Tom Gatto

Competitiveness is as much of a tool as hitting or throwing or running. Mark Vientos will need to compete hard once he returns to the major leagues in the coming days. New York interim manager Andy Green made that clear Wednesday. He told reporters, including MLB.com's Bill Ladson, that Vientos will need to take full advantage of his opportunities in the final month, and even then, his playing time will depend on how other players perform. Vientos had just as clear an answer as he made another rehab start for Triple-A Syracuse. He homered, singled and drove in two runs in an 11-1 victory at Lehigh Valley. His path to at-bats for the big club has several roadblocks. Jared Young has been hitting as the primary first baseman, multiple players are being used at DH, and both third base and right field are taken. Vientos must come out swinging when he returns. He showed Wednesday he has the fight in him. Elsewhere in the organization: Binghamton fell 6-2 at Reading. Noah Hall took the loss, allowing all six runs (three earned) over six innings. He allowed two home runs in a four-run third inning that began with a Mitch Voit throwing error. Brooklyn rallied from a four-run deficit and beat Lehigh Valley 11-5 in 10 innings. The Cyclones scored two runs each in the seventh and eighth to force extra innings, and then scored seven in the 10th. St. Lucie’s game at Daytona was postponed because of rain. The game will be made up Thursday as part of a doubleheader beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET. New York Mets Transactions No Roster Moves Vientos Gets The Message In Syracuse His initial response to Green was direct. He opened the scoring with an RBI single in the first and then put the Mets up 6-1 in the fifth with a 409-foot solo shot to straightaway center field. Those were the first two hits of his rehab assignment, in his fourth game. He's 2-for-12 overall. Syracuse hit four homers in all. Billy Amick hit two, a solo shot in the fifth and a two-run job in the eighth. Shawn Ross hit a two-run homer in the fourth. Tobias Myers struck out six over 2 1/3 innings to earn the win. He was the second pitcher in a Mets bullpen game. Syracuse Batting Player AB R H RBI BB K Nick Morabito 5 0 0 0 0 1 Émilien Pitre 5 2 2 0 0 1 Mark Vientos 4 2 2 2 0 0 D'Andre Smith 0 1 0 0 1 0 Ronny Mauricio 5 0 2 1 0 2 MJ Melendez 5 1 2 1 0 1 Billy Amick 5 2 3 3 0 0 Jose Ramos 4 2 2 0 0 1 Shawn Ross 3 1 2 3 1 0 Zack Short 4 0 0 0 0 0 Syracuse Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR Kevin Herget 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 Tobias Myers 2 1/3 1 1 1 0 6 1 Joe Jacques 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 3 0 Chris Devenski 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 Dylan Ross 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Binghamton Bats Fail To Support Hall The Rumble Ponies were held to four hits, two of them solo home runs. Eli Serrano III went deep in the second for his fifth homer of the year, and John Bay hit his second with Binghamton in the seventh. Hall gave his team length and, officially, quality with three earned over six. He walked none and struck out six in 90 pitches, The three home runs he allowed was one problem. Another was not picking up Voit after the error in the third. In fact, Hall unraveled after the misplay, He hit the next batter and served up a three-run homer to the batter after that. The rapid-fire sequence put him in a 4-1 hole. A solo homer later in the frame made it 5-1. He gave up another solo homer in the fourth, widening the gap 6-1. Binghamton Batting Player AB R H RBI BB K Mitch Voit 4 0 1 0 0 0 Marco Vargas 4 0 0 0 0 2 Jacob Reimer 4 0 1 0 0 1 Chris Suero 3 0 0 0 0 1 Eli Serrano III 4 1 1 1 0 1 John Bay 4 1 1 1 0 0 Corey Collins 3 0 0 0 0 2 JT Benson 3 0 0 0 0 1 Jamari Baylor 3 0 0 0 0 1 Binghamton Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR Noah Hall 6 7 6 3 0 6 3 Bryce Conley 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 Brendan Girton 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Brooklyn Shows Fight In Late Innings The Cyclones gave themselves a puncher's chance with their two in the seventh. Snyder led off with a single and then stole second (down four, but it worked). Yonatan Henriquez walked and Snyder moved up to third on a passed ball on Ball 4. Henriquez then stole second (also down four, but it, too, worked). Spikerman drove in Snyder with a sacrifice fly, with Henriquez moving to third. Another passed ball brought home Henriquez. Suddenly, the lead had been cut in half. The bout resumed in the eighth. Sammy Stafura led off with a double and Elian Peña followed with a singled to put runners at the corners. With Aidan Smith at bat, a balk brought in Stafura to make the score 4-3. Smith later flied out, with Peña moving up to third. After Ronald Hernandez walked, Snyder brought home Peña with his tying sac fly. Brooklyn got the knockout in the 10th. Chase Meggers began the inning as the zombie runner, Stafura struck out, but Peña and Smith walked to load the bases. Hernandez walked to force in Meggers with the go-ahead run. Peña scored on a wild pitch to make it 6-4.. Snyder and Spikerman followed with their two-run singles. Colin Houck finished the scoring with a single to drive in Spikerman. Snyder and Spikerman finished with three RBIs apiece. Brooklyn starter Emilio Obispo allowed four runs (all earned) and five hits over five innings, He walked two and struck out five. Brooklyn Batting Player AB R H RBI BB K Sammy Stafura 5 1 1 0 1 2 Elian Peña 5 2 1 0 1 2 Aidan Smith 4 1 1 0 1 2 Ronald Hernandez 3 1 0 1 2 1 Trey Snyder 4 2 2 3 0 1 Yonatan Henriquez 4 2 1 0 1 1 John Spikerman 4 1 1 3 0 1 Colin Houck 5 0 2 1 0 0 Chase Meggers 4 1 1 0 1 1 Brooklyn Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR Emilio Obispo 5 5 4 4 2 5 1 Rafi Vazquez 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Parker Carlson 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Joe Scarborough 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 Juan Arnaud 2 2 1 0 3 2 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Elian Peña: 1-for-5, BB, 2 K Mitch Voit: 1-for-4 Ryan Clifford: DNP Nick Morabito: 0-for-5, K Jonathan Santucci: DNP Carson Wiggins: DNP Jacob Reimer: 1-for-4, K Aiden Robbins: DNP Randy Guzman: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Chris Suero: 0-for-3, K Jefferson Rojas: DNP Will Watson: DNP Shane Sdao: DNP Eli Serrano III: 1-for-4, HR, RBI, K Antonio Jimenez: DNP Émilien Pitre: 2-for-5, 2B, 3B, K Dylan Ross: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Yovanny Rodriguez has been scuffling at the plate since his promotion to Single-A St. Lucie in late July. His performance Tuesday was a welcome change. The 19-year-old catcher from Venezuela had two home runs, a single and three RBIs in the Mets’ 12-5 victory at Daytona. He’s up to four homers in 17 games for St. Lucie, and that has helped push his slugging percentage with the club to .426. His first homer, a leadoff blast in the third, broke a 5-5 tie. It ended up being the game-winning hit as the Mets’ bullpen held Daytona scoreless over the final seven innings. His second homer, a solo shot in the eighth, closed the scoring. Rodriguez has found his power stroke in his third professional season. He had seven homers in 180 plate appearances for the FCL Mets prior to his promotion this summer. In his first two seasons, he had just four homers in 329 plate appearances in the Dominican Summer League. His other key numbers with St. Lucie are lacking: a .279 on-base percentage, a 38.2 percent strikeout rate and an 8.8 walk rate in 68 PAs. The home runs help ease the pain. Elsewhere in the organization: Syracuse lost 2-1 at Lehigh Valley. The IronPigs’ offense consisted of a two-run homer in the bottom of the first inning off starter Jonathan Santucci. Ronny Mauricio homered for the Mets’ run. Binghamton lost 8-6 at Reading, blowing leads of 4-0 and 6-3. They were up 6-4 in the eighth when Saul Garcia gave up two home runs and four runs in all. Five home runs accounted for all of Binghamton’s runs. Brooklyn was held to six hits in a 4-1 loss at Hudson Valley. Yonatan Henriquez had three of them, a home run and two doubles. New York Mets Transactions New York Mets sent 1B Mark Vientos on a rehab assignment to Syracuse Mets. Santucci Recovers From Early Homer In Syracuse Loss Santucci has struggled since moving up to Triple-A, so it was encouraging to see him move past the gopher ball and finish his start with four scoreless innings. He struck out seven and walked one while allowing two runs on five hits. The one walk was his fewest with Syracuse --- he issued at least three free passes in each of his first four starts for the club. Mauricio cut the deficit in half in the fourth with his 16th home run of the season. The Mets had a chance to take the lead in the top of the eighth. They loaded the bases after two were out on a double by Zack Short, a walk to Nick Morabito and a hit by pitch for Emilien Pitre, but Billy Amick struck out to end the threat. Mark Vientos (hand fracture) had his rehab assignment moved to Syracuse this week. He played seven innings at first base Tuesday and went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts. Syracuse Batting Player AB R H RBI BB K Nick Morabito 3 0 1 0 1 0 Émilien Pitre 2 0 1 0 1 0 Mark Vientos 3 0 0 0 0 2 Billy Amick 1 0 0 0 0 1 Ronny Mauricio 4 1 1 1 0 0 MJ Melendez 4 0 0 0 0 3 Nick Lorusso 4 0 0 0 0 2 D'Andre Smith 3 0 0 0 0 0 Hayden Senger 3 0 0 0 0 1 Zack Short 3 0 2 0 0 0 Syracuse Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jonathan Santucci 