Tag: minors

Ryan Clifford, Colin Houck Heating Up

The Mets’ affiliates played just three games on Sunday, as Syracuse had a rainout. A day after each of the affiliates won, it was another successful day where two of the Mets’ three minor league teams won their games on Sunday. Only Binghamton couldn’t grab the win, losing by just one run. Two of the performances of note on Sunday were by a couple of the Mets’ top...

Alex Ramírez Continues Scorching Start to Season

Despite a Binghamton Rumble Ponies loss on Sunday, outfielder Alex Ramírez continues to impress as he recorded a three-hit day. Other performances of note on Sunday were from Luke Ritter, who homered in both ends of Syracuse’s doubleheader, and Nick Lorusso, who recorded three hits and walked off Brooklyn’s win with a home run. Overall, the Mets’ affiliates went 2-3 on Sunday,...

Mets Minors Recap: McIlwain Continues Hot Stretch With Two Doubles

Triple-A Buffalo Bisons (61-63) 5, Syracuse Mets (52-71) 2 Box Score Brandon McIlwain CF: 2-for-4, 2 2B, RBI, BB, .282/.440/.549 Ronny Mauricio 2B: 0-for-3, 2 BB, 2 K, .292/.347/.504 Brett Baty 3B: 0-for-3, 2 BB, .309/.405/.670 The Mets had just seven hits in Sunday’s game, but they did walk 10 times and so had numerous opportunities to score. Unfortunately, they went just 2-for-13 with...

Brooklyn Cyclones Announce Preliminary 2023 Opening Day Roster

The Brooklyn Cyclones have announced their preliminary roster for the 2023 season. This is the roster that will take the field on April 7 at Maimonides Park against the Jersey Shore BlueClaws: PITCHERS Tyler Stuart Jace Beck Quinn Brodey Jeffrey Colon Joshua Cornielly Cameron Foster Jordan Geber Blade Tidwell Raimon Gomez Daniel Juarez Kolby Kubicheck Nathan Lavender Trey McLoughlin Wilkin Ramos...

MMO Weekly Episode 39: Brett Baty Optioned to Minors

Mets fans, an all-new episode is here! This week Mike and I discuss the announcement of David Peterson making the starting rotation, Tim Locastro makes the club and we discuss the state of the Mets bench, when will Brett Baty become the Mets starting third baseman this season, we give our pre Opening Day team predictions, and much more! Could the decision to start veteran Eduardo Escobar over...

Álvarez, Baty Highlight Syracuse Mets’ Opening Day Roster

On March 31, the Syracuse Mets season is set to begin on the road against the Worcester Red Sox. In advance of that game, the Mets have announced the Opening Day roster: Starting Pitchers Tylor Megill, RHP José Butto, RHP Joey Lucchesi, LHP Humberto Mejia, RHP Denyi Reyes, RHP After losing the spring training battle for the vacant rotation spot, Megill has been tabbed as the Opening Day starter....

Francisco Álvarez Optioned to Minors

The New York Mets have reported catchers Francisco Álvarez and Nick Meyer have been cut from major league camp. Álvarez has been optioned to Triple-A Syracuse, and Meyer has been reassigned to minor league camp. Entering spring training, Álvarez said it was his goal to make the Opening Day roster. However, with the Mets wanting him to continue to work on his defense behind the plate and the Omar...

Fast Risers: 2021 Draft Pitchers Climbing the Ladder

The Mets 2021 draft was nothing short of incredible. After an initial panic by fans after failing to offer Kumar Rocker a contract, all Mets faithful should be ecstatic about how the draft class is shaping up as they navigate their way up the MiLB ladder towards the MLB summit. While this piece focuses on the pitchers slated for Double-A to start the 2023 season, it is worth mentioning that RHP...

Team Israel’s Bubby Rossman Signs with Mets

Bubby Rossman loves to say “Get Big.” Well, at 6’5″ 230 lbs he’s well on his way. With a fastball that touches nearly 100 mph and a slider that touches 90, he has big league weapons at his disposal and is a welcome depth addition to the Mets after his impressive performance for Team Israel in the World Baseball Classic. In the WBC, Bubby had two innings, three...

MMO Top 30 Prospects: No. 1 Francisco Álvarez

No. 1 Francisco Álvarez, C B/T: R/R     Age: November 19, 2001 (21) Ht: 5’10″       Wt: 233 lb. ETA: 2023 Previous Rank: 1 Acquired: Signed during the 2018 International Free Agency Period 2022 Stats (AA/AAA): 112 games, 495 PAs, 22 2B, 27 HR, 78 RBIs, 70 BB, 123 K, .260/.374/.511/.885 Probably to no one’s surprise, Francisco Álvarez is the Mets top prospect for the third consecutive...

MMO Top 30 Prospects: No. 2 Brett Baty

No. 2 Brett Baty, 3B B/T: L/R     Age: November 13, 1999 (23) Ht: 6’3″       Wt: 210 lb. ETA: 2023 Previous Rank: 2 Acquired: Drafted 1st round (12th overall) of 2019 MLB Draft (Lake Travis HS, Austin, TX). 2022 Stats (AA/AAA): 95 games, 362 at-bats, 22 2B, 19 HR, 60 RBIs, 49 BB, 104 K, .315/.410/.533/.943 The New York Mets have done a good job of replenishing their farm system with...

Baseball America Ranks Mets As No. 5 Farm System

Baseball America has released their ratings of the MLB farm systems, and they ranked the Mets as the fifth-best in baseball. We got a sense of how highly rated the Mets system could be rated when six prospects were ranked among BA’s top-100 prospects. Following the Mets system the past few years, we have seen their top prospects progress to the upper levels of the minors. Notably, they had...

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