Kevin Parada looked done. The 2022 No. 11 overall pick stumbled his way through the minor leagues, failing to produce an OPS above the mid-700s in any of his first three full seasons. After starting 2026 in Double-A—his third year playing at the level—and hitting .184/.298/.224/.522, there was little hope left. Then, he got promoted. It happened two days after Hayden Senger was promoted to the...
Daviel Hurtado threw five scoreless innings Friday in High-A Brooklyn’s 13-4 rout of Frederick. The 21-year-old Cuban lefty has allowed one earned run in 18 innings with the Cyclones. He has struck out 28 and walked four in 27 innings combined at Brooklyn and St. Lucie. The Mets signed Hurtado to a $640,000 bonus in international free agency in January 2023. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (34-33)...
Jack Wenninger had a quality start but his offense couldn’t help him in a Syracuse loss, Chris Suero hit a lead-off home run for Binghamton but that would be the only run scored in its loss as Kodai Senga allowed one hit in his rehab start, and Nicolas Carreno was dominant in his first start at High-A. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (34-32) 1, Buffalo Bisons (30-36) 3 BOX SCORE CF Nick Morabito...
The MLB Rule 5 draft is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, December 10, at 2 p.m. EST during the Winter Meetings in Orlando, Florida. In the 2024 Rule V draft, the Mets selected nobody but lost two players—Mike Vasil to the Phillies and Nate Lavender to the Rays. Vasil would wind up playing for the White Sox and pitched in 47 games, striking out 82 in 101 innings while walking 52 to the tune...
After securing the best record in the Eastern League in both halves, the Rumble Ponies dropped their first game of the Championship Series to the Erie SeaWolves. The bats were relatively quiet in the blowout win, and R.J. Gordon struggled facing an Erie lineup containing three top-100 prospects. Meanwhile, Jett Williams, Carson Benge, Ryan Clifford and Kevin Parada all hit home runs as Syracuse...
Francisco Alvarez sprained the UCL in his right thumb last month and suffered a small fracture in his left pinky finger when he was hit by a pitch last week. No matter. He hit a 405-foot grand slam Wednesday and caught a whole game for the second straight night (though he did allow a passed ball) in Triple-A Syracuse’s 10-2 win over Buffalo. The Mets are hopeful he can return to the big...
After June 1, former first-round pick Kevin Parada was hitting .171 for Double-A Binghamton. However, after a huge last few weeks, he has that average up to .219, a season-high, off the back of a month of June that has seen the catcher slash .371/.439/.800. He continued this strong play on Saturday, for the first-place Rumble Pones (Double-A), as he hit two doubles. Triple-A...
Frankie Montas hasn’t been sharp in any of his five minor-league outings and Friday night was his worst performance yet. The nine-year veteran was lit up for eight runs in 1 2/3 innings. Before the game, David Stearns said Montas is “still feeling his way back” from the lat injury that was discovered after he felt pain in a February bullpen session before spring training. He...
In his first start of his final rehab assignment, Frankie Montas struggled, giving up eight hits, including four home runs. The 32-year-old aims to rejoin the Mets’ starting rotation soon, hoping to leave the struggles of these rehab appearances behind in the minors. Meanwhile, Binghamton picked up their tenth straight win behind strong offensive performances from Kevin Parada and Nick Morabito....
While rain washed out Triple-A action in Syracuse, along with Paul Blackburn’s final rehab appearance, there was no shortage of elite pitching performances across the Mets’ minor league system on Tuesday. In his Double-A debut, Irving Cota dazzled, earning the win in Binghamton’s matchup against Chesapeake. In Brooklyn, Brendan Girton struck out nine in a combined shutout as the Cyclones beat...
Jonah Tong wasn’t perfect, but he was fantastic once again on Saturday. Making his first start since he struck out 13 in a combined perfect game, the 21-year-old Canadian threw six scoreless innings, struck out eight and lowered his ERA to 2.12 in leading Double-A Binghamton to a 12-0 victory over Hartford. Meanwhile, the High-A Brooklyn Cyclones won their fifth straight game behind...
Much was made of the Mets’ pitching lab that opened in June 2023, but less attention was paid to the fact that it doubles as a hitting lab, too. The lab, according to an article posted Wednesday in The Athletic, is helping a number of hitters see better results. “It’s kind of incredible,” Jeff McNeil told The Athletic, who adjusted his hips to improve his swing after a...