5 5 2 2 1 7 1 Matt Seelinger 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 Dan Hammer 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Brian Metoyer 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Binghamton’s Long Balls Go To Waste The Rumble Ponies got solo homers from Eli Serrano, Jefferson Rojas, John Bay and Corey Collins, and a two-run shot by Chris Suero. Serrano homered in the second for a 1-0 Binghamton lead. Rojas went deep in the fourth to make it 2-0. It was his fifth homer since joining the Rumble Ponies and his 20th overall this season. Suero’s homer pushed the lead to 4-0 in the sixth. Bay and Collins went back-to-back to lead off the seventh for a 6-3 lead after Reading scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth. Binghamton starter Gary Gill Hill was charged with those three runs and seven hits over 5 1/3 innings. The third run was inherited by Cristofer Gomez. Hill walked none and struck out seven. Reading got a run back in the bottom of the seventh to make it 6-4 and then jumped on Garcia in the eighth. A leadoff home run, a walk, a single and a run-scoring wild pitch tied the game 6-6. A two-out, two-run homer put the Fightin’ Phils up for good. Kevin Parada had two of the Ponies’ three non-homer hits. Collins had the other. Binghamton Batting Player AB R H RBI BB K Mitch Voit 4 0 0 0 0 1 Marco Vargas 5 0 0 0 0 1 Jefferson Rojas 4 1 1 1 0 3 Jacob Reimer 3 1 0 0 1 0 Chris Suero 4 1 1 2 0 1 Eli Serrano III 3 1 1 1 1 1 John Bay 4 1 1 1 0 3 Corey Collins 3 1 2 1 1 1 Kevin Parada 4 0 2 0 0 1 Binghamton Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR Gary Gill Hill 5 1/3 7 3 3 0 7 0 Cristofer Gomez 0 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 Carlos Guzman 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 Saul Garcia 1 3 4 4 1 0 2 Henriquez A Bright Spot In Brooklyn Loss Henriquez put the Cyclones in front 1-0 in the fourth with his 10th homer of the season. He doubled in the second and the ninth. Hudson Valley tied the game with a run in the bottom of the fourth and took the lead on a two-run homer in the fifth. All three runs came off starter Nicolas Carreno, who went 5 2/3 innings. Carreno allowed four hits, struck out seven and walked two. The Renegades’ final run came home in the seventh when catcher Daiverson Gutierrez committed a throwing error on a steal of third base. Trey Snyder chipped in two hits for the Cyclones, who were coming off a huge offensive series against Asheville. They scored 64 runs in winning four of the six games. Brooklyn Batting Player AB R H RBI BB K Sammy Stafura 4 0 0 0 0 0 Elian Peña 3 0 1 0 1 0 Aidan Smith 2 0 0 0 1 0 Eddinson Paulino 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ronald Hernandez 4 0 0 0 0 3 Trey Snyder 4 0 2 0 0 1 Yonatan Henriquez 4 1 3 1 0 0 John Smith III 0 0 0 0 1 0 John Spikerman 2 0 0 0 1 2 Daiverson Gutierrez 2 0 0 0 1 0 Antonio Jimenez 3 0 0 0 0 0 Brooklyn Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR Nicolas Carreno 5 2/3 4 3 3 2 7 1 Gregori Louis 1 1/3 1 1 0 0 1 0 Ryan Dollar 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 St. Lucie Rides Early Offense To Win The Mets scored twice in the first and three times in the second for a 5-0 lead. Kuhio Aloy drove in the game’s first run with a double, and Rodriguez plated the second with a fielder’s choice grounder. Aiden Robbins smashed a three-run homer in the second, his third homer since joining the Mets. Daytona erased the lead in the bottom of the second with lots of help from Mets pitchers. Cesar Rivera, who was making his first mound appearance in three years, walked all five batters he faced, forcing home two runs. Christian Rodriguez came on and issued two more bases-loaded walks to make the score 5-4. The fifth run of the inning scored on a fielder’s choice grounder. Yovanny Rodriguez restored the Mets’ lead in the third with his first homer. Boston Baro made it 8-5 later in the inning with a two-run double. St Lucie pulled away with a run on a wild pitch in the fifth, a two-run single by Jake Ogden in the sixth and Rodriguez’s second homer in the eighth. Christian Rodriguez worked 3 2/3 innings in bulk relief. Officially, he was charged with no runs. He allowed two hits, walked three and struck out four. Brett Banks earned the win with 1 1/3 hitless innings in relief. He struck out three. Rivera, 21, was activated from the injured list Tuesday after missing the entire 2024 and 2025 seasons and the first five months of the 2026 season. The left-hander signed with the Mets as a 16-year-old out of Panama in 2022. He appeared in nine games in the Dominican Summer League that year, and in 16 games in the DSL in 2023. St. Lucie Batting Player AB R H RBI BB K Boston Baro 5 1 2 2 0 0 Dylan Carey 1 0 0 0 0 1 Aiden Robbins 5 2 2 3 1 2 Ryan Tayman 4 1 0 0 2 1 Kuhio Aloy 6 1 2 1 0 0 Yovanny Rodriguez 5 2 3 3 0 1 Jeremy Rodriguez 4 1 0 0 1 2 Wyatt Vincent 5 2 2 0 0 1 Reed Stallman 4 0 2 0 1 1 Jake Ogden 4 2 3 2 0 0 St. Lucie Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR Ryan Lambert 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Cesar Rivera 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 Christian Rodriguez 3 2/3 2 0 0 3 4 0 Brett Banks 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 3 0 Ernesto Mercedes 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 Zack Mack 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Elian Peña: 1-for-3, BB Mitch Voit: 0-for-4, K Ryan Clifford: DNP Nick Morabito: 1-for-3, BB Jonathan Santucci: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K Carson Wiggins: DNP Jacob Reimer: 0-for-3, BB Aiden Robbins: 2-for-5, HR, 3 RBI, BB, 2 K Randy Guzman: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Chris Suero: 1-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, K Jefferson Rojas: 1-for-4, HR, RBI, 3 K Will Watson: DNP Shane Sdao: DNP Eli Serrano III: 1-for-3, HR, RBI, BB, K Antonio Jimenez: 0-for-3 Émilien Pitre: 1-for-2, BB Dylan Ross: DNP

The Brooklyn Cyclones left Western North Carolina on Sunday with their offensive stats looking a lot fatter. They plated 64 runs in the six-game set against the Asheville Tourists, with 43 scoring over the final three games. The series finale was a 12-1 triumph. Brooklyn scored 16, 15 and 12 runs in consecutive wins as it took the series 4-2. Sunday's game was a pitchers' duel until the Cyclones scored three runs in the eighth, aided by sloppy Asheville defense, and six runs in the ninth, capped by Eddinson Paulino's grand slam, his first homer since last September. Yonatan Henriquez opened the scoring Sunday with a solo homer in the fourth. He had four homers, 11 RBIs and 10 runs scored, while batting .360 (9-for-25), in the series. Collins has a .960 OPS in 28 games for Binghamton. Voit added insurance in the seventh with a two-run single. Hagenman was in Binghamton to continue his rehab. He is coming back from a rib fracture that has kept him out all season. The right-hander gave up two runs (one earned) and four hits, with a walk and two strikeouts. He threw 38 strikes in 51 pitches, Davis followed with a big effort in long relief. He allowed one hit and struck out seven. The only blemish was a sloppy fifth inning marked by a walk, a balk and a wild pitch. The run he allowed in the inning was unearned thanks to two passed balls by Suero. Mark Vientos (hand fracture) continued his own rehab assignment Sunday, He played five innings at first base and went 0-for-3 with a strikeout from the leadoff spot. Binghamton Batting Player AB R H RBI BB K Mark Vientos 3 0 0 0 0 1 Jamari Baylor 1 1 1 0 0 0 Mitch Voit 4 1 2 2 0 1 Marco Vargas 3 0 1 0 1 0 Jefferson Rojas 4 1 1 2 0 1 Jacob Reimer 3 0 0 0 1 1 Chris Suero 4 1 1 0 0 1 John Bay 3 1 2 0 1 1 Corey Collins 3 2 2 3 1 1 JT Benson 4 0 0 0 0 2 Binghamton Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR Justin Hagenman 3 4 2 1 0 2 1 Gabe Davis 4 1 1 0 2 7 0 Douglas Orellana 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Saul Garcia 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Brooklyn Caps Scoring Spree With Huge Final Two Innings The Cyclones led 3-1 after seven innings on the strength of Henriquez's homer, an Asheville error, Chase Meggers' RBI single, and strong starting pitching by Daviel Hurtado. Then came the closing kick. John Spikerman led off the eighth with a double and moved to third on a flyout by Colin Houck. Antonio Jimenez reached on a fielder's choice, and Spikerman scored as Asheville's catcher dropped the throw to the plate. Jimenez was caught stealing, but Meggers and Paulino walked to get the line moving again, They scored when Sammy Stafura reached on an error. John Smith III and Henriquez singled to start the ninth. Spikerman walked to load the bases with no outs. Houck singled to left field to score Smith and Henriquez. After a strikeout, Meggers walked to reload the bases. Paulino followed with his first Brooklyn home run, a shot to right, Hurtado allowed an unearned run and four hits over 5 2/3 innings. He walked two and struck out five. Relievers Elwis Mijares, Calvin Ziegler, Luis R. Rodriguez and Juan Arnaud combined to throw 3 1/3 innings of one-hit ball, Brooklyn Batting Player AB R H RBI BB K Sammy Stafura 6 0 3 0 0 0 Elian Peña 4 0 0 0 2 1 John Smith III 6 1 1 0 0 3 Yonatan Henriquez 5 2 2 1 1 1 John Spikerman 4 3 1 0 2 1 Colin Houck 4 1 1 2 1 1 Antonio Jimenez 4 0 0 0 1 2 Chase Meggers 3 3 2 1 2 0 Eddinson Paulino 3 2 1 4 2 0 Brooklyn Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR Daviel Hurtado 5 2/3 4 1 0 2 5 0 Elwis Mijares 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Calvin Ziegler 