New York Mets Minor League Report: Morel, Voit, Holmes Compete With Trade In Busy Day For New York

[Tom Gatto]

Three of the New York Mets’ four full-season minor league affiliates played Sunday, and for each one, an intriguing story emerged.

For Syracuse, it was Christopher Morel hitting three home runs, including a go-ahead, three-run moonshot in the sixth inning that powered the Mets to a series-ending 9-7 victory at Rochester.

For Binghamton, it was the latest episode of the Mitch Voit Experience. The infield prospect homered, doubled twice, singled and drove in five runs to cap a huge first week at Double-A as the Rumble Ponies stomped Reading 9-3.

For Brooklyn, it was Clay Holmes making his final rehab start before Monday’s MLB trade deadline. It was almost surely Holmes’ last appearance for the Mets’ organization, at least this year. The Cyclones held off Winston-Salem 6-5.

St. Lucie didn’t get in on the fun. Its game against Dunedin was canceled because of inclement weather. Both DSL Mets squads, Blue and Orange, were off.

Further intrigue came from New York on Sunday and will again on Monday. The full-season clubs should look vastly different when they return to action Tuesday, thanks to the trades the big-league club is expected to complete before the 6 p.m. ET deadline. Binghamton and Brooklyn are already feeling the effects of Freddy Peralta being traded Sunday to the Tampa Bay Rays for outfielder Aidan Smith, right-hander Gary Gill Hill and second baseman Émilien Pitre. Hill and Pitre were playing at Double-A in the Rays’ chain, while Smith was at High-A.

New York Mets Transactions

• New York Mets traded RHP Freddy Peralta to Tampa Bay Rays for RHP Gary Gill Hill, OF Aidan Smith and SS Émilien Pitre.
• New York Mets designated DH MJ Melendez for assignment.
• New York Mets designated RHP Joey Gerber for assignment.
• New York Mets released RHP Joey Gerber.
• New York Mets designated RHP Kevin Herget for assignment.
• New York Mets selected the contract of RHP Robert Stock from Syracuse Mets.
• New York Mets selected the contract of RHP Bryce Conley from Binghamton Rumble Ponies.
• New York Mets claimed C Shawn Ross off waivers from Pittsburgh Pirates.
• New York Mets optioned C Shawn Ross to Syracuse Mets.
• New York Mets optioned RHP Jonathan Pintaro to Syracuse Mets.
• New York Mets sent RHP Clay Holmes on a rehab assignment to Brooklyn Cyclones.

Morel Mashes In Syracuse's Slugfest Win

Make it eight home runs and a 1.174 OPS in 21 games with Syracuse for the former Cub, Ray and Marlin.

Morel started his hat trick with a two-run drive in the third inning that gave the Mets a 5-1 lead. After Rochester scored five times in the bottom of the fifth to take a 7-5 advantage, he teed off in the sixth for homer No. 2. With Zack Short and Christian Arroyo aboard, he sent a Justin Lawrence pitch out of sight to put Syracuse back in front 8-7.

IS THIS BALL EVER GONNA LAND?!?!?! ?

Christopher Morel DEMOLISHES this one to give us the lead and is his 2nd homer of the day! ? pic.twitter.com/WQmJf7fVk5

— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) August 2, 2026

The third Homer was a solo blast that provided insurance in the top of the ninth.

Matt Turner threw two vital innings out of the bullpen. He worked a scoreless sixth and seventh to preserve the lead Morel provided. He could easily have been credited with the win instead of Ben Simon, who was charged with a blown  save. Simon was charged with two runs and allowed three inherited runners to score in his inning of work.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Nick Morabito	4	0	1	1	0	0
Christian Arroyo	4	1	0	0	1	0
Ronny Mauricio	4	1	1	0	0	1
Christopher Morel	5	3	3	6	0	0
Mike Tauchman	4	1	0	0	1	3
Jihwan Bae	5	1	2	0	0	1
Cristian Pache	2	1	1	1	2	1
Ben Rortvedt	4	0	1	1	0	0
Zack Short	2	1	0	0	2	2

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Tobias Myers	3	2	2	1	2	2	0
Joe Jacques	1	3	3	3	1	0	0
Ben Simon	1	3	2	2	0	0	0
Matt Turner	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
Dan Hammer	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Matt Seelinger	1	1	0	0	0	1	0

Voit Plays Box Score Bingo On Tri-Shy-Cle Day

Double-A will never be easier for this guy. Voit's Sunday started with his first Double-A home run, on the first pitch of the game.

1️⃣ pitch, 1-0 Binghamton.

