Mark Vientos, Photo by James Farrance There have been a number of outstanding performances in the Mets minor leagues during the Month of May with some players starting to raise their profiles. While we cannot mention everyone who has had a good month, here are the staff selections for
Typically, when you have a prospect like Francisco Álvarez in your farm system, at some point, you try to temper expectations. After all, you don’t want to put too much on the prospect and set them up for failure. However, everywhere you look Álvarez keeps getting hyped. The latest
On Sunday evening, Jacob deGrom made his first appearance in a regular season game since July 7 of last year. In his first rehab start with St. Lucie, he looked as good as ever, averaging nearly 100 MPH on his fastball and striking out five of the six batters he
Lately, New York Mets fans have been beginning to make the case the team needs to promote their top prospect sooner rather than later. Well, the fans wishes have been partially answered. As first reported by Anthony DiComo of MLB and later confirmed by Joel Sherman of the New
Although news of Francisco Alvarez‘s promotion to Triple-A may have grabbed the minor league headlines, it was Brett Baty who stood out on the field on Saturday night. Baty’s monstrous home run in the fourth inning on Saturday was his second in as many days, as he finally begins to unlock
Two recent mock drafts from Baseball American and MLB.com have tied the Mets to four different prospects for this month’s draft. In Mock Draft 5.0, Baseball America mocked infielder Jett Williams (HS, TX) and RHP Brock Porter (HS, MI) to the Mets with picks 11 and 14 respectively. On
It was a big week for two members of the New York Mets’ minor league system, and their accomplishments did not go unnoticed. On Monday, Syracuse Mets utilityman Travis Blankenhorn was named the International League Player of the Week, while St. Lucie Mets outfielder Omar De Los Santos was
AAA: Lehigh Valley IronPigs (41-35) 7, Syracuse Mets (31-44) 5 Box Score 1B Mark Vientos: 2-for-4, HR (14), 2 RBI, .253/.352/.510 C Nick Dini: 1-for-4, R, RBI, K, .224/.327/.459 2B Gosuke Katoh: 1-for-4, HR (1), 2 RBI, K, .127/.273/.218 The Mets fell to the IronPigs Friday despite a third straight game with a home run
Mark Vientos continues to lay waste to Triple-A pitching, crushing his 13th home run of the season in the Syracuse Mets’ victory. Ronny Mauricio hit his 14th home run and drove in three for Binghamton, Nick Zwack pushed his consecutive scoreless innings streak to 18 for Brooklyn, and Stanley