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 Luis R. Rodriguez 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Juan Arnaud 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 St. Lucie Completes 1-5 Series With Middle-Inning Meltdown The Mets allowed a home run. three walks and three stolen bases and committed two passed balls in the decisive sixth. The homer, off reliever Caden Wooster, was a three-run shot that put Lakeland up 7-2. Wooster came on for starter Jose Lopez, who loaded the bases with a single and two walks before getting a strikeout prior to exiting. Yovanny Rodriguez's first passed ball of the inning tied the game 2-2. A two-run single followed to make it 4-2. After another Rodriguez passed ball, a walk and a flyout, Wooster served up the game-breaking home run. St. Lucie took a 1-0 lead in the third on Adderley's RBI single. The hit brought in Vincent, who led off the inning with a double. After Lakeland tied the game 1-1 in the fourth, Vincent singled in Jake Ogden in the bottom half for a 2-1 lead. Lopez was charged with four runs (three earned) over 5 1/3 innings. He allowed just two hits, struck out seven and walked three. St. Lucie Batting Player AB R H RBI BB K Jeremy Rodriguez 4 0 1 0 1 0 Bohan Adderley 4 0 2 1 0 1 Aiden Robbins 5 0 1 0 0 1 Ryan Tayman 5 0 0 0 0 3 Yovanny Rodriguez 4 0 0 0 0 2 Julio Zayas 3 0 1 0 1 1 Vladi Gomez 4 0 0 0 0 3 Jake Ogden 4 1 2 0 0 1 Wyatt Vincent 3 1 2 1 1 0 St. Lucie Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jose Lopez 5 1/3 2 4 3 3 7 0 Caden Wooster 2/3 3 3 3 2 0 1 Tyler McLoughlin 1 2/3 4 4 4 1 1 0 Miguel Mejias 1 1/3 1 1 0 1 2 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Elian Pena: 0-for-4, 2 BB, K Mitch Voit: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, K Ryan Clifford: DNP Nick Morabito: 2-for-4 Jonathan Santucci: DNP Carson Wiggins: DNP Jacob Reimer: 0-for-3, BB, K Aiden Robbins: 1-for-5, K Randy Guzman: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Chris Suero: 1-for-4, 2B, K Jefferson Rojas: 1-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, K Will Watson: DNP Shane Sdao: DNP Eli Serrano III: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 0-for-4, BB, 2 K Emilien Pitre: 1-for-3, BB, K Dylan Ross: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, S

Jack Toomey signed with the New York Mets as an undrafted free agent in July. He finally got into a professional game this week. On Saturday, he hit his first home run, and did he ever make it count. The former Boston College outfielder slugged a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 10th inning to give St. Lucie a 6-2 comeback victory over Lakeland. The Mets entered the inning down 2-1. Vladi Gomez tied the game with a sacrifice fly to right. St. Lucie then loaded the bases with two out on a walk, a single and a hit by pitch. Toomey stepped up next and, on the first pitch, sent a 390-foot drive over the left-field wall. Toomey finished 2-for-5 (he singled in the second), giving him four hits in 11 at-bats over his first three games. He also contributed an outfield assist as he doubled a runner off second base from right field. Those are all great ways for a player without a draft pedigree to get noticed. Elsewhere in the organization: Syracuse shut out Worcester 3-0. Jonah Tong limited the Red Sox to three hits and two walks over 5 2/3 innings for his fourth win of the season. The Mets scored all their runs in the second inning on a trio of RBI singles. Binghamton blanked Altoona 4-0. RJ Gordon went six innings for the win. His main offensive support came from Jacob Reimer, who hit a two-run single in the second. Brooklyn routed Asheville 15-3 one night after scoring 16 runs in a win. The Cyclones scored six runs before making an out in this game. Five different players drove in at least two runs. Elian Peña and Yonatan Henriquez each knocked in three. New York Mets Transactions No Roster Moves Syracuse Keeps The Line Moving In Decisive Inning The Mets did all their scoring after two were out. Hayden Senger walked and Shawn Ross singled to put runners at first and second. Zack Short lined a single to center to bring in Senger with the game's first run. Émilien Pitre followed with a ground-ball single to right to score Ross. ,D'Andre Smith grounded another single to right to score Short and make it 3-0. Tong struck out just three and was just OK throwing strikes (54 of 88 pitches, 61 percent), but he allowed just one baserunner in each of his first five innings. Tong's fielding may have been his biggest liability: he threw away a pair of pickoff throws to first base. Chris Devenski followed Tong and threw 1 1/3 hitless innings, striking out three. Tobias Myers got the final six outs for his first save of the season. He worked around two hits and a walk. Syracuse Batting Player AB R H RBI BB K Émilien Pitre, 2B 4 0 1 1 0 1 D'Andre Smith, CF 4 0 2 1 0 1 Ronny Mauricio, SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 Jose Ramos, RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 MJ Melendez, LF 4 0 0 0 0 3 Nick Lorusso, 1B 3 0 1 0 0 1 Hayden Senger, C 2 1 0 0 1 0 Shawn Ross, DH 3 1 1 0 0 1 Zack Short, 3B 3 1 2 1 0 0 Syracuse Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jonah Tong 5 2/3 3 0 0 2 3 0 Chris Devenski 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 3 0 Tobias Myers 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 Gordon, Reimer Push Binghamton Past Altoona The Rumble Ponies are 14-2 in August after their series-clinching victory. They're now 26-24 in the second half of the Eastern League season and tied for second, 2 1/2 games behind first-place Reading. Gordon earned the win despite having traffic on the bases all night. He was helped greatly by two double plays on the infield. He allowed four hits and three walks and struck out five. Binghamton scored its first run in the first on a bases-loaded walk to John Bay, which forced in Marco Vargas. The Ponies tripled the lead an inning later. Jamari Baylor led off with a single and Vincent Perozo walked behind him. Both moved up a base on Vargas' flyout. Jefferson Rojas fouled out to the catcher, but Reimer lined a single to center to bring in Baylor and Perozo and give Binghamton a 3-0 lead. Reimer finished the night 3-for-4. Perozo made it 4-0 in the fourth with his eighth homer of the year. Felipe De La Cruz, Brendan Girton and Carlos Guzman each threw an inning of relief to finish the shutout. Binghamton Batting Player AB R H RBI BB K Marco Vargas, DH 3 1 0 0 1 2 Jefferson Rojas, SS 3 0 1 0 1 0 Jacob Reimer, 3B 4 0 3 2 0 0 John Bay, CF 2 0 0 1 2 2 Corey Collins, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 Kevin Parada, C 4 0 0 0 0 1 JT Benson, RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 Jamari Baylor, 2B 4 1 1 0 0 1 Vincent Perozo, LF 3 2 1 1 1 0 Branny De Oleo, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 Binghamton Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR R.J. Gordon 6 4 0 0 3 5 0 Felipe De La Cruz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brendan Girton 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Carlos Guzman 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Brooklyn Gets Right Back To Work Against Asheville The first seven Cyclones batters reached base and 11 batters total came to the plate in the first.. Sammy Stafura led off the game with a walk and scored one batter later via two infield errors on Elian Pena's grounder. Aidan Smith walked. Ronald Hernandez singled to drive in Pena. Trey Snyder singled to load the bases. Henriquez doubled home Smith and Hernandez for a 4-0 lead. John Spikerman hit a two-run single, driving in Snyder and Henriquez, to complete the scoring. Brooklyn manufactured three runs in the third as it turned the game into a laugher. A Colin Houck single and walks to Daiverson Gutierrez and Peña loaded the bases. Smith scored Houck with an infield single, Hernandez walked to force in Gutierrez, and Snyder scored Peña with a sacrifice fly. Jose Chirinos started but did not get the win as he only went four innings. He allowed a run on four hits, walked two and struck out four. He threw 81 pitches, 50 for strikes. Ryan Dollar and Parker Carlson followed with two innings of relief apiece, Dollar was credited with the win despite allowing a run. Joe Scarborough allowed a run in the ninth. Stafura reached base five times from the leadoff spot with a hit, three walks and a hit by pitch. Brooklyn Batting Player AB R H RBI BB K Sammy Stafura, 2B 2 1 1 1 3 1 Elian Peña, SS 5 3 1 3 1 1 Aidan Smith, CF 5 2 2 1 1 2 Ronald Hernandez, 1B 4 1 2 3 2 1 Trey Snyder, LF 4 1 2 2 0 1 Yonatan Henriquez, 3B 6 2 2 2 0 0 John Spikerman, RF 5 2 2 2 1 2 Colin Houck, DH 5 1 1 0 0 1 Daiverson Gutierrez, C 2 2 0 0 2 1 Brooklyn Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jose Chirinos 4 4 1 1 2 4 0 Ryan Dollar 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 Parker Carlson 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 Joe Scarborough 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 Toomey Walk-Off Closes St. Lucie's Late Show The Mets were held scoreless for the first seven innings, but then scratched out a run in the eighth to tie the game 1-1. Reed Stallman led off with a single and Wyatt Vincent followed with a walk. Vladi Gomez failed to bunt them over as he was called out for batter interference. Ryan Tayman walked to load the bases. Eli Serrano III struck out looking for the second out. With Kuhio Aloy at the plate, Lakeland's pitcher threw a wild pitch to bring in Stallman. Lakeland took the lead in the top of the 10th on an run-scoring double, which set the