Tom Gatto

The second piece of the New York Mets’ 2026 sell-off is out the door, as right-hander Freddy Peralta moves to the Tampa Bay Rays. As with all the deals team president David Stearns will make between now and the 6 p.m. ET Monday trade deadline, prospects comprise the return. In this deal, Stearns has plucked two who appear to fit the profile that he favors. In exchange for seven weeks of Peralta, the Mets on Sunday acquired three minor leaguers: outfielder Aidan Smith, right-hander Gary Gill Hill and infielder Emilien Pitre. None of them were ranked in MLB Pipeline’s overall Top 100 or Rays Top 10. Smith was ranked highest at 15th among Rays prospects, followed by Hill at 26th and Pitre at 27th. So, what will each player bring to the Mets’ organization? A quick rundown: Aidan Smith Smith, 22, has not advanced past Single-A in his five pro seasons since being drafted by the Seattle Mariners out of a Texas high school in 2023. This year, the 6-1, 190-pound center fielder settled at High-A Bowling Green, where he put together a .215/.283/.410 slash line with 10 home runs in 228 plate appearances. Prospect Savant puts his hard-hit percentage in the 83rd percentile and his barrel rate in the 76th percentile among High-A hitters. But while he hits the ball hard, he doesn’t hit it enough. Strikeouts are a real problem (32.0 percent K rate at Bowling Green, 27.9 percent for his career). His walk rate is in the 43rd percentile. Speed is not a problem, however. He had back-to-back seasons of 41 stolen bases in 2023 and 2024. A hamstring injury delayed his 2026 season debut to early May, one reason he’s at 16 steals in early August. Smith is on his third organization since being drafted. The Mariners sent him to the Rays in the Randy Arozarena trade in July 2024. Now, he’s headed to the Mets, where he brings the type of athleticism Stearns desires. Gary Gill Hill Hill, 21, is a local kid; he went to John F. Kennedy Prep in Somers, N.Y., in Westchester County. The Rays took him out of that school in the sixth round of the 2022 draft. He has advanced to Double-A Montgomery in his fourth pro season, working a regular turn for the Biscuits. His overall numbers there were underwhelming: a 1.39 WHIP, a 17.7 strikeout rate, a 2.9 percent home run rate, and a .305 opponents’ batting average. On the plus side, some of the peripherals are, well, plus. He stays in the zone, as evidenced by his 4.1 percent walk rate (96th percentile among Double-A hurlers) and near-the-top ranks in strike percentage (95th percentile) and zone percentage (96th percentile). In fact, he has almost as many walks (14) as homers allowed (10) at Montgomery. Also, his ground ball rate is in the 76th percentile. Hill also has international experience after pitching twice for Great Britain in this year’s World Baseball Classic. Emilien Pitre Pitre, 23, was the Rays’ second-round pick in the 2024 draft out of the University of Kentucky by way of Canada (he’s a Quebec native). He is primarily a second baseman, with 26 games of experience at shortstop. He has been excellent at the dish since his promotion to Double-A in mid-June: a .323/.451/.492 slash line (152 wRC+) in 163 plate appearances for Montgomery. The power isn’t quite there (three home runs, 14 extra-base hits total), but the speed sure is (11 steals, although in 18 attempts). Again, that’s something Stearns covets. And, his bat-to-ball skills are off the charts: 70 walks to 40 strikeouts in 384 PAs between two levels this season, and a 30:17 ratio at Double-A. His K and whiff rates are in the 98th percentile among Double-A hitters, his walk rate is in the 94th percentile, and his Z-contact rate is in the 95th percentile. It all adds up to a .418 wOBA with the Biscuits. The 5-11, 185-pound Pitre seems to fit exactly the “Brewers East” mold Stearns seems to have cast as Mets POBO.

Billy Amick has learned how to hit the ball out of the park in his third minor-league season. It appears he will keep applying those lessons with his new team. Amick, one of two players acquired by the New York Mets from the Minnesota Twins on Friday in a trade for left-handed reliever A.J. Minter, homered in his debut for Double-A Binghamton on Saturday in Game 2 of a doubleheader at Reading. The two-run blast in the seventh inning cut the Rumble Ponies’ deficit to two in an eventual 5-4 loss. Amick is up to 24 homers this season between Binghamton and Double-A Wichita, quite the power surge for a player who had seven homers in 2024 and 2025 combined in about three dozen fewer plate appearances. On a percentage basis, Amick’s 6.3 homer rate in 2026 is more than triple the 2.0 percent rate of his first two seasons. There were signs last year the 23-year-old infielder out of the University of Tennessee could bang. He had a .450 slugging percentage between rookie ball, Single-A and High-A; he’s up to .494 this year despite an 85-point dip in batting average (.307 to .222). The parent Mets are hoping the homers aren't a bizarre outlier and that they’ve added a big-time thumper from the right side. Amick’s Binghamton bow ended in a split. The Rumble Ponies won the opener 10-5. Elsewhere in the organization . . . Clay Holmes’ final audition for teams ahead of Monday’s MLB trade deadline will take place in Brooklyn, not Queens. The right-hander will make a minor league rehab start for the Cyclones on Sunday rather than be activated to pitch for the big-league Mets against the Miami Marlins. (Robert Stock will come up from Syracuse for that assignment instead.) Holmes will throw around 70 to 75 pitches, MLB.com reported Saturday. He wants to be fully stretched out before he returns to the majors — “wherever that is,” he said, per The Associated Press. Syracuse lost 3-1 to Rochester. Jonathan Santucci made his Triple-A debut for the Mets, with mixed results. Hayden Senger homered for Syracuse’s run. Brooklyn fell to Winston-Salem 6-3. Jacob Reimer singled, doubled, drove in a run and scored a run for the Cyclones. St. Lucie doubled up Dunedin 6-3 in 10 innings. Wyatt Vincent’s sacrifice fly broke the tie in the 10th. DSL Mets Blue lost 13-2 to DSL Blue Jays Red. Dayron Oramas and Michalle Mercedes drove in the Mets’ runs. New York Mets Transactions New York Mets selected the contract of RHP Kevin Herget from Syracuse Mets. New York Mets optioned RHP Xzavion Curry to Syracuse Mets. Santucci's Syracuse Debut Has A Bit Of Everything Santucci made his first Triple-A start since being promoted from Double-A earlier in the week. It was an adventure. He needed 90 pitches (52 strikes) to get through four innings. He walked five, struck out seven, and allowed two runs and five hits. Both Rochester runs scored in the second inning, on an RBI triple and an RBI double. Senger cut the deficit to 2-1 with his ninth home run of the season and his first since July 2. Rochester answered in the bottom half with a run against Nate Lavender. Two rehab notes: Dedniel Núñez pitched a scoreless seventh with a strikeout, while Mike Tauchman played left field and finished 0-for-3. Player AB R H RBI BB K Ryan Clifford 4 0 1 0 0 2 Nick Morabito 4 0 0 0 0 0 Jihwan Bae 4 0 1 0 0 1 Ronny Mauricio 4 0 0 0 0 2 Mike Tauchman 3 0 0 0 0 0 MJ Melendez 3 0 0 0 0 1 Cristian Pache 3 0 0 0 0 1 Zack Short 3 0 0 0 0 1 Hayden Senger 3 1 1 1 0 1 Totals 31 1 3 1 0 9 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jonathan Santucci 4 5 2 2 5 7 0 Dylan Ross 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 Nate Lavender 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 Dedniel Núñez 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jefry Yan 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 8 9 3 3 5 14 0 Lorusso Powers Binghamton To Game 1 Win Nick Lorusso homered twice and drove in five runs in the opener. His three-run blast in the second put Binghamton ahead 7-1. His two-run shot in the sixth stretched the Rumble Ponies' lead to 9-4. He also walked and scored on D'Andre Smith's three-run homer during a four-run first. Matt Rudick homered in the seventh for Binghamton's final run. Wyatt Young and Corey Collins both reached base three times. Noah Hall pitched five innings for the win in his Double-A debut. He was promoted from High-A Brooklyn early in the week. He allowed four runs and six hits, with two walks and six strikeouts. Player AB R H RBI BB K Mitch Voit 4 2 1 0 1 1 Chris Suero 3 0 1 1 0 1 Nick Lorusso 3 3 2 5 1 0 Corey Collins 3 1 2 0 1 0 Jose Ramos 4 0 0 0 0 3 D'Andre Smith 4 1 1 3 0 0 Matt Rudick 4 1 2 1 0 1 Vincent Perozo 4 0 1 0 0 1 Wyatt Young 3 2 2 0 1 1 Totals 32 10 12 10 4 8 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Noah Hall 5 6 4 4 2 6 2 Zach Peek 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 Brian Metoyer 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 7 7 5 5 2 9 3 Binghamton's Comeback Bid In Game 2 Falls Short Amick's home run was part of a three-run Binghamton rally in the seventh. John Bay hit a sacrifice fly later in the frame to cut it to 5-4, but Lorusso hit into a force play to end the game. Binghamton fell behind 5-0 after three innings. Reading nicked starter Gabriel Rodriguez in the first, and then went deep twice against reliever Danis Correa for three runs in the third Jordan Geber kept the Ponies in the game with 2 2/3 hitless innings of relief, with one walk and two strikeouts. Wyatt Young came in from shortstop to finish the game on the mound. Player AB R H RBI BB K John Bay 3 0 1 2 0 2 Nick Lorusso 4 0 0 0 0 1 Corey Collins 3 0 0 0 0 2 Jose Ramos 2 0 0 0 0 1 Mitch Voit 1 1 1 0 0 0 Billy Amick 3 1 2 2 0 0 Kevin Parada 2 1 0 0 1 1 Matt Rudick 3 0 1 0 0 0 Vincent Perozo 3 1 1 0 0 1 Wyatt Young 2 0 0 0 1 1 Totals 26 4 6 4 2 9 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Gabriel Rodriguez 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 Danis Correa 1 1/3 3 3 3 2 2 2 Jordan Geber 2 2/3 0 0 0 1 2 0 Wyatt Young 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 6 5 5 5 5 5 2 Brooklyn Blinks Against Winston-Salem Winston-Salem took the lead for good in the sixth with a solo homer off Parker Carlson. It came one inning after Yohairo Cuevas tied the game for Brooklyn with his sixth homer of the season. Andy Ibáñez, still rehabbing in the minors, gave Brooklyn a 2-1 lead in the third with an RBI single. One batter earlier, Reimer delivered his RBI double to knot the game 1-1. Carlson gave up two runs in the fifth to squander that lead. He was on in place of starter Jose Chirinos, who allowed two runs on five hits over the first four innings. Chirinos walked three and struck out four. The top three batters in the Cyclones' order --- Yonatan Henriquez, Reimer and Ibáñez --- each collected two hits. Player AB R H RBI BB K Yonatan Henriquez 5 1 2 0 0 0 Jacob Reimer 4 1 2 1 0 1 Andy Ibáñez 4 0 2 1 0 0 Trey Snyder 4 0 0 0 0 1 Ronald