New York Mets Minor League Report: Pitre, Amick Contribute In Syracuse Debuts; Carreno Sharp Again For Brooklyn

[Tom Gatto]

The organization made more minor-league promotions this week. Among them were two trade deadline arrivals being bumped up to Triple-A Syracuse. Both played to type in their respective debuts for the Mets on Tuesday.

Émilien Pitre had two hits and scored a run, and he put the ball in play all four times up. Billy Amick doubled in a tack-on run in the eighth, but before that, he had struck out three times. They were among the many contributors to a 5-1 victory over Worcester.

The Mets got five hitless innings from Xzavion Curry and a third-inning home run from Ronny Mauricio to establish an early advantage. Mauricio doubled in a run in the fifth to put Syracuse ahead 4-0.

Elsewhere in the organization:

Binghamton rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth to defeat Altoona 4-3. Jefferson Rojas tied the game with a double, and Chris Suero won it with a sacrifice fly.

Brooklyn got two home runs from John Spikerman and 5 2/3 strong innings from starter Nicolas Carreno in 9-1 rout of Asheville. Spikerman’s second homer broke the game open in the seventh.

St. Lucie fell 10-1 to Lakeland. Justin Hagenman allowed a run and struck out three over 2 1/3 innings in a rehab start. Ryan Tayman drove in the Mets’ run with a sac fly in the fourth.

DSL Mets Blue dropped a 6-2 decision to the DSL NYY Bombers. Jesus Minaya had two hits and an RBI, and Eduardo Pina threw three perfect innings. DSL Mets Orange fell 9-1 to DSL Colorado. Michalle Mercedes drove in the Mets’ run with a sac fly in the fifth.

New York Mets Transactions

• New York Mets activated RHP Austin Warren from the 15-day injured list.
• New York Mets sent RHP Justin Hagenman on a rehab assignment to St. Lucie Mets.
• New York Mets optioned RHP Chayce McDermott to Syracuse Mets.

Curry Spotless In Win For Syracuse

Curry has been on the New York-Syracuse shuttle for about a month, pitching in long relief for the big club and then being sent back to the minors. Tuesday, he started for Syracuse and was stellar. The only runner he allowed came on a fielding error by third baseman Nick Lorusso in the fifth. He struck out four and threw 34 of his 53 pitches for strikes.

Tobias Myers, who has been dropped off at Syracuse after struggling in Queens, followed Curry and allowed a run and two hits over three innings. He also fanned four.

Syracuse grabbed a 3-0 lead in the third. Jose Ramos singled, and Pitre doubled to put runners on second and third. After Nick Morabito struck out, a balk scored Ramos. Mauricio then hit a two-run home run, his 15th of the season.

RONNY MAURICIO OH MY ? pic.twitter.com/3vEvDt9d7y

— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) August 18, 2026

Mauricio gave the Mets a four-run lead when he doubled home Nick Morabito in the fifth. He scored the Mets' fifth run in the eighth on Amick's first Triple-A hit.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Émilien Pitre	4	1	2	0	0	0
Nick Morabito	4	1	0	0	0	2
Ronny Mauricio	3	2	3	3	1	0
Billy Amick	4	0	1	1	0	3
Eric Wagaman	3	0	0	0	1	1
MJ Melendez	4	0	0	0	0	2
Nick Lorusso	3	0	0	0	0	1
Shawn Ross	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Ramos	3	1	1	0	0	1

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Xzavion Curry	5	0	0	0	0	4	0
Tobias Myers	3	2	1	1	0	4	0
Ben Simon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Rojas In Middle Of Binghamton Walk-Off

The new Mets top prospect capped a big night at the plate with his clutch hit. It bookended his first-inning, two-run homer that got Binghamton out to a 2-0 lead,

Tuesday Tanks.

Jefferson Rojas (@Mets No. 1 prospect) launches a two-run home run. ?

?405 FT
?106.7 MPH

It's his second home run as a member of the Mets organization.

? x #DefendOurHome x @MetsPlayerDev pic.twitter.com/Lfb7kOEK0d

— Binghamton Rumble Ponies (@RumblePoniesBB) August 18, 2026

Rojas also singled in the eighth.

