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The Ponies added an insurance run in the seventh. Chris Suero hit his second double of the game and Jose Ramos drove him in with a single. Gordon finished one out shy of a quality start. He allowed three runs and seven hits over 5 2/3 innings. He walked two and struck out five. Brian Metoyer recorded a hold with 1 1/3 scoreless innings, Justin Armbruester struck out all three batters he faced in the eighth, Saul Garcia closed out the win with a scoreless ninth. Player AB R H RBI BB K Chris Suero 5 1 2 0 0 1 Jose Ramos 3 1 1 1 1 0 Nick Lorusso 4 1 1 0 0 2 Kevin Parada 4 1 1 1 0 1 Matt Rudick 4 2 2 3 0 0 Nick Lucky 4 1 1 0 0 2 Kevin Villavicencio 4 0 1 1 0 1 Jaylen Palmer 4 0 0 0 0 3 Nick Roselli 4 0 1 1 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR R.J. Gordon (W, 1-5) 5 2/3 7 3 3 2 5 0 Brian Metoyer (H, 4) 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 2 0 Justin Armbruester 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 Saul Garcia 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Cyclones Give Hawkins Loads Of Support Brooklyn hitters made Hawkins' night a lot easier as they staked him to a 4-0 lead in the first. John Bay popped a three-run shot with one out to open the scoring. The next batter, Daiverson Gutierrez, followed with a solo shot. Gutierrez finished 3-for-3 with three RBIs. Mitch Voit had a huge night at the plate from the leadoff spot. He reached base in all five of his plate appearances with two hits, a walk and a hit by pitch, drove in three runs, and stole three bases. The No. 7 prospect on Grand Central Mets' Top-20 list is now up to 30 steals for the season. He's also sporting a .777 OPS. Player AB R H RBI BB K Mitch Voit 2 2 2 3 2 0 Yonatan Henriquez 4 1 1 0 1 2 JT Benson 5 1 1 0 0 1 John Bay 4 2 2 3 0 0 Daiverson Gutierrez 3 2 3 3 0 0 Yohairo Cuevas 4 1 1 0 0 2 Trace Willhoite 3 0 0 0 1 2 Colin Houck 4 1 0 1 0 2 Sam Biller 4 1 1 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Dakota Hawkins (W, 3-0) 6 0 0 0 0 5 0 Cristofer Gomez 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Ryan Dollar 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Juan Arnaud 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 Jimenez Has Up-And-Down Day For St. Lucie First, the good from Antonio Jimenez: He hit his third home run in four games, a two-run shot in the third that put the Mets ahead, 2-1. He's 10-for-18 (.556) during his current four-game hitting streak. Now, the bad: He committed two throwing errors at third base. His first one came on a run-scoring fielder's choice in the bottom of the third. The misplay helped Jupiter put together a four-run inning and take the lead for good. A throwing error by Peña on a potential double play in the fourth brought in two more Jupiter runs. Christian Rodriguez started and took the loss, allowing five runs and eight hits over three innings. Jackson Hauge drove in the final St. Lucie run with a single in the fourth, scoring AJ Salgado. Peña, Branny De Oleo, and Francisco Toledo each collected two hits. Player AB R H RBI BB K Antonio Jimenez 5 1 1 2 0 1 Elian Peña 4 0 2 0 0 1 Trey Snyder 4 0 0 0 0 1 Julio Zayas 3 0 0 0 1 1 AJ Salgado 3 1 0 0 1 1 Branny De Oleo 4 0 2 0 0 1 Francisco Toledo 4 0 2 0 0 1 Jackson Hauge 4 0 1 1 0 2 Jack Scanlon 4 1 1 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Christian Rodriguez (L, 3-3) 3 8 5 5 0 5 1 Joe Scarborough 1 2/3 3 4 3 1 1 1 Caden Wooster 1 1/3 4 4 3 2 2 1 Luis Alvarez 1 1/3 2 2 0 3 3 0 Taylor Darden 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: 5 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 8 K Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: 2-for-5, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, K Elian Pena: 2-for-4, K Nick Morabito: 2-for-4, RBI, BB, K Jacob Reimer: DNP Mitch Voit: 2-for-2, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 3 SB Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zach Thornton: DNP Chris Suero: 2-for-5, 2 2B, SB, K Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: DNP Dylan Ross: DNP Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 1-for-5, HR, 2 RBI, K R.J. Gordon: 5 2/3 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K Jonathan Pintaro: DNP Marco Vargas: DNP View full article

The joke wrote itself Wednesday evening: Zach Thornton got yanked while pitching a perfect game. What has happened to the game we love? Thornton won't be upset about it, because the quick hook lined him up to return to New York. The major-league club has not named a starter for Sunday's game against the Boston Red Sox. Thornton can fill that spot on three days' rest after throwing just 30 pitches in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Norfolk. And, he can do it after looking impressive. The left-hander struck out five of the six batters he faced, If Thornton is recalled this weekend, the question then becomes: is he coming up to stay? He has made two previous trips to The Show for spot starts, both against the Philadelphia Phillies. His second outing was good: one run, seven strikeouts over six innings. But his Triple-A numbers aren't great (4.30 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 11.0 percent walk rate, 4.3 percent home run rate in 37 2/3 innings), so maybe this will be just another day trip. Or, with Kodai Senga and Tobias Myers mired in long relief and the Mets able to give young players a look in the second half, this may be the 24-year-old Thornton's big chance. The rundown of Wednesday's affiliate action: Syracuse split its doubleheader, winning Game 1, 9-3, and losing Game 2, 3-2. The teams made up Tuesday’s rainout. Christopher Morel drove in five runs in the opener with a two-run home run and a bases-loaded double. Ryan Clifford supplied the offense in Game 2 with a two-run homer in the first inning. Binghamton pitchers allowed 21 hits in a 13-4 loss to Hartford. The Rumble Ponies trailed, 12-1, after five innings. Jose Ramos and Nick Lorusso homered in the losing effort. John Bay’s RBI single in the first was Brooklyn’s only offense in a 4-1 loss to Wilmington. Starter Jose Chirinos allowed two runs over five innings. St. Lucie failed to protect a two-run lead in the late innings and lost, 5-4, to Jupiter. The Hammerheads scored three in the seventh to go in front. Trey Snyder was 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored for the Mets.. DSL Mets Blue topped the DSL Marlins, 8-7, in eight innings. The winning run scored on a passed ball as Royner Bravo drew a walk in the bottom of the eighth. Dayron Oramas came in from third. Oramas finished 2-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Starter Leyvi Rodriguez threw three hitless innings. Mets Transactions New York Mets sent RHP Dedniel Núñez on a rehab assignment to Syracuse Mets. New York Mets designated RHP Matt Seelinger for assignment. New York Mets placed RHP Austin Warren on the 15-day injured list. Right forearm strain. New York Mets recalled RHP Tobias Myers from Syracuse Mets. New York Mets selected the contract of RHP Xzavion Curry from Syracuse Mets. Morel Breaks Out In Opener; Clifford Contributes Before Wednesday, Morel was 2-for-13 with six strikeouts for Syracuse since signing a minor-league deal with New York on July 1. He’s working to get back to the majors after being released by the Miami Marlins on June 26. Christian Arroyo opened the scoring with an RBI double in the first. The Mets also got RBIs from Clifford and Cristian Pache. Ryan Lambert worked a scoreless fifth and sixth in relief. Dedniel Nunez gave up a pair of runs in the third as he made his first rehab appearance with Syracuse. The parent club moved him up from Binghamton this week. Nunez has made five rehab appearances overall, spread out over St. Lucie, Binghamton and Syracuse. The Mets were four outs away from a sweep in the nightcap, until Matt Turner served up a two-run double to Christian Encarnacion-Strand in the bottom of the sixth. Clifford homered in the top of the first to put the Mets ahead, 2-0. Yonny Hernandez followed Clifford's blast with a single. That turned out to be the Mets' last hit in the game. Joe Jacques and Joey Gerber each threw two scoreless innings in a bullpen game. Player AB R H RBI BB K Nick Morabito 2 0 1 0 3 0 Jihwan Bae 3 1 1 0 2 0 Christian Arroyo 3 2 1 1 2 0 Cristian Pache 5 1 1 1 0 1 Ryan Clifford 4 2 1 1 0 3 Yonny Hernández 2 1 0 0 2 0 Christopher Morel 3 1 2 5 1 0 Hayden Senger 4 0 1 0 0 1 Zack Short 4 1 1 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Zach Thornton 2.0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Dedniel Núñez 0.2 1 2 2 2 0 0 Daniel Duarte 1.1 1 0 0 1 2 0 Ryan Lambert 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Dylan Ross 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 Player AB R H RBI BB K Jihwan Bae 2 1 0 0 1 0 Nick Morabito 2 0 0 0 1 2 MJ Melendez 3 0 0 0 0 1 Ryan Clifford 3 1 1 2 0 0 Yonny Hernández 3 0 1 0 0 0 Ben Rortvedt 3 0 0 0 0 1 Vidal Bruján 3 0 0 0 0 1 Christopher