Hernandez 4 0 1 0 0 1 Daiverson Gutierrez 4 0 0 0 0 1 Antonio Jimenez 3 0 0 0 1 1 JT Benson 4 0 0 0 0 0 Yohairo Cuevas 4 1 2 1 0 1 Totals 36 3 9 3 1 6 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jose Chirinos 4 5 1 1 3 4 0 Parker Carlson 2 4 3 3 1 1 2 Bryce Jenkins 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 Rafi Vazquez 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 Totals 9 11 6 5 4 9 2 St. Lucie Gets The W In Extras St. Lucie's half of the 10th started with Elian Peña on second base as the ghost runner. He advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on Vincent's sacrifice fly. John Smith III was then hit by a pitch. Cole Mathis followed with a walk. Both runners advanced on a groundout. A wild pitch brought in Smith, and Julio Zayas singled home Mathis for a 6-3 lead. Zack Mack earned the win with a huge relief outing. He entered the game with the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the ninth, with the Mets leading 3-2. He gave up a game-tying sacrifice fly, but then got a lineout to left and a strikeout to force extras. He came back out for the bottom of the 10th and worked around a walk to finish the game. Ryan Tayman added to his big first week in pro ball. The catcher, who was drafted ninth round by the Mets last month, hit a two-run double in the first to put St. Lucie on top 2-0. He had a .462/.500/1.346 slash line after three games.. Player AB R H RBI BB K Elian Peña 4 2 1 0 1 3 Wyatt Vincent 4 0 0 1 0 1 John Smith III 3 2 1 0 1 0 Cole Mathis 3 2 1 0 2 1 Branny De Oleo 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Tayman 5 0 1 2 0 2 Julio Zayas 5 0 2 1 0 2 Simon Juan 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bohan Adderley 5 0 0 0 0 1 Vladi Gomez 4 0 2 0 0 1 Kooper Schulte 4 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 37 6 8 4 4 13 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Nathan Hall 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 Jonathan Jimenez 2 1/3 1 0 0 0 4 0 Joe Scarborough 2/3 1 2 2 1 1 1 Elwis Mijares 2 3 1 1 3 3 0 Zack Mack 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 Totals 10 6 3 3 6 11 1 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: 1-for-4, 2 K Elian Pena: 1-for-4, BB, 3 K Nick Morabito: 0-for-4 Jacob Reimer: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI, K Mitch Voit: Game 1: 1-for-4, BB, K; Game 2: 1-for-1 Jonathan Santucci: 4 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 7 K Zac Thornton: DNP Chris Suero: Game 1: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, K; Game 2: DNP Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: DNP Dylan Ross: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 0-for-3, BB, K R.J. Gordon: DNP Jonathan Pintaro: DNP Marco Vargas: DNP

R.J. Gordon turned in his most efficient start of the season Friday, just as the organization is shaking up its major league pitching staff. The No. 18 prospect in Grand Central Mets' July prospect top 20 went seven innings at Reading, allowing three runs on six hits. He walked none and struck out seven. Most impressively, he did it on just 89 pitches because he lived in the zone all night (62 strikes). A consequence of that command was Gordon being touched up for two home runs, but the organization will take the ratio. He has slowly built up his workload up after suffering a lat injury in the spring. His stats have suffered as a result of so many short outings: Friday's start lowered his ERA with the Ponies to 6.02 (he rehabbed at St. Lucie before joining Binghamton). He appears to be fully back after working deep into a game for the first time this year. As for the game, the Ponies' bullpen gave up a run in the bottom of the eighth and two more in the bottom of the ninth, and Binghamton lost 6-5. Elsewhere in the organization: Syracuse lost 10-1 to Rochester. The Red Wings scored nine runs in the third inning to decide it. Jihwan Bae broke up the Red Wings' shutout bid with an RBI grounder in the ninth. Brooklyn was blown out 14-4 by Winston-Salem. The Cyclones fell into a hole early as the Dash scored six runs in the second inning. Yonatan Henriquez homered in the loss. St. Lucie was shut out 5-0 by Dunedin. The Blue Jays scored all their runs in the bottom of the eighth. Mets starter Ethan Lanthier allowed one hit over four innings. DSL Mets Blue and DSL Mets Orange split their games. Blue lost 10-6 to the DSL Marlins, while Orange routed DSL Tigers 1, 9-2. New York Mets Transactions New York Mets traded LHP A.J. Minter to Minnesota Twins for minor league INFs Bruin Agbayani and Billy Amick. New York Mets recalled RHP Xzavion Curry from Syracuse Mets. New York Mets recalled RHP Jonathan Pintaro from Syracuse Mets. New York Mets placed LHP Cionel Pérez on the 15-day injured list retroactive to July 30, 2026. Left forearm strain. New York Mets sent RHP Austin Warren on a rehab assignment to Brooklyn Cyclones. Nine-Run Third Buries Syracuse Mets starter Jack Weisenburger gave up one hit over the first two innings, but then allowed the first six batters in the third to reach base. Back-to-back singles and a walk loaded the bases, and consecutive two-run doubles made it 4-0. A two-run home run followed, and Weisenburger was done. Dan Hammer came on and allowed a single and walk to make it eight in a row, before recording a strikeout. Another walk loaded the bases, and after a second strikeout, a two-run single and an RBI single made it a nine-run inning. Matt Seelinger, Joe Jacques and Ofreidy Gómez combined for five innings of one-run ball after the third. Syracuse's lone run came when Jihwan Bae grounded into a force-out with the bases loaded in the ninth, scoring Cristian Pache, who had walked. Player AB R H RBI BB K Jihwan Bae, 2B 5 0 1 1 0 r Nick Morabito, CF 5 0 0 0 0 1 Ronny Mauricio, DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 Ryan Clifford, RF 4 0 0 0 0 3 Christopher Morel, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 MJ Melendez, LF 1 0 0 0 1 1 Cristian Pache, LF 1 1 0 0 1 1 Christian Arroyo, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 Ben Rortvedt, C 3 0 1 0 1 1 Zack Short, SS 3 0 2 0 1 1 Totals 34 1 7 1 4 11 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jack Weisenburger 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 Dan Hammer 1 3 3 3 2 3 0 Matt Seelinger 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 Joe Jacques 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 Ofreidy Gómez 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 8 13 10 10 5 9 2 Binghamton Crumbles After Building Lead Gordon got early run support when Chris Suero and Nick Lorusso homered back-to-back in the third. Reading tied the game with a two-run homer in the fourth, but the Ponies responded with two runs in the fifth, on singles by Suero, Jose Ramos and Kevin Parada, to make it 4-2. Reading got one back in the bottom half on a solo homer. JT Schwartz led off the eighth with a home run for a 5-3 advantage. Reading answered again with a run in the bottom half. Garrett Stratton then blew the save in the ninth, his second blown save in three days. Back-to-back singles with one out put runners at the corners, An RBI groundout then tied the game, and after an intentional walk set up a force at any base, a single ended it. Rumble Ponies second baseman Mitch Voit continued his hot start at Double-A, reaching base three times with two hits and a walk. The 2025 first-round draft pick has a .417/.563/.750 slash line through his first three games with Binghamton. Player AB R H RBI BB K Mitch Voit, 2B 4 0 2 0 1 0 Chris Suero, DH 5 2 2 1 0 1 Nick Lorusso, 3B 5 1 2 1 0 2 Jose Ramos, RF 5 1 1 0 0 2 D'Andre Smith, CF 4 0 1 0 1 1 Kevin Parada, C 5 0 2 2 0 1 JT Schwartz, 1B 4 1 1 1 0 2 Matt Rudick, LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 Wyatt Young, SS 2 0 1 0 2 0 Totals 38 5 12 5 4 11 Player IP H R ER BB K HR R.J. Gordon 7 6 3 3 0 7 2 Saul Garcia 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 Garrett Stratton 0 2/3 3 2 2 1 0 0 Totals 8 2/3 11 6 6 2 9 2 Winston-Salem Piles On Late Against Brooklyn The big blow in the second was a grand slam off Juan Arnaud, who had come on for starter Frank Camarillo with the Cyclones trailing 2-0. Brooklyn cut the margin to 6-3 after six, but the Dash responded with two runs in the seventh, five in the eighth and one in the ninth. Rehabbing major leaguer Austin Warren helped keep Brooklyn in the game with a scoreless third. He struck out one as he threw 14 pitches. Joel Diaz followed and threw three scoreless innings of long relief. Henriquez got Brooklyn on the board in the third with a solo homer, his fourth of the season. Colin Houck singled home a run and Chase Meggers walked with the bases loaded in the sixth to halve the deficit. The Cyclones' other run scored in the seventh, on a sacrifice fly by Randy Guzman. Player AB R H RBI BB K Yonatan Henriquez, CF 5 1 1 1 0 2 JT Benson, RF 5 1 1 0 0 3 Randy Guzman, LF 4 0 2 1 0 1 Ronald Hernandez, DH 3 1 0 0 0 1 Jamari Baylor, 3B 2 0 1 0 2 0 Antonio Jimenez, SS 3 1 0 0 0 1 Colin Houck, 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 Trace Willhoite, 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 Chase Meggers, C 3 0 0 1 1 1 Totals 32 4 6 4 4 11 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Frank Camarillo 1 2/3 5 4 4 0 3 0 Juan Arnaud 0 1/3 1 2 2 1 1 1 Austin Warren 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Joel Díaz 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 Calvin Ziegler 0 1/3 1 2 2 3 0 0 Cristofer Gomez 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Josh Blum 0 2/3 4 5 4 1 2 0 Ryan Dollar 1 1/3 0 1 1 4 1 0 Totals 9 12 14 13 10 12 1 St. Lucie Falls Apart Late In Loss The game was scoreless until the Jays broke through against piggyback pitcher Christian Rodriguez in the eighth. The inning started with a walk, a hit batter and consecutive RBI singles to make the score 2-0. A throwing error on the second hit moved the runners up a base each. After two outs, another hit batsman reloaded the bases, and then a two-run double pushed the margin to 4-0. A wild pitch brought in the fifth run. Rodriguez was on the mound for all of it. Lanthier walked three and struck out one in his outing. He threw half his 52 pitches for strikes. Mets batters were held to five hits and two walks and struck out 12 times. Five different players had one hit each. Player AB R H RBI BB K Branny De Oleo, 2B 3 0 0 0 1 2 Marco Vargas, SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 Aiden Robbins, RF 2 0 1 0 1 0 Cole Mathis, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 Yovanny Rodriguez, C 4 0 1 0 0 1 Simon Juan, DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 Kuhio Aloy, LF 3 0 0 0 0 2 Bohan Adderley, CF 4 0 1 0 0 2 Dylan Carey, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 32 0 5 0 2 12 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Ethan Lanthier 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 Christian Rodriguez 4 3 5 5 3 4 0 Totals 8 4 5 5 6 5 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: 0-for-4, 3 K Elian Pena: DNP Nick Morabito: 0-for-5, K Jacob Reimer: DNP Mitch Voit: 2-for-4, BB Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zac Thornton: MLB Chris Suero: 2-for-5, HR, K Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: 0-for-3, 2 R, BB, K Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: 2-for-4, K Dylan Ross: DNP Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 0-for-3, K R.J. Gordon: 7 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 7 K Jonathan Pintaro: DNP Marco Vargas: 0-for-4, 2 K

