This past week in the Mets minor leagues featured some highs and some lows. The Syracuse Mets and Binghamton Rumble Ponies had fantastic weeks, as did the FCL Mets. Meanwhile, the Brooklyn Cyclones had a pretty forgetful week while the St. Lucie Mets’ week was a straight dumpster fire. Among all of these team performances, there were some individual performances that were great and some...
Across the five levels of Mets minor league affiliates, they combined to score 38 runs. Top prospects on every team seemed to perform, namely Luisangel Acuña, Kevin Parada, Ryan Clifford, and Boston Baro, all of whom had multi-hit efforts. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (21-14) 8, Lehigh Valley IronPigs (12-22) 3 BOX SCORE 2B Luisangel Acuña 3-for-6, R, 2B, RBI (11), K (.627 OPS) DH Trayce Thompson...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
