IN FOCUS - Raimon, Holmes, Alvarez, Juan Soto, Stanik

 

Pitch Profiler                      @pitchprofiler

RAIMON GOMEZ JUST SET THE RECORD FOR THE HARDEST MINOR LEAGUE PITCH EVER TRACKED AT 104.5 MPH!

Thomas Nestico                 @TJStats

Clay Holmes fired off 5 scoreless innings today to lower his ERA 2.64

 

He also has a 2.15 FIP to back it up! 

Raimon Gomez casually hit 104.5 MPH today

MLB Network                     @MLBNetwork

Is Francisco Lindor on the Hall of Fame highway?

The cream of the crop

Thomas Nestico                 @TJStats

MLB Team OPS vs ERA

 

Pitch Profiler                      @pitchprofiler

A Stanick Fest !

April 25th Reliever proPitching+ Leaderboard

 

April 25th Velocity Leaderboard

 

April 25th proStuff+ Pitch Leaderboard (min. 5 Pitches Tracked)

 

April 25th proPitching+ Pitch Leaderboard (min. 5 Pitches Tracked)

Syracuse –

Saturday's game between the Syracuse Mets and the Worcester Red Sox has been postponed because of rain and forecasted thunderstorms throughout the afternoon and evening in Massachusetts. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Sunday beginning at 12:05 p.m. at Polar Park. The second game of Sunday's doubleheader will begin about 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first game

 

Binghamton –

The Binghamton Rumble Ponies (11-8) fell to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, 1-0, on Saturday at Mirabito Stadium.

Binghamton right-hander Jonathan Pintaro had his strongest start of the season for Binghamton. He recorded a career-high nine strikeouts over a season-high 5.2 scoreless frames and only allowed two hits and no walks. Pintaro struck out the first five batters that he faced.

TJ Shook tossed 1.1 scoreless and hitless frames in relief of Pintaro. He recorded one strikeout and one walk.

Postgame Notes: Shortstop Jett Williams went 2-for-4 and recorded his fourth multi-hit game…Hernández went 2-for-4 with two singles and recorded his first multi-hit game…Alex Ramírez went 2-for-4 with two singles and recorded his second multi-hit game…The game went into a rain delay in the middle of the seventh inning, which lasted 23 minutes.

 

Brooklyn –

Saturday's contest between the Brooklyn Cyclones and Jersey Shore BlueClaws has been postponed due to inclement weather. It will be made up as part of a doubleheader when the Cyclones return to New Jersey in May. Brooklyn return to Jersey Shore for a series spanning from May 20-25.

 

St. Lucie - 

The St. Lucie Mets held the Daytona Tortugas to four hits in a 4-2 victory on Saturday night at Clover Park. The Mets improved to 4-1 in the series and 8-3 on their 12-game home stand.

The highlight of the night was the flame throwing by Mets starter Raimon Gomez. The 23-year-old from Venezuela dominated the Tortugas over 3.0 hitless innings. Gomez did not throw a fastball under 100 mph in the first inning and he struck out Carlos Sanchez on fastball at 104.5 mph for the game’s second out. Gomez struck out Kyle Henley to start the game on a 103 mph heater.

The Mets scored all four of their runs in the span of four batters to start the second inning against Daytona starter Ovis Portes. Kevin Villavicencio led off the inning with a single. Vicent Perozo then drew a walk. Simon Juan followed with a RBI double to make it 1-0. Trace Willhoite came up next and blasted a three-run homer to left field to make it 4-0.

Frank Elissalt pitched a scoreless fourth inning. Wellington Aracena pitched a 1-2-3 fifth inning but ran into trouble in the sixth. Sammy Stafura hit a two-out, two-run triple to make it 4-2. After a pair of walks, Aracena was lifted for Josh Blum. Blum struck out Malvin Valdez to strand the bases loaded. He also pitched a perfect seventh inning.

Daniel Wexler                    @WexlerRules

Jett Williams 2-4, K, Morabito 0-4, Clifford 0-3 BB, 2 k’s, Ramirez 2-4, Pintaro 5.2 innings 2 hits 0 runs 0 walks *9* k’s (already a major scouting win), Cameron Foster 2 innings 1 hit 1 run 1 walk 4 k’s (consistent performer. Nice 14th round find)

 

Ernest Dove             @ernestdove

Final line on Mets P prospect Jonathan Pintaro in AA today

5.2 inn    2 H    0 ER    0 BB    9 K    52 of 66 for strikes

Season ERA now down to 2.93

For those who asked about a possible "hot gun" in St. Lucie regarding Raimon Gomez 104.5 and sitting 102 today, the arms pitching the next 2 innings involved Frank Elissalt 94-96 and Wellington Aracena topping 99 which i believe is what they do normally.

Update. Mets P prospect Raimon Gomez still topped 101 mph in the 3rd inn.  Ended the inning with a 91 mph slider

Mets P prospect Wellington Aracena pitched the 5th inning in Low A and did something I find more amazing Raimon Gomez 104.5. He threw 10 of 12 pitches for strikes. Oh he topped 99 but that's what he does. I'm focused on that command.

 

Just Baseball           @JustBB_Media

Clay Holmes in his last 3 starts:

16 IP    10 H    2 ER    4 BB    16 K

Settling in nicely as a starter    

 

Mets Analytics         @MetsAnalytics

Max Kranick’s fastball velocities in the 8th inning after having to warm up on the mound:

93.9    94.0     94.4     95.2     94.6     95.5     96.7

 

Mets News and Links                   @JohnFromAlbany

Today's Brooklyn Cyclones Game Notes has this about Mercado - INF Estarling Mercado has been red hot with the bat to start 2025...The 22-year-old tallied his 3rd 3-hit game of the season on Friday night, clubbing a 2-run home run in the 3rd inning...Entering play on Saturday, Mercado is hitting .410 (16-39) with 6 runs scored, 5 extra-base hits, a home run, and 7 RBI...Since April 10, the left-handed swinger has reached base safely in 7 of 8 games, posting a .464 average (13-28) with 4 runs scored, 3 extra-base knocks, a home run, and 6 batted in...Among South Atlantic League players with 45 or more plate appearances, Mercado ranks 2nd in batting average (.410) and on-base percentage (.478), 3rd in OPS (1.093), and 5th in slugging percentage (.615).

 

The Rumble Ponies rotation:

RHP Joander Juarez

14 inn 14 K 0.00 ERA

RHP Jack Wenninger

20 inn 32 K 0.90

RHP Nolan McLean

20.2 inn 26 K 1.77

LHP Felipe de La Cruz

13.2 inn 20 K 1.98

RHP Jonathan Pintaro

15.1 inn 22 K 2.93

RHP Jonah Tong

13.1 inn 20 K 4.73

 

Hagen Snell                         @HagenSnellBB

Lowest Barrel% among qualified SP:

-Mitchell Parker (WSN) 2.7%

-Clay Holmes (NYM) 3.1%

-Kodai Senga (NYM) 3.4%

-Kyle Freeland (COL) 3.4%

-Paul Skenes (PIT) 3.6%

-Andre Pallante (STL) 4.5%

-Yoshinobu Yamamoto (LAD) 4.8%

-Cristopher Sánchez (PHI) 4.8%

 

Mets Prospect Group                   @bkfan09

Wilmer Lugo getting ready for the DSL Preseason, Lugo has the stuff to be one of the big surprise pitching prospects in the entire system, he also is likely to never make it out of the DSL

Andrew Tredinnick           @andrew_tred

A.J. Minter said he expects he'll have to go on the IL after experiencing triceps tightness on Saturday. He'll go for an MRI.