Morel 3 0 0 0 0 0 Zack Short 1 0 0 0 1 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Ben Simon 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 Joe Jacques 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Joey Gerber 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 Matt Turner 0.2 3 2 2 1 0 0 Nate Lavender 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Binghamton Buried Early At Hartford The Yard Goats got starter Max Green for six runs in the second inning, and from there, the rout was on. Green allowed eight hits, including a home run, over 2 2/3 innings. Zack Peek and Gabriel Rodriguez dug the hole deeper by combining to allow six more runs in the fourth and fifth. Shortstop Wyatt Young was brought on to work the eighth. He allowed Hartford's final run. The offense got contributions from Ramos, Lorusso, JT Schwartz (3-for-5), and Luis Robert Jr. (2-for-4, run scored), who stayed in New York state to continue his minor-league rehab. Robert (back) played eight innings in center field in his Binghamton debut. He was in Syracuse last week. Player AB R H RBI BB K Luis Robert Jr. 4 1 2 0 0 1 Nick Roselli 1 0 0 0 0 1 Jose Ramos 5 1 1 2 0 2 Nick Lorusso 4 1 2 1 1 0 JT Schwartz 5 1 3 0 0 1 Kevin Parada 5 0 0 0 0 1 Vincent Perozo 4 0 2 1 0 0 Wyatt Young 4 0 0 0 0 0 Nick Lucky 4 0 0 0 0 1 Jaylen Palmer 2 0 1 0 2 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Max Green 2.2 8 6 5 0 1 1 Zach Peek 1.1 4 2 2 1 1 1 Gabriel Rodriguez 0.1 3 4 3 2 1 0 Danis Correa 1.2 2 0 0 1 4 0 Carlos Guzman 1.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 Wyatt Young 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 Brooklyn Fails To Build On Early Lead The Cyclones managed just the one run despite collecting eight hits and two walks. Brooklyn hitters struck out 12 times as they left nine runners on base. Corey Collins and Daiverson Gutierrez had two hits apiece, while Mitch Voit went 1-for-5 from the leadoff spot. Chirinos gave the Cyclones length, but he was erratic, walking five over his five innings. He allowed two hits and struck out three. Hoss Brewer, Bryce Jenkins and Josh Blum each tossed a scoreless inning in relief, but Hunter Hodges surrendered two runs in the seventh. Player AB R H RBI BB K Mitch Voit 5 0 1 0 0 1 Yonatan Henriquez 4 0 1 0 0 3 Ronald Hernandez 3 1 0 0 1 1 Corey Collins 4 0 2 0 0 2 John Bay 4 0 1 1 0 1 Daiverson Gutierrez 4 0 2 0 0 0 Jamari Baylor 3 0 0 0 1 0 Colin Houck 4 0 0 0 0 3 Trace Willhoite 3 0 1 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jose Chirinos 5.0 2 2 2 5 3 0 Hoss Brewer 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Hunter Hodges 1.0 2 2 2 1 2 0 Bryce Jenkins 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Josh Blum 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 St. Lucie Rally Canceled Out By Late Collapse Before blowing a late lead, the Mets erased a 2-0 deficit with two runs in the second and single runs in the third and sixth. Branny De Oleo's RBI single and Jeremy Rodriguez's RBI groundout tied the game, 2-2, in the second. Snyder put the Mets ahead in the third with an RBI single. He scored the Mets' fourth run on an error after stealing second base in the sixth. The Mets' middle relief was excellent until Joel Lara surrendered three runs in the seventh. He had worked two scoreless frames before that, following scoreless outings by Tyler McLoughlin (1 1/3 hitless innings, three strikeouts) and Joel Díaz (two innings, two strikeouts). Antonio Jimenez reached three times and stole a base from the leadoff spot. Player AB R H RBI BB K Antonio Jimenez 3 1 2 0 1 1 Elian Peña 4 0 0 0 0 0 Trey Snyder 4 1 3 1 0 0 Julio Zayas 3 0 0 0 1 2 Chase Meggers 4 1 0 0 0 2 Branny De Oleo 4 1 1 1 0 3 Simon Juan 3 0 0 0 1 0 Jeremy Rodriguez 4 0 1 1 0 0 Taylor Darden 2 0 0 0 1 0 Jackson Hauge 1 0 0 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Luis R. Rodriguez 0.2 2 2 2 2 2 0 Tyler McLoughlin 1.1 0 0 0 1 3 0 Joel Díaz 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Joel Lara 3.0 2 3 3 4 2 0 Ernesto Mercedes 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: 1-for-4, 1 RBI, 3 K (Game 1); 1-for-3, HR, 2 RBI (Game 2) Elian Pena: 0-for-4 Nick Morabito: 1-for-2, 3 BB, SB (Game 1); 0-for-2, BB, 2 K (Game 2) Jacob Reimer: DNP Mitch Voit: 1-for-5, K Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zach Thornton: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K Chris Suero: DNP Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: DNP Dylan Ross: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 K Ryan Lambert: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K Antonio Jimenez: 2-for-3, 2B, BB, SB, K R.J. Gordon: DNP Jonathan Pintaro: DNP Marco Vargas: DNP View full article

Noah Hall is repeating a level this year. He may have finally found a way to progress through the system. The Brooklyn right-hander has now logged two consecutive scoreless outings after blanking Wilmington on three hits over six innings Tuesday. He struck out seven and walked three in a no-decision. He tossed 5 1/3 innings of one-hit ball as a bulk reliever at Frederick on July 1. Hall, 25, is in his fourth season in the Mets' organization and his third with the Cyclones. New York selected him in the seventh round of the 2023 MLB Draft out of the University of South Carolina. He debuted in 2024, and showed enough to be assigned to the Arizona Fall League. Last year, he posted a 2.72 ERA over 112 2/3 innings with Brooklyn. But he was sent back to the Cyclones for 2026, and he has regressed hard. His ERA is 5.19 even after the scoreless streak. Control has been a major issue -- he has a 15.8 percent walk rate to go with a 22.6 percent strikeout rate in 76 1/3 innings. He threw 53 of 89 pitches (59.6 percent) for strikes Tuesday. Elsewhere in the system . . . Syracuse’s game at Norfolk was postponed because of inclement weather. The Mets will play a doubleheader Wednesday. Binghamton broke a tie with six runs in the eighth inning and went on to down Hartford, 10-4. The go-ahead run scored on a throwing error during a stolen-base attempt. JT Schwartz homered in the first to open the scoring. St. Lucie routed Jupiter, 11-2. Antonio Jimenez led off the game with a home run and finished 4-for-6 with four runs scored. Starter Jose Lopez allowed one hit over four innings but walked four. The FCL Mets walked off the FCL Cardinals, 1-0. Heriberto Rincon drove in the winning run with a two-out double in the bottom of the seventh. Four Mets pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout. Eris Albino struck out three in three innings of relief. DSL Mets Blue lost to the DSL Marlins, 5-4. The Mets scored all their runs in the bottom of the first. Michalle Mercedes stroked a two-run single to give them a 4-0 lead. DSL Mets Orange broke a scoreless tie with three runs in the sixth and then pulled away for a 7-1 win over the DSL Angels. Abner Meza started and threw five scoreless innings to earn the win. Wandy Asigen doubled, drove in a run and scored a run. Mets Transactions New York Mets designated RHP Guillo Zuñiga for assignment. New York Mets activated 1B Jorge Polanco from the 60-day injured list. New York Mets designated RHP Alex Carrillo for assignment. New York Mets sent CF Luis Robert Jr. on a rehab assignment to Binghamton Rumble Ponies. New York Mets selected the contract of RHP Matt Seelinger from Syracuse Mets. New York Mets optioned SS Ronny Mauricio to Syracuse Mets. Rumble Ponies Erupt Late To Beat Yard Goats Binghamton capitalized on Hartford mistakes in the eighth to break a 4-4 deadlock. Wyatt Young walked and Kevin Villavicencio reached on a fielding error to put runners at the corners with no outs. Villavicencio then stole second, and a throwing error by catcher Cole Messina allowed Young to score the go-ahead run. Villavicencio advanced to third on the error. Chris Suero walked, and then Jose Ramos doubled home both runners to make it 7-4. Nick Lorusso followed with a double to drive in Ramos for an 8-4 lead. Sacrifice flies by JT Schwartz and Kevin Parada capped the rally. Starter Channing Austin allowed no hits in 2 2/3 innings but walked three. Douglas Orellana was credited with the win despite allowing a run on two hits and two walks in his inning of work. Player AB R H RBI BB K Chris Suero 4 2 0 0 2 1 Jose Ramos 4 2 2 2 2 2 Nick Lorusso 5 1 1 1 1 2 JT Schwartz 3 2 1 4 1 2 Kevin Parada 2 0 1 1 2 0 Vincent Perozo 4 0 0 0 1 2 Matt Rudick 4 1 1 0 1 2 Wyatt Young 4 1 1 0 1 0 Kevin Villavicencio 4 1 2 1 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Channing Austin 2 2/3 0 0 0 3 2 0 Justin Armbruester 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brendan Girton 2 4 2 2 1 4 0 Felipe De La Cruz 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 Douglas Orellana 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 Garrett Stratton 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Saul Garcia 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 Cyclones Waste Hall's Gem In Loss To Blue Rocks Brooklyn's