Jonah Tong isn't going anywhere at the MLB trade deadline, except maybe back to New York. With the big-league Mets having officially begun their pitching sell-off, the time is growing closer for Tong (No. 1 in Grand Central Mets' latest prospect Top 20) to get another shot in the Show. If he does receive the call in the next few days, he'll be coming in with confidence, based off his outing Thursday night. Tong allowed two hits, walked two and struck out seven over five scoreless innings as he led Triple-A Syracuse to a 2-0 win and a doubleheader split with Rochester. His fastball topped out at 97.9 mph, per MLB Pipeline. He was efficient, with 56 strikes in 89 pitches (63 percent). That's significant for a pitcher who struggles to throw strikes: his Triple-A walk rate this year is a too-high 13.3 percent, although the 27.8 percent strikeout rate mitigates it some. It came after Jacob Reimer (No. 6) homered with one out for a 1-0 lead. Colin Houck tripled to open the second and scored on Chase Meggers' single for a 5-0 lead. Brooklyn tacked on a run in the fifth and two more in the sixth. Obispo was sharp but just failed to qualify for the win. He was taken out after 4 2/3 innings of one-hit, one-walk ball. He was charged with a run after Gregori Louis walked in an inherited runner with two outs. Brooklyn finished with 14 hits, eight of them for extra bases (five doubles, a triple, and two homers). Andy Ibáñez, who, like Tauchman, is on extended injury rehab, had two hits, drove in a run and scored a run. Player AB R H RBI BB K Trey Snyder 5 0 1 0 0 4 Jacob Reimer 4 1 1 1 1 1 Andy Ibáñez 4 1 2 1 0 0 Randy Guzman 4 1 1 0 1 2 Yonatan Henriquez 4 1 2 1 1 0 Daiverson Gutierrez 4 2 2 3 0 0 JT Benson 4 0 1 1 0 0 Colin Houck 4 1 1 0 0 1 Chase Meggers 4 1 3 1 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Emilio Obispo 4 2/3 1 1 1 1 8 0 Gregori Louis 1 0 0 0 5 2 0 Rafi Vazquez 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 3 0 Tanner Witt 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 St. Lucie Lead Short-Lived Vs. Dunedin St. Lucie built a 2-0 lead in the third inning. Consecutive singles by Kooper Schulte, Elian Peña (No. 4), and Aiden Robbins plated the first run, and a throwing error on Robbins' hit brought in the second. Dunedin answered with four in the bottom half of the inning against starter Joel Lara. A double, a walk, and a bunt single loaded the bases with none out, and then a two-run single tied the game. The go-ahead run came home on a wild pitch, and a fourth run scored on a Lara throwing error. Peña doubled home Vladi Gomez to make it 5-3 in the seventh. Dunedin got that run back in the bottom half. Player AB R H RBI BB K Elian Peña 4 1 2 1 0 1 Aiden Robbins 4 0 1 1 0 0 John Smith III 4 0 0 0 0 0 Julio Zayas 4 0 0 0 0 1 Ryan Tayman 3 0 1 0 1 0 Wyatt Vincent 4 0 1 0 0 2 Simon Juan 4 0 1 0 0 2 Vladi Gomez 4 1 1 0 0 0 Kooper Schulte 4 1 1 0 0 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Joel Lara 4 4 4 3 3 6 0 Tyler McLoughlin 1/3 2 1 1 1 0 0 Miguel Mejias 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jean Brito 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K (Game 2) Jack Wenninger: 3 2/3 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 5 K (Game 1) Ryan Clifford: 0-for-4, 2 K (Game 1) Elian Peña: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI, R, K Nick Morabito: 0-for-4, 3 K (Game 1); 1-for-4 (Game 2) Jacob Reimer: 1-for-4, HR, RBI, BB, K Mitch Voit: 0-for-3, 2 BB, 2 R, 2 K Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zac Thornton: MLB Chris Suero: 0-for-4, BB, K Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: 2-for-3, HR, RBI, 2 R, BB, K Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: 1-for-4, BB, R, 2 K Dylan Ross: 2/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (Game 1) Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: DNP R.J. Gordon: DNP Jonathan Pintaro: DNP Marco Vargas: DNP

The short version of Mitch Voit’s Double-A debut: Well, that was easy. No, it wasn’t easy, but Voit (No. 7 in Grand Central Mets’ Top 20) looked like he belonged as he played shortstop and led off for Binghamton at Reading on Wednesday. He got to work right away with a long double over the center fielder’s head on the second pitch of the game. The decisive blow came after Randy Guzman (No. 14) singled home a run to make the score 6-5. Brooklyn erased a pair of deficits in this one. They were down 4-0 before scoring four runs in the sixth. With two out, Antonio Jimenez (No. 17) doubled home Jamari Baylor, and Houck singled in Jimenez to make it 4-2. Yohairo Cuevas walked, and then Trace Willhoite doubled in Houck and Cuevas to even the score. Winston-Salem scored in the seventh and ninth for a 6-4 lead. Player AB R H RBI BB K Trey Snyder 4 0 0 0 1 1 Ronald Hernandez 4 0 0 0 1 0 Randy Guzman 4 0 3 1 0 0 Yonatan Henriquez 0 1 0 0 0 0 Jamari Baylor 5 2 1 0 0 1 Daiverson Gutierrez 5 1 1 3 0 0 Antonio Jimenez 3 1 1 1 1 1 Colin Houck 4 1 4 1 0 0 Yohairo Cuevas 3 1 0 0 1 1 Trace Willhoite 3 1 1 2 1 0 Totals 35 8 11 8 5 4 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Nicolas Carreno 3 5 4 4 4 6 1 Luis R. Rodriguez 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 Juan Arnaud 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 Bryce Jenkins 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 Ryan Dollar 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 Totals 9 8 6 6 5 15 3 St. Lucie Outslugged In Dunedin The Mets briefly led after scoring four runs in the top of the fifth. Branny De Oleo hit an RBI double and Simon Juan followed with a two-run homer to tie the game. Adderley, who was called up from the FCL Mets this week, made it back-to-back long balls with a solo shot for a 9-8 lead. Zack Mack and Joe Scarborough were the bullpen arsonists, combining to give up the final six runs of the game. In all, Mets pitchers allowed 14 hits and 11 walks over eight innings. Elwis Mijares was the best of the six who took the mound, striking out three over 2 1/3 scoreless frames of relief. Elian Peña (No. 4) added two hits and two RBIs in the loss. Player AB R H RBI BB K Elian Peña 4 0 2 2 0 1 Cole Mathis 4 1 1 0 0 0 Julio Zayas 1 0 0 0 0 0 Marco Vargas 3 2 1 0 1 1 Vladi Gomez 1 0 0 0 0 1 Kuhio Aloy 5 0 0 0 0 3 Yovanny Rodriguez 4 1 1 3 1 2 Branny De Oleo 4 1 1 1 1 1 Simon Juan 4 1 1 2 0 1 Bohan Adderley 4 2 2 1 0 1 Dylan Carey 3 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 37 9 10 9 3 11 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Owen Woodward 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 Jose Lopez 2 2/3 4 6 6 6 2 1 Elwis Mijares 2 1/3 2 0 0 1 3 0 Zack Mack 0 2/3 4 4 4 1 0 0 Joe Scarborough 1 2 2 1 1 3 0 Caden Wooster 0 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Totals 8 14 14 13 11 11 2 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: DNP Elian Peña: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, K Nick Morabito: DNP Jacob Reimer: DNP Mitch Voit: 3-for-5, 2 2B, 3B, BB, 2 R Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zac Thornton: MLB Chris Suero: 0-for-3, 2 BB, R Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: 3-for-4, 2B, RBI Dylan Ross: DNP Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB, K R.J. Gordon: DNP Jonathan Pintaro: DNP Marco Vargas: 1-for-3, BB, K, 2 R

Ready or not, Clay Holmes is on his way back to the New York Mets. He’ll spend the rest of this week waiting to see when and for whom his next start will be. The right-hander completed an abbreviated minor league rehab assignment Tuesday with four scoreless innings for Single-A St. Lucie at Dunedin. He allowed two hits and two walks and struck out three. He threw 59 pitches, his biggest workload in his three rehab outings, with 37 for strikes. MLB.com reported that Holmes reached 94.1 mph with his sinker. As of now, he’s lined up to make his next start Sunday, one day ahead of the Aug. 3 MLB trade deadline, with his pitch count around 70. If he reports no problems after Tuesday’s start, trade talks figure to move to full steam ahead, and Sunday may never come into play; either the Mets will deal him before then, or they’ll hold back one of their top trade assets to extract maximum value. Holmes pitched for a St. Lucie squad that was overhauled earlier in the week amid a series of late-season promotions by the organization. Ten players were called up from the FCL Mets on Monday, and six of them were in the starting lineup Tuesday. All six contributed to a 14-6 victory. The full list of promotions, per the affiliates’ respective transactions pages: To Syracuse from Binghamton (1): LHP Jonathan Santucci (No. 8 prospect in Grand Central Mets’ Top 20) To Binghamton from Brooklyn (2): RHP Noah Hall, SS/2B Mitch Voit (No. 7) To Brooklyn from St. Lucie (6): RHP Joel Diaz, OF Randy Guzman (No. 14), SS/3B Antonio Jimenez (No. 17), C Chase Meggers, RHP Emilio Obispo, INF/OF Trey Snyder To St. Lucie from FCL Mets (10): OF Bohan Adderley, OF Kuhio Aloy, INF Dylan Carey, INF Vladi Gomez, OF Aiden Robbins, C Yovanny Rodriguez, INF Kooper Schulte, OF John Smith III, C Ryan Tayman, OF Wyatt Vincent. Robbins, Tayman, Aloy, Smith and Schulte were all taken by the Mets in the MLB Draft earlier this month. Elsewhere in the organization: Syracuse lost to Rochester 6-5. Ronny Mauricio and Nick Morabito (No. 5) homered in the loss. Mike Tauchman, still on rehab, went 0-for-5. Tobias Myers gave up five runs in the second inning. Voit’s Binghamton debut was postponed because of rain in Reading, Pa. The clubs will make up the game Saturday as part of a twilight doubleheader. Game 1 is set for 4:30 p.m. ET. Brooklyn dropped a 10-6 decision to Winston-Salem. Guzman, Jimenez and Snyder all were in the lineup for the Cyclones. Rehabbing big-leaguer Andy Ibañez had three hits and scored a run. DSL Mets Blue topped the DSL Cardinals 5-4. Sanchez and Oramas each had two hits and two RBIs. Marquez allowed a run and no hits over three innings. DSL Orange lost 6-5 to DSL Arizona Red. Wandy Asigen (No. 12) hit his first professional