Editor’s note: This list was compiled by six Mets Minors writers/editors after they submitted their personal top 35 prospects in the Mets farm system. This list is different than the previously released Top 75 Mets prospects by MMO Editor-in-Chief Mike Mayer. The new baseball season is just around the corner, and spring training games have already begun in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Mets...
Triple-A Syracuse Mets (34-41) 7, Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (34-41) 4 BOX SCORE RF DJ Stewart: 3-for-5, RBI (39), 2 K (.889 OPS) 3B Nick Meyer: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 HR (4), 2 RBIs (17), BB (.687 OPS) 1B Mark Vientos: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI (43), BB, K (1.092 OPS) SS Jonathan Araúz: 2-for-5, 2 RBIs (42), K (.790 OPS) CF Rafael Ortega: 2-for-5, 2 R, RBI (6), K (.953 OPS) The Mets found themselves in a...
Good morning, Mets fans! Original Met Roger Craig passed away Sunday at the age of 93. Craig was originally signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers before the 1950 season and was selected by the Mets with the sixth pick in the 1961 expansion draft. Craig started the first game in Mets history on April 11, 1962, and threw 27 complete games over his two seasons in Flushing. Latest Mets News In his first...
Third baseman Chase Estep was drafted in the ninth round of this July’s amateur draft, and it took him just four games to show off his impressive power. In the first inning of Saturday’s game, he blasted the first home run of his professional career, a 383-foot shot that left his bat at 107 MPH. AAA: Buffalo Bisons (58-51) 8, Syracuse Mets (48-62) 1 Box Score Francisco Álvarez C:...
Junior Santos struggled mightily for the first month of the 2022 season, but he has found a nice groove since that point. On Saturday evening, he had one of his best starts of the season, tossing seven innings of one-run ball. AAA: Lehigh Valley IronPigs (58-46) 7, Syracuse Mets (46-58) 4 Box Score Dominic Smith 1B: 0-for-3, BB, K, .250/.354/.412 Tzu-Wei Lin 3B: 1-for-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, 2 K,...
Top prospect Mark Vientos was not in the starting lineup for Syracuse’s Saturday night game against Omaha, but he still made a big impact on the game. Pinch hitting in the seventh inning, Vientos hit a home run to bring the Mets within two runs. Though, that is as close as they would get to the lead. AAA: Omaha Storm Chasers (49-48) 6, Syracuse Mets (44-54) 3 Box Score Francisco...
After a successful run of 13 starts with St. Lucie, in which he struck out more than 10 batters per nine innings, Hamel earned a midseason promotion to High-A Brooklyn. He made his first start there on Saturday with mixed results. Overall, he allowed three runs and struck out seven batters over four innings. AAA: Syracuse Mets (36-47) 4, Buffalo Bisons (43-40) 2 Box Score Travis Jankowski LF:...
The electric tandem of Mark Vientos and Francisco Álvarez made all the difference for the Syracuse Mets in their 3-2 victory on Thursday night. Elsewhere, Alex Ramirez had a clutch go-ahead hit in just his third game for Brooklyn, while Omar De Los Santos stole a win for St. Lucie with his legs. AAA: Syracuse Mets (35-46) 3, Buffalo Bisons (42-39) 2 Box Score 1B Mark Vientos: 1-for-4, RBI, R,...
Mark Vientos continues to lay waste to Triple-A pitching, crushing his 13th home run of the season in the Syracuse Mets’ victory. Ronny Mauricio hit his 14th home run and drove in three for Binghamton, Nick Zwack pushed his consecutive scoreless innings streak to 18 for Brooklyn, and Stanley Consuegra drove in five runs in a prolific performance for St. Lucie. Triple-A: Lehigh Valley...
The Binghamton Rumble Ponies may have had their four-game winning streak end on Tuesday, but Brett Baty put together an impressive performance, hitting his eighth home run of the season and reaching base three times. Meanwhile, the Syracuse Mets won in walk-off fashion, while the St. Lucie Mets snapped their seven-game losing streak. AAA: Lehigh Valley IronPigs (40-33) 4, Syracuse Mets (29-43) 5...
In what has become a near-daily theme, top prospect Francisco Álvarez hit yet another home run on Saturday night for Binghamton. His 17th of the season. Joining Álvarez in the power surge, Ronny Mauricio homered for the second night in a row. These two top prospects’ power surge was the key to Binghamton’s 11-0 blowout against Reading. AAA: Syracuse Mets (28-42) 5, Rochester Red...
The Mets had an active week this week, though, with the planned date for pitchers and catchers reporting less than a month away, it doesn’t look like we’ll get any movement with players at the major-league level any time soon. Welcome Back, Glenn Sherlock Jon Heyman reported late Saturday night that Glenn Sherlock, who was the Mets’ catching instructor and third-base coach from...
