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Mets Minors Weekly Report: Baty Powers His Way to Triple-A

By Sam Klein

August 9, 2022 No comments

Brett Baty earned a promotion to Syracuse with another three home runs this week. Here’s a closer look at his continued ascent and other developments throughout the Mets’ organization.

Triple-A Syracuse

Syracuse dropped four of six to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs as they fell to 47-58 on the year.

Francisco Alvarez went 5-for-21 with a pair of home runs in the series. The 20-year-old catcher is now 14-for-73 with five homers and a .810 OPS since his callup to Triple-A.

Travis Blankenhorn, Gosuke Katoh, and Nick Plummer each picked up eight hits in the series. Blankenhorn and Katoh both doubled twice and drove in five runs while Plummer logged three doubles and seven RBIs.

On the mound, Connor Grey was the lone Syracuse pitcher to last six innings. He allowed a run on two hits and three walks while striking out three to earn his fifth win of the year.

Double-A Binghamton

The Rumble Ponies won the first four games of their series against the Somerset Patriots before losing the final two. Binghamton is now 39-62.

Once again, it was all Brett Baty in Binghamton. The 22-year-old third baseman went 9-for-23 with three home runs, a double, and 10 RBIs as he earned a promotion to Triple-A. Baty slashed .312/.406/.544 with 19 home runs in Binghamton.

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Ronny Mauricio also homered three times and drove in 10 while going 8-for-29 in the series. Mauricio is now batting .251/.289/.486 with 21 home runs on the season.

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Luke Ritter and Wyatt Young each picked up seven hits in the series. Ritter homered twice and drove in five.

Tony Dibrell made his first appearance of the season in Binghamton allowing two hits and a walk while striking out four over three scoreless innings. Jesus Vargas earned a win, allowing just one hit while punching out four in six scoreless innings.

High-A Brooklyn

The Cyclones split a six-game set with the Winston-Salem Dash to hold steady at 51-51 on the year.

Jose Peroza led Brooklyn with eight hits, including three doubles, in 17 at-bats and added his third stolen base of the season. Peroza boosted his slash line to.239/.325/.358 in the series after posting a strong .286/.356/.494 mark in July.

Gregory Guerrero and Matt Rudick each homered in the series as well.

Meanwhile, Brooklyn’s pitching continued to excel despite the departures of Nick Zwack and Carson Seymour. Keyshawn Askew was sharp in his High-A debut throwing 4.1 scoreless innings. The southpaw allowed three hits and struck out six.

Dominic Hamel also continued his excellent run in High-A.  The righthander earned a win with five shutout innings allowing just one hit and two walks while punching out seven. Hamel is now 3-0 with a 1.80 ERA in five starts with the Cyclones.

Junior Santos also earned a win, allowing a run on six hits over seven innings. The big righthander has allowed just one run over his last two starts (12 innings) while striking out 11.

Low-A St. Lucie

St. Lucie took five of six from the Daytona Tortugas to improve to 60-41.

Omar De Los Santos went 8-for-20 with a double and six stolen bases. De Los Santos now has 56 steals to go with a .269/.338/.462 line.

Raul Beracierta had seven hits, including a pair of home runs, in 22 at-bats. The 23-year-old Beracierta is now slashing .296/.347/.464 with 11 home runs in 233 at-bats. Infielder William Lugo also had seven hits and a home run.

Joel Diaz had his best performance on the mound yet with St. Lucie to earn his first win, striking out six over six scoreless innings allowing just a hit and a walk. Diaz is now 1-1 with a 6.82 ERA through 34.1 innings.

Florida Complex League

Kevin Villavicencio went 8-for-19 with a pair of doubles and a stolen base this week. The 18-year-old infielder is slashing .268/.379/.350 in 123 FCL at-bats.

Dominican Summer League

Shortstop Jesus Baez went 8-for-19 with three doubles and three stolen bases to boost his line to .263/.363/.434 with six home runs and eight stolen bases. Simon Juan had six hits, including a home run, and three stolen bases in 20 at-bats.

Organizational Leaders

Batting

AVG – Brett Baty (BNG) – .312

OPS – Brett Baty – .950

HR – Francisco Álvarez (SYR) – 23

SB – Omar De Los Santos (SLU) – 6

Pitching (min. 20 innings)

ERA – Nathan Lavender (BRK) – 1.06

SO – Jose Butto (BNG) – 108

WHIP – Stephen Nogosek (SYR) – 0.79

Transactions

  • 3B Brett Baty promoted to Triple-A Syracuse from Double-A Binghamton
  • RHP Jose Butto promoted to Triple-A Syracuse from Double-A Binghamton
  • OF Rowdey Jordan promoted to Double-A Binghamton from High-A Brooklyn
  • 3B Nic Gaddis promoted to Double-A Binghamton from High-A Brooklyn
  • LHP Keyshawn Askew promoted to High-A Brooklyn from Low-A St. Lucie
  • RHP Christian Scott promoted to High-A Brooklyn from Low-A St. Lucie
  • RHP Jordan Geber assigned to Low-A St. Lucie

Players of the Week

Offensive – Brett Baty, 3B Binghamton

Baty continued to crush in Double-A this week culminating with a promotion to Syracuse. With a nine-hit, three-home run week, Baty caps his year in Binghamton with 19 losing balls and an organization-leading .950 OPS.

There’s an argument to be made that Baty is the most “Major-League ready” of the Mets’ top prospects. His advanced approach and natural power should allow for success against higher-level pitching. If Baty continues his success against Triple-A pitching, a move to the Majors down the stretch is not out of the question.

Pitching – Dominic Hamel, RHP Brooklyn

The Mets’ third-round pick from 2021 has been dominant so far in High-A as he earned another victory with a five-inning shutout this week. While pitching has been excellent as a whole in Brooklyn this season, Hamel has stood out with a 1.80 ERA and a 12.60 K/9.

Hamel, Baseball America’s 11th-best prospect in the Mets’ system, features a mid-90s fastball with arm-side movement. a solid slider, and a developing curveball while demonstrating solid command (a 4.32 BB/9). Further development of his secondary pitches should allow Hamel to reach his ceiling.

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Written by samklein

Lifelong Mets fan, now living in Portland, OR after graduating from the University of Denver. If I'm not watching/writing about the Mets, I'm probably writing about fantasy baseball or hockey. Find me on Twitter @SKleinSports.

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