offense managed just three hits and struck out nine times, but thanks to Hall's pitching, the Cyclones led, 1-0, after six. Ronald Hernandez singled home Mitch Voit, who had walked, in the sixth. Wilmington answered with two runs in the seventh -- on a sacrifice fly and an RBI single -- against Kevin Herget. Parker Carlson and Gregori Louis kept the game at 2-1 with two innings of scoreless relief. Daiverson Gutierrez collected two of Brooklyn's three hits. Player AB R H RBI BB K Mitch Voit 3 1 0 0 1 0 Yonatan Henriquez 4 0 0 0 0 1 Ronald Hernandez 4 0 1 1 0 1 Corey Collins 2 0 0 0 1 1 JT Benson 4 0 0 0 0 1 Daiverson Gutierrez 3 0 2 0 0 0 Yohairo Cuevas 3 0 0 0 0 2 Colin Houck 3 0 0 0 0 1 Sam Biller 3 0 0 0 0 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Noah Hall 6 3 0 0 3 7 0 Kevin Herget 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 Parker Carlson 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Gregori Louis 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Jimenez Stays Hot As St. Lucie Routs Jupiter Jimenez has seven hits in his last 10 at-bats, four for extra bases, after his four-hit night against the Hammerheads. He doubled twice Tuesday to go along with his leadoff home run. He also stole two bases. The Mets broke the game open with a four-run sixth after the first two batters were retired. Branny De Oleo singled home a run, Jimenez scored on a wild pitch, and AJ Salgado plated the final two runs with a single to put St. Lucie up, 7-2. De Oleo finished with three RBIs, while Julio Zayas walked four times. Zack Mack earned the win with two scoreless innings of relief. Player AB R H RBI BB K Antonio Jimenez 6 4 4 1 0 1 Branny De Oleo 5 1 2 3 0 1 Trey Snyder 4 2 1 0 1 3 Julio Zayas 2 2 0 0 4 1 AJ Salgado 5 0 2 2 0 1 Simon Juan 3 0 1 0 1 0 Chase Meggers 4 0 0 1 1 2 Taylor Darden 4 0 0 0 1 2 Jeremy Rodriguez 3 2 0 0 2 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jose Lopez 4 1 2 2 4 4 0 Zack Mack 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 Miguel Mejias 1 1/3 1 0 0 2 1 0 Elwis Mijares 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 2 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: DNP Elian Pena: DNP Nick Morabito: DNP Jacob Reimer: DNP Mitch Voit: 0-for-3 Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zach Thornton: DNP Chris Suero: 0-for-4, K Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: 1-for-2, RBI, 2B, BB Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: DNP Dylan Ross: DNP Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 4-for-6, HR, 2 2B, K R.J. Gordon: DNP Jonathan Pintaro: DNP Marco Vargas: DNP View full article

The New York Mets had to wait, but their 16-year-old shortstop phenom is now on the field. The Wandy Asigen clock has officially started. Asigen, you’ll recall, was the biggest story of last January’s international signing period. He was the No. 2 ranked player in the class and on his way to the New York Yankees when he flipped and signed with the Mets for $3.9 million. In April, he made Grand Central Mets’ list of top 20 prospects, landing at No. 14. He’s No. 12 in the newly released July rankings. He was assigned to the Dominican Summer League to start his pro career, but a hamstring injury delayed his debut by about a month. He finally got into his first game on June 29 for DSL Orange, and he ended up playing in four games total in his first week. On Monday, he collected his first pro hit and RBIs with a two-run single against the DSL Rockies. For the four games, Asigen went 1-for-6 with six walks (to three strikeouts) in 12 plate appearances. The org handled him delicately as it sought to protect the hamstring. Asigen did not attempt a stolen base, he only played five innings per game, and he did not play on back-to-back days. Of course, there are good reasons why he was slow-played: he’s very young, and he has top-end potential. He has both 60-grade power and 60-grade speed (on the 20-to-80 scale), according to MLB.com's scouting report. Even before he signed, he drew raves for his bat speed (exit velocities in the 110s), his ability to lift the ball, and his ability to barrel up pitches. He was seen as perhaps the most advanced hitter in his class. Fielding? That’ll come. He made three errors in the four games. The complex-league clubs were the only Mets affiliates in action Monday. A rundown: The Florida Complex League Mets completed their suspended July 3 game, losing to the FCL Marlins, 9-8. The teams combined for 15 runs in the fifth and sixth innings, with the Marlins gaining an 8-7 edge. Vladi Gomez collected two hits and stole his 26th base of the season. The teams’ regularly scheduled game was suspended because of lightning in the middle of the fourth with the Mets leading, 7-0. The game will resume on July 15. Roybert Herrera and Yeider Mindiola each drove in two runs and Dillon Stiltner pitched three scoreless innings. DSL Mets Blue routed the DSL NYY Bombers, 9-1. Royner Bravo went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and a run scored, while Michalle Mercedes drove in a pair. Gensil Rosario (four innings) and Jhoangel Marquez (three innings) combined for 12 strikeouts as they held the Bombers to five hits. DSL Mets Orange had 13 hits and 12 walks in their four-hour, 36-minute, 13-8 loss. They stranded 14 runners. View full article

Image courtesy of © Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Choosing the New York Mets’ best hitters each month isn’t as challenging as you might think. You start with No. 22 and then go from there. Usually, second and third are obvious, too. That was the case with June superlatives. There were two clear runner-up choices behind the guy who is now 3-for-3 this season in topping the monthly rankings. The fact Nos. 2 and 3 put up good numbers as well was a nice change. But even with those three guys hitting, the Mets stayed near the bottom of the league in runs per game last month. They averaged 3.85 in June, less than their season average of 3.97, which is 29th among the 30 clubs. They scored three runs or fewer in 15 of 27 contests. Which means that, as per usual, it was an easy call on determining the Mets’ Hitters of the Month for June. Ranking New York Mets’ Best Hitters In June 3. OF A.J. Ewing The 21-year-old rookie made big strides at the plate during his first first full month in the majors. Playing every day, he posted a nifty .300/.379/.478 slash line (141 wRC+) with three home runs. He was among the club leaders with a 39.4 percent hard-hit rate. Something else that stood out was how much he cut down on his strikeouts: a 19.4 percent K rate in June, 13 points lower than his figure for May when was getting accustomed to The Show. And, he still walked a lot, at 10.7 percent. Ewing’s elite speed continued to play, as well. He led the club with four stolen bases (the Mets had nine all month). The only negative was that he was caught three times, making his success rate a poor 57.1 percent. But that’s a minor quibble about a kid who’s playing like he wants to be a foundational piece. Ewing will have a whole low-pressure second half to get better. 2. 3B Bo Bichette Bichette corrected course with a sparkling June -- a 141 wRC+, five home runs and a 38.1 hard-hit rate. He raised his batting average 32 points by hitting .307 for the month. But he still wasn’t the Bo Bichette who mashed in Toronto. His walk and strikeout rates were out of whack last month -- a minuscule 2.6 walk rate compared with an well-above-average 23.9 percent K rate. That’s just not like a player with his bat-to-ball skills. But then, those skills have looked diminished in 2026. He’s having a tough time with fastballs, batting .224 on four-seamers and .262 on sinkers overall. Last year with the Blue Jays, he was at .276 against four-seamers and .331 against sinkers, per Baseball Savant. He has been chasing a lot of hard stuff way out of the zone. Will the swing decisions improve as the games become less and less meaningful? 1. OF Juan Soto Soto has been the anti-Bichette this year, and he took it to the extreme in June. His walk-to-strikeout ratio was inverted: 20.0 percent walk rate, 8.6 percent strikeout rate. He knows teams won’t throw him a strike when it matters, but he refuses to expand his zone, even though he could drive pitches that are just off the plate. To put his selectiveness into sharper focus, he has walked 10 times in 28 plate appearances with runners in scoring position and two outs this season. Similarly, he was walked 14 times in 56 high-leverage PAs. Is leaving it up to the next guy the best strategy with this offense? Probably not, but Soto has been doing it all his career and he’s not about to change. Of course, when he does swing the bat, he tends to produce. His overall June numbers were very, very good: a 160 wRC+, four home runs, nine extra-base hits, a .500 slugging percentage, a 93.4 mph average exit velocity, a 37.3 percent hard-hit rate. The Mets will take that, even if Soto takes too many pitches for some people’s liking. View full article

