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MMN Recap: Mauricio Blasts Career-High 21st Home Run

By Daniel Muras

August 8, 2022 No comments

Brett Baty & Ronny Mauricio, Photo by Steven Woj of MMO

In the first inning of Binghamton’s Sunday afternoon game, Ronny Mauricio blasted his 21st home run of the season, a long three-run shot to center field. His 21 home runs are new a career high for Mauricio and rank fourth among all shortstops in the minor leagues.

AAA: Syracuse Mets (47-58) 18, Lehigh Valley IronPigs (58-47) 2  Box Score

Despite not hitting a single home run in Sunday’s game, Syracuse’s offense exploded for 18 runs on 18 hits. They were particularly impressive with runners in scoring position – they went 10-for-22 in those situations – and consistently made contact throughout the game, striking out just four times. Every hitter in the lineup had at least one hit and four players had three hits. Álvarez is hitting .238/.333/.524 through the first week of August. Blankenhorn has a seven-game hitting streak.

Montgomery threw 40 pitches over three innings in his second start back from an undisclosed injury which kept him out for over a month. He only allowed three batters to reach base, but a two-run home run in the second inning led to another poor overall line. Cobb has not allowed a run over his last four appearances (7 2/3 innings pitched). Montes de Oca returned to form after giving up at least one run in three of his last four appearances.

AA: Somerset Patriots (62-39) 8, Binghamton Rumble Ponies (39-62) 6  Box Score 

The Rumble Ponies only had seven hits in Sunday’s game but still managed to push across six runs on the strength of home runs by Mauricio and Baty. Mauricio got Binghamton on the board right away with a three-run blast in the first inning.

That was his 21st home run of the season, a total which sets a new career high for him and ranks fourth among all minor league shortstops.

Baty is not far behind Mauricio, as he clobbered his 19th home run of the season, a two-run opposite-field shot. With his huge game on Sunday, Baty now leads the Eastern League with a .950 OPS.

After looking strong in his first start in the Mets’ organization, Hall has struggled mightily in his most recent two starts, allowing five earned runs in each one. Parsons has struggled with walks and has a .349 BABIP against since his promotion to Double-A, but he is still striking out 10.13 batters per nine innings with Binghamton.

A+: Winston-Salem Dash (49-53) 5, Brooklyn Cyclones (51-51) 2  Box Score

The Cyclones had just six hits on Sunday, and only one of those hits – Rudick’s eighth inning home run – went for extra bases. Ramirez is just 4-for-24 with one double so far in August. His strikeout rate with Brooklyn has also risen in recent games and is now up to 26.1% over 26 games since his promotion.

Moreno worked around trouble throughout his three-inning stint but allowed just a single run. He was removed from the game after just 50 pitches, but this is more likely due to an attempt to limit his innings, as opposed to any physical issue. Moreno has allowed three runs or less in his last eight appearances (seven starts); he has lowered his ERA from 5.91 to 3.12 over that span.

Lavender has allowed just four earned runs all season and has a 13.0 K/9 for the year.

Tavarez still struggles frequently with his control, but his .141/.333/.162 line against shows just how unhittable he is and how hard he is to barrel up on the rare occasions when a batter does make contact.

A: St. Lucie Mets (60-41) 3, Daytona Tortugas (39-60) 0  Box Score

The Mets scored all of their runs and had three of their four hits in the first inning of this game. They had plenty of help from the defense in that inning as two of their runs scored on a pair of throwing errors. Lugo’s first-inning double left his bat at an impressive 104.6 MPH.

Gonzalez threw 45 pitches over three and one-third innings of work in the fourth rehab appearance of his return from Tommy John surgery. He threw all five of his pitches about equally. His fastball averaged 90.5 MPH and topped out at 91.7 MPH, which is a tick or two below where he was sitting before his injury. Despite the reduced velocity, he still managed to record 10 swings and misses during his brief time on the mound. Scott averaged 94.1 MPH and topped out at 95.3 MPH with his fastball.

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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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