One of the Mets’ top pitching prospects the mound on Thursday while two affiliates were rained out on an uneven day for the farm system. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (6-5) 5, Worcester Red Sox (4-7) 4 BOX SCORE CF Ben Gamel 2-for-4, R, HR (3), 2 RBI (6), 0 BB, 2 K (1.190 OPS) 3B Rylan Bannon 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI (2), 0 BB, K (.788 OPS) 1B Mark Vientos 1-for-4, 2 K (.966 OPS) SS Luisangel Acuña...
The inaugural Spring Breakout event was a huge hit with fans and players alike on Friday at Clover Park. The Mets won the game 4-2 behind high-octane pitching and run-scoring hits from two players acquired at the trade deadline last year. Dom Hamel got the start on the mound for the Mets, and he showed off an exciting repertoire of pitches. He allowed one run in two innings and struck out two....
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...
Baseball Prospectus on Tuesday released its Top 101 prospect list ahead of the 2024 season, and the Mets have five prospects across the rankings. Four of the team’s recent top prospects—Jett Williams, Drew Gilbert, Luisangel Acuña, Ryan Clifford—appear and one welcomed surprise in Christian Scott made his debut on the Top 101. These were the team’s Top 5 prospects when it released...
The New York Mets were quite active during this past trade deadline, but not in the way that most fans envisioned them being entering the 2023 season. Here is a look at how all of the prospects the Mets acquired a few months ago ended up faring in their new organization. SS Luisangel Acuña Acuña arrived in the trade that sent Max Scherzer to the eventual World Series champion Texas Rangers. He...
Amidst a somewhat lost MLB season for the Mets, Baseball America just reported that in the Florida Complex League, the Mets had three of the top 20 prospects playing at that level. 5. Marco Vargas (SS/2B) Marco Vargas, the biggest return in the trade that sent David Robertson to the Miami Marlins. When the season began he was ranked 20th in the Marlins system but was known to have an advanced...
The Binghamton Rumble Ponies carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning behind Joander Suarez’s first Double-A start and Drew Gilbert reached base three times in the game as Binghamton got closer to clinching a playoff spot. Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs 9, Syracuse Mets 8, 10 Innings Box Score DH Carlos Cortes 2-for-5, R, 2 K, .857 OPS CF Brandon McIlwain 0-for-3, 3 R, 2 BB, 2 K, .787...
The prospects came to play this week, and there were encouraging performances at nearly every level of the Mets’ minor league system. Here are the biggest developments, including yet another superb week from Jett Williams and a clean sweep of Eastern League awards from Binghamton’s Tyler Stuart and Agustin Ruiz. Triple-A Syracuse The Syracuse Mets split their six-game series at home...
Triple-A Syracuse Mets (52-70) 8, Buffalo Bisons (60-63) 7 BOX SCORE 2B Ronny Mauricio: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2B, HR (22), RBI (69), SB, K (.853 OPS) RF Joe Suozzi: 3-for-5, 2B, 3B, 3 RBIs (11) (.908 OPS) 3B Brett Baty: 1-for-4, R, HR (10), 2 RBIs (31), BB, K (1.098 OPS) CF Brandon McIlwain: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 2B, RBI (14), 2 BB (.952 OPS) SS Wyatt Young: 1-for-4, R, 2B, BB, 2 K (.559 OPS) Syracuse found...
Late on Thursday evening, MLB Pipeline updated their top-100 prospect rankings and team-specific top-30 lists. This following Baseball America’s update earlier in the day. In the most recent edition of Pipeline’s rankings, the New York Mets have five prospects. This is the third most of any team in the league, only the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates, each with six, have...
The trade deadline has come and gone as the New York Mets decided to go all-in on a retool aimed at restocking the farm system. While the team shipped off a number of notable contributors and effectively threw in the towel on the 2023 season, they used Steve Cohen’s deep pockets to enhance their return, and came away with an impressive haul that could pay dividends in the near future....
Here’s a recap of the Mets’ minor-league action on Monday. The full-season teams had their scheduled off day, so only the rookie-level teams were on the field. Rookie: FCL Mets (22-13) 9, FCL Cardinals (13-23) 6 BOX SCORE 2B Marco Vargas, 3-for-5, 2 R, RBI, SB (20) .296/.909 SS Jesus Baez, 3-for-5, 2B (9), 2 R, 3 RBI (14), .243/.738 1B Ronald Hernandez 1-for-1, 3 BB, HBP, SB, R, RBI, .305/.940...
