Good morning, Mets fans! Ronny Mauricio had a stellar night at the plate, yet a forgettable night in the field for the Tigres del Licey of the Dominican Winter League on Friday night. In just his second game since joining the team, Mauricio went 4-for-4 with a double, a triple, and 2 RBIs but also recorded three errors in the field playing third base. Mauricio appears to have picked right back...
Following a 2022 season in which the Syracuse Mets posted a disappointing 64-85 record, there was hope that they would be able to turn things around in 2023. Unfortunately, things didn’t work out that way. In fact, the team arguably experienced an even worse season in Dick Scott’s first year managing the club. Posting the second-worst record in the International League at 61-85, the...
Good morning, Mets fans! According to Jeff Passan of ESPN, the pitch-clock rules that have been in effect for the 2023 regular season will remain the same for the playoffs. Passan reports that MLB’s owner-led executive council told the league’s competition committee that they would not propose any changes prior to the postseason despite players expressing hope for more time between...
With the calendar flipping to September, the Mets began a three-game series with the Mariners on Friday night. The first game of the series marked the official beginning of the youth movement in Queens as Brett Baty was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse along with Ronny Mauricio, who made his big league debut batting ninth and playing second base. The Mets’ bats were quiet early but the team...
Good morning, Mets fans! On Friday, Buck Showalter indicated that Ronny Mauricio could start to see more playing time at different defensive positions including first base, third base, and the outfield. This came on the same night that Mauricio started at second base for Triple-A Syracuse, the first game in his minor league career that he started at a position other than shortstop. If Mauricio...
The New York Mets have made a series of roster moves, with highly-rated prospect Ronny Mauricio very much the headline-grabber. The Mets announced on Saturday that they have optioned both Mauricio and LHP Joey Lucchesi to Triple-A. The Mets have also reassigned OF Abraham Almonte and OF Jaylin Davis to minor league camp. Mets fans will no doubt be disappointed that Mauricio has been optioned to...
Carlos Carrasco took the mound in West Palm Beach, looking to improve after he had trouble with the pitch clock in his first spring outing. The Mets’ veteran had a better second start on Tuesday night, facing an Astros lineup that was missing starters that left for their respective WBC teams. Carrasco allowed a first-inning double to Alex Bregman but retired Jose Abreu and Zach Daniels to...
Through the Mets’ first six spring training games, Ronny Mauricio has been the talk of the town. In his first six at-bats, the Mets’ sixth-ranked prospect had launched two tape-measure home runs. Pinch-hitting in the ninth inning on Wednesday, Mauricio connected for his third home run in just seven at-bats in the Mets’ 8-4 win over the Miami Marlins. The home run, like the...
Even though the New York Mets lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in Jupiter, Florida, on Monday, their minor leaguers ended up providing power in the top of the ninth inning against Cardinals right-hander Tommy Parsons. It began when William Lugo hit a deep solo home run to center for his first homer of the spring. It was a tape measure shot that ended up going 437 feet and had an exit velocity of...
A spring for the youth, many of the Mets young stars are attempting to make their names known in hopes of cracking the major league roster or making a strong enough impression that they’ll be considered the next man up when the time comes calling. Brett Baty, one of the young stars the team boasts, started off strong by powering a home run to dead center field in his first spring game....
No. 6 Ronny Mauricio, SS B/T: S/R Age: April 4, 2001 (21) Ht: 6’3″ Wt: 222 lb. ETA: 2024 Previous Rank: 6 Acquired: Signed as International Free Agent During The 2017-2018 IFA Signing Period 2022 Stats (Binghamton): .259/.296/.472, 26 2B, 2 3B, 26 HR, 89 RBI, 4.4 BB%, 23.1 K%, 104 wRC+ As recently as three years ago, Ronny Mauricio was viewed as the top overall prospect in the...
Ronny Mauricio was the best player in the Dominican Winter League this season winning the league MVP. He would cap off that season by scoring the winning run in the 10th inning of Game 5 to secure the Tigres del Licey’s 23rd championship in LIDOM history, the most in league history. Ronny Mauricio caps his Dominican Winter League MVP campaign by scoring the winning run in the...