Taylor Darden made it 8-5 with a two-run single. Jimenez followed with his RBI single. A bases-loaded walk capped the rally. Jimenez homered in the first to tie the game, 1-1. It was his third homer in 31 games with St. Lucie. Starter Emilio Obispo allowed one unearned run over three innings, walking one and striking out one. Ernesto Mercedes earned the win with 1 2/3 scoreless innings of relief. He struck out three. Player AB R H RBI BB K Elian Peña 3 0 0 0 0 0 Jackson Hauge 1 1 0 0 1 0 Trey Snyder 4 1 2 0 1 0 Antonio Jimenez 4 2 3 2 0 1 AJ Salgado 4 0 0 1 1 1 Branny De Oleo 5 2 1 2 0 1 Jeremy Rodriguez 3 2 2 0 0 0 Francisco Toledo 4 1 1 2 0 1 Taylor Darden 3 1 1 2 1 0 Jack Scanlon 4 0 1 1 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Emilio Obispo 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 Calvin Ziegler 1/3 2 3 3 2 1 0 Joe Scarborough 1 2/3 1 1 1 0 2 1 Caden Wooster 2 1/3 2 0 0 1 4 0 Ernesto Mercedes 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 3 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: DNP Elian Pena: 0-for-3 Nick Morabito: 2-for-3, HR, BB Jacob Reimer: DNP Mitch Voit: 1-for-3, K Jonathan Santucci: 6 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 10 K Zach Thornton: DNP Chris Suero: 0-for-3, BB, K Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: DNP Dylan Ross: DNP Ryan Lambert: 1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 0 K Antonio Jimenez: 3-for-4, HR, K R.J. Gordon: DNP Jonathan Pintaro: DNP Marco Vargas: DNP View full article

Image courtesy of © Jeff Curry-Imagn Images The people have spoken: Juan Soto is an All-Star, and a starter at that. He will be in the outfield for the National League on July 14 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, following the release of final fan voting results Saturday. Soto finished in the top three in the final phase of balloting, joining Brandon Marsh of the hometown Phillies and Andy Pages of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The result makes Soto a first-time New York Mets All-Star, after he wasn’t added to the NL squad last season. He joins almost three dozen other players — including some franchise icons — who have represented the club once at the Midsummer Classic, although we should expect him to come off the list as soon as 2027 with another selection. Grand Central Mets has put together a three-part series on those players who got one shot at glory. Part 1 covered the period from 1962 to 1981. Part 2 covered 1982 to 2006. Part 3 covers 2007 to the present (2026). Francisco Rodriguez (2009) "“K-Rod” was approaching the end of his prime when he signed a three-year, $37 million contract with the Mets as a free agent in December 2008. He would remain an effective closer going forward, but he would prove to not be the guy who saved an MLB-record 62 games for the Los Angeles Angels in the ‘08 season. None of that was obvious in July of ‘09, though. He was 23-for-26 in save opportunities with a 1.90 ERA at the break, and so he was named a member of the NL ‘pen. He finished the Senior Circuit’s 4-3 loss at St. Louis’ Busch Stadium. He ended the year with 35 saves, but a 6.75 ERA in the second half pushed his overall ERA to 3.71. The next year, there was the infamous fight inside a Citi Field lounge. Rodriguez punched his father-in-law, an act that got him suspended by the club. In 2011, with his contract running out and the Mets looking to sell, he was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers. Johan Santana (2009) Santana put a jolt into the franchise in February 2008 when he agreed to come over in a trade with the Minnesota Twins and sign a six-year, $137.5 million contract extension. He gave the Mets what they wanted: an ace. After leading the majors with a 2.53 ERA in 2008, he had 10 wins at the break in ‘09. He watched the NL lose in St. Louis. But Santana was also pitching hurt as a Met. There was a meniscus tear in his knee in 2008. There were bone chips in his elbow that ended his season in late August of 2009. There was a shoulder capsule tear in 2010 that cost him the 2011 season. And in 2012 . . . well . . . It was the knockout blow, and it hit after one of the greatest moments in franchise history. On June 1, Santana became a Mets folk hero by throwing the first no-hitter in franchise history. But it took him 134 pitches, and by the end, he could barely get his vaunted changeup to the plate. He seemed to rebound well, but then he hurt his ankle in July, which in turn messed with pitching mechanics. Eventually, his back and shoulder felt the effects. The last five starts of his career were painful to watch. He had another shoulder surgery after the season and could never get back on the mound. R.A. Dickey (2012) Dickey went from flameout to late-career star with the Mets. The knuckleballer was a journeyman for his first nine years, but in 2010 he became a stud for New York. By 2012, he was one of the hottest pitchers in the game. He got to the All-Star Break that year with a 12-1 record, a 2.40 ERA and 123 strikeouts in 120 innings. He worked a scoreless sixth inning for the NL in its 8-0 victory at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, and then continued his dream season. It ended with Dickey posting a 20-6 record and a 2.73 ERA. He won the NL Cy Young Award, receiving 27 of 32 first-place votes. In the offseason, the Mets sold as high as possible on the 38-year-old right-hander. They traded Dickey to the Toronto Blue Jays for a package that included Travis d'Arnaud and Noah Syndergaard. Dickey pitched until he was 42, but he never came close to repeating his 2012 season. Matt Harvey (2013) This was no ordinary Harvey Day; the Dark Knight was stepping onto one of baseball’s biggest stages, and in Gotham, no less. Harvey got the start for the NL at Citi Field. At the time, he was carrying a 2.35 ERA and 0.92 WHIP over 130 innings. His two scoreless innings came to represent the peak of his hero arc. A few years later, he was the villain, and the turn started with an injury. Six weeks after this game, his season ended because of a UCL tear. He had Tommy John surgery that October, costing him the 2014 season. He came back strong in 2015 and the Mets won the NL pennant. But then came the World Series. After losing Game 1, he got the ball for Game 5. With his team down three games to one, Harvey was at his best. He blanked the Kansas City Royals for eight innings and he wanted the ninth. Manager Terry Collins gave it to him. A walk, a stolen base and a double later, the Mets’ lead was 2-1, and Harvey was out of the game. KC tied the game on the Lucas Duda play and won the game and series. By 2016, it was all going south for Harvey. He needed surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome in midseason. (His shoulder never recovered.) In May 2017, his off-field habits caught up with him. He called in sick before a game, claiming a migraine. In fact, he partied the night before and played golf in the morning. That got him a three-game club suspension. He left the Mets after the 2018 season, and threw his last big-league pitch in 2021 for the Baltimore Orioles. Daniel Murphy (2014) Murphy made his Mets bones with his unconscious 2015 playoff run, but he was a decent player before then. He was good enough to be selected by NL manager Mike Matheny to represent the Mets in the ‘14 ASG. He played the final two innings of the Senior Circuit’s 5-3 loss at Target Field in Minneapolis. He struck out his only time up, against Fernando Rodney in the eighth. His full-season numbers that year were modest (111 OPS+, nine home runs), so seven homers in his first nine playoff games the following year were not at all expected. He flopped in the World Series, but by then no one seemed to care, certainly not the Washington Nationals. They signed Murphy to a three-year, $37.5 million contract on Christmas Eve. He turned into a legit slugger in D.C., setting a career high with 25 homers in 2016 and following that up with 23 in 2017. He made the All-Star Team in both seasons. But then came knee surgery after the ‘17 season. His MLB career lasted just three more years. Yoenis Cespedes (2016) It’s fair to say there wouldn’t have been a Mets World Series run in 2015 without Cespedes. He put a charge into the offense after coming over from the Detroit Tigers in a deadline trade, hitting 17 homers in 57 regular-season games and two in the NLDS against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was having another strong season in 2016 when he made the All-Star Team, but he couldn’t participate because of a quad injury. It was the first in a series of lower-body ailments that plagued his Mets tenure. The most famous one was the ankle fracture he suffered in 2019 while rehabbing from heel surgery and trying to free a wild boar from a trap on his ranch. The Mets paid dearly, on and off the field for their association with Cespedes. They gave him two huge contract extensions: three years, $75 million after the 2015 