In Focus - Yesterday's News - Clay Holmes

 

Pitch Profiler                      @pitchprofiler

Clay Holmes: a career-high 10 strikeouts and not a single barrel allowed!

The changeup and sweeper each graded 110+ proStuff+, while the slider racked up a 43% whiff rate and kept trending in the right direction on the movement chart.

Nasty stuff—even with the 4 ER.

Thomas Nestico                 @TJStats

Clay Holmes stuck out a career high 10 batter today!

He got off to a shaky start before locking in to tear through Marlins batters with his deep arsenal. His final line was tarnished by a 3-run homer allowed by Huascar Brazobán

A lot more changeups is very encouraging!

Mack –

As you see, they are raving about this outing. Ten strikeouts n 5.1-IP... no barrels (see, I got that barrel thingy down).

Did I tell you the temperature was from hunger?

Frankly, the final stat line was tarnished by the two runs Holmes was charged with when Huascar Brazobán gave up a 3-run homer. Two of those runs were charged against Clay. You take them away and this was a great outing with a great stat line.

Instead, it was only a great outing.

My only bone of contention... eliminate the three walks over 5.1 and many you wouldn't have to be pulled for the homer slinging Brazobán.

YESTERDAY -  

Michael Tricarico

Syracuse, NY – In what was largely an unplanned bullpen day for the Syracuse Mets pitching staff, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs pulled away late and handed the Mets a 7-2 loss on a chilly Tuesday night at Coca Cola Park.

The Mets got the scoring started in the top of the third inning when Jose Azocar doubled and then scored on a Billy McKinney RBI single to take a 1-0 lead over Lehigh Valley (8-2).

 

Adam MacDonald

Mets comeback bid falls short, Flying Tigers take opener 6-4

Watson tosses 4.1 hitless innings in season debut

LAKELAND, Fla. (April 8, 2025) – The Lakeland Flying Tigers held off the St. Lucie Mets 6-4 in the series opener between the teams at Joker Marchant Stadium on Tuesday night.

Mets starter Will Watson was excellent in his first game of the season. He pitched 4.1 hitless innings with no walks and seven strikeouts. The only run against him was unearned after the Mets made two errors in the first inning.

Anthony DiComo               @AnthonyDiComo

The Mets held a moment of silence today to honor Octavio Dotel and the victims of the Dominican Republic roof collapse tragedy. Carlos Mendoza also offered some words of condolence during his pregame press conference.

                                Francisco Alvarez will start a rehab assignment tomorrow, per Carlos Mendoza. McNeil will do so later this week

Jeff McNeil (oblique) is traveling to Florida today (on his birthday!) to ramp up his rehab -- something he couldn't do in New York due to the poor weather. The goal is still very much for him to return before the end of April, if not sooner.

Russ O’Brien           @RussellTOB

Happy Birthday Jeff McNeil! I’m looking forward to your return to the lineup. Your .289 lifetime batting average is the highest among any active Mets player.  I hope you remain a Met beyond the duration of your current contract. Flying squirrel           

 

Binghamton Rumble Ponies Roster Update: April 8

OF Rowdey Jordan - Transferred from AAA Syracuse to AA Binghamton (4/7)

RHP Luis Moreno - Transferred from AAA Syracuse to AA Binghamton (4/7)

RHP Carlos Guzman -  Transferred from AA Binghamton to AAA Syracuse (4/6)

 

Michael Baron                    @michaelgbaron

Pete Alonso now has 15 RBi on the year in 11 games. The Juan Soto effect.

Pete Alonso is hitting .364/.467/.846 with three doubles, three home runs and 11 RBI over his last seven games.

The Juan Soto Sandwich:

Francisco Lindor has hit in 6 straight games & is hitting .364/.423/.455 during that span

Juan Soto has reached base in all 10 games to open the season

Pete Alonso is hitting .364/.467/.846 with three doubles, three HR & 11 RBI over his last 7 games

 

Daniel Wexler                    @WexlerRules

Dom Hamel apparently had some arm soreness in ST. Velocity was down his first start. Hopefully, nothing major.

It would appear R.J. Gordon picked up the hot new pitch... the kick change, this off-season.

Gordon said one of his personal goals was to one day hit 100 MPH (his career best as of 2024 was 97).

Don't know that it will be today but it's expected that Dylan Tebrake will make his first appearance since 7/29/2023 this week (rehab-hip surgery) with St. Lucie

Ernest Dove             @ernestdove

Juan Soto now currently hitting .308. Watching people on my timeline pretend he wasn't doing well has been quietly hilarious to me to begin this season, especially from the non Mets fans who were acting like he would stop being a generational hitter here

Down in Low A St. Lucie Mets SP Will Watson so far has 3 hitless innings 4 Ks. He's topping 97 and throwing multiple different pitches as well all mostly for strikes. I've talked about him all minor league camp.

Thank you again Tommy Pham alert. Mets IF prospect Jeremy Rodriguez drives in 2 with a single for low A St. Lucie Mets.

Two more hits tonight for Mets OF prospect AJ Ewing for Low A St. Lucie Mets.  The 20 year old is quickly getting interesting for me.

Nick Roselli joining the party. He's also a fun power bat to keep an eye on this season in Brooklyn.