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MMN Recap: Minor League Season Comes to End

By Daniel Muras

September 20, 2021 No comments

Ronny Mauricio, Photo by Dan Fritz


AAA: Syracuse Mets (47-69) 9, Worcester Red Sox (66-52) 4  Box Score

The Syracuse lineup showed off their power in Sunday’s game, as 7 of the team’s 12 hits went for extra bases. Blankenhorn led the charge, falling just a triple shy of the cycle in his three-hit performance. Vientos is showing no issues adjusting to the new level through his first three games. Khalil Lee reached base twice in five plate appearances, which actually dropped his OBP to .449, a number which easily ranks first in all of Triple-A (the second place batter has a .420 OBP).

Eickhoff made the start for Syracuse on Sunday and was decent over four innings. He did only throw 48 pitches, so it is not clear if he was removed from the game due to reaching some predetermined pitch/inning limit or if there was an injury. Gsellman and Reid-Foley both are continuing their rehab assignments with Syracuse, with this being Gsellman’s first Triple-A appearance of the season and Reid-Foley’s sixth.

AA: Reading Fightin Phils (48-65) 4, Binghamton Rumble Ponies (47-60) 0  Box Score

It was a terrible showing for Binghamton’s offense on Sunday evening, with the team registering just four hits (all singles) and a single walk while striking out 14 times. They had only one at bat with a runner in scoring position. Mauricio was the lone bright spot of the game and he has impressed in his short 8-game stint with Binghamton. Baty and Cortes were making their second appearance since missing almost three weeks during Binghamton’s COVID-19 outbreak.

  • RHP Justin Lasko (L, 1-4, 8.14 ERA) 5.2 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
  • RHP Dustin Beggs (4-3, 4.13 ERA) 3.1 IP, 2 H, 4 K

Lasko’s struggles since his promotion to Binghamton continued on Sunday, although his 5.2 innings pitched were his most since August 12. His otherwise quite strong season finishes on a sour note with him allowing 17 earned runs over 10.0 innings in his final three starts.

A+: Jersey Shore BlueClaws (56-62) 3, Brooklyn Cyclones (48-70) 1  Box Score

The Cyclones ended their rough season with an equally rough offensive performance. With Francisco Alvarez out of the lineup for the last day, the lineup could muster just three total hits and just the one run on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Reyes. Palmer finished the season with a poor final month in Brooklyn – hitting just .148/.288/.197 in September – but the season as a whole was quite promising for him as a prospect. He played all over the field, primarily in center field during his stay in Brooklyn, and introduced himself as a stolen base threat. After stealing just 4 bases in his previous two season, he stole 30 in 2021, a total which easily led the organization.

  • RHP J.T. Ginn (L, 3-4, 3.38 ERA) 6.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, BB, 6 K
  • RHP Michel Otanez (3-1, 5.13 ERA) 1.0 IP, H, K
  • RHP Dylan Hall (0-0, 1.69 ERA) 1.0 IP, H, 2 K

Ginn completed his first professional season with a quality start against Jersey Shore. Overall, his first season was very promising: he looked like a very advanced pitcher who was capable of pitching to contact and generating a very high rate of groundballs. He did not give up a single home run in 53.1 innings pitched with Brooklyn. While his stuff has taken time to come all the way back, he was touching 95 MPH on Sunday. Otanez finished his season with 58 strikeouts and 41 walks in 40.1 innings pitched.

A: St. Lucie Mets (60-55) 7, Jupiter Hammerheads (61-56) 4  Box Score

With a three-run eighth inning, the Mets were able to take the final game of their season and win their division for the first time since 2011. Perhaps fittingly for a 2021 Mets team, none the three runs scored on a hit, but rather two scored on an error with the third coming home on a wild pitch. Ramirez finished his debut season strong with a multi-hit game and a six-game hitting streak. Just 18 years old, the only real hole in his game this season has been his high strikeout rate, but was able to improve that in his final month as well, as he had just 11 strikeouts in 51 plate appearances (21.6%).

Oswalt was making his third rehab appearance in his return from injury and this was the first time he was allowed to go more than one inning. He was very efficient, needing only 21 pitches and only throwing a single ball outside of his second inning walk. Beck was making his Low-A debut and struggled mightily, giving up three runs and throwing 37 pitches in just one inning. He has struggled this year, but does have a 12.71 K/9 for the year. Juarez was also making his L0w-A debut and fared quite a bitter better as he ended up as the winning pitcher in the division-clinching game.

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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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