season; four years, $110 million following the 2016 season after he opted out of the first deal. He played in 127 games for the club from 2017-20. Bartolo Colon (2016) The NL needed a DH, so... okay, not really. Colon made the squad because he did his day job very well, at 43 years old no less. He had a 3.28 ERA and seven wins at the break. He didn’t get into the game at Petco Park in San Diego, which the NL lost, 4-2. It’s funny that the game was at Petco, because two months earlier, in front of the 7 Line Army, Bartolo did the impossible there. The 2016 season proved to be his last good year. He gave the Mets 191⅔ innings — again, at 43 — and a 3.43 ERA (3.99 FIP). Unfortunately, a lot of people may remember him for that swing, but real ones know he was a horse for a long, long time. He racked up 247 wins in his 21-year career, which he never really called off. He pitched in the Mexican League in 2021 at 48 and wanted to keep going. Noah Syndergaard (2016) NL manager Terry Collins was more than happy to add the guy who tried to plant a fastball in Chase Utley’s butt and sailed a heater over the dome of Alcides Escobar. Syndergaard was 23, with a rocket arm and a nasty disposition. His All-Star berth came on the back of a 2.56 ERA (2.03 FIP) in 105⅔ innings. He was not used in the game after an abbreviated start in his last outing before the break. He ended the season with 218 strikeouts and an MLB-best 2.29 FIP. Like many players on this list, Syndergaard suffered misfortune shortly after achieving stardom. In April 2017, he was shut down with a lat muscle tear. He pitched in just seven games that year. He was good in 2018 and decent in 2019, but during that time, he went on the injured list with the funny-sounding, but serious, hand, foot and mouth disease. He needed Tommy John surgery in 2020. His last MLB game was in 2023 for the Cleveland Guardians. Michael Conforto (2017) Conforto was another catalyst on the 2015 squad. The Mets called him up from Double-A in July, a year after drafting him in the first round, and he responded with nine home runs and a 130 OPS+ in 56 games. He slumped in 2016 but rebounded in 2017. He had a .945 OPS and 14 home runs when he took part in the All-Star Game at Marlins Park in Miami. He went 1-for-2 off the bench as the NL lost, 2-1. But he, too, suffered a huge setback shortly after being an All-Star. On Aug. 24, Conforto tore and dislocated his left shoulder while swinging at a pitch in a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. He would miss the remainder of the season. The injury looked devastating at the time, but Conforto responded with strong seasons in 2018, 2019 and 2020. He was a 3.6 bWAR player in ‘19 thanks in part to his 33 homers and 92 RBIs. He left the Mets as a free agent after the 2021 season. Starling Marte (2022) Marte spent four injury-filled seasons with the Mets. His first, the ‘22 campaign, was his best. He did just enough in the first half to merit an All-Star selection: an .803 OPS, nine home runs, 10 stolen bases and strong defense. But a groin injury kept him from going to Dodger Stadium in L.A. for the game. He was replaced by Freddie Freeman. Kodai Senga (2023) Senga became a sensation in the first half of his first MLB season. The fabled Ghost Fork was frightening batters, the fastball was humming, and the mound presence was intimidating. He was striking out hitters at better than a 29 percent clip. He was a logical choice to represent the Mets at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. He did not pitch in the NL’s 3-2 win. To say the next three seasons have been rough would be an understatement. There have been injuries all three years, mixed with bouts of ineffectiveness. He’s now a long reliever for New York. Francisco Lindor (2025) Lindor made four consecutive All-Star Games with Cleveland from 2016-19, but he couldn’t beat out his NL shortstop contemporaries until his fifth season with the Mets. He was voted the starter for last year’s game amid a 19-homer, 15-steal first half. The Mets’ 2024 run to the NLCS might have boosted his popularity, too. He went 0-for-2 with a strikeout in a 6-6 tie that was settled by a home-run swing off, a.k.a the Kyle Schwarber hat trick. This year, Lindor is far from an All-Star after offseason hamate surgery and a calf stain in April. David Peterson (2025) This entry looks almost false given how badly Peterson pitched for the Mets in 2026, but he was worthy of the nod last year. He put up a 3.06 ERA in 109 innings before the break and was a key figure in the Mets’ rotation. He worked the fourth inning in Atlanta, giving up two hits but no runs. The wheels fell off not long after that. He put up a 6.34 ERA in the second half, and the bad run continued until the Mets traded him to the Chicago Cubs last month. Juan Soto (2026) Finally, justice for Soto, who should have been an All-Star last season. Leading up to his selection, he was leading the National League with a .406 on-base percentage, fueled by a 15.6 percent walk rate, and leading the club with 18 home runs. View full article

Jack Wenninger celebrated the Fourth of July by turning in his best outing of the season. The performance couldn't have come at a better time for him. The right-hander allowed one hit and struck out five over seven scoreless innings to lead Syracuse to a 6-5 victory over Worcester. The performance ended a run of poor results that dated to early May. Wenninger allowed a first-inning single to Mickey Gasper, three walks, and a hit batsman in all. He retired his final seven hitters and threw 56 of his 93 pitches for strikes. The next month will be a time of change in the Mets' organization. The parent club is expected to be sellers at the trade deadline, and a handful of prospects should get auditions over the final two months of the season. The 24-year-old Wenninger --- No. 5 in Grand Central Mets' prospect Top 20 --- can guarantee himself a promotion with more pitching lines like Saturday's. Elsewhere in the system: Binghamton fell to Chesapeake, 5-3. Matt Rudick homered for the Rumble Ponies in the loss. Brooklyn lost a wild one to Frederick, 10-8. The Cyclones erased an eight-run deficit and managed to tie the game in the eighth , but the Keys scored twice in the bottom of the inning for the final margin. St. Lucie's losing streak is up to nine after a 10-3 defeat against Tampa. The Mets blew a 3-1 lead in the eighth, surrendering six runs, all of them unearned. The FCL Mets rode big games from Anthony Probose (home run, three RBIs) and Yovanny Rodriguez (three hits, RBI) to a 7-1, six-inning victory the FCL Astros. DSL Mets Blue lost a doubleheader to the DSL NYY Bombers, 10-2 and 12-11. Game 2 featured a nine-run inning by both teams, with the Bombers scoring their nine in the bottom of the seventh --- on two hits and seven walks --- for the walk-off win. DSL Mets Orange dropped a 9-8 decision to DSL Phillies in 11 innings. Jose Padilla homered, and Oscar Moreno and Alsy Torres combined for five scoreless innings to start the game. Mets Transactions No Roster Moves Wenninger, Big Inning Carry Syracuse Past Worcester The offense gave Wenninger plenty of breathing room with a five-spot in the bottom of the fourth. MJ Melendez walked, Christian Arroyo singled, and Ryan Clifford lined an RBI single to left to plate Melendez for a 1-0 lead. Jihwan Bae then walked to load the bases, Hayden Senger singled home Arroyo, and Vidal Bruján cleared the bases with a triple to make it 5-0. Melendez extended the lead to 6-0 in the seventh with a solo homer. He now has gone deep in three consecutive games and four of five since being optioned to Syracuse on June 26. The bullpen nearly wasted Wenninger's gem. Worcester scored four off Ofreidy Gómez and Ben Simon in the eighth, and Simon allowed a run in the ninth before Joe Jacques recorded the final out for his second save. Player AB R H RBI BB K Nick Morabito 4 0 1 0 0 2 Luis Robert Jr. 4 0 0 0 0 0 MJ Melendez 3 2 1 1 1 2 Christian Arroyo 4 1 1 0 0 0 Ryan Clifford 3 1 1 1 1 1 Jihwan Bae 3 1 0 0 1 1 Christopher Morel 4 0 0 0 0 2 Hayden Senger 3 1 1 1 0 0 Vidal Bruján 2 0 1 3 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jack Wenninger 7 1 0 0 3 5 0 Ofreidy Gómez 1/3 2 4 3 1 0 0 Ben Simon 1 1/3 2 1 1 1 1 0 Joe Jacques 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stratton Sharp As Binghamton Falls To Chesapeake Garrett Stratton is not looking like a 20th-round draft pick. The right-hander out of Rice University in Houston turned in two scoreless innings of relief, striking out three, after coming on for starter Bryce Conley in the sixth on Saturday. That gave the 22-year-old five clean outings in six appearances since being promoted to Binghamton from High-A Brooklyn in mid-June. Conley, a minor-league vet, was charged with four runs, three earned, on six hits over five innings. He walked five and stuck out five. Matt Rudick homered, singled and scored twice for Binghamton. JT Schwartz and Kevin Villavicencio each drove in a run. Chris