The Syracuse Mets pitching staff combined to throw a one-hitter on Wednesday, and J.D. Martinez had two hits and drove in two runs. Binghamton won behind the long ball, and Brooklyn walked 11 times in their blowout win. Right-hander Douglas Orellana tossed five perfect innings of relief for Brooklyn. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (12-9) 4, Columbus Clippers (8-14) 0 BOX SCORE DH J.D. Martinez: 2-for-4,...
St. Lucie’s (Single-A) Jonah Tong put up another double-digit strikeout performance, while Kevin Parada hit his first homer of the season as Double-A Binghamton splits their doubleheader. Weather continued to be an issue as another affiliate’s game was postponed. Triple-A Worcester Red Sox (4-8), Syracuse Mets (7-5) PPD The Syracuse Mets/Worcester Red Sox game was postponed due to...
Mark Vientos played a key role in both of the Triple-A Syracuse Mets’ wins on Saturday, continuing his hot start to the 2024 season. Vientos is now hitting .333 with a 1.049 OPS across the early parts of the Triple-A season. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (3-3) 4, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (3-3) 2 in 7 Innings BOX SCORE 3B Mark Vientos: 2-for-4, R, HR (2), 2 RBI, 2 K CF Drew Gilbert:...
2023 was somewhat of a magical season for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, who increased their win total by 21 from the year prior and made it to the Eastern League Champion Series. They didn’t win it all, but it was certainly a season to be proud of. Manager Reid Brignac is back for his third season at the helm, and he has plenty of exciting players to work with in 2024. Let’s preview...
Ryan Clifford doubled in a run and three other prospects added run-scoring singles to help a team of New York Mets prospects to a 4-2 victory over Washington Nationals prospects at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The game was part of MLB’s inaugural Spring Breakout event, which is a series of 16 games that will feature minor-league stars from all 30 teams. A 1985 Mets promo would...
Things change quickly in baseball. Just ask the New York Mets, who are now 4-5 in Grapefruit League action after being 4-1 when 3 Up, 3 Down returned last week. Of course, as we made clear last week, results don’t matter in spring training, but there were a couple of worrying trends that emerged for the Mets over the past few days. Let’s take a look at those, as well as some...
Sunday morning, the New York Mets announced the team’s first round of major-league camp cuts. Specifically, position players OF Drew Gilbert, C Kevin Parada, and INF Jett Williams were all sent to minor league camp. In addition, pitchers RHP Eric Orze, RHP Cam Robinson RHP Christian Scott, RHP Mike Vasil, and LHP Danny Young were also sent to minor league camp. Additionally, the Mets...
Down in West Palm Beach, Florida, the New York Mets (4-2) had lefty José Quintana make his 2024 spring training debut against the Houston Astros (3-4). Overall, Quintana struggled to find his command as the Mets offense was held in check by seven different Houston pitchers as the Astros picked up a 2-1 victory. After Quintana erased a leadoff walk to José Altuve with a Yordan Álvarez double play...
For a third spring training in a row, the Mets have invited Hayden Senger to major league camp. Senger played in Saturday’s opener and hit the Mets’ first home run of spring training. The 26-year old was drafted by the Mets round 24 during the 2018 MLB Draft out of the Miami University of Ohio. Since being drafted he has played in five minor league seasons for the Mets (skipping 2020...
Kevin Parada was the Mets’ first-round pick in 2022 and immediately made noise in the minor leagues, causing him to skyrocket up prospect lists. Before the start of last season, Parada was listed as the third-best prospect in the Mets system by Keith Law behind Francisco Álvarez and Brett Baty. The noise was warranted. In two seasons for Georgia Tech, he hit .341/.420/.636, powered by an...
The New York Mets announced Thursday that they’ve invited 10 players to major league spring training camp. Top Prospects Jett Williams, INF (No. 45 MLB 2024 Prospect List) Drew Gilbert, OF (No. 53 MLB 2024 Prospect List) Christian Scott, RHP (No. 99 ESPN’s 2024 Prospect List) Kevin Parada, C Minor League Arms Dominic Hamel, RHP Mike Vasil, RHP Nate Lavender, LHP Eric Orze, RHP...
A look at the optimism, pessimism and realism of the 2024 Mets season