home run, a solo shot in the fifth inning. New York Mets Transactions No Roster Moves Morabito, Mauricio Supply The Offense For Syracuse The M&M Boys combined for four hits, five RBIs and four runs scored. They started early as they put Syracuse ahead 1-0 in the first. Morabito opened the game with a single and later scored on Mauricio's sacrifice fly. Rochester answered with five runs in the second against Myers. Four straight singles produced the tying run, a forceout brought home the go-ahead run, a wild pitch made it 3-1, and a two-run double closed out the inning. Myers left after 1 2/3 innings. Morabito cut into the deficit in the third with a two-run home run to left-center. Mauricio sliced it further in the seventh with a two-run home run to left. Syracuse couldn't do anything after that. Syracuse Mets Hitting Player AB R H RBI BB K Nick Morabito 4 3 2 2 1 0 Mike Tauchman 5 0 0 0 0 1 Ronny Mauricio 3 1 2 3 0 0 Christopher Morel 4 0 1 0 0 0 Ryan Clifford 3 0 0 0 1 2 Christian Arroyo 4 0 2 0 0 1 Cristian Pache 3 0 0 0 0 1 MJ Melendez 1 0 0 0 0 0 Hayden Senger 3 0 0 0 0 1 Jihwan Bae 1 0 0 0 0 0 Zack Short 2 1 0 0 1 1 Ben Rortvedt 1 0 0 0 0 0 Syracuse Mets Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR Tobias Myers 1 2/3 4 5 5 1 1 0 Matt Seelinger 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 Matt Turner 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Dan Hammer 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 Nate Lavender 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 Brooklyn Rally Falls Short Brooklyn scored two in the eighth and two in the ninth, and it got the tying run to the plate in the ninth, but the Cyclones could not overcome an early deficit. Winston-Salem led 10-2 going into the bottom of the eighth. A five-run fourth decided the game. Winston-Salem opened with two singles and a walk to load the bases. Starter Daviel Hurtado departed after a line out for the first out. Parker Carlson entered and allowed three straight RBI singles. A forceout scored a fourth run, and a throwing error brought in the fifth run. Daviel Hurtado walked six over 3 1/3 innings to go with five hits allowed. He struck out three. Guzman, Jimenez and Snyder all played after their promotions. Guzman singled home a run in the fourth and drew a bases-loaded walk in the ninth. Snyder had two hits and an RBI. Jimenez had a hit and scored a run. Jacob Reimer (No. 6), on rehab from Double-A Binghamton, added a double and a walk. Brooklyn Cyclones Hitting Player AB R H RBI BB K Yonatan Henriquez 4 2 0 0 0 0 Jacob Reimer 4 2 1 0 1 2 Andy Ibáñez 4 1 3 0 1 1 Trey Snyder 5 0 2 1 0 0 Randy Guzman 4 0 1 2 1 2 Ronald Hernandez 5 0 1 1 0 1 Daiverson Gutierrez 4 0 0 0 0 1 Antonio Jimenez 4 1 1 0 0 1 JT Benson 4 0 1 0 0 1 Brooklyn Cyclones Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR Daviel Hurtado 3 1/3 5 5 5 6 3 0 Parker Carlson 1 2/3 3 2 1 0 2 0 Hunter Hodges 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 Josh Blum 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 Cristofer Gomez 2 0 0 0 2 4 0 Promoted Players Give St. Lucie A Jolt The newcomers went right to work. Smith, a 19th-rounder, homered twice in his pro debut, and drove in three runs. Tayman, making his debut after being drafted in the ninth round, homered in his first at-bat, a two-run drive in the second inning, sparking a 4-for-5 night. He also scored three times. Robbins, in his pro debut after being selected in the third round, drove in two. Rodriguez, Vincent and Schulte each had a hit, and all three scored at least once. Holdovers Marco Vargas (No. 20) and Elian Peña (No. 4) contributed as well. Vargas was 3-for-5 with three RBIs, while Peña homered in the eighth. New York reliever Austin Warren made a rehab outing himself. The right-hander followed Holmes and threw a scoreless fifth inning, walking one and striking out one while throwing 13 pitches (eight strikes). He was credited with the win. The new-look Mets led 8-0 after 5 1/2 innings. Dunedin scored four in the bottom of the sixth against Tyler McLoughlin, who recorded just one out. The Blue Jays scored two more in the ninth against Luis Alvarez for the final margin. St. Lucie Mets Hitting Player AB R H RBI BB K Elian Peña 5 2 1 2 1 0 Cole Mathis 3 0 0 1 0 1 Julio Zayas 0 1 0 1 2 0 Marco Vargas 5 1 3 3 1 1 Aiden Robbins 6 0 2 2 0 1 Yovanny Rodriguez 4 2 1 0 1 1 John Smith III 5 2 2 3 0 1 Ryan Tayman 5 3 4 2 0 0 Wyatt Vincent 4 1 1 0 1 2 Kooper Schulte 3 2 1 0 1 2 St. Lucie Mets Pitching Player IP H R ER BB K HR Clay Holmes 4 2 0 0 2 3 0 Austin Warren 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Tyler McLoughlin 1/3 4 4 4 1 0 0 Ernesto Mercedes 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 4 0 Miguel Mejias 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Luis Alvarez 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: 0-for-3, BB, 2 K Elian Pena: 1-for-5, HR, BB Nick Morabito: 2-for-4, HR, BB Jacob Reimer: 1-for-4, 2B, BB, 2 K Mitch Voit: DNP Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zac Thornton: MLB Chris Suero: DNP Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: 1-for-4, HR, RBI, BB Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: 1-for-4, BB, 2 K Dylan Ross: DNP Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 1-for-4, K R.J. Gordon: DNP Jonathan Pintaro: DNP Marco Vargas: 3-for-5, 2B, BB, K

Jacob Reimer is making his way back from a groin injury that kept him out of action for about a month. He took another step forward Sunday. The No. 6 prospect in Grand Central Mets' Top 20 reached base three times and drove in two runs in his first game with St. Lucie as the Mets outslugged Fort Myers 11-8. He played nine innings at third base. Reimer joined St. Lucie after playing in three games for the FCL Mets last week. He went on the seven-day injured list in mid-June with Double-A Binghamton. The 22-year-old corner infielder had put himself high on the prospect list with a big 2025 season, but he was having a tough time at Double-A this year prior to the injury. He was sporting a .723 OPS and five home runs in 50 games for the Rumble Ponies. He was striking out at 26.6 percent rate. Elsewhere in the organization: Syracuse lost its series finale to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 3-2. Christopher Morel accounted for both Mets runs with an RBI double and a solo home run. Jack Weisenburger opened and threw three perfect innings. Binghamton downed Portland 8-4. Jose Ramos went 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs, and the Rumble Ponies' bullpen threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings of relief. Brooklyn rolled past Jersey Shore 6-1. Jose Chirinos struck out six over four scoreless innings, while Mitch Voit had two hits and two RBIs to lead the Cyclones' attack. Both DSL Mets clubs were off. The FCL Mets' season has concluded. New York Mets Transactions No Transactions. Morel Provides The Offense In Syracuse's Loss Morel gave the Mets a 1-0 lead in the first when he doubled home Nick Morabito, who had singled and moved to third on a single by Ronny Mauricio. He homered in the ninth to cut the Mets' deficit to one. In 16 games with Syracuse, Morel has five homers and a 1.114 OPS over 61 plate appearances. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre scored twice in the fourth to take a 2-1 lead. The second run came home on a throwing error charged to Christian Arroyo as he tried to turn a double play, although it appeared as if Morel missed the throw at first base. The RailRiders added insurance in the eighth with a solo home run. Weisenburger struck out two and threw 21 of his 30 pitches for strikes. Joey Gerber followed him in the fourth and gave up the RailRiders' first two runs. Xzavion Curry, back from New York, worked two innings in relief. Rehabbing right-hander Dedniel Núñez struck out one in a hitless inning. Player AB R H RBI BB K MJ Melendez 4 0 0 0 0 2 Nick Morabito 4 1 1 0 0 1 Ronny Mauricio 4 0 1 0 0 0 Christopher Morel 4 1 2 2 0 2 Ryan Clifford 4 0 0 0 0 3 Christian Arroyo 3 0 1 0 1 1 Zack Short 3 0 0 0 0 2 Hayden Senger 3 0 0 0 0 1 Cristian Pache 2 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 31 2 6 2 1 12 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jack Weisenburger 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Joey Gerber 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 Xzavion Curry 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 Dedniel Núñez 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jefry Yan 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 Totals 8 5 3 2 2 6 1 Ramos Rakes In Binghamton Win Ramos was in the middle of all of the Rumble Ponies' offense. He singled and scored in the third as they tied the game 3-3. He doubled home John Bay and Matt Rudick in the fourth to break a 4-4 tie. He belted a two-run homer, his 15th of the season, in the eighth to close the scoring. Starter Bryce Conley struck out eight over 4 2/3 innings, but a pair of home runs and four walks made the pitching line look ugly. He was charged with four runs (all earned). The 'pen picked him up in a big way. Justin Armbruester struck out three over 1 1/3 innings. Carlos Guzman and Brian Metoyer each struck out one in a hitless inning, and Saul Garcia worked a scoreless ninth. Bay, Rudick, Chris Suero, Corey Collins and Wyatt Young each had two hits. The Rumble Ponies collected 15 in all, Player AB R H RBI BB K Chris Suero 5 1 2 0 0 1 John Bay 3 2 2 0 2 0 Nick Lorusso 3 0 0 0 2 2 Corey Collins 5 1 2 0 0 0 Jose Ramos 5 3 4 3 0 1 Matt Rudick 5 1 2 1 0 0 Vincent Perozo 4 0 0 0 0 4 Jaylen Palmer 4 0 1 2 0 1 Wyatt Young 4 0 2 0 0 0 Totals 38 8 15 6 4 9 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Bryce Conley 4 2/3 2 4 4 4 8 2 Justin Armbruester 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 3 0 Carlos Guzman 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Brian Metoyer 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Saul Garcia 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 9 3 4 4 4 13 2 Brooklyn Pitching On Point At Jersey Shore Cyclones pitchers struck out 15 batters in the victory, Chirinos set the tone with his six over the first four innings, He allowed one hit and two walks. Bryce Jenkins, Rafi Vazquez and Gregori Louis each struck out three out of the 'pen. Brooklyn got back-to-back RBI doubles from Ronald Hernandez and Yairo Cuevas in the fourth to take a 2-0 lead. Hernandez's double drove home Andy Ibáñez, who is rehabbing in the Mets' system. Ibáñez played third base and went 2-for-4. The Cyclones put the game away with four runs in the seventh. Cuevas walked, AJ Salgado singled, and Sam Biller walked to load the bases with no outs. Mitch Voit lined a single to left to score Cuevas and Salgado. Voit stole second, and then