stage for St. Lucie's closing act. Vincent bunted zombie runner Jake Ogden to third and Gomez followed with his tying sac fly. Tayman walked, Bohan Adderley singled, and Aloy was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Toomey then sent the home fans happy with his slam. Joel Lara pitched four innings in a bulk relief role after Aidan Keenan and AJ Krodel opened with an inning each. He allowed a run on two hits, walked four and struck out three. Ernesto Mercedes and Zack Mack each worked two innings after Lara, with Mack earning credit for the win. St. Lucie Batting Player AB R H RBI BB K Boston Baro, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 Vladi Gomez, 2B 1 0 0 1 0 0 Ryan Tayman, C 3 1 1 0 2 0 Eli Serrano III, LF 4 0 0 0 0 3 Bohan Adderley, CF 1 1 1 0 0 0 Kuhio Aloy, DH 2 1 0 0 1 1 Jack Toomey, RF 5 1 2 4 0 0 Jeremy Rodriguez, 3B 3 0 0 0 1 1 Dylan Carey, SS 4 0 0 0 0 3 Reed Stallman, 1B 4 1 1 0 0 2 Jake Ogden, PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 Wyatt Vincent, LF 2 0 0 0 1 2 St. Lucie Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR Aidan Keenan 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 AJ Krodel 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Joel Lara 4 2 1 1 4 3 0 Ernesto Mercedes 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 Zack Mack 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: 5 2/3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K Jack Wenninger: DNP Elian Peña: 1-for-5, 3 R, 3 RBI, BB, K Mitch Voit: DNP Ryan Clifford: DNP Nick Morabito: DNP Jonathan Santucci: DNP Carson Wiggins: DNP Jacob Reimer: 3-for-4, 2 RBI Aiden Robbins: DNP Randy Guzman: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Chris Suero: DNP Jefferson Rojas: 1-for-3, BB Will Watson: DNP Shane Sdao: DNP Eli Serrano III: 0-for-4, 3 K Antonio Jimenez: DNP Émilien Pitre: 1-for-4, RBI, K Dylan Ross: DNP

Syracuse nearly lost Friday night after holding visiting Worcester hitless for the first 7 1/3 innings. It blew a three-run lead after the no-no was broken up. After the Red Sox tied the game in the top of the ninth, MJ Melendez rescued the Mets in the bottom half with a walk-off RBI double, giving them a 4-3 win. Syracuse was in control of this game as Jack Wenninger (five innings) and Ofreidy Gomez (two) kept Worcester without a hit through seven. But Matt Turner gave up a one-out, two-run double in the eighth after issuing a pair of walks, and Ben Simon surrendered a run in the ninth to blow the save. The Mets have taken three of the first four games in this series. Elsewhere in the organization: Binghamton got big nights from JT Benson and Jefferson Rojas in an 8-5 victory over Altoona. Benson drove in four runs, while Rojas homered and drove in three. Mark Vientos made a rehab start at DH. Brooklyn pounded out 20 hits as it out-slugged Asheville 16-12. Yonatan Henriquez homered twice and drove in five runs. Seven different Cyclones batters had at least two hits. St. Lucie lost 6-3 to Lakeland. Jeremy Rodriguez and Aiden Robbins homered, and Jonathan Jimenez was effective in three-plus innings of relief. New York Mets Transactions No Roster Moves. Syracuse Walks It Off After ‘Pen Meltdown The Mets’ offense went to work in the bottom of the ninth after Simon’s blown save. With one out, Ronny Mauricio singled and Amick was hit by a pitch. With Melendez at the plate, Mauricio was picked off second by the catcher and thrown out attempting to steal third. Amick advanced to second on the play. Melendez then hit an opposite-field liner to the wall in left field to win the game. Asheville made things interesting with three runs in the bottom half. Smith reached base five times, with three hits and two walks. Snyder finished with three RBIs. Meggers and Paulino each had three hits. John Smith III doubled twice in a 3-for-5 effort. Brooklyn starter Will Watson lasted just 2 1/3 innings. He allowed three runs on three hits. Rafi Vazquez was awarded the win despite allowing two runs and four hits in two innings of relief. Player AB R H RBI BB K Elian Peña 6 1 1 0 0 5 Aidan Smith 4 2 3 1 2 1 Trey Snyder 6 1 2 3 0 1 John Smith III 5 3 3 1 0 0 Yonatan Henriquez 5 4 3 5 1 1 Antonio Jimenez 5 0 0 0 1 3 Daiverson Gutierrez 6 1 2 2 0 0 Chase Meggers 5 2 3 1 0 0 Eddinson Paulino 5 2 3 2 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Will Watson 2 1/3 3 3 3 0 4 1 Conner Ware 2 2/3 3 2 2 6 3 0 Rafi Vazquez 2 4 2 2 1 2 0 Hunter Hodges 2 4 5 5 1 4 1 St. Lucie Falls To Lakeland Again The Mets have dropped the first four games of this six-game set. They fell behind early Friday as Lakeland scored three runs in the top of the second. The Flying Tigers extended their lead to 4-0 in the fifth before St. Lucie got a run back in the bottom half on a sacrifice fly by Jake Ogden. Rodriguez’s solo homer in the seventh and Robbins’ solo homer in the eighth closed the gap to 4-3. Lakeland added a pair of insurance runs in the top of the ninth. St. Lucie outhit Lakeland 11-9 in the game. Dylan Carey had three of the hits, while Bohan Adderley and Julio Zayas each had two. The Mets used seven pitchers in a bullpen game. Jimenez was the only one to pitch multiple innings. He came on in the sixth and left after facing one batter in the ninth. That batter came around to score with Miguel Mejias pitching. Player AB R H RBI BB K Jeremy Rodriguez 4 0 1 0 0 2 Aiden Robbins 4 1 1 1 0 2 Eli Serrano III 4 0 1 0 0 1 Kuhio Aloy 4 0 0 0 0 1 Yovanny Rodriguez 4 1 1 1 0 3 Dylan Carey 4 0 3 0 0 0 Julio Zayas 3 1 2 0 1 0 Bohan Adderley 4 0 2 0 0 0 Jake Ogden 3 0 0 1 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Camden Lohman 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Nate Isler 1 4 3 3 1 1 1 Zach Crotchfelt 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Brett Banks 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 Candido Cuevas 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 Jonathan Jimenez 3 2 1 1 2 4 0 Miguel Mejias 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: 5 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K Elian Peña: 1-for-6, 5 K Mitch Voit: DNP Ryan Clifford: DNP Nick Morabito: 1-for-5, RBI, K Jonathan Santucci: DNP Carson Wiggins: DNP Jacob Reimer: DNP Aiden Robbins: 1-for-4, HR, RBI, 2 K Randy Guzman: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Chris Suero: 0-for-3, BB, 2 K Jefferson Rojas: 2-for-5, HR, 3 RBI, K Will Watson: 2 1/3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K Shane Sdao: DNP Eli Serrano III: 1-for-4, 2B, K Antonio Jimenez: 0-for-5, BB, 3 K Émilien Pitre: 1-for-4, BB Dylan Ross: DNP

Five pitchers combined on a four-hit shutout and Billy Amick hit his first Triple-A home run as Syracuse defeated Worcester 5-0 Thursday night. Kevin Herget worked the first two innings, allowing two hits. Brian Metoyer, Joe Jacques, Dan Hammer and Dylan Ross followed him out of the bullpen and combined to strike out 11 while allowing the other two hits. The Mets built their lead with single runs in each of the first four innings . Amick finished the picket fence with a two-out drive beyond the left-center field wall. Jose Ramos drove in two runs with an RBI single in the third and an RBI double in the seventh that completed the scoring. Elsewhere in the organization: Binghamton lost to Altoona 7-5. The Rumble Ponies were forced to play from behind after the Curve nicked starter Noah Hall for two runs in the first inning. Kevin Parada homered for the final margin. Brooklyn surrendered 10 runs in the fourth inning of its 13-6 loss to Asheville. The Cyclones walked four, two with the bases loaded, and committed a run-scoring passed ball in the frame. Trey Snyder hit a three-run homer in the first inning. St. Lucie allowed five unearned runs in its 6-2 loss to Lakeland. Jake Ogden drove in both Mets runs with a second-inning single. Christian Rodriguez allowed one run on two hits over the final 4 1/3 innings. New York Mets Transactions New York Mets sent 1B Mark Vientos on a rehab assignment to Binghamton Rumble Ponies. Metoyer Masterful In Syracuse Win Metoyer turned in the best outing among the Mets' five pitchers. He struck out five of the seven batters he faced over 2 1/3 perfect innings, including his last four. That performance was more than enough for him to earn the win from the official scorer. Jacques went 1 2/3 innings and Hammer worked two innings before Ross finished the shutout in the ninth. Syracuse's first run scored without a hit. Nick Morabito and Émilien Pitre walked to lead off the bottom of the first. Amick struck out, and MJ Melendez grounded into a force out that moved Morabito to third. Nick Lorusso walked to load the bases, Ramos reached on an error by second baseman Franklin Arias, the Red Sox's top prospect, bringing in Morabito. The Mets' second run came home on a throwing error by shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who is rehabbing with Worcester. Shawn Ross hit a pair of doubles and scored a run for Syracuse. Syracuse Mets Hitting Player AB R H RBI BB K Nick Morabito, LF 4 1 1 0 1 0 Émilien Pitre, 2B 3 1 1 0 1 0 Billy Amick, 3B 4 1 1 1 0 2 MJ Melendez, DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 Nick Lorusso, 1B 3 1 1 0 1 2 Jose Ramos, RF 4 0 2 2 0 1 D'Andre Smith, CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 Shawn Ross, C 4 1 2 0 0 2 Zack Short, SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 Totals 34 5 10 3 3 10 Syracuse Mets Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR Kevin Herget 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 Brian Metoyer 2 1/3 0 0 0 0 5 0 Joe Jacques 1 2/3 0 0 0 2 3 0 Dan Hammer 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 