FanGraphs has released its Pre-Deadline edition of its Top 100 MLB Prospect rankings today. The update has three New York Mets carrying over from the post-spring training update, as well as three newcomers. The three carryovers are right-handers Brandon Sproat (falling from No. 18 to No. 31) and Jonah

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Nolan McLean put together another quality start in a Syracuse win, Carson Benge hit his fourth homer in three games in a Binghamton victory, A.J. Ewing had two hits in a Brooklyn loss, and Daviel Hurtado threw four solid innings in a St. Lucie victory. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (53-51)

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Ryan Clifford had an explosive week for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, totaling four home runs and 12 RBIs while batting 12-for-23. He walked a whopping eight times and scored an even crazier 11 runs. Clifford’s OPS has jumped significantly to .864, and he raised his home run total from 17

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Make time to binge watch the Benge highlight reel. Carson Benge homered in the first inning, hit another in the second, singled in a run in the third and (my personal favorite) cut down a runner at home from center field. The first round pick in last year’s draft

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Drew Gilbert homered twice, doubled and drove in four runs to lead Triple-A Syracuse to an 8-2 victory Friday over Omaha. The 24-year-old center fielder’s big night came two days after he went 4-for-5 with a double. He’s raised his OPS 127 points since June 22. The Mets traded

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Drew Gilbert had his first four hit game as a professional in the Syracuse win, Ryan Clifford went ballistic in the Rumble Ponies victory, Brooklyn lost despite a strong outing from Brendan Girton and St. Lucie put up two touchdowns in their victory, fueled by Simon Juan and Jeremy

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Jose Azocar hit his first Triple-A home run of the season as Syracuse beat Omaha 4-3, while Paul Blackburn made a strong first Triple-A rehab start after shoulder issue. Jett Williams continued his hot streak in Double-A despite Binghamton’s 6-3 loss, and Corey Collins hit his first High-A home

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Each of the Mets’ full-season minor league affiliates played just a three-game series this past week due to the All-Star break. Brendan Girton of the Brooklyn Cyclones was the star of the Mets’ system, shoving for 4 2/3 innings in his start and not allowing a single baserunner. He

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Francisco Alvarez is officially returning to the Mets, per league sources, as first reported by Mike Puma of The New York Post. In 21 games with Triple-A Syracuse, he hit .299 with 11 home runs, 24 RBIs, and a 1.129 OPS. Now poised for a return as soon as

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Fresh off pitching a scoreless inning in the MLB Futures Game over All-Star Weekend, Jonah Tong went 5 1/3 innings, struck out seven and gave up one unearned run in leading Double-A Binghamton to a 3-1 victory. Tong leads the minor leagues in strikeouts with 132 and the Eastern

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