D'Andre Smith hit a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Biller. The catcher tried to throw Voit out at third but threw the ball away, allowing Voit to come home for a 6-0 lead. Player AB R H RBI BB K Mitch Voit 5 1 2 2 0 2 D'Andre Smith 3 0 0 1 0 0 Andy Ibáñez 4 1 2 0 0 1 Yonatan Henriquez 4 0 0 0 0 1 Daiverson Gutierrez 4 0 0 0 0 1 Ronald Hernandez 4 1 1 1 0 0 Yohairo Cuevas 2 1 1 1 1 1 AJ Salgado 4 1 1 0 0 1 Sam Biller 3 1 1 0 1 2 Totals 33 6 8 5 2 9 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jose Chirinos 4 1 0 0 2 6 0 Bryce Jenkins 1 2/3 2 0 0 2 3 0 Rafi Vazquez 1 1/3 4 1 1 0 3 0 Gregori Louis 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 Totals 9 8 1 1 6 15 0 St. Lucie Returns The Favor Against Fort Myers One day after giving up an eight-run inning, the Mets put up an eight-spot of their own. This big inning erased a 5-0 deficit in the second. Randy Guzman started the rally with a walk. Julio Zayas and Chase Meggers followed with singles. Branny De Oleo walked to force home Guzman. Jeremy Rodriguez singled to score Zayas. After a flyout, Reimer was hit by a pitch to force in Meggers. Trey Snyder then walked to score De Oleo, Guzman singled to center, bringing home Rodriguez and Reimer. Zayas singled to center, scoring Snyder and Guzman, for an 8-5 lead. The Mets added three more in the third on an RBI single by Elian Peña, Reimer's RBI double and a sacrifice fly by Snyder. Bulk reliever Conner Ware the beneficiary of all this support. He was lights-out in his four scoreless innings of work, striking out eight, walking one and allowing one hit. St. Lucie fell into an early hole as another opener failed to get out of the first inning. Nathan Hall recorded just one out. He was charged with three runs on two hits and two walks. Zack Mack was charged with the other two runs. Rodriguez finished 4-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored. Player AB R H RBI BB K Elian Peña 5 1 2 1 0 1 Jacob Reimer 3 2 1 2 1 0 Marco Vargas 3 0 0 0 0 1 Taylor Darden 2 0 0 0 0 1 Trey Snyder 2 1 0 2 1 0 Randy Guzman 3 2 1 2 1 1 Julio Zayas 4 1 2 2 0 1 Chase Meggers 4 1 1 0 0 1 Branny De Oleo 3 1 0 1 1 0 Jeremy Rodriguez 4 2 4 1 0 0 Totals 33 11 11 11 4 6 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Nathan Hall 1/3 2 3 3 2 0 0 Zack Mack 1 2/3 4 2 1 0 2 0 Conner Ware 4 1 0 0 1 8 0 Luis Sotillo 2 2 3 3 2 2 0 Elwis Mijares 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 9 9 8 7 5 13 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: 0-for-4, 3 K Elian Pena: 2-for-5, RBI, K Nick Morabito: 1-for-4, K Jacob Reimer: 1-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI, BB, HBP Mitch Voit: 2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zac Thornton: MLB Chris Suero: 2-for-5, K Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: 1-for-3, 2 RBI, BB, K Dylan Ross: DNP Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: DNP R.J. Gordon: DNP Jonathan Pintaro: DNP Marco Vargas: 0-for-3, K

Jonathan Santucci was really looking forward to his start Saturday for Double-A Binghamton against Portland, because of who his mound opponent would be. Fellow high-level prospect Anthony Eyanson was on the hill for the SeaDogs; Santucci (No. 8 on Grand Central Mets' list of top 20 Mets prospects) said before the game that he grew up wanting to face "the best." Eyanson was good in an abbreviated outing, but Santucci came away with the W. He threw five scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out six, to lead the Rumble Ponies to a 5-0 victory. He wasn't flawless -- there were three walks -- but he was tough, stranding four runners in scoring position. Santucci lowered his season ERA to 3.57 over 90 2/3 innings. Three relievers combined for four hitless innings of relief to finish the two-hit shutout. Jose Ramos provided the big hit for the Rumble Ponies, a two-run home run in the fifth inning. Elsewhere in the organization: Syracuse breezed past Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 8-1. Ronny Mauricio hit two more home runs, Ben Rortvedt homered and drove in four runs, and Robert Stock struck out six over 3 2/3 innings. Brooklyn lost to Jersey Shore 7-3. Trace Willhoite tied the game in the fourth with a double, but the Cyclones' bullpen faltered. St. Lucie lost 15-14 to Fort Myers. Randy Guzman homered twice and drove in six runs in the loss. DSL Mets Blue and DSL Mets Orange squared off, with Orange winning 4-3 on Cleiner Ramirez's two-run, walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh, New York Mets Transactions New York Mets placed LF Juan Soto on the 10-day injured list. Left calf strain. New York Mets recalled 1B Eric Wagaman from Syracuse Mets. Mauricio Keeps Blasting Away For Syracuse Mauricio's two dingers gave him four homers in his last four games against the RailRiders. Overall, he has five homers in nine games since being optioned to Syracuse on July 7. His first homer put the Mets up 2-0 in the first inning. He brought in Jihwan Bae, who opened the game with a single. The second homer was a bookend solo shot in the ninth. In between, Ben Rortverdt hit a three-run homer in the third to put the Mets up 5-0 and an RBI single in the fifth for a 7-0 advantage. Those hits came around Ryan Clifford's RBI single in the fifth. Clifford finished 3-for-5, while Zack Short added two hits and a walk. Stock allowed two hits and two walks as he continues to rehab from thoracic outlet syndrome surgery. Jonathan Pintaro, Matt Turner, Dedniel Núñez and Dylan Ross combined for 5 1/3 innings of scoreless, two-hit ball. Player AB R H RBI BB K Jihwan Bae 5 1 1 0 0 1 Ronny Mauricio 5 2 2 3 0 2 Mike Tauchman 5 0 1 0 0 1 MJ Melendez 4 1 0 0 1 2 Ryan Clifford 5 2 3 1 0 2 Christopher Morel 2 1 0 0 2 0 Ben Rortvedt 3 1 2 4 1 0 Zack Short 3 0 2 0 1 1 Cristian Pache 4 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 8 11 8 5 9 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Robert Stock 3 2/3 2 1 1 2 6 0 Jonathan Pintaro 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Matt Turner 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 Dedniel Núñez 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 Dylan Ross 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 9 4 1 1 3 12 0 Binghamton Sharp In Blanking Portland The Rumble Ponies' hitters gave Santucci some support in the fourth inning. Singles by JT Schwartz and Wyatt Young put runners at first and third, and John Bay singled home Schwartz for a 1-0 lead. In the fifth, Ramos' homer and an RBI single by Young put Binghamton up 4-0. The Rumble Ponies added their final run in the seventh on Nick Lucky's RBI single. Schwartz, Young and Nick Lorusso each had two hits on the night. Garrett Stratton followed Santucci with two innings of relief, striking out three. Zach Peek struck out two in his hitless inning, and Gabriel Rodriguez fanned one as he closed out the victory. Player AB R H RBI BB K John Bay 3 0 1 1 2 1 Nick Lorusso 5 0 2 0 0 3 Corey Collins 5 1 1 0 0 2 Jose Ramos 4 1 1 2 1 2 Kevin Parada 3 0 0 0 1 2 JT Schwartz 4 1 2 0 0 0 Matt Rudick 4 2 1 0 0 0 Nick Lucky 3 0 1 1 1 2 Wyatt Young 4 0 2 1 0 1 Totals 35 5 11 5 5 13 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jonathan Santucci 5 2 0 0 3 6 0 Garrett Stratton 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 Zach Peek 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Gabriel Rodriguez 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 9 2 0 0 3 12 0 Cyclones Falter After Rallying To Tie Brooklyn managed only three hits, but, they all drove in runs, and it fought back from an early deficit. The Cyclones took a 1-0 lead in the first. Yonatan Henriquez walked, D'Andre Smith was hit by a pitch, and Jamari Baylor singled in Henriquez. Jersey Shore answered with three runs in the bottom half against starter Frank Camarillo. Brooklyn drew even in the fourth on Daiverson Gutierrez's RBI single and Trace Willhoite's RBI double. That would be all for the Cyclones' offense. Jersey Shore went ahead for good in the fifth with a solo home run, and then added on with two runs in the sixth and one in the seventh. Camarillo gave up four hits in his one inning of work. Juan Arnaud was the culprit in the bullpen; he was charged with three runs and five hits over 1 2/3 innings, with a walk, a strikeout and a home run allowed. Player AB R H RBI BB K Yonatan Henriquez 3 1 0 0 1 1 D'Andre Smith 3 0 0 0 0 2 Ronald Hernandez 4 0 0 0 0 0 Jamari Baylor 2 1 1 1 0 0 JT Benson 4 0 0 0 0 1 Daiverson Gutierrez 4 1 1 1 0 0 Colin Houck 4 0 0 0 0 3 Trace Willhoite 3 0 1 1 0 2 Kevin Villavicencio 3 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 3 3 3 1 9 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Frank Camarillo 1 4 3 3 1 1 0 Calvin Ziegler 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Ryan Dollar 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 Juan Arnaud 1 2/3 5 3 3 1 1 1 Tanner Witt 2 1/3 1 1 1 2 2 0 Totals 8 11 7 7 5 7 1 Guzman's Big Night Lost In All Those Runs St. Lucie spent the night trying to erase an eight-run, first-inning deficit. They got very close. The Mets went right to work, scoring five runs in the bottom of the first. Antonio Jimenez singled in a run, Guzman lifted a sacrifice fly, Branny De Oleo delivered an RBI single, Simon Juan doubled home De Oleo, and Jimenez scored on a throwing error during a double steal. Guzman did his best to pick up the St. Lucie pitchers who kept giving up runs. He hit a two-run home run in the fifth to cut the deficit to 11-9 and a three-run shot in the sixth to make it 14-12. Fort Myers added an insurance run in the ninth, and it proved vital as the Mets scored twice in the bottom half on a run-scoring wild pitch and a solo home run by Marco Vargas. Mets starter Ethan Lanthier recorded just two outs and was charged with seven of the eight Fort Myers runs in the first. All of them were earned. Player AB R H RBI BB K Elian Peña 5 2 1 0 0 1 Trey Snyder 6 1 1 0 0 1 Marco Vargas 5 3 2 1 1 2 Cole Mathis 2 1 0 0 1 0 Chase Meggers 3 0 0 0 0 2 Antonio Jimenez 3 3 2 1 2 0 Randy Guzman 4 2 3 6 0 1 Branny De Oleo 4 1 2 1 0 0 Simon Juan 4 0 2 1 0 1 Francisco Toledo 3 1 0 0 1 1 Totals 39 14 13 10 5 9 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Ethan Lanthier 0 2/3 5 7 7 3 0 0 Franyel Diaz 2 1/3 4 4 4 1 0 1 Jonathan Jimenez 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Luis Alvarez 1 1/3 1 3 3 2 3 1 Miguel Mejias 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 Joe Scarborough 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Totals 9 12 15 15 8 9 3 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: 3-for-5, 2 2B, RBI, 2 R, 2 K Elian Pena: 1-for-5, 2 R, K Nick Morabito: DNP Jacob Reimer: DNP Mitch Voit: DNP Jonathan Santucci: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 6 K Zac Thornton: MLB Chris Suero: DNP Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: 1-for-3, R, BB, 2 K Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: 3-for-4, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 2 R, K Dylan Ross: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 2-for-3, RBI, 3 R, 2 BB R.J. Gordon: DNP Jonathan Pintaro: 1 2/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K Marco Vargas: 2-for-5, HR, RBI, 3 R, BB, 2 K