Mitch Voit ignited Binghamton's rally in the ninth when he was hit by a pitch with one out, Marco Vargas singled, and then Rojas doubled to left, scoring Voit and advancing Vargas to third. Altoona intentionally walked Jacob Reimer to set up a force at every base. Chris Suero foiled the strategy with a fly to left that brought home Vargas with the winning run.

Gary Gill Hill turned in a quality start. He allowed two runs and four hits over six innings, walking one and striking out eight.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Mitch Voit	4	1	1	0	0	1
Marco Vargas	5	2	3	0	0	1
Jefferson Rojas	5	1	3	3	0	1
Jacob Reimer	4	0	0	0	1	0
Chris Suero	3	0	1	1	1	0
John Bay	4	0	0	0	0	0
Corey Collins	2	0	0	0	2	1
D'Andre Smith	4	0	0	0	0	2
Kevin Parada	4	0	2	0	0	2

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Gary Gill Hill	6	4	2	2	1	8	1
Felipe De La Cruz	1	3	1	1	0	2	0
Carlos Guzman	1	0	0	0	2	1	0
Bryce Jenkins	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Spikerman Powers Up For Cyclones

Spikerman launched his first two home runs for Brooklyn in the win. He went deep in the second inning to give Brooklyn a 1-0 lead, and then clubbed a three-run shot in the seventh to extend the lead to 6-1. The blast was part of a four-run inning that broke open a 2-1 game.

Carreno turned in his third consecutive outstanding start and his fourth in the last five outings. He struck out seven, walked one and scattered five hits as he again worked into the sixth inning. The run he allowed was unearned. it is the only run he has given up in 17 1/3 innings this month.

Yonatan Henriquez hit a solo homer in the ninth for the final margin. Trey Snyder drove in two runs, while Aidan Smith had two hits and scored three runs.  

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Sammy Stafura	6	0	0	0	0	3
Elian Peña	4	0	0	0	2	3
Aidan Smith	3	3	2	0	3	0
Ronald Hernandez	3	2	0	0	3	1
Trey Snyder	4	0	2	2	1	2
Yonatan Henriquez	4	1	1	1	1	1
John Spikerman	5	2	2	4	0	0
Daiverson Gutierrez	4	1	1	1	1	2
Antonio Jimenez	5	0	2	0	0	1

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Nicolas Carreno	5 2/3	5	1	0	1	7	0
Rafi Vazquez	1 1/3	0	0	0	1	1	0
Gregori Louis	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
Hunter Hodges	1	0	0	0	1	2	0

Hagenman Takes First Step In Rehab With St. Lucie Start

Hagenman got his first game action of the season after missing 4 1/2 months with a rib fracture he suffered during spring training. He threw 43 pitches, 25 for strikes, The run came on a single in the second.

The fact he threw that many pitches in his debut is a sign the major-league club intends to use him as a starter or long reliever if he makes it back to New York. He last pitched for the Mets on Sept. 9 of last year.

St. Lucie's run came with the Mets already down 3-0, and it scored without the benefit of a hit. Aiden Robbins walked, moved to second on a balk, advanced to third on a groundout by Eli Serrano III, and scored on Tayman's sacrifice fly. St. Lucie was held to five hits in the game. Jeremy Rodriguez had two of them.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Vladi Gomez	4	0	0	0	1	1
Aiden Robbins	2	1	0	0	2	1
Eli Serrano III	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ryan Tayman	2	0	1	1	1	0
Julio Zayas	3	0	0	0	1	2
Jeremy Rodriguez	3	0	2	0	1	0
Jack Toomey	3	0	1	0	1	1
Reed Stallman	4	0	1	0	0	2
Jake Ogden	4	0	0	0	0	0

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Justin Hagenman	2 1/3	3	1	1	1	3	0
Owen Woodward	1 2/3	4	2	1	1	2	0
Jose Lopez	2 1/3	3	6	6	4	1	0
Tyler McLoughlin	1 2/3	2	1	1	1	2	0
Caden Wooster	1	2	0	0	1	0	0

Top-20 Prospect Performance

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

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