Dylan Ross 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 Totals 9 4 0 0 4 12 0 Parada Homers Late In Binghamton Loss Parada went deep with one out in the ninth inning to make the score 7-5. Corey Collins had walked ahead of him. It was Parada's fourth homer of the season for Binghamton. The Ponies' rally ended there, however, as JT Benson and Jamari Baylor both popped out to the second baseman to end the game. Hall went the first six innings and allowed five runs on seven hits. He walked one and struck out five. The good news was he pounded the zone, throwing 53 of his 78 pitches for strikes. Binghamton's other runs came on sacrifice flies by Benson and Jacob Reimer and a groundout by Baylor. Binghamton Rumble Ponies Hitting Player AB R H RBI BB K Jefferson Rojas, SS 4 1 1 0 0 1 Jacob Reimer, DH 3 0 0 1 0 0 Chris Suero, CF 4 0 1 0 0 2 John Bay, LF 4 1 1 0 0 3 Corey Collins, 1B 2 1 1 0 2 1 Kevin Parada, C 4 2 2 2 0 0 JT Benson, RF 3 0 0 1 0 0 Jamari Baylor, 2B 4 0 0 1 0 2 Branny De Oleo, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 31 5 6 5 2 12 Binghamton Rumble Ponies Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR Noah Hall 6 7 5 5 1 5 1 Brendan Girton 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 Saul Garcia 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 Totals 9 11 7 7 2 8 1 Brooklyn's Early Lead Vanishes At Asheville The Cyclones led 4-1 going into the bottom of the fourth. Thirteen batters later, they were staring at an 11-4 deficit. Aside from the walks and the passed ball, the Cyclones committed an error and surrendered six hits in the inning. Starter Joel Díaz and relievers Joe Scarborough, and Elwis Mijares were each charged with runs. Brooklyn got off to a fast start thanks to Snyder's home run, which followed walks to Sammy Stafura and Ronald Hernandez. The Cyclones' fourth run scored when John Smith III hit into double play in the top of the fourth, bringing home John Spikerman. Smith clubbed his first home run for Brooklyn in the sixth, a solo shot. Brooklyn Cyclones Hitting Player AB R H RBI BB K Sammy Stafura, SS 4 1 0 0 1 3 Aidan Smith, RF 4 1 0 0 1 3 Ronald Hernandez, 1B 3 1 1 0 2 0 Trey Snyder, CF 4 1 1 3 0 1 John Spikerman, DH 3 1 0 0 1 1 Antonio Jimenez, 2B 3 0 0 0 1 3 John Smith III, LF 3 1 1 1 0 0 Colin Houck, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 Daiverson Gutierrez, C 4 0 1 0 0 1 Totals 32 6 5 4 6 13 Brooklyn Cyclones Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR Joel Díaz 3 7 3 3 1 5 1 Joe Scarborough 0 1/3 0 4 4 4 1 0 Elwis Mijares 1 1/3 7 6 5 0 1 0 Gregori Louis 1 1/3 0 0 0 2 2 0 Juan Arnaud 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 Ryan Dollar 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 8 14 13 12 8 12 1 Defensive Mistakes Cost St. Lucie Lakeland's first five runs were aided by a Ryan Tayman passed ball in the first, a fielding error by first baseman Julio Zayas in the fourth, and a throwing error by shortstop Boston Baro in the fifth. Baro's error broke a 2-2 tie and led to a three-run inning for the Flying Tigers. Ogden's hit in the second put St. Lucie in front 2-1. Zayas walked and Vladi Gomez doubled to left to put runners at second and third with two outs. Starter Nathan Hall allowed three hits and one unearned run over three innings. He walked one and struck out one. Austin Brown followed and was tagged with four unearned runs over his 1 2/3 innings of work. Rodriguez surrendered the lone earned run, on a solo home run in the eighth. He struck out four and walked one. St. Lucie Mets Hitting Player AB R H RBI BB K Aiden Robbins, CF 5 0 0 0 0 2 Boston Baro, SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 Dylan Carey, SS 1 0 0 0 1 0 Ryan Tayman, C 3 0 0 0 1 2 Jack Toomey, LF 3 0 1 0 1 1 Yovanny Rodriguez, DH 3 0 0 0 1 2 Julio Zayas, 1B 2 1 0 0 2 1 Vladi Gomez, 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 Jake Ogden, 2B 3 0 1 2 1 1 Wyatt Vincent, RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 29 2 4 2 7 11 St. Lucie Mets Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR Nathan Hall 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 Austin Brown 1 2/3 2 4 0 2 1 0 Christian Rodriguez 4 1/3 2 1 1 1 4 1 Totals 9 7 6 1 4 6 1 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Elian Peña: DNP Mitch Voit: DNP Ryan Clifford: DNP Nick Morabito: 1-for-4, BB, R Jonathan Santucci: DNP Carson Wiggins: DNP Jacob Reimer: 0-for-3, RBI Aiden Robbins: 0-for-5, 2 K Randy Guzman: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Chris Suero: 1-for-4, 2 K Jefferson Rojas: 1-for-4, 2B, R, K Will Watson: DNP Shane Sdao: DNP Eli Serrano III: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 0-for-3, BB, 3 K Émilien Pitre: 1-for-3, BB, R Dylan Ross: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

The summer reshuffling of the New York Mets’ organization has forced a corresponding shakeup of Grand Central Mets’ Top 20 prospect list. There was no change to the top two players for the August update, but after that, there was a free-for-all of risers, fallers, additions and subtractions. Five new players hit the revamped list: three 2026 draft picks and two trade deadline acquisitions. The displaced group included left-hander Zac Thornton, who has graduated to major-league status, and right-hander Jonathan Pintaro, who was pitching for New York as of this writing. With that, here is GCM’s new Top 20, as of August 2026. Moves up and down from the July update are in parentheses: New York Mets Top 20 Prospect List (August 2026) Jonah Tong, RHP, AAA Jack Wenninger, RHP, AAA Elian Peña, SS, A+ (Previously No. 4) Mitch Voit, SS/2B, AA (Previously No. 7) Ryan Clifford, 1B/OF, AAA (Previously No. 3) Nick Morabito, OF, AAA (Previously No. 5) Jonathan Santucci, LHP, AAA (Previously No. 8) Carson Wiggins, RHP, Unassigned (New) Jacob Reimer, 3B/1B, AA (Previously No. 6) Aiden Robbins, OF, A (New) Randy Guzman, 1B/OF, A+ (Previously No. 14) Wandy Asigen, SS, Rookie Chris Suero, C/OF, AA (Previously No. 10) Jefferson Rojas, 3B/SS, AA (New) Will Watson, RHP, A (Previously No. 11) Shane Sdao, LHP, Unassigned (New) Eli Serrano III, OF/1B, A (Previously No. 13) Antonio Jimenez, SS/3B, A+ (Previously No. 17) Émilien Pitre, 2B, AAA (New) Dylan Ross, RHP, AAA (Previously No. 15) Biggest Risers Mitch Voit Voit is a man in a hurry. He hit another gear after his promotion from High-A Brooklyn to Double-A Binghamton, and it helped him move up three spots to fourth. The 2025 first-round selection immediately became a top-of-the-order terror with the Rumble Ponies: in his first 17 games, he posted a 220 wRC+, with 10 doubles, a triple, a home run, 27 runs scored, 10 RBIs and six stolen bases. As he grows and learns, his command of the zone should help him unlock more thump, and he’ll need to generate more, because third base is already calling Rojas away from shortstop. The book on him coming into this year was that his hands and footwork were average. The Mets started him five times at third and twice each at short and second through Aug. 18. He played twice as much third as short with Knoxville this year. The biggest knock on Rojas, again per North Side Baseball, might be that there isn't a standout tool in his bag. The hit tool is good and there’s potential for double-digit home runs, but the field tool is already forcing a long-term position change. He could wind up being just a "jack-of-all-trades" player in the majors. Shane Sdao (No. 16) Sdao has yet to debut after being drafted in the fourth round out of Texas A&M University. He underwent Tommy John surgery in 2025, then returned to post a 7.03 ERA/5.35 FIP for the Aggies in 2026. But his potential is so high that the Mets took him anyway. His velocity didn’t fully return post-surgery. His fastball previously sat 92 to 94 mph and touched 97 mph. But his affinity for spin helped him greatly. He has a nasty sweeper that he can throw to left- or right-handed hitters, and a curveball that sits in the high-70s. He struck out 25.2 percent of the hitters he faced as a collegian, while walking just 6.0 percent. Emilien Pitre (No. 19) His hit tool got him moved up to Triple-A two weeks after the Mets acquired him in the trade that sent Freddy Peralta to the Tampa Bay Rays. Pitre struck out four times in 44 plate appearances at Binghamton and then put the ball in play all four times up in his Syracuse debut. He was a combined 17-for-44 (.386 average) as a Mets farmhand through Aug. 18. Between Syracuse, Binghamton, Double-A Montgomery and High-A Bowling Green, he has an 86.2 percent contact rate and 5.9 percent swinging strike rate this season. Power will not be a large part of his game unless he alters his swing to produce loft. He has homered at a 1.3 percent rate in more than 1,000 minor-league plate appearances. At least his speed is a playable tool, although he appears to need work on his baserunning. He has 33 steals this season but has been thrown out 12 times. Pitre’s position appears to be set: He is a second baseman. He has made 81 starts there between his four clubs in 2026. MLB Pipeline described his fielding ability this way: “(H)e was one of the most technically sound infielders in Tampa Bay’s system, with good pre-pitch preparation, strong footwork and efficient angles on grounders, although he needs to be more consistent nailing down the routine plays.” Dropped Out LHP Zac Thornton (previously ninth, graduated), RHP Ryan Lambert (previously 16th), RHP R.J. Gordon (previously 18th), RHP Jonathan Pintaro (previously 19th, in majors), and INF Marco Vargas (previously 20th) all fell off the list for one reason or another.