Jonah Tong struck out nine over 4 2/3 innings, Ronny Mauricio homered and drove in four runs, and Syracuse rolled to an 8-1 win over Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday night. Mets full-season affiliates went 3-4 overall. Tong, as has been the case for some time, did not get past the fifth inning in this start, but he was effective enough, allowing one run on four hits. He also walked four to go with his nine Ks. Mauricio gave the Mets a 2-0 lead in the first inning with his home run. He drove in two more runs with a single during a three-run sixth inning that broke the game open. Elsewhere in the organization: Binghamton endured an awful fifth inning, allowing six runs without allowing a hit, and lost to Portland 8-1. Chris Suero drove in the Rumble Ponies' only run. Brooklyn split a doubleheader with Jersey Shore, winning Game 1 4-3 in eight innings and losing the nightcap 5-0. Noah Hall struck out 10 over six innings in Game 1. St. Lucie lost 9-3 to Fort Myers. Jack Scanlon and Jackson Hauge homered for the Mets in the loss. DSL Mets Blue lost 8-4 to the DSL Marlins, Royner Bravo hit a three-run double in the ninth. DSL Mets Orange defeated the DSL Nationals 6-4. Olmedo Barria allowed one run over four innings for the win. New York Mets Transactions No Roster Moves Syracuse Buries Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Syracuse built an early lead and then pulled away in the middle innings. After Nick Morabito was hit by a pitch in the first, Mauricio homered to right-center field for a quick Mets lead. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre answered with a run on a groundout in the second, and the score stayed 2-1 until the fifth. Ben Rortvedt opened the inning with a double, and Cristian Pache advanced him to third on a sacrifice bunt. Jihwan Bae singled to left field to score Rortvedt, Morabito walked, and Ryan Clifford singled to right field to bring home Bae and Morabito for a 5-1 lead. Syracuse added three more in the sixth. Christopher Morel, Rortvedt, and Pache singled in succession to load the bases, Bae grounded out to score Morel, Morabito reached on catcher's interference, and Mauricio singled to right to score Rortvedt and Pache. Syracuse pitchers combined for 15 strikeouts, with Nate Lavender and Dan Hammer racking up three each out of the bullpen.. Player AB R H RBI BB K Jihwan Bae 4 1 1 2 1 1 Nick Morabito 1 2 0 0 2 0 Ronny Mauricio 5 1 2 4 0 0 Ryan Clifford 4 0 1 2 1 1 MJ Melendez 5 0 1 0 0 2 Mike Tauchman 5 0 1 0 0 0 Christopher Morel 3 1 1 0 1 1 Ben Rortvedt 3 2 2 0 1 0 Cristian Pache 3 1 1 0 0 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jonah Tong 4 2/3 4 1 1 4 9 0 Joe Jacques 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Nate Lavender 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 Dan Hammer 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 Walks, Errors Sink Binghamton Binghamton carried a lead into the fifth inning but lost it in a hurry. Portland scored six times in the frame without a hit. A wild pitch on a strikeout by Douglas Orellana got everything started. Two walks followed, loading the bases. A throwing error by JT Schwartz brought in two runs, and a bases-loaded walk later in the inning forced home a third. With the bases still loaded, a balk was called, bringing in the fourth run of the inning. A sacrifice fly plus a throwing error by Chris Suero accounted for the final two runs. Binghamton's run came in the third inning when Suero doubled home Jaylen Palmer, who had walked. The Rumble Ponies were held to two hits and struck out 15 times. Player AB R H RBI BB K Chris Suero 3 0 1 1 1 2 John Bay 3 0 1 0 1 2 Corey Collins 3 0 0 0 1 2 Jose Ramos 3 0 0 0 1 2 Kevin Parada 4 0 0 0 0 2 JT Schwartz 3 0 0 0 1 1 Vincent Perozo 4 0 0 0 0 2 Jaylen Palmer 2 1 0 0 1 0 Nick Lucky 3 0 0 0 0 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Danis Correa 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 Felipe De La Cruz 1 2/3 1 0 0 2 4 0 Douglas Orellana 2/3 0 6 3 4 3 0 Brendan Girton 3 2/3 2 2 2 1 3 1 Brian Metoyer 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Brooklyn Rallies In Extras To Take Opener Brooklyn scored three times in the eighth inning and then held on for the win. Kevin Villavicencio began the eighth as the ghost runner at second base. Sam Biller was hit by a pitch, Yonatan Henriquez singled to left field to score Villavicencio, and Mitch Voit followed with a single to center field that brought in Biller for a 3-1 lead. After a flyout, Baylor was hit by a pitch and Daiverson Gutierrez walked with the bases loaded to force in Henriquez. Jersey Shore answered with two runs in the bottom of the eighth, one on a single and the other on a wild pitch, but Cristofer Gomez worked out of the jam to record the win. Hall was dazzling in a no-decision, allowing one run on four hits and a walk. Voit went 3-for-4 with an RBI to lead the offense. Player AB R H RBI BB K Yonatan Henriquez 4 1 1 1 0 2 Mitch Voit 4 0 3 1 0 0 JT Benson 3 1 0 0 1 2 Jamari Baylor 3 0 1 1 0 1 Daiverson Gutierrez 3 0 1 1 1 0 Trace Willhoite 4 0 1 0 0 2 AJ Salgado 3 0 1 0 0 1 Kevin Villavicencio 3 1 0 0 0 0 Sam Biller 2 1 0 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Noah Hall 6 4 1 1 1 10 0 Cristofer Gomez 2 4 2 1 0 3 0 Cyclones Held To Two Hits In Nightcap Brooklyn's offense disappeared in Game 2. The Cyclones struck out 12 time in the shutout loss. Ronald Hernandez and AJ Salgado accounted for the Cyclones' hits. Jersey Shore scored three times in the opening inning and tacked on single runs in the fourth and sixth. Parker Carlson took the loss, allowing three runs on four hits over two innings. Hunter Hodges and Josh Blum each worked two innings in relief, and each allowed a run. Blum committed a balk that accounted for Jersey Shore's final run. layer AB R H RBI BB K Yonatan Henriquez 3 0 0 0 0 1 Mitch Voit 3 0 0 0 0 0 JT Benson 3 0 0 0 0 1 Ronald Hernandez 2 0 1 0 1 1 Jamari Baylor 3 0 0 0 0 3 AJ Salgado 3 0 1 0 0 1 Colin Houck 2 0 0 0 0 2 Yohairo Cuevas 2 0 0 0 0 2 Sam Biller 2 0 0 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Parker Carlson 2 4 3 3 0 1 0 Hunter Hodges 2 1 1 0 2 4 0 Josh Blum 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 Homers Account For St. Lucie's Offense Scanlon launched a homer to right field in the fifth, scoring Jeremy Rodriguez ahead of him, to cut the Mets' deficit to 4-2. Hague's solo shot in the ninth accounted for the final margin. Christian Rodriguez took the loss, allowing one run on three hits over 3 2/3 innings. He walked one and struck out three. The bullpen leaked badly, with Tyler McLoughlin giving up three runs and Ernesto Mercedes the other five. Caden Wooster restored order with 2 2/3 scoreless innings and five strikeouts. Andy Ibáñez, who played for the parent Mets earlier in the season, was in the lineup for St. Lucie. He went 1-for-4. Player AB R H RBI BB K Antonio Jimenez 5 0 0 0 0 3 Andy Ibáñez 4 0 1 0 0 0 Jackson Hauge 1 1 1 1 0 0 Trey Snyder 4 0 1 0 1 1 Randy Guzman 3 0 0 0 1 2 Julio Zayas 3 0 0 0 1 1 Chase Meggers 3 0 0 0 1 1 Taylor Darden 3 0 1 0 1 0 Jeremy Rodriguez 4 1 1 0 0 1 Jack Scanlon 4 1 1 2 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Christian Rodriguez 3 2/3 3 1 1 1 3 1 Tyler McLoughlin 1 1/3 3 3 3 0 1 0 Ernesto Mercedes 1 1/3 4 5 4 1 2 1 Caden Wooster 2 2/3 0 0 0 1 5 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: 4 2/3 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 9 K Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: 1-for-4, 2 RBI, BB, K Elian Pena: DNP Nick Morabito: 0-for-1, 2 R, 2 BB Jacob Reimer: DNP Mitch Voit: Game 1: 3-for-4, RBI; Game 2: 0-for-3 Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zach Thornton: DNP Chris Suero: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB, 2 K Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: 0-for-4, 3 K Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: 0-for-3, BB, 2 K Dylan Ross: DNP Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 0-for-5, 3 K R.J. Gordon: DNP Jonathan Pintaro: DNP Marco Vargas: DNP

On Thursday, the New York Mets got their first look at Clay Holmes in a game setting since the right-hander went down with a leg fracture 2 1/2 months ago. So did all the clubs who are interested in trading for him. Holmes started for Triple-A Syracuse against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The final line was uninspiring: 2 1/3 innings, three hits, two runs (both earned), two walks and two strikeouts. As might be expected, his command was subpar: just 28 of his 51 pitches were for strikes. He was strong in the first inning, getting a grounder to the mound and two strikeouts, including one of Spencer Jones, who broke Holmes' fibula with a comebacker on May 15. In the second, he allowed a double, a walk, and two well-hit fly balls as Scranton scored its first run. In the third, he gave up a leadoff walk, a hard-hit single, and a RBI bloop single by Jones. After another well-struck fly was caught for an out, Holmes departed, having reached his pitch limit. Holmes is a prime acquisition target ahead of the Aug. 3 MLB trade deadline. He was supposed to begin his rehab with a start for High-A Brooklyn on July 18, but the game was rained out. He got his work in with a bullpen session. Interested clubs will have to evaluate him on just two rehab starts -- Thursday's game and a game next week. New York interim manager Andy Green told reporters (per MLB.com) that if Holmes came out of Thursday's outing feeling good, he might need just a second rehab start before being activated off the 60-day injured list. Elsewhere in the organization: Binghamton lost to Portland 3-2. Corey Collins' pinch-hit, two-run home run in the ninth got the Rumble Ponies close. Binghamton batters struck out 18 times in the game. Brooklyn lost to Jersey Shore 6-5 in 12 innings, spoiling a big game at the plate by Trace Willhoite (home run, three hits, two RBIs, stolen base). Cyclones batters struck out 18 times as well. St. Lucie split a doubleheader with Fort Myers, winning the opener 1-0 and losing the nightcap 3-1. Marco Vargas drove in the only run in Game 1. The FCL Mets got home runs from Yorber Semprun and Heriberto Rincon in an 11-3 loss to the FCL Cardinals. DSL Mets Blue lost a 14-6 slugfest to the DSL Rangers. Starter Christopher Rochin allowed one earned run over four innings. Michalle