Mitch Voit (@Mets No. 5 prospect) belts his first Double-A home run! ?

He is 8-for-18 with 4 XBH through six games and has reached base in the lead-off spot to start all six contests.

? x #DefendOurHome x @MetsPlayerDev pic.twitter.com/UZ28UjaYPg

— Binghamton Rumble Ponies (@RumblePoniesBB) August 2, 2026

And the hits kept on coming. He singled with two on and two out in the second, but Kevin Parada was thrown out at the plate, denying him an RBI. Then came a two-run double in the fourth, plating Matt Rudick and Wyatt Young. Lastly, he produced another two-run double in the seventh, driving in Young and D’Andre Smith.

Voit hit safely in five of six games in the set. Overall, he slashed .500/.593/.909 (1.502 OPS). With that comes the obligatory “And he’s only 21!”

Saul Garcia and Carlos Guzman each worked two scoreless innings with two strikeouts to finish a Binghamton bullpen game.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Mitch Voit	5	3	4	5	0	0
Chris Suero	5	1	1	2	0	1
John Bay	5	0	2	1	0	1
Corey Collins	4	0	1	0	1	0
Billy Amick	4	1	1	0	1	2
D'Andre Smith	4	1	1	0	0	1
Kevin Parada	5	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Rudick	3	1	0	0	0	2
Wyatt Young	1	2	0	0	3	1

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Felipe De La Cruz	2	0	0	0	2	1	0
Douglas Orellana	2	3	2	2	0	3	0
Brendan Girton	1	2	1	1	2	2	0
Saul Garcia	2	1	0	0	1	2	0
Carlos Guzman	2	1	0	0	1	2	0

Holmes Tunes Up For MLB Return With . . . Someone

Holmes is ready for big-league action, even if his final line Sunday looks meh: 5 1/3 innings, seven hits, four runs (three earned), no walks, three strikeouts. The last run was inherited by Hunter Hodges. Of greater importance was Holmes’ command: he threw 53 strikes and 20 balls among his 73 pitches. He was zoned in, albeit against A-ball hitters.

Clay Holmes gets his first strikeout of the afternoon to start the top of the 2nd. pic.twitter.com/VIobg03PYk

— Brooklyn Cyclones (@BKCyclones) August 2, 2026

Now, he waits to find out who will trade for him. The Mets will be off in Cleveland on Monday, so there’ll be no formal hugwatch. Holmes’ market appeared to lose bidders over the weekend when the Chicago White Sox acquired right-hander Luis Castillo from the Seattle Mariners on Saturday and the Chicago Cubs obtained right-hander Kevin Gausman from the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.

Brooklyn made him the winning pitcher in his assumed Mets finale with two runs in the first, three runs in the third and a run in the fourth. Recently promoted Randy Guzman and the still-rehabbing Andy Ibáñez went back-to-back with their first Brooklyn home runs in that three-run third. Ibáñez went 12-for-20 (.600) in five games this week.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Yonatan Henriquez	5	0	1	1	0	0
Jacob Reimer	3	2	1	0	0	0
Andy Ibáñez	4	2	3	2	0	0
Randy Guzman	4	1	2	1	0	0
Trey Snyder	4	0	2	2	0	0
Ronald Hernandez	3	0	0	0	1	0
Daiverson Gutierrez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Antonio Jimenez	2	1	0	0	2	1
Yohairo Cuevas	2	0	0	0	1	2

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Clay Holmes	5 1/3	7	4	3	0	3	0
Hunter Hodges	2/3	1	1	0	1	2	0
Austin Warren	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daviel Hurtado	2	1	0	0	2	3	0

Top-20 Prospect Performance

1. Jonah Tong: DNP
2. Jack Wenninger: DNP
3. Ryan Clifford: DNP
4. Elian Pena: DNP
5. Nick Morabito: 1-for-4, RBI
6. Jacob Reimer: 1-for-3
7. Mitch Voit: 4-for-5, 2 2B, HR, 5 RBI
8. Jonathan Santucci: DNP
9. Zac Thornton: MLB
10. Chris Suero: 1-for-5, HR, 2 RBI, K
11. Will Watson: DNP
12. Wandy Asigen: DNP
13. Eli Serrano III: DNP
14. Randy Guzman: 2-for-4, HR, RBI
15. Dylan Ross: DNP
16. Ryan Lambert: DNP
17. Antonio Jimenez: 0-for-2, 2 BB, K
18. R.J. Gordon: DNP
19. Jonathan Pintaro: DNP
20. Marco Vargas: DNP

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