In Focus - Brandon Sproat - YESTERDAY

 

Thomas Nestico         @TJStats

Brandon Sproat fired off a decent outing in AAA today, tossing 4.0 IP with 1 ER

Sproat faced a LHH heavy lineup so he leaned heavily on his 4-Seam and changeup. He still is back to his upper 90s velocity, so that will be something to monitor

Mack  -

This was better.

Sure it was only four innings, and it did take 58 pitches (35 strikes) to get there, but Sproat only game up one run which will let him sleep well when he gets home.

I am a little concerned with the velo. His 4-seamer (28 thrown out of 62) averaged at 94.8. The sinker (8 out of 62) averaged 95.2. Not only was the velo down but the whiff rate was nothing to write about.

However,I’ll take it as a second start well before it warms up.

YESTERDAY - 

Yardbarker

Jesse Winker hit a tying two-run triple in the eighth inning and Francisco Lindor hit a walk-off sacrifice fly in the ninth as the New York Mets rallied for a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night.

The Mets were 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position when Winker lofted a 1-2 knuckle curveball from left-hander Brendon Little to right field. The ball carried over the head of George Springer, who crashed into the wall face-first trying to field the ball as Lindor and Juan Soto scored to forge a 2-2 tie.

 

Mets News and Links                   @JohnFromAlbany

Joel Díaz Ks 4 in his High A debut for the Cyclones: 4 innings; no runs; 4 hits; 4 Ks

 

Adam MacDonald

The St. Lucie Mets rallied back from a 5-0 deficit to defeat the Jupiter Hammerheads 6-5 in front of a crowd of 3,600 at Clover Park on Saturday night.

The Hammerheads jumped out to a 5-0 lead before making their second out. A couple of errors and walks started the Jupiter first inning rally and Jesus Hernandez hit a one-out, two-run single off reliever Cristofer Gomez to put the Hammerheads up 5-0. Hernandez’s single would be the final Jupiter hit of the game.

The Mets offense responded immediately with a four-run bottom of the first inning. Trace Willhoite ripped a two-run double and two batters later Trey Snyder belted a two-run homer, the first of his career, to make it a 5-4 game.

Mets pitching dominated innings 2-9. The combination of Gomez, Frank Elissalt, Hunter Hodges and Hoss Brewer combined for hitless baseball and 13 strikeouts over the final eight frames. The Mets totaled 16 strikeouts on the night.

 

Alessandra Lucia               @LuciaAlessandra

LINDOR LEAD OFF DOUBLE. AGAIN

 

Will Sammon          @WillSammon

Mets catcher Luis Torrens was scratched from tonight's lineup with a right forearm contusion, club announced.

 

Farm To Flushing               @FarmToFlushing

Don't sleep on Ronald Hernandez, currently ranked as the Mets #27 prospect per Pipeline.

First full season in High-A. He's been a consistent hitter at every level since coming to the Mets in 2023.

Michael Tricarico

With a dominant start from top prospect Brandon Sproat and their best offensive output of the season, the Syracuse Mets took down the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, 7-4, on a blustery Saturday afternoon at NBT Bank Stadium.

After a scoreless first inning, the Syracuse (3-4) offense caught fire in the bottom of the second. After Luke Ritter walked and Gilberto Celestino doubled, Luis De Los Santos drove in the pair with a two-run double to the wall in right-center field to make it 2-0. The Mets grew their lead to 3-0 with an RBI single from Rowdey Jordan, his first career triple-A hit. With Jordan at second and Donovan Walton at first after a walk, José Azocar smacked a three-run homer to extend the Syracuse lead to 6-0.

 

Brooklyn Cyclones            @BKCyclones

Bases loaded for Jacob Reimer.  Bases cleared by Jacob Reimer.

Long Island's own Nick Roselli collects his first hit of the season - a two-RBI double

The hitters didn't get to have ALL the fun. Four Cyclones pitchers combined to strike out 15 Blue Rocks on Saturday afternoon's 15-1 win for the 'Clones.

Ernest Dove         @ernestdove

Could be the year that 3B Jacob Reimer re introduces himself to Mets minor league fans.

Dont look now Danny Young but Anthony Gose i believe now has 3 scoreless appearances to start his milb season for Syracuse Mets

 

Brooklyn Cyclones         @BKCyclones

Chris Suero gets Brooklyn back to even in the bottom of the first with this wind-aided double to score Jacob Reimer.

Ronald Hernandez chases home a pair with a two-RBI knock to give Brooklyn a 3-1 lead after one inning here at Maimonides Park.

 

Mets Analytics       @MetsAnalytics

Mets average bat speed vs. squared up rate this season.

Soto might be the bat control king of MLB

Pete has picked up bat speed vs last season’s 75.2 and is raking

Tiny sample, but Baty is swinger a faster bat and making better contact than last year

Torrens early