Mercedes popped a three-run homer. DSL Mets Orange rolled to a 9-2 win over DSL Giants Orange. Ryan Rudas, Cleiner Ramirez and Cesar Acosta went deep. Mets Transactions No Roster Moves Syracuse Bats Silenced In Shutout Loss The Mets were held to three hits, all singles, and struck out 11 times in losing 2-0. Ronny Mauricio, Christopher Morel and Eric Wagaman had the hits. Mauricio also notched a stolen base. Syracuse did not get a runner past second base after the fifth inning. Tobias Myers was effective in relief of Holmes. He struck out six over 2 2/3 innings while allowing two hits and a walk. Player AB R H RBI BB K Nick Morabito, CF 3 0 0 0 0 2 MJ Melendez, LF 4 0 0 0 0 3 Ronny Mauricio, DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 Christopher Morel, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 Ryan Clifford, RF 3 0 0 0 1 0 Eric Wagaman, 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 Christian Arroyo, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 Hayden Senger, C 3 0 0 0 0 2 Zack Short, SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Clay Holmes (L) 2 1/3 3 2 2 2 2 0 Tobias Myers 2 2/3 2 0 0 1 6 0 Ben Simon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jefry Yan 2/3 0 0 0 2 1 0 Matt Seelinger 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 3 0 Collins' Homer Only Offense For Binghamton Collins came off the bench to pop his first home run of the season. JT Schwartz scored ahead of Collins after delivering a one-out single. R.J. Gordon started and took the loss, allowing two runs, one earned, on four hits with four walks and seven strikeouts over five innings. Relievers Justin Armbruester and Gabriel Rodriguez kept the Rumble Ponies in the game, but Zach Peek allowed a run in the ninth that proved to be decisive. Other than Schwartz, who had three hits, Rumble Ponies batters were overmatched in this one. Everyone in the lineup struck out at least once. Leadoff man Chris Suero drew the team's only walk. Player AB R H RBI BB K Chris Suero, DH 3 0 0 0 1 3 John Bay, CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 Nick Lorusso, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 Kevin Parada, C 4 0 0 0 0 3 JT Schwartz, 1B 4 1 3 0 0 1 Matt Rudick, RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 Vincent Perozo, LF 3 0 0 0 0 2 Corey Collins, PH 1 1 1 2 0 0 Jaylen Palmer, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 3 Jose Ramos, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 Wyatt Young, SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR R.J. Gordon (L) 5 4 2 1 4 7 1 Justin Armbruester 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Gabriel Rodriguez 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Zach Peek 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 Willhoite's Big Night Wasted As Brooklyn Drops Marathon The Cyclones led going into the bottom of the ninth and 11th before falling in the 12th. Brooklyn appeared in control after Yonatan Henriquez tripled home Willhoite in the ninth for a 4-2 lead, but Juan Arnaud walked three in the bottom of the ninth, and Willhoite's throwing error on a fielder's choice grounder brought home two runs to tie the game. In the 11th, Willhoite singled home ghost runner Colin Houck for a 5-4 lead, but Gregori Louis allowed an RBI double in the bottom half. In the 12th, Louis surrendered a bases-loaded single to end it. Nicolas Carreno delivered a quality start, allowing one run on three hits over six innings. He walked one and struck out six. Player AB R H RBI BB K Yonatan Henriquez, CF 5 0 2 1 1 0 Mitch Voit, 2B 5 0 0 0 1 2 Ronald Hernandez, C 4 0 0 0 1 1 Daiverson Gutierrez, DH 5 0 0 0 0 2 Jamari Baylor, 3B 3 0 0 0 2 2 Colin Houck, SS 5 1 0 0 0 4 Trace Willhoite, 1B 4 3 3 2 1 1 Yohairo Cuevas, RF 5 0 0 0 0 4 Kevin Villavicencio, LF 5 1 1 1 0 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Nicolas Carreno 6 3 1 1 1 6 0 Luis R. Rodriguez 2/3 0 1 0 3 2 0 Bryce Jenkins 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Juan Arnaud 1 0 2 1 3 3 0 Rafi Vazquez 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 Gregori Louis (L) 1 2/3 2 2 0 3 1 0 St. Lucie Trio Fires Blanks In Game 1 Joel Lara, Omar Victorino and Zack Mack combined on a seven-inning, two-hit shutout as St. Lucie took the opener. Lara worked around five walks to put up 3 2/3 scoreless innings. He allowed one hit and struck out four. Victorino followed with 2 1/3 hitless innings, walking two and striking out two. Mack pitched around a hit and two walks in the seventh to record the save. The game's only run came in the third inning. Jeremy Rodriguez singled to center, moved to second on a Jack Scanlon groundout, and took third on a fly out by Antonio Jimenez. Marco Vargas then lined a single to right to bring in Rodriguez. Player AB R H RBI BB K Antonio Jimenez, 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 Marco Vargas, SS 2 0 1 1 1 1 D'Andre Smith, CF 3 0 1 0 0 2 Randy Guzman, LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 Julio Zayas, DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 Simon Juan, RF 3 0 2 0 0 0 Francisco Toledo, C 3 0 1 0 0 0 Jeremy Rodriguez, 2B 2 1 1 0 0 0 Jack Scanlon, 1B 2 0 0 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Joel Lara 3 2/3 1 0 0 5 4 0 Omar Victorino (W) 2 1/3 0 0 0 2 2 0 Zack Mack (S) 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 Early Deficit Sinks St. Lucie In Game 2 St. Lucie fell behind 3-0 after two innings and could not mount a rally in this seven-inning contest. Joel Díaz started and took the loss, allowing all three runs over 2 2/3 innings. He allowed four hits, walked two and struck out two. Fort Myers scored on a double play in the second and a two-run double in the third. The bullpen kept St. Lucie in the game. Elwis Mijares allowed one hit and struck out three over 2 1/3 scoreless innings. Joe Scarborough added a scoreless frame. The Mets finally broke through in the seventh. Taylor Darden led off with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by Jackson Hauge to make it 3-1. Player AB R H RBI BB K Elian Pena, SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 Trey Snyder, CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 Randy Guzman, DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 Julio Zayas, C 3 0 0 0 0 1 Branny De Oleo, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 3 Chase Meggers, 1B 3 0 2 0 0 0 Simon Juan, RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 Taylor Darden, 3B 3 1 2 0 0 0 Jackson Hauge, LF 2 0 0 1 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Joel Díaz (L) 2 2/3 4 3 3 2 2 0 Elwis Mijares 2 1/3 1 0 0 0 3 0 Joe Scarborough 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: 0-for-3, BB Elian Pena: 0-for-4, 2 K Nick Morabito: 0-for-3, 2 K Jacob Reimer: DNP Mitch Voit: 0-for-5, BB, 2 K Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zac Thornton: MLB Chris Suero: 0-for-3, BB, 3 K Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: 2-for-3, R, BB, K Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: 1-for-3, K (Game 1); 0-for-3, K (Game 2) Dylan Ross: DNP Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 1-for-3 R.J. Gordon: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 7 K Jonathan Pintaro: DNP Marco Vargas: 1-for-2, RBI, BB, K

The New York Mets have filled their Triple-A roster mostly with veteran position players to ensure organizational depth. Many of those players have been called upon this season as injuries hit the major-league roster. If the Mets' trade deadline sell-off succeeds, there may be more callups. Luis Robert Jr., Tyrone Taylor and perhaps others will be gone, and the returns for them will likely be lower-level prospects. That means there's still a carrot in front of players like Eric Wagaman and MJ Melendez. Both players made contributions to the big-league club before being sent down as guys returned from the IL. Wagaman got himself noticed Wednesday with a go-ahead, two run single in the eighth inning for Syracuse against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Melendez scored on the hit, the run that gave Syracuse the lead. The Mets' bullpen made the hit stand up in a 5-4 victory. New York has perennial prospect Ronny Mauricio playing at Syracuse, too, but he'd fit best in the majors if the Mets deal an infielder. Melendez can fill an open spot in the outfield. Wagaman can play all four corners. All three will be grinding to get another shot in the bigs. Elsewhere in the organization: Binghamton edged Portland 2-1. Corey Collins drove in both Rumble Ponies runs with a two-out single in the sixth. Starter Channing Austin and long reliever Dakota Hawkins each went three innings. Brooklyn lost to Jersey Shore 5-3 on a walk-off home run in the ninth. The Cyclones tied the game in the top half when Jersey Shore’s pitcher dropped a throw that would have ended the game. St. Lucie fell 12-9 to Fort Myers. The Mets led 7-5 after five innings, but the Mighty Mussels answered with two runs in the sixth and five in the seventh. Trey Snyder had three hits and three RBIs. The FCL Mets shut out the FCL Marlins 1-0. Anthony Frobose’s home run in the fifth inning held up as the winning run. Camden Lohman struck out six in a four-inning bulk relief effort. Mets Transactions No Roster Moves Syracuse Makes Most Of Opportunities The Mets made their four hits count against the RailRiders. Before Wagaman's game-deciding single, Mauricio homered in the fourth inning to cut the Mets' deficit to 2-1. Syracuse went on to score three in the frame. The other two runs came in on a Wagaman groundout and a throwing error by the pitcher onding Jihwan Bae's drag bunt. Mauricio doubled in the eighth to set up the winning rally. MJ Melendez and Nick Morabito walked to load the bases. Wagaman then came through with a liner to right-center. Five Rumble Ponies pitchers combined to hold the Sea Dogs to four hits. Starter Channing Austin and long reliever Dakota Hawkins each worked three innings, with Austin allowing the lone Portland run in the third. Carlos Guzman worked around two walks in the ninth for his third save. Tauchman went 1-for-3 with a walk in another rehab game. Player AB R H RBI BB K Mike Tauchman 3 0 1 0 1 0 Chris Suero 4 1 1 0 0 1 Jose Ramos 3 0 0 0 1 3 Nick Lorusso 3 0 0 0 1 2 Corey Collins 3 0 2 2 0 1 JT Schwartz 3 0 0 0 0 2 Matt Rudick 3 0 0 0 0 0 Nick Lucky 3 0 0 0 0 2 Wyatt Young 2 1 0 0 1 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Channing Austin 3 1 1 1 0 2 0 Danis Correa 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Dakota Hawkins 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 Brian Metoyer 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Carlos Guzman 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 Cyclones Return Ninth-Inning Gift With Walk-Off