Suero walked twice and stole a base. Player AB R H RBI BB K Chris Suero 3 0 0 0 2 1 Jose Ramos 5 0 1 0 0 2 Nick Lorusso 3 1 1 0 1 1 JT Schwartz 4 0 1 1 0 2 Vincent Perozo 4 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Rudick 4 2 2 1 0 0 Jaylen Palmer 4 0 0 0 0 2 Kevin Villavicencio 4 0 1 1 0 1 Nick Roselli 3 0 1 0 1 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Bryce Conley 5 6 4 3 5 5 0 Garrett Stratton 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 Brian Metoyer 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 Gabriel Rodriguez 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Brooklyn Is Never Out Of It The Cyclones are mastering the art of getting down big early and then coming back. They did it again on Saturday. Brooklyn trailed, 8-2, after five innings before scoring two in the sixth and four in the eighth to force an 8-8 tie. Frederick crushed the dream with two in the bottom of the eighth. Brooklyn did, in fact, lead in this game. John Bay hit a two-run homer in the first for a 2-0 advantage. But starter Nicolas Carreno was hit hard and reliever Tanner Witt was erratic, and the Cyclones were hurtling toward the ground once again. But the coaster began moving up in the sixth. Colin Houck belted a two-run homer in the sixth to make it 8-4. The tying runs came on Trace Willhoite RBI single, a JT Benson two-run double and Ronald Hernandez fielder's choice grounder. In the past three days, the Cyclones have trailed 8-2, 6-0 and 5-0, only to rally and make each game competitive. Player AB R H RBI BB K Mitch Voit 4 1 1 0 2 0 John Bay 4 2 1 1 1 3 JT Benson 5 1 3 2 0 2 Ronald Hernandez 4 0 1 1 1 0 Daiverson Gutierrez 4 0 0 0 1 2 Jamari Baylor 4 1 0 0 0 2 Yohairo Cuevas 4 0 0 0 0 2 Colin Houck 4 2 2 2 1 2 Trace Willhoite 4 1 1 1 1 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Nicolas Carreno 2 1/3 2 4 4 5 2 1 Tanner Witt 1 1/3 1 3 3 4 3 1 Hoss Brewer 1 1/3 2 1 1 0 2 0 Hunter Hodges 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Bryce Jenkins 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Cristofer Gomez 1 3 2 2 0 2 2 St. Lucie's Lead Unravels In An Error-Filled Eighth Against Tampa St. Lucie led three to one through six innings before the game unraveled. Ethan Lanthier gave the Mets a steady start, allowing one run on two hits over two and two-thirds innings with a walk and a strikeout, and Elwis Mijares followed with one and one-third scoreless innings and three strikeouts. Chase Meggers singled home a run in the fifth, and Simon Juan homered in the sixth to build the two-run cushion. Everything came apart in the eighth. Tampa scored six times, with two throwing and fielding errors by Branny De Oleo prolonging the frame before a three-run home run broke it open. Conner Ware absorbed the damage over three and two-thirds innings, charged with five runs, none of them earned, and took the loss. Tampa tacked on three more in the ninth against Luis Alvarez. Meggers finished two for three with an RBI and a run, and Juan drove in two on his home run and added a stolen base. Elian Peña singled and walked atop the order, and Jack Scanlon reached twice with a single and a walk. St. Lucie left six on base. Player AB R H RBI BB K Elian Peña 3 0 1 0 1 0 Antonio Jimenez 4 0 0 0 0 1 Chase Meggers 3 1 2 1 0 0 Julio Zayas 3 0 0 0 1 1 Branny De Oleo 3 0 0 0 1 0 Simon Juan 4 1 1 2 0 2 Jeremy Rodriguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 Taylor Darden 4 0 0 0 0 1 Jackson Hauge 4 0 0 0 0 2 Jack Scanlon 3 1 1 0 1 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Ethan Lanthier 2 2/3 2 1 1 1 1 0 Elwis Mijares 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 3 0 Conner Ware 3 2/3 5 5 0 3 3 1 Miguel Mejias 1/3 2 1 1 2 0 0 Luis Alvarez 1 1 3 3 1 2 1 Top-20 Prospect Performance Carson Benge: MLB A.J. Ewing: MLB Jonah Tong: DNP Elian Pena: 1-for-3, BB Jack Wenninger: 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 K, W Ryan Clifford: 1-for-3, RBI, BB, SB, K Jacob Reimer: DNP Nick Morabito: 1-for-4, 2 K Mitch Voit: 1-for-4, R, 2 BB Jonathan Santucci: DNP Chris Suero: 0-for-3, 2 BB, SB, K Zach Thornton: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Will Watson: DNP Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: DNP Ryan Lambert: DNP Dylan Ross: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 0-for-4, K R.J. Gordon: DNP View full article

Yohairo Cuevas is on one huge heater. He stayed scorching Friday night with a three-run home run in Brooklyn's 8-7 loss to Frederick. It was his fifth round-tripper in the past five games and his seventh in 12 games dating to June 16. Strangely, he had hit no home runs before then this season. Cuevas, 22, was promoted to Brooklyn from Single-A St. Lucie on June 18 after homering in back-to-back games. He's in his sixth pro season after being signed for $500,000 as an international free agent in January 2021. His path to the Mets' system was circuitous: He was born in New York and raised in the Bronx and Manhattan (find out more in this Amazin' Avenue piece), but his family sent him to the Fernando Tatis Baseball Academy in the Dominican Republic (per Brooklyn Reporter) to accelerate his development. Former Met Juan Samuel is Cuevas' uncle. Now, he's back home (he played in 30 games for the Cyclones last year, as well), and trying to hit his way to upstate New York and the upper levels of the farm system. Brooklyn's loss was part of a 1-3 night for the Mets' full-season affiliates. Syracuse notched the lone win, a rain-soaked 8-7 triumph over Worcester. M.J. Melendez homered for a second consecutive night, a go-ahead two-run blast in the seventh. Binghamton dropped a 5-4 decision to Chesapeake. R.J. Gordon threw five scoreless innings before the bullpen blew up. Brooklyn came back from a 6-0 deficit and took a 7-6 lead in the sixth before Chesapeake answered with two in the seventh. John Bay and JT Benson also homered for the Cyclones. St. Lucie was shut out for the third time in four games, this time losing, 1-0, to Tampa. The Mets left the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth and wasted a 16-strikeout effort by Mets pitchers. The FCL Mets-Marlins game was suspended after 3 1/2 innings because of lightning with the teams tied, 1-1. Roberto Pena worked the first three innings for the Mets. Their run scored on a wild pitch. DSL Mets Blue's ninth-inning rally ended a run short in the club's 13-12 loss to DSL Rangers. The Mets scored seven in the frame to get close. DSL Mets Orange lost, 5-4, to DSL Giants Black. Wandy Asigen played five innings and went 0-for-1 with two walks. He made his pro debut this week after missing the first month of the DSL season with a hamstring injury. Mets Transactions No Roster Moves Melendez Blast Pushes Syracuse Past Worcester Syracuse won a wild back-and-forth game in the driving rain in Central New York. The Mets scored six times in the bottom of the sixth to erase a 4-0 deficit. Zack Short's two-run double put the Mets up, 5-4, and a Worcester throwing error to give them a two-run cushion. The Red Sox tied the game with two runs in the seventh, but Melendez answered in the bottom half with his fifth homer of the season. Jihwan Bae reached base three times, going 2-for-4 with a walk. He also scored twice and stole a base. Tobias Myers (three innings) and Xzavion Curry (3 1/3 frames) piggybacked the starting pitching, Neither one was overly effective. Daniel Duarte earned the win with 1 1/3 innings of relief, and Jefry Yan closed it out for the save, striking out three over 1 1/3 innings and escaping a one-out, bases-loaded jam in the ninth. Player AB R H RBI BB K Nick Morabito 5 0 1 0 0 1 Jorge Polanco 3 1 0 0 1 0 Christian Arroyo 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jihwan Bae 4 2 2 0 1 0 MJ Melendez 5 2 2 3 0 0 Ryan Clifford 3 1 1 0 1 2 Yonny Hernández 2 1 1 1 2 0 Ben Rortvedt 3 0 0 0 1 1 Cristian Pache 4 0 0 0 0 2 Zack Short 3 1 1 2 1 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Tobias Myers 3 2 2 2 1 3 0 Xzavion Curry 3 1/3 4 3 3 1 2 0 Daniel Duarte 1 1/3 3 1 1 0 2 0 Jefry Yan 1 1/3 2 1 0 0 3 0 Gordon Dazzles, But Baysox Rally Sinks Rumble Ponies R.J. Gordon was in line for a win after working five scoreless innings. He scattered five hits, walked one and struck out two. The right-hander left the game with Binghamton up, 2-0. But the bullpen couldn't protect that lead. In fact, the 'pen gave up two leads. First, Zach Peek surrendered three runs in the seventh as Chesapeake tied the game, 3-3. Second, Felipe De La Cruz gave up two runs in the ninth for a blown save after Binghamton had taken a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the eighth. No. 9 hitter Nick Lucky paced the offense, going 3-for-4 with three RBIs. Matt Rudick reached base four times with three walks and a hit.. Player AB R H RBI BB K Chris Suero 5 0 1 0 0 3 Jose Ramos 5 0 1 0 0 1 JT Schwartz 4 0 1 0 1 1 Kevin Parada 5 0 1 0 0 1 Vincent Perozo 3 0 0 0 0 3 Matt Rudick 1 3 0 0 3 0 Wyatt Young 4 0 0 0 0 0 Kevin Villavicencio 3 1 1 1 0 0 Nick Lucky 4 