The Syracuse Mets (1-2) finished off their opening series of the season with the Rochester Red Wings (2-1) on Sunday. Mike Vasil, MLB Pipeline’s No. 11 Mets prospect, was on the bump for his first start of the season, going against Jackson Rutledge, the starter for the Nationals’ Triple-A affiliate. In the rubber game between these two teams, Syracuse fell behind from the jump and...
Opening Day may not have gone as hoped for the big-league club, but a pair of the Mets’ top farmhands were raring to go and got their seasons off on the right foot for Triple-A Syracuse. Drew Gilbert and Luisangel Acuña, who profile as the No. 2 and No. 3 prospects respectively in the team’s system according to MLB Pipeline, blasted back-to-back solo home runs off of former Met...
Amid a busy offseason for the New York Mets, in which the club committed nearly $500 million to free agents, utility player Danny Mendick may have gone unnoticed. Signed to a one-year, $1 million deal in late December, Mendick, 29, offers the Mets a versatile depth option who still has two minor league options remaining. The Rochester native’s story is one of perseverance, as he received...
