IN FOCUS - David Peterson, Mets Starters

 

Pitch Profiler                      @pitchprofiler

David Peterson navigated plenty of hard contact and kept the ball on the ground to deliver five shutout innings for the Mets tonight!

 

            Peterson has become a real Steady Eddie on this staff. Both he and Tylor Megill have proven that if, given time, one can develop into a quality rotation piece in this game. Pitchers like Peterson make it easy to put other pitchers (Sean Manaea) on the 60-day. 

SNY Mets                 @SNY_Mets

The Mets hold the lowest starters' ERA in baseball by a wide margin

Syracuse –

Tuesday night's game between the Syracuse Mets and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders has been postponed because of inclement weather. The game will be made up as part of a single-admission doubleheader on Wednesday, April 30th beginning at 4:05 p.m. Game two will begin approximately 40 minutes after the conclusion of the first game. Gates will open at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. As a reminder, fans with tickets on days of doubleheaders can attend both games.

 

Binghamton –

The Binghamton Rumble Ponies (12-9) fell to the Erie SeaWolves 13-3 on Tuesday night in eight-innings in a rain-shortened series opener at UPMC Park. Erie hit six home runs on the evening, including two from Jake Holton.

Erie (15-7) got on the board in the bottom of the third with a pair of two-run homers from Trei Cruz and Holton off Binghamton starter Jack Wenninger (4-1) to take a 4-0 lead. After Binghamton scored on a passed ball to get on the board in the fourth, Nick Lorusso blasted a two-run homer to left center in the fifth to cut the deficit to 4-3. It was Lorusso’s second home run of the year, and he now has driven in 11 runs this season.

The SeaWolves would respond with nine unanswered runs. In the fifth, Holton hit a three-run home run to left, his second of the night, making it 7-3 Erie. In the seventh, Max Anderson hit a solo shot and Eduardo Valencia hit a two-run homer as part of a five-run frame. Jim Jarvis also hit the first homer of his Double-A career in the sixth. Holton finished 4-for-4 with three runs scored and 5 RBIs.

The game went into a rain delay before the bottom of the eighth inning and was eventually called due to inclement weather.

POSTGAME NOTES: Lorusso, Nick Morabito, and Travis Swaggerty all finished with multi-hit games…Jett Williams reached base twice…The Rumble Ponies had nine hits on the night and the two teams combined for 22 in total…Erie scored 11 of their 13 runs via the home run.

 

Brooklyn –

In his first game with High-A Brooklyn, 19-year-old SS Marco Vargas provided a walk-off base hit in the 10th to give the Cyclones a 7-6 win over the Wilmington Blue Rocks.

Brooklyn set a new franchise record, stealing nine bases in the game, topping a previous high of eight, which was set in August of 2017.

CF Carson Benge logged a season high four hits in the victory, while LF Eli Serrano III collected 3 RBI. In addition to the nine steals, Brooklyn batters also drew eight free passes on the day.

RHP Noah Hall pitched better than his final line may suggest - 5.0 IP, 4 R (3 ER), while striking out seven and walking one.

The ‘Clones and Blue Rocks return to action on Wednesday at 11:00 AM for the first Education Day game of the season. RHP Joel Diaz (0-0, 0.00 ERA) toes the slab for Brooklyn. He’s expected to be opposed by LHP Jackson Kent (2-2, 1.31 WHIP).

 

St. Lucie -

The Palm Beach Cardinals defeated the St. Lucie Mets 3-1 on Tuesday night at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in a battle for first place in the Florida State League East Division.

Colin Houck got the Mets on the board with a RBI single in the sixth inning to make it 2-1. However, Herrera got the next batter Daiverson Gutierrez to hit into an inning-ending double play.

The Mets were held to four total hits - singles from Houck, Jeremy Rodriguez, Nick Roselli and Kevin Villavicencio.

Lanthier took the loss. He pitched 4.0 innings and gave up two runs on two hits. Mets reliever Irving Cota pitched 2.0 shutout innings to lower his season ERA to 0.59.

Transactions

            Syracuse –               

                        RHP Kevin Herget promoted to New York

RHRP Jordan Geber activated off Syracuse's D List

            25/yrs old – UDFA

            2025/Syracuse – 4-G, 1-ST, 0-0, 7.88 (?)