All four New York Mets minor-league affiliates went through a stretch Wednesday night in which they gave up a lead or allowed an opponent to break the game open. Only Binghamton overcame its meltdown. The Rumble Ponies blew a four-run lead in the fifth inning against Altoona, retook the lead in the bottom half, and then allowed a game-tying run in the sixth. They regained control for good with a four-run seventh, capped by Corey Collins' three-run homer. Binghamton went on to a 10-6 victory. Elsewhere in the organization: Syracuse lost to Worcester 9-7. Jonathan Santucci allowed six runs (all earned) over four-plus innings after being staked to a 5-1 lead. MJ Melendez and Hayden Senger homered. Brooklyn allowed three unearned runs in the seventh to blow a two-run lead and lost 7-6 to Asheville. Yonatan Henriquez hit a two-run homer. Starter Emilio Obispo allowed two earned runs and struck out six over 4 2/3 innings. St. Lucie endured another lopsided loss to Lakeland, this time 11-1. Kuhio Aloy drove in the Mets' only run. The bullpen surrendered seven runs over 4 1/3 innings. New York Mets Transactions New York Mets placed DH Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list. Left ankle bursitis. New York Mets recalled 1B Eric Wagaman from Syracuse Mets. New York Mets recalled RHP Chayce McDermott from Syracuse Mets. Chicago Cubs claimed 3B Gabriel Arias off waivers from New York Mets. New York Mets optioned RHP Jack Weisenburger to Syracuse Mets. Santucci Falters, Syracuse Falls Santucci took a big lead into the fifth inning. He exited the frame five batters later without recording an out. Facing rehabbing major-leaguers and players with MLB experience, he allowed a walk, a single, a double, and two more singles before being replaced by Chris Devenski with Syracuse clinging to a 5-4 lead. The latter two hits went to rehabbing Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Trevor Story. Devenski struck out the first hitter he faced, but then gave up a three-run home run to rehabbing Romy Gonzalez to put Worcester ahead 7-5. Syracuse got a run back in the sixth when Nick Lorusso scored on a throwing error. After Worcester tacked on two runs in the eighth for a 9-6 lead, Morabito's second double of the game drove in Ramos in the bottom half. The Mets raced to a 3-0 lead in the first. Nick Morabito led off with a double, moved to third on a flyout, and scored on Ronny Mauricio's single. Melendez followed with his 15th homer of the season. They made it 5-0 in the fourth on Hayden Senger's two-run homer, his 10th round-tripper of the year. Zach Franklin pitched a perfect sixth and seventh. Matt Seelinger escaped a no-out, bases-loaded jam in the eighth without any more runs scoring. He went on to finish the game. Player AB R H RBI BB K Nick Morabito 5 1 2 1 0 1 Émilien Pitre 5 0 0 0 0 1 Ronny Mauricio 5 1 1 1 0 1 Billy Amick 4 0 0 0 1 1 MJ Melendez 5 1 1 2 0 2 Nick Lorusso 3 1 1 0 1 0 Jose Ramos 1 2 0 0 2 0 Hayden Senger 3 1 1 2 0 1 Zack Short 3 0 1 1 1 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jonathan Santucci 4 6 6 6 4 3 0 Chris Devenski 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 Zach Franklin 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Matt Turner 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 Matt Seelinger 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 Collins' Big Hit Helps Bail Out Binghamton The Rumble Ponies led 4-0 after five innings. They got first-inning home runs from Vargas, his third, and Chris Suero, his 16th, and then RBI singles by Vargas and Jacob Reimer in the fifth. Altoona scored five in the sixth to go ahead 5-4, but Binghamton retook the lead in the bottom half. Vincent Perozo was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, forcing in John Bay, and Vargas hit a run-scoring groundout to make it 6-5. The Curve tied the game 6-6 in the seventh before Binghamton went ahead for good in the seventh. Reimer singled, Suero doubled, and Bay singled home Reimer home to put the Ponies back in front. Collins followed with his fifth homer of the season, a no-doubter to right. Those runs did hold up. Dakota Hawkins started and threw three scoreless innings. He allowed two hits and two walks and struck out two. Douglas Orellana earned the win with two innings of relief, although he did allow a run on four hits. Garrett Stratton got the final four outs, though he did not enter in a save situation. Player AB R H RBI BB K Marco Vargas 5 2 3 3 0 1 Jefferson Rojas 5 0 0 0 0 0 Jacob Reimer 5 1 2 1 0 1 Chris Suero 4 2 2 1 0 0 John Bay 4 2 2 1 0 2 Corey Collins 4 2 3 3 0 0 JT Benson 4 0 0 0 0 1 Jamari Baylor 3 1 1 0 1 1 Vincent Perozo 3 0 0 1 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Dakota Hawkins 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 Cristofer Gomez 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bryce Conley 1 2/3 7 5 5 0 2 0 Douglas Orellana 2 4 1 1 0 3 0 Garrett Stratton 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 Error, Missed Chances Doom Brooklyn The Cyclones beat themselves in this one. Not only did they allow the three unearned runs in the seventh, they also left 13 runners on base. The decisive rally started with a leadoff walk, was extended by Henriquez's two-out throwing error which brought in a run, continued with another walk, and climaxed with a two-run double that put the Tourists ahead. Brooklyn took a 6-4 lead in the top of the seventh when John Smith III's infield single was thrown away, allowing Trey Snyder to score. The Cyclones went up 4-1 in the fifth on a two-run homer by Henriquez, but Asheville tied the game in the bottom half with a pair of homers. Chase Meggers came home on Asheville's second run-scoring balk of the game to put Brooklyn back up 5-4 in the sixth. Player AB R H RBI BB K Sammy Stafura 5 0 1 0 0 3 Elian Peña 5 0 1 1 0 1 Aidan Smith 5 0 0 0 0 3 Ronald Hernandez 5 0 1 0 0 2 Trey Snyder 3 3 1 0 2 1 Yonatan Henriquez 5 1 1 2 0 0 John Smith III 4 0 3 0 1 1 Colin Houck 3 1 1 0 2 2 Chase Meggers 4 1 2 0 1 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Emilio Obispo 4 2/3 6 3 2 2 6 1 Parker Carlson 1 1/3 2 1 1 0 2 1 Luis R. Rodriguez 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 Calvin Ziegler 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 Middle-Inning Meltdown Sinks St. Lucie The Mets trailed only 2-0 after four innings. Lakeland ended any hopes of a comeback with three runs in the fifth, a run in the sixth and four runs in the seventh. Starter Ethan Lanthier went out for the fifth but allowed a single and a double to begin the inning. He got a popout for the first out, and then was replaced by Zack Mack, who promptly gave up a two-run double and a sacrifice fly to make it 5-0. Mack allowed a solo homer in the sixth to put the Flying Tigers up 6-0. Dillon Stiltner came on for the seventh and allowed the first five hitters to reach base. Two scored, one on a wild pitch. A fielder's choice brought in a third run, and then Stiltner issued a walk that ended his night. Ernesto Rodriguez came in and got a ground ball, but Vladi Gomez threw it away for an error that plated Lakeland's 10th run of the game. Lakeland pushed the lead to 11-0 in the eighth before Aloy singled home Eli Serrano III in the bottom half to break up the shutout. At least Jeremy Rodriguez and Reed Stallman each had two hits. Player AB R H RBI BB K Jeremy Rodriguez 3 0 2 0 2 0 Dylan Carey 5 0 0 0 0 0 Eli Serrano III 3 1 0 0 0 1 Kuhio Aloy 4 0 1 1 0 1 Yovanny Rodriguez 3 0 0 0 1 1 Vladi Gomez 4 0 1 0 0 1 Bohan Adderley 3 0 0 0 1 0 Reed Stallman 4 0 2 0 0 2 Wyatt Vincent 4 0 0 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Ethan Lanthier 4 1/3 6 4 4 1 3 1 Zack Mack 1 2/3 2 2 2 0 3 1 Dillon Stiltner 1/3 3 4 4 3 0 0 Ernesto Mercedes 1 2/3 2 1 0 1 2 0 Julio Zayas 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Elian Peña: 1-for-5, RBI, K Mitch Voit: DNP Ryan Clifford: DNP Nick Morabito: 2-for-5, 2 2B, RBI, K Jonathan Santucci: 4 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 3 K Carson Wiggins: DNP Jacob Reimer: 2-for-5, RBI, K Aiden Robbins: DNP Randy Guzman: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Chris Suero: 2-for-4, 2B, HR, RBI Jefferson Rojas: 0-for-5 Will Watson: DNP Shane Sdao: DNP Eli Serrano III: 0-for-3, K Antonio Jimenez: DNP Émilien Pitre: 0-for-5, K Dylan Ross: DNP

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. 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 Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: DNP Elian Peña: 0-for-4, 2 BB, 3 K Nick Morabito: 0-for-4, 2 K Jacob Reimer: 0-for-4, BB Mitch Voit: 1-for-4, K Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zac Thornton: MLB Chris Suero: 1-for-3, RBI, BB Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Eli Serrano III: 0-for-3, BB Randy Guzman: DNP Dylan Ross: DNP Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 2-for-5, 2B, K R.J. Gordon: DNP Jonathan Pintaro: MLB Marco Vargas: 3-for-5, K