0 3 3 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR R.J. Gordon 5 5 0 0 1 2 0 Justin Armbruester 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 Zach Peek 1 4 3 3 1 2 1 Felipe De La Cruz 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 Cyclones' Homers Not Enough In Loss To Frederick Cuevas, Bay and Benson powered Brooklyn's rally with their long balls. The latter two went back-to-back in the sixth to put the Cyclones in front. Cuevas' homer, a three-run shot, came in the third and halved Brooklyn's deficit to 6-3. Starter Dakota Hawkins put the Cyclones in a hole early, giving up six runs (five earned) on five hits with three walks and a strikeout over two innings. Parker Carlson and Juan Arnaud combined for three scoreless innings of relief, before Gregori Louis allowing two runs in the seventh for the loss. It was an all-or-nothing night for the Brooklyn offense. Cyclones hitters struck out 14 times to go with the home runs. Colin Houck fanned once, but he also reached base three times with a hit and two walks. layer AB R H RBI BB K Mitch Voit 5 0 0 0 0 2 Yonatan Henriquez 4 1 1 0 0 3 Ronald Hernandez 4 0 1 0 0 2 Corey Collins 3 1 0 0 1 1 Daiverson Gutierrez 3 0 0 0 1 1 John Bay 4 1 1 3 0 1 JT Benson 3 2 1 1 1 2 Colin Houck 2 1 1 0 2 1 Yohairo Cuevas 3 1 2 3 1 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Dakota Hawkins 2 5 6 5 3 1 2 Parker Carlson 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Juan Arnaud 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Gregori Louis 2 2 2 2 1 3 0 Ryan Dollar 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 St. Lucie Pitching Shines But Bats Blanked By Tampa St. Lucie managed just five hits as it lost for the eighth consecutive time. Trey Snyder had two of the hits, one of them a double. He also stole a base. The best part of the night was the Mets' pitching. Starter Christian Rodriguez struck out seven and walked none over 3 2/3 innings. He allowed just the one run despite giving up seven hits. Tyler McLoughlin followed with 2 1/3 scoreless innings and five strikeouts, Kevin Herget added two scoreless innings, and Ernesto Mercedes closed with a scoreless inning and two strikeouts. St. Lucie's hitters did a fair amount of punching out, too, fanning 13 times. They loaded the bases in the ninth, but Branny De Oleo grounded back to the pitcher to end the game. Player AB R H RBI BB K Elian Peña 4 0 0 0 0 2 Trey Snyder 4 0 2 0 0 0 Chase Meggers 4 0 1 0 0 3 Julio Zayas 3 0 1 0 1 0 Branny De Oleo 4 0 0 0 0 1 Simon Juan 2 0 0 0 0 2 Jeremy Rodriguez 3 0 0 0 0 1 Jackson Hauge 3 0 0 0 0 2 Jack Scanlon 2 0 0 0 0 2 Antonio Jimenez 1 0 1 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Christian Rodriguez 3 2/3 7 1 1 0 7 0 Tyler McLoughlin 2 1/3 0 0 0 0 5 0 Kevin Herget 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 Ernesto Mercedes 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Carson Benge: MLB A.J. Ewing: MLB Jonah Tong: DNP Elian Pena: 0-for-4, SB, 2 K Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: 1-for-3, BB, 2 K Jacob Reimer: DNP Nick Morabito: 1-for-5, SB, K Mitch Voit: 0-for-5, 2 K Jonathan Santucci: DNP Chris Suero: 1-for-5, SB, 3 K Zach Thornton: DNP Wandy Asigen: 0-for-1, 2 BB Will Watson: DNP Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: DNP Ryan Lambert: DNP Dylan Ross: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 1-for-1 R.J. Gordon: 5 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K View full article

Image courtesy of © Steven Bisig-Imagn Images The New York Mets fell hard in June. They went 10-17 in the month and just about took themselves out of the National League wild-card race. Manager Carlos Mendoza paid for the downturn with his job. Starting pitching was a major reason for the collapse. The rotation posted a 5.46 ERA/4.64 FIP in the 27 games, ranking 25th in MLB. It was 29th in the league with 3.88 walks per nine. To be fair, the starters also were ninth with 9.26 strikeouts per nine. While the overall numbers were poor, not every starter had a bad month, and the bullpen was tops in the majors with a 3.57 xFIP. There was enough quality to compile a list of top performers. Below is Grand Central Mets’ ranking of the club’s pitchers of the month for June. Ranking New York Mets’ Best Pitchers In June 3. LHP Sean Manaea We could have gone with closer Devin Williams (4-for-4 in save opportunities) here, but Manaea got the nod for giving the rotation a needed boost after moving over from long relief midway through the month. He made six appearances, the equivalent of a full month for a starter, and he produced decent quality -- a 3.72 ERA, 21.8 percent K rate, 5.9 percent walk rate and 2.6 percent home run rate over 29 innings. He allowed no more than three runs in any outing, and he went at least five innings four times. Interestingly, his fastball velocity (four-seamer and sinker) fluctuated during the month. It sat at 92-93 mph for the majority of his outings, but there were also games of 90-91 heat. On the plus side, his low three-quarters arm slot and crossfire motion can mask any differences. With Kodai Senga in the bullpen, David Peterson traded, and Jonah Tong scuffling at Triple-A, the Mets will keep giving Manaea the ball and trust that he can keep them in games. 2. RHP Nolan McLean McLean bounced back from a rough May with a solid June. In five starts, he posted a 2.79 ERA, .617 opponents' OPS, and 29.7 percent strikeout rate over 29 innings pitched. The month didn’t go perfectly. There was a four-inning, 93-pitch grind against the Atlanta Braves, as well as a pair of costly home-run balls against the Chicago Cubs. His walk rate was a bit high at 9.9 percent. But more often than not, the rookie looked the part of front-line starter. He closed the month with six scoreless innings and a win vs. the Toronto Blue Jays on the 30th. That outing highlighted McLean’s adaptability and ability to execute a game plan. His pitch mix in the game was markedly different than the mix in his seven-inning gem against the Reds in Cincinnati on June 17: DATE TP SI 4S CT CB SW CH SL June 30 91 33 18 5 18 16 0 1 June 17 101 26 27 15 9 15 6 3 He threw more sinkers against Toronto and more four-seamers against Cincinnati, three times as many cutters vs. the Reds and no changeups against the Jays. Against the Reds, he made it a point to be aggressive up in the zone but still got eight ground-ball outs to go with nine strikeouts. In short, both performances showed that he knows how to pitch. 1. RHP Luke Weaver It’s tough to go against someone who hadn’t allowed a run since April 30 and barely allowed a baserunner last month. Weaver gave up one hit and one walk in 11 1/3 innings covering 11 June appearances. He extended his scoreless-innings streak to 24 with a perfect frame against the Toronto Blue Jays on June 30. Command was the key to Weaver’s dominance. He threw 100 of 137 pitches for strikes (73 percent), attacking the zone with a four-seamer, changeup and cutter. He struck out 40.5 percent of the hitters he faced (15 in 37 plate appearances), yet his highest pitch count in an inning was 18. Weaver is getting below-average vertical drop on his change, according to Baseball Savant, but his four-seamer and cutter are diving, and that’s contributing to an 87th-percentile chase rate for the season. His off-speed stuff is in the 95th percentile in run value, while his fastball is in the 87th percentile. That’s a product of having everything working, which makes him the obvious choice for first place here. View full article

Thursday was a rough day for relief pitching across the New York Mets' minor-league system. Three different affiliates blew leads late in games, with two of them blowing saves in the ninth inning. Syracuse led by a run after seven innings, only to give up two in the eighth and one in the ninth for a 7-5 loss to Worcester. A two-run homer off Nate Lavender in the eighth put the Woo Sox in front. Binghamton suffered a worse collapse. The Rumble Ponies led Chesapeake by two going into the top of the ninth after taking the lead in the bottom of the eighth, but Douglas Orellana allowed a grand slam and a solo homer back to back while failing to get an out. Binghamton lost, 8-4. St. Lucie tossed away a ninth-inning lead against Tampa. Throwing errors by Chase Meggers and Elian Pena, sandwiched around a run-scoring double, saddled Zack Mack with a blown save in an eventual 7-5 Mets loss. Brooklyn didn't collapse; it just fell behind early and couldn't catch up. The Cyclones allowed runs in seven of their eight defensive innings and lost to Frederick, 9-4. The complex teams had no such issues. DSL Mets Orange routed the DSL Marlins, 11-2, in a game shortened to five innings. Oscar Pena drove in four runs and Cesar Acosta drove in three. DSL Mets Blue lost to DSL Colorado, 5-3, in six innings. Royner Bravo and Michalle Mercedes each had two hits. The FCL Mets edged the FCL Nationals, 3-2, in eight innings. Yovanny Rodriguez drove in the winning run with a double, scoring