            Binghamton –

                        RHP Ryan Lambert  Transferred from A+ to AA Binghamton

RHP Alex Carrillo - Placed on Binghamton D List

                                          

            FCL –

                        RP Christian Rodriguez transferred to FCL from A

                        OF Jeffry Rosa assigned to FCL Mets

Pitchers Luis Alvarez, Jesus Anton, Estarlin Escalante, Jace Hampson, Daviel Hurtado, Wilson Lopez, Miguel Mejias, Cesar Rivera, John Valle, Omar Victorino assigned to FCL Mets

Catchers Francisco Toledo, Julio Zayas assigned to FCL Mets

Infielders Branny De Oleo, Dangelo Sarmiento, Jake Zitella assigned to FCL Mets

 

Matt Levine                         @MattLevine__

Going into last night, some notable Mets minor league stats for the Rumble Ponies:

 

RHP Jack Wenninger ranks 8th in Minor League Baseball with 32 strikeouts (2nd in Eastern League)

RHP Jonah Tong ranks T10th in MiLB with 30 strikeouts (T-3rd in EL)

RHP Nolan McLean ranks T6th in the EL with 26 K’s

 

Tim Healey                          @timbhealey

The Mets will call up Brandon Waddell to pitch tomorrow. TBD whether he starts or the Mets go with an opener.

 

Daniel Wexler                    @WexlerRules

Ronny Mauricio will eventually be joining Syracuse (the plan was late April, even if that's mid-May now, not far off), Jett Williams soon enough and promotions pushing players to Bing and the chain reactions

Baseball America with some love for Raimon Gomez and his performance this week. They did however note his command is "still shaky". Gomez is rule 5 eligible after the season. Safe to say if he pitches reasonably well he's being added to the 40 

Organization leaders in ISO (24 or younger)

Suero .375   Willhoite .269   Reimer .263   Houck .232   Williams .226  

Bottom of the organization in ISO (24 or younger)

Gutierrez .000   Rodriguez .016   Ramirez .036   Hernandez .040

Baez .060  

Organizational leaders in BB%

Serrano 18.8   Ewing 18.5   Benge 16.7   Rodriguez 16.5   Clifford 16.2

Bottom

Parada 5.6   Baez 5.6   Morabito 7.8   Ramirez 8.3   Williams 8.8

Organizational leaders in k%

Ewing 12.3   Guitterez 17.5   Rodriguez 17.7   Baez 19.4   Serrano 21.3

Bottom

Parada 37.0   Willhoite 36.7   Suero 35.8   Ramirez 35   Clifford 33.8

Organization leaders in wRC+ (24 or younger)

A.J. Ewing 202   Chris Suero 178   Jacob Reimer 163   Jett Williams 153

Bottom of the organization in wRC+ (24 or younger)

Parada 26   Baez 38   Snyder 49  Ramirez 68

Organization leaders in K/BB (24 or younger)

Marsh 14.0   Moreta 13.0   Thornton 12.5   Diaz 9.0    De La Cruz 6.67

Bottom

Austin 1.08   Sproat 1.30   Girton 1.67   Hall 2.00   Aracena 2.29

Mets Prospect Group                  @bkfan09

Jeffry Rosa starting 2025 In The FCL . Big Season needed  for The Mets Outfield Prospect If He Wants To Stay In The Possible Top 30 discussion Again

 

Michael Baron                    @michaelgbaron

Mark Vientos has a six-game hitting streak.

.375/.429/1.054 with a 2B, 3B, HR, 8 RBI and 6 runs scored during that span.

Last 13 games: .320/.364/.600, 16 hits, 3 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 11 runs scored.

 

Mets News and Links                   @JohnFromAlbany

We might see the Mets DFA Urena today after throwing 3 innings yesterday ( he'll likely clear waivers), bring up Devinsky who has good reverse splits in his career and possibly make another move before tomorrow's game.

 

Mets Analytics                               @MetsAnalytics

Brandon Nimmo fWAR:

2024 through June: 2.4

2024 July onward: 0.3

2025 through 4/27: -0.3

4/28/25: 0.4

 

Mathew Brownstein        @MBrownstein89

Teams who recorded a sub-2.65 ERA with 275+ strikeouts in their first 29 games of a season:

2018 Houston Astros

2022 New York Yankees

2025 New York Mets