Jonah Tong delivered a masterful performance on Saturday, coming just shy of a perfect game. The 21-year-old dazzled with 13 strikeouts before being pulled due to a pitch count limit. Over the last 19 innings pitched, he’s tallied up an impressive 40 strikeouts, bringing his season ERA down to a stellar 2.57 to go along with a 44.7% strikeout rate. Additionally, Ronny Mauricio continued...
This past week in the Mets minor leagues featured some highs and some lows. The Syracuse Mets and Binghamton Rumble Ponies had fantastic weeks, as did the FCL Mets. Meanwhile, the Brooklyn Cyclones had a pretty forgetful week while the St. Lucie Mets’ week was a straight dumpster fire. Among all of these team performances, there were some individual performances that were great and some...
En route to lowering his season ERA to 1.11 for High-A Brooklyn, Douglas Orellana struck out ten Rome Emperors in the Cyclones victory. Conversely, Dom Hamel’s struggles for Triple-A Syracuse persisted as Syracuse (Triple-A) dropped their Saturday game against Lehigh Valley. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (21-15) 2, Lehigh Valley IronPigs (13-22) 3 BOX SCORE LF Luke Ritter 2-for-3, R, HR (6), 2B,...
Due to the unfortunate outcome of the major league season, the New York Mets were able to reload their farm system by selling at the trade deadline. During the second half of the season, it was terrific to monitor the performances of the Mets’ new top-tier prospects of the likes of Ryan Clifford, Luisangel Acuña, and Drew Gilbert. Not to mention, New York’s already standing top...
Triple-A Syracuse Mets (39-54) 8, Buffalo Bisons (45-49) 7 BOX SCORE DH Ronny Mauricio: 1-for-6, R, HR (16), 2 RBIs (56), K (.851 OPS) 1B Luke Voit: 3-for-4, 2 R, HR (9), RBI (28), HBP (.918 OPS) LF Carlos Cortes: 2-for-2, R, 2 RBIs (26), 2 BB (.745 OPS) 2B Luke Ritter: 2-for-4, BB, K (.695 OPS) C Michael Perez: 1-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBIs (17), BB (.651 OPS) Mauricio’s great season at the Triple-A...
