Worth noting: Sunday’s Futures Game at Citi Field sure had the feel of a St. Lucie Mets reunion. Both starting pitchers — Noah Syndergaard (United States) and Rafael Montero (World) — passed through the Advanced Class A outpost in the past two years, with Syndergaard making his first 12 starts of this season in Florida. The showcase also featured young outfielder Brandon Nimmo, who could be poised for a promotion to St. Lucie before the end of the 2013 campaign.

But Syndergaard and Montero were the main attractions for the Mets fans in attendance and the respective right-handers did not disappoint. Syndergaard was the first to take the mound and flashed his overpowering fastball that hummed past hitters consistently at 95-97 mph. Of his 15 pitches, 10 were for strikes as he finished with one strikeout and permitted only a weakly hit single up the middle. Montero was just as sharp, topping off in the mid-90s with his deceiving fastball and retiring all three batters he faced on just nine pitches (six strikes).

During their time at St. Lucie (Montero played for the Mets in 2012), the young hurlers turned in similar numbers, especially with their command rates. Syndergaard posted a K/9 mark of 9.0 and K/BB ratio of 4.00 in 12 starts (63.2 innings). Montero, meanwhile, had a K/9 mark of 9.9 and a K/BB ratio 5.09 over eight games (50.2 innings).

Surging in the batter’s box: Catcher Kevin Plawecki. After a brief slump at the end of June that also coincided with a minor hip issue, Plawecki is once again shining offensively. In his past five games, excluding Sunday’s suspended contest against Dunedin, he has notched three multi-hit performances for a .500/.571/.611 slash line. What’s more, Plawecki has tallied a hit in all but one of his past nine games since going hitless in back-to-back contests June 30th and July 3rd — just the third time he’s failed to register a hit in consecutive games all season.

Surging on the mound: Reliever Randy Fontanez. The right-hander had a forgettable May in which he posted a 7.84 ERA in nine appearances but has been sterling out of the bullpen recently. Fontanez has pitched in four games this month, allowing just one hit over 5.1 scoreless innings and piling up seven strikeouts. In 13 games during June and July combined, he has totaled 25 strikeouts and two walks over 16.2 innings.

Number to remember: 6. Hitting streaks have become common for outfielder Dustin Lawley this season. The 24-year-old is currently in the midst of a season-high 10-game stretch in which he has registered a .333 batting average with four doubles and three home runs. For Lawley, it’s the sixth time he has produced a hitting streak of at least five games this year — all of them coming after he went hitless in his first four outings.