country’s winter league squad,...
The Brooklyn Cyclones closed out this decade of Mets minor league baseball by becoming the third affiliate to win a league championship in the 2010s, joining the 2014 Binghamton Mets and 2013 Savannah Sand Gnats. Between one name change, two new franchises, and one Tim Tebow, it was quite the ten years in the organization. While the Mets’ system produced major league stars like Jacob...
According to Jon Heyman of MLB Network, infielder Dilson Herrera has opted out of his contract with the New York Mets. Herrera, 25, has spent the entirety of the 2019 campaign with the Mets’ Triple-A affiliate Syracuse. The infielder appeared in 117 games for Syracuse, owned a triple slash of .248/.330/.501 with 24 home runs and 64 RBI. The Colombia native opted out of his deal with the...
Syracuse Mets 1 (65-61), Lehigh Valley 0 Box Score 3B Arismendy Alcantara 1 for 3, BB, K .302/.362/.522 2B Dilson Herrera 1 for 4, 2 K .257/.333/.533 C Rene Rivera 1 for 4, HR .257/.319/.509 Alcantara may be a guy to call-up as a utility depth piece. After having no where near 11 homers in any given season, Rene Rivera has 25 homers in Triple-A. RHP Corey Oswalt 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 3 K, 2.25 era RHP...
Buffalo (58-54) 9, Syracuse (56-56) 7 Box Score Arismendy Alcantara LF: 2-5, 3B, RBI, K, .303/.367/.542 Rene Rivera C-1B: 2-4, RBI, BB, .248/.307/.456 Travis Taijeron DH: 2-4, BB, K, .242/.380/.556 Alcantara recorded his second consecutive multi-hit game in which he also hit a triple. Dilson Herrera continued his solid season with a two-run homer, and was pulled from the game, signaling that a...
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (53-38) 4, Syracuse (43-48) 3 Box Score Dilson Herrera 2B: 2-for-4, R, HR, 2 RBI, K, .253/.346/.553 Rene Rivera C: 1-for-2, R, HR, RBI, 2 BB, .271/.326/.479 Herrera and Rivera drove in all of the Syracuse’s runs with two swings of the bat. Herrera got the Mets on the board with his 18th home run of the season, a two-run shot in the second inning. Rivera pulled the...
As per Jon Heyman of MLB Network, New York Mets minor-league infielder, Dilson Herrera, has opted out of his contract with the team, making him a free agent. Herrera, 25, signed a minor-league contract with the Mets in November and has thrived in 2019, being named to the International League All-Star team last month. The former Mets farmhand (acquired from Pittsburgh with Vic Black in the 2013...
Utility man Dilson Herrera will be the lone representative from the Syracuse Mets in the 2019 Triple-A All-Star game. Herrera, still only 25, is hitting .267/.364/.587 with 15 doubles, 17 homers, 37 RBI, and eight stolen bases in 239 plate appearances this year. His 17 homers rank seventh in the league and his .951 OPS is eighth. The former Mets prospect has played all over the field, getting...
Charlotte (37-33) 9, Syracuse (35-36) 7 Box Score SS Ruben Tejada: 4-for-5, CYCLE, 3 R, 2B, 3B, HR(4), 2 RBI(15), K | .359/.450/.576 C Rene Rivera: 1-for-5, R, HR(8), 2 RBI(33), 4 K | .280/.339/.452 3B Dilson Herrera: 3-for-4, R, 2B, HR(16), 2 RBI(36) | .258/.352/.599 Ruben Tejada hit for the cycle last night with the rest of the Syracuse offense chipping in nine more hits including three...
Position Player – Patrick Mazeika, C Affiliate: Binghamton Rumble Ponies Season Stats: .261/.332/.442, 12 2B, 6 HR, 32 RBI May Stats: .298/.350/.574, 8 2B, 6 HR, 25 RBI With Mazeika, the questions started shifting from will he ever hit for power to will he ever hit enough. That’s what happens when you have one down year. In April, things did not seem to go very well, but Mazeika was...
Buffalo (21-27) 6, Syracuse (26-25) 4 Box Score 2B Luis Guillorme: 1-for-3, R, HR(2), 2 RBI(9), BB, K | .276/.394/.391 SS Ruben Tejada: 1-for-3, R, HR(1), RBI (5), BB, Caught Stealing | .417/.533/.625 3B Dilson Herrera: 0-for-2, R, 2 BB, 2 K | .246/.355/.531 Tejada has a 1.205 OPS in nine games since rejoining the Mets organization after signing a minor league deal in March. RHP Walker Lockett:...
