MJ Melendez homered twice in the first two innings to help lift Triple-A Syracuse to a 10-4 win over St. Paul Friday, pulling them within one and half games of a playoff spot with eight games left. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Rochester are tied for first, Indianapolis is one game back, and then Syracuse sits in fourth in the second-half standings. In the Triple-A playoffs, the winner of the first...
‘Twas an eventful day down in the Mets’ farm on Sunday. Syracuse had six pitchers combine for a no-hitter, fueled offensively by three Mark Vientos home runs. Mitch Voit continued his dominant stretch for Binghamton, and Sammy Stafura hit his first two home runs as a member of the Mets organization in the Cyclones’ victory. Meanwhile, Aiden Robbins had four RBIs in a St. Lucie...
It was a rough night in the win column for the farm, but Marco Vargas continues his torrid 10-game stretch this month; Nick Morabito has been heating up over the last week, and Elian Peña recorded his first hit as a Cyclone. Triple-A Worcester (63-54) 10, Syracuse (60-61) 7 Box Score 3B Émilien Pitre: 0-for-5, K RF MJ Melendez: 1-for-5, HR, 2 RBI CF Nick Morabito: 2-for-5, 2 2B, RBI, R, BB Nick...
Émilien Pitre and Elian Peña both earned promotions on Sunday, with Pitre to the Syracuse Mets and Peña to the Brooklyn Cyclones. While the Trade Deadline additions continue to perform, the 2026 Draft class does so as well, with 11th-round pick Kuhio Aloy enjoying his first professional multi-homer game. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (58-60) 0, Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (59-58) 0 Box Score SS Ronny...
The 2026 Brooklyn Cyclones will be looking to defend their title as the South Atlantic League champions. With 2025 manager Gilbert Gomez joining the Mets big league coaching staff at first base, Eduardo Núñez will manage the squad in 2026. The 2026 roster is headlined by infielders Mitch Voit and Antonio Jimenez, the Mets’ top two picks from the 2025 draft. Catchers Ronald Hernandez...
The Brooklyn Cyclones clinched the South Atlantic League Championship with a 2-1 win over Hub City on Tuesday — the third title in franchise history. Marco Vargas added to his recent hot streak by driving in one of the Cyclones’ two runs, while Franklin Gomez set the tone with four scoreless innings and Hoss Brewer closed it out in the ninth, capping a dominant postseason for Brooklyn’s pitching...
Playoff baseball is back. The High-A Brooklyn Cyclones will visit the Greensboro Grasshoppers Tuesday in Game 1 of the Division Series of the South Atlantic League playoffs. Meanwhile, the Low-A St. Lucie Mets will battle the Daytona Tortugas in Game 1 of the Florida State League Division Series. Both series are best of three. Brooklyn vs. Greensboro Channing Austin, 23, gets the 6:30 p.m. Game...
It was a bounce-back outing for top prospect Brandon Sproat, who fired seven scoreless innings with nine strikeouts while allowing just five baserunners. Meanwhile, Francisco Alvarez also appeared in another rehab game with Triple-A Syracuse. He went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts as their starting designated hitter. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (66-65) 2, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (77-51) 0 Box...
Here is a 35-second video courtesy of MLB Pipeline showing strike three of each of Nolan McLean’s seven strikeouts Sunday for Triple-A Syracuse. He has struck out 97 in 87 1/3 innings and pitched to a 2.78 ERA, which would lead the International League if he had enough innings to qualify. And here is Jonah Tong striking out top Yankees prospect George Lombard. Tong fanned eight for...
Former New York Mets right-handed reliever David Robertson is set to sign with the Philadelphia Phillies according to Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic. The deal is pending a physical. The Phillies are reportedly giving Robertson $16 million for the remainder of the season. Importantly, that $16 million is being prorated over the remainder of the season. Robertson remained unsigned throughout the...
Francisco Alvarez continues to tear it up in Triple-A Syracuse, launching his seventh and eighth home runs over his last 12 games. His brief demotion also had long-term implications for the Mets, as Alvarez’s demotion earned the New York an extra year of team control, meaning he won’t become a free agent until after the 2029 season. Additionally, the rehabbing left-handed reliever, Brooks Raley,...
It’s around that time when we start to see minor league players rewarded for their excellent early-season play with promotions to the next level. Five Mets prospects were given promotions this past week, including A.J. Ewing and Marco Vargas, who tore up Low-A St. Lucie (1.121 OPS and 1.073 OPS, respectively) and will now head to High-A Brooklyn. Ewing and Vargas will join Chandler...