We're now more than two weeks removed from the MLB trade deadline, and the New York Mets organization is making aggressive moves with two of the prospects it acquired in its summer sell-off. Interestingly, the prospect you’d most expect to be moving up didn’t. The Mets promoted infielders Billy Amick and Emilien Pitre from Double-A Binghamton to Triple-A Syracuse on Monday. Infielder Jefferson Rojas, the top-100 player acquired from the Chicago Cubs in the Clay Holmes-Tyrone Taylor deal, stayed at Binghamton. Age had to play a role in the decision: Amick and Pitre are 23 and have major college experience, while Rojas is a 21-year-old international signee. New York acquired 11 minor-leaguers in the six trades they made over a 72-hour period at the start of August. Grand Central Mets offers initial impressions of these three, the most advanced hitters of the group: Jefferson Rojas Rojas has been merely a cog in Binghamton’s offensive machine, but he's not slowing it down. He’s slashing .263/.333/.447 (106 wRC+) after 10 games, with a home run and four extra-base hits. Three of those XBHs came in one game. While the slug may be spotty, it's real. Rojas has produced 16 home runs and 39 extra-base hits in 101 games between Binghamton and Double-A Knoxville, both career highs. Another big plus: his strikeout and walk rates are both at 10.2 percent at Binghamton, in line with his career numbers. He has an 81.0 percent contact rate and a 9.0 swinging strike rate since joining the Mets' organization. As he grows and learns, his command of the zone should help him unlock more thump. And he will need to find more, because third base is already calling Rojas away from shortstop. The Mets have started him four times at third and twice each at short and second since acquiring him. He played twice as much third as short with Knoxville this year. For now, he’s forming a dynamic infield duo at Binghamton with Mitch Voit and giving Mets fans visions of a young star tandem blossoming in the next year or two. Billy Amick His power surge is real, but what's also clear is that Amick is a classic all-or-nothing slugger. He has unlocked his power in his third pro season after totaling seven homers the first two years. He leaves Binghamton tied for the Double-A home run lead with 30 total. His seven dingers in 12 games for the Rumble Ponies powered a .304/.396/.763 slash line (1.179 OPS, 199 wRC+). The swing strategy is clear: lift and separate. He produced a 59.3 percent fly-ball rate with Binghamton, almost nine percentage points higher than his rate at Wichita. His pull-air rate with Wichita was in the 92nd percentile, according to Prospect Savant. Interestingly, his overall pull rate dropped sharply with Binghamton, from 48.1 percent to 29.6 percent, per Fangraphs, while his center-field rate jumped from 23.8 percent to 44.4 percent. But more than any changes in his swing habits, we have to address the strikeout issues. In ’24 and ’25, he punched out at a 27.7 percent rate (95 in 343 PAs); this year, it’s 29.3 percent (127 in 433 PAs combined). At Triple-A, he’ll face... maybe not the best pitching talent in a system, but enough quality arms to expose him. There’s no mystery with Amick: it’s the three true outcomes of home run, walk, and strikeout (32 combined in 54 PAs with Binghamton). The Mets’ organization is challenging him to expand his horizons and shrink his zone in the final month of the Triple-A season. If he does make progress, he’ll make life more uncomfortable for Ryan Clifford, who’s sporting a 54 wRC+ and 38.1 percent K-rate. Emilien Pitre Saying Pitre is the anti-Amick is trite, but accurate. He struck out four times in 44 plate appearances for Binghamton (9.1 percent), and his .375 slugging percentage was entirely the product of a .375 batting average, because he had zero extra-base hits in 10 games. But that contact is just too enticing. An 87.1 percent contact rate with the Rumble Ponies, which was slightly down from his 89.4 percent rate with Double-A Montgomery, is hard to pass up on. His 5.9 percent swinging strike percentage was higher, too, but it was still less than half Amick’s 12.6 percent. And the quality of Pitre’s contact could not be more different. He produced a 54.1 percent ground-ball rate and a 43.2 opposite-field rate with Binghamton. He was at 52.3 percent ground balls with Montgomery. Both ground-ball figures are sharply higher than his A-ball percentages. Then there’s the speed. His stolen base total has slowed at Double-A, with 12 in 47 games as compared to 21 in 51 games at High-A, but it’s clear he has wheels. Mets team president David Stearns reached for speed and up-the-middle skill in several deadline trades. Pitre was one of them, and his talents in those fields could land him a role with the big-club sooner than later.

The New York Mets are breaking up the M, M & M Boys at Syracuse. Christopher Morel is being promoted to the big club. He'll have his contract purchased ahead of New York's home game Monday night against the San Diego Padres, journalist Mike Rodriguez and Metsmerized Online reported Sunday night, Morel did not play in Syracuse's 2-1 victory over Jacksonville on Sunday evening. The move is a recognition of Morel's slugging at Triple-A. The 27-year-old utility man hit 12 home runs and compiled a 1.098 OPS in 123 plate appearances over 31 games for Syracuse after signing a minor-league contract with the Mets on July 1. He, Ronny Mauricio and MJ Melendez formed a powerful trio. Morel played five positions for Syracuse (first base, second base, third base, left field and right field), and it's expected New York will use him in a similar fashion. The bottom line is, if he hits, he'll play. Elsewhere in the organization: Binghamton got a tie-breaking two-run single from Marco Vargas in the eighth inning to beat Portland 8-6. Vargas finished 4-for-5 with a home run, four RBIs and two runs scored. Brooklyn was held to one hit in a 1-0 loss to Jersey Shore. The only run scored on an infield single in the eighth inning. Daviel Hurtado allowed one hit over seven scoreless frames. St. Lucie lost to Jupiter 7-3. Kuhio Aloy homered twice for the Mets. Starter Will Watson threw three scoreless innings in his third appearance back from an oblique injury that kept him out for three months. The Mets’ Dominican Summer League clubs were off. The regular season ends Tuesday. New York Mets Transactions No Roster Moves Syracuse Bullpen Picks Up Tong Jonah Tong was unable to get through the fifth, which meant the Mets' 'pen had to cover 13 outs after the offense gave it the lead in the seventh. Four relievers did the job in style as they stitched together 4 1/3 hitless innings. Joe Jacques got the last out in the fifth, striking out the only batter he faced. Dan Hammer followed with a scoreless sixth. He became the pitcher of record when the Mets took the lead a half-inning later. Brian Metoyer worked a scoreless bottom of the seventh. Dylan Ross then retired all six batters he faced for his fourth save. Zack Short started the winning rally with a leadoff single. Ronny Mauricio followed with a single that moved Short to third. Nick Morabito walked to load the bases with nobody out. Eric Wagaman then hit a fly ball to center to score Short. Syracuse opened the scoring in the second. Hayden Senger delivered a two-out single to drive in Jose Ramos. Jacksonville answered in the bottom half with a solo home run. Ryan Clifford had a game to forget. He went 0-for-5 with five strikeouts. Player AB R H RBI BB K Ronny Mauricio, SS 5 0 1 0 0 2 Nick Morabito, LF 3 0 1 0 1 1 Eric Wagaman, 3B 4 0 1 1 0 2 Nick Lorusso, 1B 2 0 0 0 3 1 Ryan Clifford, RF 5 0 0 0 0 5 Shawn Ross, DH 3 0 0 0 1 3 Jose Ramos, CF 3 1 2 0 1 0 Hayden Senger, C 4 0 1 1 0 1 Zack Short, 2B 4 1 3 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jonah Tong 4 2/3 3 1 1 2 6 1 Joe Jacques 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Dan Hammer 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Brian Metoyer 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Dylan Ross 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Vargas Clutch As Binghamton Holds Off Portland The Rumble Ponies gave up the lead in the bottom of the seventh, then promptly got it back in the eighth. Chris Suero singled, and Corey Collins and D'Andre Smith walked to load the bases. Vargas' single to center scored Suero and Collins for an 8-6 lead. Garrett Stratton came on and retired all six batters he faced to earn the save. Vargas started his day by homering with one out in the first inning. It was his second homer of the season. He followed that by singling home Mitch Voit in the fourth to put the Ponies up 6-4. Vargas, 21, is trying to regain momentum as a prospect after two stints on the injured list. He's part of a Binghamton infield that added Jefferson Rojas, Billy Amick and Émilien Pitre at the trade deadline. Will Sammon of The Athletic reported that Pitre is being promoted to Syracuse, presumably to take Morel's place R.J. Gordon started and went the first four innings. He allowed four runs (two earned) on two hits, with three walks and two strikeouts. Player AB R H RBI BB K Mitch Voit, 2B 5 1 1 1 0 3 Marco Vargas, SS 5 2 4 4 0 1 Émilien Pitre, DH 4 0 0 0 1 2 Jefferson Rojas, 3B 3 0 0 0 2 1 Jacob Reimer, 1B 5 0 1 1 0 0 Chris Suero, C 4 3 3 0 1 0 John Bay, CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 Corey Collins, LF 2 1 0 1 1 1 JT Benson, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 D'Andre Smith, RF 2 0 0 1 1 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR R.J. Gordon 4 2 4 2 3 2 0 Cristofer Gomez 1 2/3 1 1 1 2 2 0 Saul Garcia 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 2 1 Garrett Stratton 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 Hurtado Masterful In No-Decision For Brooklyn Hurtado deserved better. He struck out five and walked two to go with the hit he allowed. He needed just 81 pitches to get through seven. The Cyclones' hitters had a golden opportunity to give him early run support. Brooklyn loaded the bases with one out in the third after Sammy Stafura was hit by a pitch, Aiden Smith walked, and Trey Snyder was hit by a pitch. Ronald Hernandez grounded into an inning-ending double play. Brooklyn put two men on in the fourth as well. John Spikerman doubled and Colin Houck walked, but Eddinson Paulino struck out to end the inning. Jersey Shore broke through in the eighth with a two-out, RBI infield single against Parker Carlson. With a runner on third, a soft ground ball up the middle deflected off Carlson's glove and rolled toward shortstop. Stafura charged and made a barehanded grab, but his throw was late. AB R H RBI BB K Sammy Stafura, SS 2 0 0 0 1 1 Aidan Smith, CF 3 0 0 0 1 0 Trey Snyder, LF 3 0 0 0 0 3 Ronald Hernandez, 1B 2 0 0 0 2 1 Yonatan Henriquez, RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 John Spikerman, DH 4 0 1 0 0 2 Daiverson Gutierrez, C 3 0 0 0 0 0 Colin Houck, 3B 3 0 0 0 1 2 Eddinson