Wyatt Vincent The bullpen threw four scoreless innings. Mets Transactions New York Mets signed free agent 1B Christopher Morel to a minor league contract. Syracuse's Three Home Runs Go To Waste The offense started fast in this game. Jorge Polanco and M.J. Melendez hit solo home runs in the first to give the Mets a 2-1 lead. Polanco, still on rehab from New York, was back in the lineup as the DH after sitting Wednesday. The Mets fell behind in the third, but Hayden Senger got the lead back for them in the fifth with a three-run homer. It was Senger's eighth homer of the season, extending his career high, His previous best was five. The score remained 5-3 through six. Matt Turner gave up a run in the seventh to make it 5-4. Lavender served up the go-ahead homer in the eighth. Ryan Lambert allowed an insurance homer in the ninth. Jonah Tong started and went the first five innings. He allowed three runs, all earned, on four hits, walked two, struck out three, and allowed a pair of home runs on 78 pitches (47 strikes). Luis Robert Jr. took a big step in his rehab, playing nine innings in center field. He went 0-for-4 with a pair of strikeouts. Ryan Clifford, who was chosen this week to represent the organization in the MLB All-Star Futures Game, went 0-for-4 with three punchouts. Player AB R H RBI BB K Luis Robert Jr. 4 0 0 0 0 2 Jorge Polanco 2 1 1 1 1 0 Christopher Morel 1 0 0 0 0 1 Jihwan Bae 3 0 0 0 1 1 MJ Melendez 3 1 1 1 1 2 Ryan Clifford 4 0 0 0 0 3 Jared Oliva 4 1 1 0 0 1 Vidal Bruján 3 1 0 0 1 0 Hayden Senger 3 1 1 3 0 2 Zack Short 4 0 0 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jonah Tong 5 4 3 3 2 3 2 Matt Turner 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 Nate Lavender 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 Ryan Lambert 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 Binghamton Rally Negated In Ninth The Rumble Ponies were in line for a win despite being shut out for the first seven innings. Kevin Parada delivered an RBI single and Vincent Perozo followed with a three-run home run in the eighth to put them up, 4-2. Orellana then had his meltdown. Saul Garcia replaced him and allowed Chesapeake's final run. Channing Austin started and went the first 2 2/3 innings, allowing a run on three hits, with no walks and three strikeouts. Rehabbing right-hander Dedniel Núñez worked a scoreless fourth. He allowed a hit and struck out one. Max Green was excellent in long relief, striking out seven over four innings while allowing a run on four hits. Parada had two of the Rumble Ponies' four hits. The 2022 first-round pick is back in Binghamton after being demoted from Syracuse this week. Player AB R H RBI BB K Chris Suero 4 1 0 0 0 1 Nick Lorusso 3 1 0 0 1 2 Kevin Parada 4 1 2 1 0 1 Vincent Perozo 4 1 1 3 0 1 Wyatt Young 4 0 0 0 0 2 Jaylen Palmer 4 0 0 0 0 4 Kevin Villavicencio 4 0 0 0 0 2 Nick Lucky 4 0 1 0 0 1 Nick Roselli 2 0 0 0 1 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Channing Austin 2 2/3 3 1 1 0 3 0 Garrett Stratton 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dedniel Núñez 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Max Green 4 4 1 1 1 7 0 Douglas Orellana 0 4 5 5 1 0 2 Saul Garcia 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 Cyclones Get Close, Then Falter The Cyclones scored all their runs in the fifth inning after falling behind, 5-0. Corey Collins doubled home John Bay, Jamari Baylor singled in Collins, and Yohairo Cuevas singled home Daiverson Gutierrez and Baylor to make a 5-4 game. Frederick responded with four consecutive runs to pull away. The Keys scored in every inning but the seventh. Jose Chirinos started and took the loss. He struck out seven over 3 2/3 innings, but he also was tagged for five runs, four earned, on seven hits and two walks. He allowed a home run. Brooklyn managed just six hits in the game. Collins and Yonatan Henriquez each had two. The Cyclones' winning streak ended at five. Player AB R H RBI BB K Yonatan Henriquez 5 0 2 0 0 0 John Bay 2 1 0 0 2 1 Corey Collins 4 1 2 1 0 1 Daiverson Gutierrez 2 1 0 0 2 1 Jamari Baylor 4 1 1 1 0 1 Yohairo Cuevas 3 0 1 2 1 0 Colin Houck 4 0 0 0 0 1 Trace Willhoite 4 0 0 0 0 1 Sam Biller 4 0 0 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jose Chirinos 3 2/3 7 5 4 2 7 1 Cristofer Gomez 1 1/3 1 1 1 1 2 0 Hunter Hodges 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 Bryce Jenkins 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Hoss Brewer 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 St. Lucie Lets Late Lead Slips Away The Mets finally scored in the series after a pair of shutout losses, but the pitching and defense denied them a win. They have now lost seven in a row overall. Simon Juan put the Mets up, 3-2, in the fourth with a two-run homer. Tampa tied the game in the top of the fifth. St. Lucie retook the lead in the bottom of the frame on back-to-back RBI doubles by Trey Snyder and Antonio Jimenez. Joel Lara ;struck out seven in four innings of bulk relief, but he also allowed two runs and three hits while walking two. Miguel Mejias followed him and struck out four over two hitless innings. Juan and Snyder each had two hits. Elian Peña ended the Mets' scoring drought in the first when he stole third and then came around to score on a throwing error by Tampa's catcher. Player AB R H RBI BB K Elian Peña 4 1 1 0 0 2 Trey Snyder 4 1 2 1 0 1 Antonio Jimenez 4 0 1 1 0 1 Julio Zayas 4 1 2 0 0 1 Branny De Oleo 4 0 0 0 0 2 Simon Juan 4 1 2 2 0 1 Chase Meggers 4 0 0 0 0 1 Jeremy Rodriguez 3 1 1 0 1 0 Taylor Darden 4 0 0 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Luis R. Rodriguez 0 2/3 0 2 0 1 2 0 Joe Scarborough 1 1/3 3 0 0 0 1 0 Joel Lara 4 3 2 2 2 7 0 Miguel Mejias 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 Zack Mack 1 3 3 2 0 3 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Carson Benge: DNP A.J. Ewing: DNP Jonah Tong: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 2 HR Elian Pena: 1-for-4, 2 K Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: 0-for-4, 3 K Jacob Reimer: DNP Nick Morabito: DNP Mitch Voit: DNP Jonathan Santucci: DNP Chris Suero: 0-for-4, 1 K Zach Thornton: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Will Watson: DNP Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: DNP Ryan Lambert: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HR Dylan Ross: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 1-for-4, 2B, 1 K R.J. Gordon: DNP View full article

Yonatan Henriquez and Mitch Voit also went yard. Noah Hall was effective in bulk relief, allowing one hit and striking out eight over 5 1/3 scoreless innings. He walked four. Hall followed rehabbing veteran Robert Stock, who allowed a hit and a walk over 2 1/3 scoreless frames. Brooklyn Hitting Player AB R H RBI BB K Mitch Voit 5 2 1 1 1 2 Yonatan Henriquez 5 1 2 2 1 0 Ronald Hernandez 5 0 0 0 0 4 Corey Collins 2 1 1 0 3 0 JT Benson 5 2 2 0 0 1 Colin Houck 3 3 0 0 2 1 Yohairo Cuevas 3 3 2 4 2 0 Trace Willhoite 5 1 2 5 0 0 Sam Biller 5 0 1 0 0 2 Brooklyn Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR Robert Stock 2 1/3 1 1 0 1 2 0 Noah Hall 5 1/3 1 0 0 4 8 0 Josh Blum 1/3 3 4 0 1 0 0 Tanner Witt 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 St. Lucie Blanked Again The Mets still haven't scored this week after suffering a second consecutive shutout loss to Tampa. They've managed just seven hits and two walks in the 18 innings. The slump left bulk reliever Jose Guevara with little room for error, and he couldn't match the zeroes. He allowed three runs, two earned, on four hits and a walk over four innings. He struck out five. Joel Diaz opened and worked a scoreless first. Branny De Oleo collected two of the team's four hits. He has hit safely in four of his last five games, going 8-for-20 (.400) in that stretch. St. Lucie Hitting Player AB R H RBI BB K Antonio Jimenez 4 0 0 0 0 1 Jeremy Rodriguez 4 0 0 0 0 1 Trey Snyder 4 0 1 0 0 1 Julio Zayas 3 0 1 0 1 0 Branny De Oleo 4 0 2 0 0 1 Simon Juan 3 0 0 0 1 0 Jackson Hauge 4 0 0 0 0 2 Jack Scanlon 3 0 0 0 0 2 Francisco Toledo 3 0 0 0 0 1 St. Lucie Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR Joel Díaz 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 Jose Guevara 4 4 3 2 1 5 1 Elwis Mijares 1 2/3 4 3 2 2 4 0 Ernesto Mercedes 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 2 0 Caden Wooster 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Carson Benge: MLB A.J. Ewing: MLB Jonah Tong: DNP Elian Pena: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: 1-for-4, BB Jacob Reimer: DNP Nick Morabito: 1-for-5, 4 K Mitch Voit: 1-for-5, HR, BB, 2 K Jonathan Santucci: DNP Chris Suero: DNP Zach Thornton: 5 2/3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, HR Wandy Asigen: 0-for-2, BB, K Will Watson: DNP Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: 3 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, HR Ryan Lambert: DNP Dylan Ross: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 0-for-4, K R.J. Gordon: DNP View full article