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MMN Recap: Jaylen Palmer Homers For Kingsport

By Daniel Muras

July 8, 2019 No comments

Jaylen Palmer/Photo by Ed Delany, MMN

Buffalo (46-42) 10, Syracuse (42-47) 5  Box Score

While the Syracuse offense had a decent night from a run scoring perspective, their 18 strikeouts for the day are way too high. Over his last eight games, Rivera is 12-for-35 with five home runs, although he has also struck out 10 times without walking during that same span. Taijeron has always been a “three true outcomes” hitter, but he has taken that to a new extreme in 2019: 60% of his plate appearances this season have ended in a walk, strikeout, or home run.

It was a very rough night for the pitching staff as Syracuse needed to use seven pitchers to make it through the game, including the recently demoted Pounders, Chris Flexen, and Stephen Nogosek. Gilliam has had a very tough time acclimating to Triple-A, indicating that he may have been pushed a bit too quickly through the system (he was expected to be a quick mover, but pitched in just 19 full season games before reaching Syracuse). Overall, Gilliam has allowed runs in eight out of ten appearances and has walked nine batters in 9.1 innings, although his strikeout rate remains very high.

Binghamton (43-42) 5, Akron (41-48) 2  Box Score

In contrast to the high strikeout performance by Syracuse, Binghamton’s offense combined to strike out just three times for the day. Haggerty was playing his second Double-A game since May after missing a month with injury and had two extra base hits. Even with the time missed due to injury, his 14 steals still rank in the top ten in the Eastern League. Mazeika is hitting .250/.339/.563this season during day games.

  • RHP Zach Lee (0-0, 2.25 ERA) 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, ER, BB, 3 K
  • RHP Ryder Ryan (W, 2-1, 4.76 ERA) 2.0 IP, 2 K
  • RHP Steve Villines (0-1, 0.40 ERA) 2.0 IP, H, 2 K

After a brutal stretch in Syracuse that featured him allowing four or more runs in seven straight appearances, Lee was sent down to Binghamton and made his first start on Sunday. Having not pitched in over a week, he was limited to just four innings. The bullpen picked up where he left off and were even better, combining to strike out six batters in five one-hit innings.

St. Lucie (45-41) 4, Daytona (42-43) 3  Box Score

The Mets were able to scatter 10 hits in Sunday’s game, but went just 2-for-13 and were limited to just three runs in the 10-inning game. Winaker has had a very rough season, but has shown signs of coming around recently: in the 13 games since the FSL All-Star break, Winaker is hitting .256/.365/.395, a much needed improvement from his .456 first half OPS.

Smith continued what is turning into be a very strong first full season in professional baseball. He has a 94:24 K:BB ratio over the course of 79.2 innings pitched and has only given up more than 3 earned runs twice this season. Zabaleta’s breakout season (44:7 K:BB ratio in 41.1 innings) continued with a perfect tenth inning that featured two strikeouts.

Hickory (53-31) 6, Columbia (33-51) 5  Box Score

With a 13 hits performance in which all but one member of the lineup had at least one hit in the game, the Columbia offense had opportunities to score more than just the five runs, but went just 3-for-16 with runners in scoring position. Vientos has been heating up over the past couple weeks and is now hitting .351/.422/.561 since the All-Star break.

  • RHP Daison Acosta (L, 0-1, 6.75 ERA) 4.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
  • LHP Jake Simon (0-0, 1.86 ERA) 1.2 IP, 3 H, ER, BB, 3 K
  • RHP Nelson Leon (0-0, 1.59 ERA) 1.0 IP, H, BB, K

After dominating the NYPL over his first four starts of the season, Acosta was quickly promoted to Columbia and made his first start with the team on Sunday. He struggled in his start, but still seems to have a lot of potential and growing pains are expected while pitching at a much more advanced level. Simon finds himself back in Columbia after having mixed results in St. Lucie.

Brooklyn (12-10) 6, Tri-City (7-14) 2  Box Score

The Cyclones were shut out until the sixth inning, but would put up four runs in that inning to put them permanently in the lead. The team’s 10 hits were spread out across the lineup, with seven batters in the lineup having exactly one hit and only one batter going without a hit.

After 31.0 lackluster innings with Columbia, Kisena made his first start with the Cyclones and pitched fairly well, especially when you consider that the first run only scored on a balk. The bullpen held Tri-City without a hit for 5 innings in what was a very strong performance.

Kingsport (8-11) 5, Greeneville (6-13) 3  Box Score

Palmer hit the go-ahead home run in the 10th inning, his fourth home run in the first 18 games of his season. However, despite the exceptional power he has displayed, strikeouts have been a major concern, with Palmer striking out in 40.7% of his plate appearances. Top draft pick, Brett Baty, did not play in this game.

Guzman’s line featured all threes in Sunday night’s game: He had three of each of hits, runs, walks, and strikeouts (although he did make it past the third inning). This was also the first start in which he has allowed an earned run this season.

GCL Mets (6-5) 3, GCL Marlins (7-4) 2  Box Score

Rodriguez extended his hitting streak to eight games and now has a 6:3 BB:K ratio with the GCL Mets this season. While he is listed as a catcher, Rodriguez has also spent time at all three outfield positions and first base this season.

Mitchell was making his first rehab appearance since dealing with injury for the last month. Prior to being injured, Mitchell was pitching with St. Lucie and had a 1.26 ERA across two levels in 2019.

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Written by Daniel Muras

I fell in love with the Mets during the 2006 playoff run and became obsessed with the Mets minor league system while looking for a brighter future during the 2009-2014 era. I hope to provide interesting analysis of the minors and am excited to have the opportunity to write for MMO and MMN.

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