Spring Training is an exciting time of year. It marks the beginning of a long baseball season, a team’s core players get to mingle with the new offseason additions, prospects get a chance to experience a taste of the big league lifestyle, and some guys come in just looking for a chance to prove themselves and end up being pleasant surprises. Pitchers and catchers report to the Mets Spring...
Good Morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News The Mets opened up Summer Camp 2.0 in MCU Park, the Mets’ alternate training ground. The club sent a bevy of minor-leaguers, including David Peterson, Ryley Gilliam, Drew Smith, among others, to the site. Jacob deGrom left his simulated game yesterday after pitching an inning due to a sore back. It must be tired from carrying the team on it....
On Monday, we wrapped up MMO’s 2020 Top 30 Prospects with shortstop Ronny Mauricio leading a group that most outlets have in the bottom half as a farm system overall. There’s certainly upside in the Mets system, but most of it comes from younger players in the lower levels of system that has been weakened with trades over the last 16 months. Here’s the Top 30 ranking that the...
The New York Mets announced on Saturday that they have re-assigned Kevin Smith, Ryley Gilliam, and Adonis Uceta to minor league camp. Smith, 22, had 4 2/3 innings in spring training this year in which he allowed four earned runs (five total) and five hits while he struck out three batters and walked two. Gilliam, 23, tossed four innings this spring for the team in which he allowed five runs and...
Good morning, Mets fans! Noah Syndergaard will make his first start of the spring today against the Houston Astros. The game will be televised on SNY at 1:10 p.m and will be played at Clover Field. On Tuesday, Ryley Gilliam struggled in his 0.2 of an inning of work as the Mets lost to the Tigers 9-6. Tim Tebow swatted a two-run homer to left. Latest Mets News J.D. Davis left the game in the...
Baseball America put out all of their Top 30 prospect lists on Thursday as they continue to grow their extensive minor league coverage. Before diving into the list, remember that Baseball America ranked the Mets overall system 25th out of 30 teams last week. They have the Mets with two top 100 prospects, No. 66 Ronny Mauricio and No. 67 Francisco Alvarez. Ronny Mauricio – SS Francisco...
Ken asks… The best part of the 2019 season was watching Pete Alonso come up as a rookie and dominate from beginning to end. What rookies should we be excited for in 2020? Rob Piersall answers… Hey, Ken. Thanks so much for the question. Watching Pete Alonso burst on the scene in 2019, smash records, appear in the All-Star Game and win the Home Run Derby, and likely win Rookie of the...
By Christopher Soto Arizona Fall League (AFL) Peoria Javelinas (13-13) 4, Scottsdale Scorpions (12-14) 3 Box Score 1B Ali Sanchez: 2-for-4, 2 RBI(5) | .229 AVG/.574 OPS C Patrick Mazeika: 0-for-3, BB, K | .140 AVG/.322 OPS RHP Ryley Gilliam: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB | 0-0, 0.96 ERA, 1.07 WHIP LHP Blake Taylor: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BB | 0-1, 2.00 ERA, 0.78 WHIP I’m not...
By Christopher Soto Arizona Fall League (AFL) Scottsdale Scorpions (11-11) 3, Mesa Solar Sox (10-12) 0 Box Score SS Andres Gimenez: 2-for-4, R, 3B | .352 AVG/.963 OPS C Patrick Mazeika: 0-for-3, 2 K | .188 AVG/.407 OPS RHP Ryley Gilliam: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 K, 2 BB, Hold(3) | 0-0, 1.08 ERA, 1.20 WHIP In our #FallStars interview, #Mets @andresgimenez emphasized being on plane and showed us...
By Christopher Soto Arizona Fall League (AFL) Mayos de Navojoa 4, Scottsdale Scorpions (7-7) 1 Box Score 1B Patrick Mazeika: 1-for-4, RBI(3), K | .250 AVG/.550 OPS C Ali Sanchez: 0-for-2, 2 BB, K | .188 AVG/.538 OPS LHP David Peterson: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 K, 1 BB, Loss | 0-1, 0.00 ERA, 1.45 WHIP RHP Jordan Humphreys: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 K, 2 BB | 1-0, 0.93 ERA, 0.93 WHIP RHP Ryley...
By Christopher Soto Arizona Fall League (AFL) Scottsdale Scorpions (5-4) 2, Surprise Saguaros (7-2) 0 Box Score 2B Luis Carpio: 1-for-4, R, K | .364 AVG/.872 OPS C Ali Sanchez: 0-for-4 | .200 AVG/.533 OPS SS Andres Gimenez: 1-for-4, 2 K | .333 AVG/.915 OPS LHP David Peterson: 3.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 K, 3 BB | 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.42 WHIP RHP Jordan Humphreys: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB, Win...
Arizona Fall League (AFL) Mesa Solar Sox (3-3) 8, Scottsdale Scorpions (3-3) 4 Box Score 2B Luis Carpio: 2-for-4, R, 2B, K | .333 AVG/.833 OPS SS Andres Gimenez: 2-for-4, 3 RBI(4), K | .286 AVG/.804 OPS RHP Ryley Gilliam: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB | 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.90 WHIP The middle infield duo of Carpio and Gimenez made their first start together in the Arizona Fall League, a tandem...
