The New York Mets made a flurry of roster moves ahead of Sunday’s game in Atlanta, presumably hoping to shake things up amid their ongoing four-game losing streak. Right-hander Jordan Humphreys, designated for assignment earlier this week, was traded to the San Francisco Giants for veteran outfielder Billy Hamilton. Humphreys, 24, missed nearly two full seasons after undergoing Tommy John...
(This is going to get long, so be warned. I’ve added a TL;DR at the bottom.) Had everything about 2020 been normal, we would not have seen the names of Jordan Humphreys and Franklyn Kilomé appear on the MLB transaction wire except for during spring training when, as a matter of formality, they were optioned to the minor leagues. Both were/are prospects, but neither was expected to sniff...
According to Michael Mayer of MMO, the New York Mets are adding three pitchers to their 60-player pool. Right-handed pitchers Jordan Humphreys and Matt Blackham and left-handed pitcher Stephen Gonsalves have been added and bring the Mets player pool to 54 players. Humphreys, who missed most of the 2018 and 2019 season on the injured list. He had a 4.50 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, two strikeouts, one walk,...
The Mets announced on Friday afternoon they’ve optioned LHP Stephen Gonsalves, LHP Thomas Szapucki, RHP Jordan Humphreys, RHP Franklyn Kilome to minor league camp. They also reassigned RHP Matt Blackham, RHP Nick Rumbelow, RHP Francisco Rios, RHP Stephen Nogosek, C Austin Bossart, David Rodriguez, and OF Tim Tebow to minor league camp. Gonsalves, 25, was having the best camp of the group...
The New York Mets play the Houston Astros again today. How surprising. Anyway, the Mets finally picked up their second win of Spring yesterday as they rounded out their first full week playing baseball this year. Highlights so far have included two positive starts by Rick Porcello, Brad Brach looking good in outings so far, Andres Gimenez showing hitting skills in addition to flashing leather...
The Mets are win-less two days into Spring Training so far. Conventionally that would mean they’re 0-2 but nope, they are 0-2-1. They dropped their first two games on Saturday (Marlins and Cardinals) and tied against the Cardinals yesterday. Of course, none of this actually matters. The Mets travel to play the Nationals today and if you like following minor league pitching prospects, today is...
This is part two of the interview, Jon Updike talked about Pete Alonso and Matthew Allan on Monday here. Former Mets’ area scouting supervisor Jon Updike believes in paying it forward. As a former 28th-round pick by the Seattle Mariners in the 1993 MLB Draft, Updike reflects fondly on the scout, John Ramey, who took the chance on him as a reliever and offered Updike all he could ask...
Former Mets’ area scouting supervisor Jon Updike believes in paying it forward. As a former 28th-round pick by the Seattle Mariners in the 1993 MLB Draft, Updike reflects fondly on the scout, John Ramey, who took the chance on him as a reliever and offered Updike all he could ask for: an opportunity. After his professional playing career was over, in which he spent time with the Mariners,...
With the 2019 World Series complete and free agency underway, the next notable date on the transaction calendar is November 20, the day by which Rule 5 draft-eligible minor leaguers must be added to the 40-man roster to protect them from being selected. Last November, a dearth of worthy players resulted in a quiet deadline for the Mets. This year’s date is shaping up to look very different....
By Christopher Soto Arizona Fall League (AFL) Scottsdale Scorpions (12-11) 4, Mesa Solar Sox (10-13) 0 Box Score SS Andres Gimenez: 0-for-4, 2 K | .328 AVG/.898 OPS 1B Patrick Mazeika: 0-for-3, K | .167 AVG/.361 OPS RHP Jordan Humphreys: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 K, 1 BB, Hold(1) | 1-0, 0.77 ERA, 1.03 WHIP It wasn’t Humphreys’ most efficient outing, but, he did continue his strong...
By Christopher Soto Arizona Fall League (AFL) AFL East Fall-Stars 4, AFL West Fall-Stars 2 Box Score SS/3B Andres Gimenez: 0-for-3, K RHP Jordan Humphreys: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB Humphreys was the lone bright spot for the Mets in this year’s Arizona Fall League All-Star as LHP David Peterson did not pitch in the game and Gimenez posted an 0-fer performance. Humphreys needed only...
By Christopher Soto Arizona Fall League (AFL) Mayos de Navojoa 4, Scottsdale Scorpions (7-7) 1 Box Score 1B Patrick Mazeika: 1-for-4, RBI(3), K | .250 AVG/.550 OPS C Ali Sanchez: 0-for-2, 2 BB, K | .188 AVG/.538 OPS LHP David Peterson: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 K, 1 BB, Loss | 0-1, 0.00 ERA, 1.45 WHIP RHP Jordan Humphreys: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 K, 2 BB | 1-0, 0.93 ERA, 0.93 WHIP RHP Ryley...