HR Brooklyn was down to its final strike, only to have Jersey Shore's defense keep the game going. With runners at first and second and a full count, Yohairo Cuevas chopped a grounder wide of first base. The first baseman fielded the ball cleanly and flipped to the pitcher covering. It should have been game over, but the pitcher dropped the ball and it bounded into foul territory. Jamari Baylor, who was running with the pitch, scored from second to tie the game 3-3. In the bottom of the ninth, Ryan Dollar gave up a walk and a two-run blast for the blown save. Brooklyn went ahead 2-0 in the first on Daiverson Gutierrez's two-run double. Yonatan Henriquez singled, Mitch Voit was hit by a pitch, and Gutierrez brought them home with a liner into the left-center gap. Starter Daviel Hurtado went four innings, allowing two runs on four hits, with three walks and four strikeouts. Rehabbing vet Kevin Herget followed with two scoreless innings. Player AB R H RBI BB K Yonatan Henriquez 4 1 2 0 0 0 Mitch Voit 3 1 0 0 0 1 Ronald Hernandez 4 0 0 0 0 1 Daiverson Gutierrez 4 0 1 2 0 1 Jamari Baylor 2 1 1 0 1 0 Kevin Villavicencio 0 0 0 0 0 0 AJ Salgado 3 0 0 0 0 1 Colin Houck 4 0 1 0 0 2 Yohairo Cuevas 4 0 0 0 0 3 Sam Biller 4 0 0 0 0 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Daviel Hurtado 4 4 2 2 3 4 0 Kevin Herget 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Parker Carlson 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Cristofer Gomez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Dollar 1/3 1 2 2 1 0 1 St. Lucie's 16 Hits Not Enough Against Fort Myers Seven different Mets had multiple hits, led by Snyder's three, but they couldn't overcome a rough night by the pitching staff. It surrendered 11 hits and eight walks and threw three wild pitches. Four of the five pitchers who took the mound gave up runs. Luis Alvarez was the only one with a scoreless outing. Starter Jose Lopez gave up two over 3 2/3 innings. Antonio Jimenez, Elian Pena, Randy Guzman, Branny De Oleo, Chase Meggers, and Jeremy Rodriguez each collected two hits in the loss. Player AB R H RBI BB K Antonio Jimenez 5 2 2 0 1 0 Elian Pena 5 2 2 1 0 0 Trey Snyder 4 1 3 3 0 0 Randy Guzman 4 1 2 1 1 1 Julio Zayas 4 1 1 0 1 1 Branny De Oleo 4 2 2 2 0 0 Chase Meggers 5 0 2 1 0 1 Simon Juan 5 0 0 0 0 1 Jeremy Rodriguez 4 0 2 0 1 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jose Lopez 3 2/3 4 2 2 3 6 1 Miguel Mejias 1 1/3 2 3 3 2 2 0 Ernesto Mercedes 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 Tyler McLoughlin 1 3 4 4 2 0 2 Luis Alvarez 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: 0-for-4, 2 K Elian Pena: 2-for-5, 2B, 3B, RBI Nick Morabito: 0-for-2, 2 BB, SB Jacob Reimer: DNP Mitch Voit: 0-for-3, K, SB Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zac Thornton: MLB Chris Suero: 1-for-4, K Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: 2-for-4, 3B, RBI, BB, K Dylan Ross: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 K Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 2-for-5, BB R.J. Gordon: DNP Jonathan Pintaro: DNP Marco Vargas: DNP

Piggybacking, or having two pitchers work multiple innings back-to-back, is one of the ways clubs ease workloads and prevent hurlers from facing an opponent's lineup a third time. St. Lucie used the strategy to near perfection on Tuesday night. Conner Ware and Emilio Obispo combined to throw seven innings of two-run ball as the Mets defeated Fort Myers 8-2. Ware started and went three scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out four. He faced 13 batters. Obispo worked the next four frames, allowing two runs on two hits, with three walks and three strikeouts. He faced 18 batters, exactly twice through the order. Limiting both pitchers' innings is understandable based on where they are in their careers. Obispo, 19, missed all of last season with an injury. He has not gone more than five innings in a game in 2026, and has thrown 53 1/3 innings total. Ware, 22, is in his first professional season after being drafted in the 15th round by New York out of LSU last year. He leads the team with 57 2/3 innings pitched, with five also his single-game high. Elsewhere on the farm: Syracuse turned in an ugly performance in losing 13-5 to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The Mets committed six errors, walked eight batters, and allowed 12 hits. Despite all that, they only trailed 4-3 after 5½ innings. Binghamton’s bullpen wasted a late-inning comeback in the club's 4-3 loss to Portland. Garrett Stratton served up a go-ahead home run in the top of the ninth after the Rumble Ponies had tied the game with three runs in the bottom of the eighth. Brooklyn’s game vs. Jersey Shore was rained out. It will be made up as part of a twi-night doubleheader Friday beginning at 5:35 p.m. The FCL Mets were blown out 15-3 by the FCL Astros. Wyatt Vincent had two hits and an RBI in the loss. DSL Mets Blue suffered a worse defeat, 20-4 to the DSL Marlins. Adrian La Rosa hit his first home run, a two-run shot in the seventh. DSL Mets Orange outlasted the DSL Phillies 7-5 in 10 innings. Two run-scoring wild pitches and then a two-run single by Cesar Acosta in the top of the 10th were enough to withstand a Phils rally in the bottom of the half. Mets Transactions New York Mets recalled RHP Daniel Duarte from Syracuse Mets. New York Mets optioned RHP Xzavion Curry to Syracuse Mets. Syracuse Sloppy In Blowout Loss The six errors look bad, but 11 of the 13 runs the Mets allowed were earned, so they weren't completely responsible for the lopsided result. One of the unearned runs scored against starter Jack Wenninger, who went the first three innings. He allowed five hits, three runs (two earned) and two walks. The other one was charged to Ofreidy Gomez, who worked the fourth. That run made it 4-0, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Syracuse answered with three runs in the top of the fifth. RBI singles by Ben Rortvedt and Vidal Brujan halved the deficit, and a bases-loaded walk by MJ Melendez made it a one-run game. Melendez walked three times in the contest. Then, the bullpen let the game get away. Nate Lavender and Jonathan Pintaro combined to allow four runs in the sixth. After Lavender gave up a solo homer, Pintaro came on and added to the misery. He committed a throwing error on a bunt, which brought in a run, and later threw a wild pitch that brought in another run. After the Mets clawed back to 8-5 in the top of the eighth, Joey Gerber was charged with five runs in the bottom half while not recording an out. Matt Seelinger allowed his two inherited runners to score. Player AB R H RBI BB K Ronny Mauricio 3 0 0 0 1 0 MJ Melendez 2 1 0 1 3 1 Christopher Morel 4 1 1 0 0 1 Ryan Clifford 3 0 0 0 1 1 Nick Morabito 4 1 2 1 0 0 Jihwan Bae 3 1 1 1 1 1 Christian Arroyo 4 0 0 0 0 1 Ben Rortvedt 4 1 1 1 0 1 Vidal Bruján 4 0 1 1 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jack Wenninger 3 5 3 2 2 2 0 Ofreidy Gómez 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 Nate Lavender 1 1/3 1 1 1 1 1 1 Jonathan Pintaro 1/3 2 3 3 2 0 0 Dylan Ross 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jefry Yan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joey Gerber 0 3 5 5 2 0 0 Matt Seelinger 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Binghamton's Rally Goes To Waste The Rumble Ponies came all the way back after being down 3-0 with two out and nobody on in the eighth. Chris Suero walked and then advanced to second on a passed ball. Jose Ramos doubled him home for Binghamton's first run. Nick Lorusso walked and Corey Collins reached on an infield hit to load the bases. John Bay was hit by a pitch to force in Ramos. Lorusso then scored from third on a wild pitch with Kevin Parada at bat to make it 3-3. Stratton allowed the home run in the top of the ninth, and Binghamton went down in order in the bottom half. Bryce Conley turned in a quality start, He gave up three runs (all earned) on four hits over six innings. He struck out nine and walked none. Felipe De La Cruz and Saul Garcia followed with a scoreless inning each. Mike Tauchman moved up to Double-A as his rehab from knee surgery continued. He went 2-for-4 with a walk while playing a full game in left field. Tauchman was competing for a major-league job in spring training when he suffered a meniscus tear in his left knee. Player AB R H RBI BB K Mike Tauchman 4 0 2 0 1 2 Chris Suero 4 1 0 0 1 0 Jose Ramos 4 1 2 1 0 2 Nick Lorusso 2 1 0 0 2 1 Corey Collins 3 0 1 0 1 1 John Bay 3 0 0 1 0 1 Kevin Parada 4 0 0 0 0 0 Wyatt Young 4 0 0 0 0 0 Nick Lucky 4 0 0 0 0 3 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Bryce Conley 6 4 3 3 0 9 2 Felipe De La Cruz 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Saul Garcia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Garrett Stratton 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 Early Runs Put St. Luce in Control Vs. Fort Myers The Mets' hitters made Obispo's task a lot less stressful. He came into the game with a 5-0 lead. St. Lucie opened the scoring in the second inning when Randy Guzman, who reached on a hit by pitch, stole home on the front end of a double steal with two outs. It broke the game open in the third with four runs. Guzman drew a bases-loaded walk after a successful challenge, forcing in Julio Zayas. Trey Snyder followed with a two-run double, and then Antonio Jimenez singled, with Snyder scoring on a throwing error on the play. Antonio Jimenez added a sacrifice fly in the fifth. Zayas led off the sixth with a solo home run. After Fort Myers scored twice in the seventh, Zayas answered with his second home run of the night in the eighth. Player AB R H RBI BB K Elian Peña 4 1 0 0 1 2 D'Andre Smith 4 1 1 0 1 1 Marco Vargas 3 0 0 0 1 1 Randy Guzman 2 2 1 1 1 0 Trey Snyder 3 1 3 2 1 0 Antonio Jimenez 3 0 1 1 0 1 Branny De Oleo 3 0 0 0 1 0 Chase Meggers 4 0 0 0 0 1 Julio Zayas 4 3 3 2 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Conner Ware 3 2 0 0 1 4 0 Emilio Obispo 4 2 2 2 3 3 0 Zack Mack 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Elwis Mijares 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: 3 IP, 5 H, 3 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 2 K Ryan Clifford: 0-for-3, BB, K Elian Pena: 0-for-4, R, BB, 2 K Nick Morabito: 2-for-4, RBI, R Jacob Reimer: DNP Mitch Voit: DNP Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zach Thornton: MLB Chris Suero: 0-for-4, R, BB Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: 1-for-2, BB, K, CS Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: 1-for-2, 2B, RBI, 2 R, BB, SB Dylan Ross: 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 1-for-3, RBI, K, SB R.J. Gordon: DNP Jonathan Pintaro: 1/3 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 0 K Marco Vargas: 0-for-3, BB, K