Paulino, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Daviel Hurtado 7 1 0 0 2 5 0 Parker Carlson 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 Elwis Mijares 1 0 0 0 1 2 Aloy Goes Deep Twice In St. Lucie Loss Aloy hit his second and third homers in just his 10th professional game. The 2026 draft pick out of the University of Arkansas gave the Mets a 1-0 lead in the second with his first homer. After Jupiter responded with a two-run home run in the fourth, Aloy homered again in the sixth to tie the game 2-2. Jupiter homered in the bottom half of the sixth off Conner Ware to go ahead 3-2. The Hammerheads put the game out of reach with three runs in the seventh and a run in the eighth. One of the runs was unearned thanks to a throwing error by shortstop Elian Peña. St. Lucie got the tying run to the plate in the ninth after Peña -- who was promoted to High-A Brooklyn after the game -- drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk. John Smith III grounded into a force play to end the game. Ware took the loss. The homer was the only hit he allowed over two innings. layer AB R H RBI BB K Elian Peña, SS 4 0 0 1 1 3 John Smith III, RF 5 0 0 0 0 1 Julio Zayas, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 Kuhio Aloy, LF 4 2 2 2 0 0 Yovanny Rodriguez, C 3 1 1 0 1 2 Reed Stallman, DH 3 0 1 0 1 1 Bohan Adderley, CF 3 0 0 0 1 3 Dylan Carey, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 Kooper Schulte, 2B 3 0 1 0 1 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Will Watson 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 Candido Cuevas 1 3 2 2 0 2 1 Conner Ware 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 Jose Guevara 2/3 1 3 2 2 1 0 Ernesto Mercedes 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brett Banks 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: 4 2/3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, HR Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: 0-for-5, 5 K Elian Peña: 0-for-4, RBI, BB, 3 K Nick Morabito: 1-for-3, BB, K Jacob Reimer: 1-for-5, RBI Mitch Voit: 1-for-5, 2B, RBI, 3 K Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zac Thornton: MLB Chris Suero: 3-for-4, 2B, 3 R, BB Will Watson: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Wandy Asigen: DNP Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: DNP Dylan Ross: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, S Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: DNP R.J. Gordon: 4 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K Jonathan Pintaro: MLB Marco Vargas: 4-for-5, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R, K

Jose Chirinos has been steady since being promoted to High-A Brooklyn in early June. On Saturday, the right-hander from Venezuela was stellar. He turned in his longest outing of the season, 6 2/3 innings, as he blanked Jersey Shore on two hits. He walked none and struck out five in a no-decision. As always, efficiency was the key: he threw 54 of his 82 pitches for strikes. The 21-year-old has now worked at least five innings in nine of his 12 starts for Brooklyn, which is significant in a time of bullpenning and piggybacking. He went six innings twice for Single-A St. Lucie in May. Overall, he is up to 101 1/3 innings over 21 games (19 starts). He sports a 3.38 ERA (4.09 RA/9), 1.23 WHIP and 25.6 percent strikeout rate. The Cyclones won 1-0 with a run in the bottom of the eighth. Elsewhere in the organization . . . Syracuse edged Jacksonville 4-3. MJ Melendez’s solo home run in the eighth inning was the difference. Ronny Mauricio and Christopher Morel also homered. Binghamton got back on track with a 14-3 rout of Portland. Jefferson Rojas drove in two runs, and Mitch Voit reached base five times one night after the Rumble Ponies’ winning streak ended at 10. St. Lucie lost 3-1 to Jupiter. Aiden Robbins continued to shine at the start of his pro career as he homered for the Mets’ lone run. DSL Mets Blue lost 11-4 to the DSL NYY Yankees. Adrian De La Rosa drove in three runs. DSL Mets Orange lost 2-1 in eight innings to the DSL Nationals. Mets starter Anderson Ozuna pitched five scoreless innings. New York Mets Transactions No Roster Moves. Syracuse’s M, M & M Boys Do Their Thing Melendez, Morel and Mauricio accounted for the Mets’ scoring with their long balls. Mauricio slammed a two-run homer in the first to give Syracuse a quick lead. Morel hit a solo shot in the fourth to make it 3-1. He has 12 homers in 31 games for the Mets as he tries to slug his way back to The Show. Mauricio and Melendez have 14 each. Zack Mack earned the win by getting the final two outs of the seventh, setting the stage for Melendez’s go-ahead homer. Devenski struck out four as he closed out the win. Player AB R H RBI BB K Nick Morabito, RF 3 0 2 0 0 1 MJ Melendez, LF 3 2 1 1 1 0 Ronny Mauricio, 3B 4 1 1 2 0 1 Eric Wagaman, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 Christopher Morel, 2B 4 1 3 1 0 0 Jose Ramos, CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 Ryan Clifford, DH 4 0 0 0 0 3 Shawn Ross, C 3 0 0 0 1 1 Zack Short, SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 31 4 7 4 3 10 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Kevin Herget 2 1/3 2 1 1 0 2 1 Matt Turner 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 Zach Franklin 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Austin Warren 1 1/3 2 2 2 0 1 1 Zack Mack 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Chris Devenski 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 Rumble Ponies Get . . . Right Back On The Horse Binghamton resumed normal operations as they battered the Sea Dogs. As has been the case during their hot streak, they opened the scoring with five runs in the third. Kevin Parada hit his third home run of the season for a 1-0 lead. After that, Émilien Pitre lifted a sacrifice fly, Rojas drove in a run with a single, and Billy Amick hit a two-run homer. It was Amick's seventh with Binghamton and his 30th overall. They settled matters with four runs in the sixth. Pitre singled in two, Jacob Reimer walked with the bases loaded, and Amick drove in a run with a fielder’s choice grounder. Voit continued to be an on-base machine out of the leadoff spot. He had two hits, two walks and a hit by pitch. Gabe Davis started and allowed an unearned run over 3 1/3 innings. He struck out four and walked three. Carlos Guzman threw a scoreless seventh and eighth. That earned him the win via scorer’s discretion. Player AB R H RBI BB K Mitch Voit, DH 3 3 2 0 2 0 Émilien Pitre, 2B 5 2 1 3 0 0 Jefferson Rojas, SS 5 1 2 2 1 1 Jacob Reimer, 3B 4 2 2 1 2 2 Billy Amick, 1B 6 1 1 3 0 2 John Bay, CF 4 0 2 2 1 2 Corey Collins, LF 4 0 0 0 1 1 Kevin Parada, C 3 3 1 1 2 2 Yohairo Cuevas, RF 2 1 1 0 0 0 JT Benson, RF 3 1 1 0 0 1 Totals 39 14 13 12 9 11 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Gabe Davis 3 1/3 1 1 0 3 4 0 Justin Armbruester 1 2/3 2 1 0 1 2 0 Brendan Girton 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Carlos Guzman 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bryce Jenkins 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 Brooklyn Scratches Out Go-Ahead Run Late The Cyclones manufactured their run with the help of a leaky defense by Jersey Shore. Jamari Baylor led off with an infield hit, and Antonio Jimenez followed with a grounder to short. The throw to second was wild, and Baylor advanced to third. Chase Meggers then hit a grounder to second. Baylor broke for the plate on the contact play, and he easily beat the throw home. Juan Arnaud was credited with the win. He got the last out in the eighth and then worked a scoreless ninth. Aidan Smith had two of Brooklyn’s five hits. Player AB R H RBI BB K Sammy Stafura, SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 Aidan Smith, CF 4 0 2 0 0 1 John Spikerman, LF 4 0 0 0 0 3 Trey Snyder, RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 Yonatan Henriquez, 2B 2 0 0 0 1 0 Ronald Hernandez, DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 Jamari Baylor, 1B 3 1 1 0 0 2 Antonio Jimenez, 3B 2 0 0 0 1 0 Chase Meggers, C 3 0 1 1 0 1 Totals 28 1 5 1 2 9 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jose Chirinos 6 2/3 2 0 0 0 5 0 Josh Blum 1/3 0 0 0 2 0 0 Calvin Ziegler 2/3 0 0 0 2 0 0 Juan Arnaud 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 Robbins A Bright Spot For St. Lucie Robbins’ solo shot in the sixth cut the Mets’ deficit to 3-1. Jupiter had gone ahead with a run in the second and two in the third off starter Joel Lara. The Mets’ third-round pick in this year’s draft is slashing .325/.413/.425 after 11 professional games. He also has three stolen bases after a theft Saturday. The Mets got the tying run to the plate with one out in the ninth, but Vladi Gomez and Dylan Carey struck out to end the game. Player AB R H RBI BB K Elian Peña, SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 Aiden Robbins, LF 4 1 3 1 0 0 Eli Serrano III, RF 2 0 0 0 2 0 Julio Zayas, DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Tayman, C 4 0 0 0 0 2 Reed Stallman, 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 Vladi Gomez, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 4 Dylan Carey, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 Wyatt Vincent, CF 3 0 1 0 0 1 Totals 31 1 6 1 4 9 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Joel Lara 3 1/3 3 3 3 4 5 1 Austin Brown 2 2/3 2 0 0 0 4 0 Caden Wooster 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: 0-for-4, 3 K Elian Peña: 0-for-3, K Nick Morabito: 2-for-3, K Jacob Reimer: 2-for-4, 2B, 2 K Mitch Voit: 2-for-3, 2B Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zac Thornton: MLB Chris Suero: DNP Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Eli Serrano III: 0-for-2 Randy Guzman: DNP Dylan Ross: DNP Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 0-for-2 R.J. Gordon: DNP Jonathan Pintaro: MLB Marco Vargas: DNP Austin Brown and Caden Wooster combined to strike out six over 4 2/3 innings of scoreless, two-hit relief.