MACK - Strike News Update

 

Well, at this point, things seem to be going from bad to worse. 

Bruce Meyer, the MLBPA interim executive director, wasn't a happy puppy after reading the owner's initial salvo in these negotiations. 

Meyer said that owner's "effectively managed to cobble together the worse system for players in any major sport and it's not even close. "

(that's bad, right?)

"I thought they would try harder to make it look good and they didn't even do that. "

The current agreement expires in six months (December 1st).

In 2002, the percentage of MLB salary ranged of baseball-related revenues was 63%. In 2024, per Rob Manfield, it was 47%.  The current offer is 50/50.

The player's union rejected this offer from the owners, saying that it represents a $500 million pay cut, with portions of their contracts being non-guaranteed. The union has fought against such clauses for decades. In addition, Meyers said that the players have always been united and will never agree with a salary cap.

Topics still up in the wind include expansion and participation in the Olympics.

MACK - The DSL Bats... who to follow

 

I follow on X a Mets International guru that supplies to me all the good stuff about what’s going on in the DSL league. He’s been touting this year’s group of kids that was signed to play the 2026 season and something that’s going to really make us happy. Well, I  know the sample is microscopic but frankly, I have never see this kind of ‘start of a season’ before from Mets DSL bats.

Write these names down. There might be three to four future stars here:

Stats through end of games 6-5.

 

DSL BLUE

 

SS Johnderis Sanchez – 17/yrs old

                SW  5-11  160  - 14-AB, .357, 4-RBI, 3-SB, 1.000-OBP

The Mets signed him as an international free agent to a minor league contract on January 15, 2026, reportedly with a $50,000 signing bonus.

 

OF Henry Manrique – 17/yrs old

                R  5-10  170 – 14-AB, .571, 5-RBI, 2.SB. 1.524-OBP

Signing bonus: $50,000

 

1B Jonnhan Sanchez – 19/yrs old

                L  6-0  160 – 15-AB, .467, HR, 7-RBI, 5-SB, 1.312-OBP

 

OF Alberson Blanco – 18/yrs old

                SW  5-11  157 – 12-AB, .333, .884-OBP

Signed on January 15, 2025

 

IF Michalle Mercedes – 17/yrs old

                R  6-0  170 – 15-AB, .333, 6-RBI, .800-OBP

Signing bonus: $50,000

 

DSL ORANGE

 

IF Sebastian Toro – 17/yrs olD

                R  6-3  200 – 13/AB, .308, 2-RBI, SB, .823-OBP

Signed on January 15, 2026 - Signing Bonus: $300,000

 

IF Yorber Semprum – 18/yrs old

                L 6-0  165 – 12-AB, .50, 3-RBI, 2-SB, 1.267-OBP

Signed January 15, 2025

Tom Brennan - DSL DOOZIE STATS; And Binghamton Broken Bat Blues

 

The 2026 DSL season is underway.

Sometimes, I wonder just how weak DSL teams actually are, talent-wise. 

Are they as weak as your typical high school teams? I don’t think so, but some of the stats coming out of the DSL in the early going are just astonishing. It really shows a gross amount of unreadiness. 

In the very early going, where most teams had played three games, and a few had played just two games, one of the DSL Braves teams had already been hit by pitch 10 times. Six more had been HBP 6 or more times. And 34 of the 51 teams had been hit at least 3 times in 3 games. Ouch.

Walks? Two teams had walked 31 times in 3 games. The Mets Blue team had walked 27 times. 

A whopping 20 teams had walked an average of 7 or more times per game.

So, walks and HBPs combined on average must be around one per inning for the entire league in the early going.

Six teams had scored more than 10 times per game (Mets Blue was close, averaging 9 per, and had 27 runs).

28 of 51 teams had OBPs of .400 or higher.

Anyway, the Mets Orange and Blue teams had averages of .270 and .247. The Yanks’ teams? A far higher .333 and .276. Typical.

DSL Defense?  In the aggregate (in terms of unearned runs) it was mostly not bad, with some allowing no unearned runs so far, but 3 teams had already allowed 10 or more earned runs in 3 games, with the Rangers team taking the cake by allowing 19 unearned runs in 3 games.

Good news. Their gloves arrive today.

Mets super stud Wandy Asigen is apparently injured. How badly? Dunno.

Too early for individual DSL Mets player updates.

Overall, the DSL seems high-schoolish.

I TELL YA…I GOT THE BLUES! IT’S ROUGH!!

I GOT THOSE BINGHAMTON BROKEN BAT BLUES

A discussion on Jacob Reimer’s woes took place on Friday on Macks Mets. 

Reimer has really struggled this year. 

The pertinent question is, what happens to your personal hitting success when your entire team, excluding AJ Ewing, fails to hit? How does it affect you?

My guess is, quite a lot. 

I looked at the averages for players on Binghamton. Through June 4. 

The numbers were just staggering:

Reimer .207

The others:

Schwartz .210

Lorusso .200

Smith .197

Ramos .196

Serrano .195

Suero .190

Parada * .184

Rudick * .121

Bowen .119

* AA stats only. Both are now in AAA.

Ten guys, with a huge proportion of the team’s at bats, hitting THAT POORLY 9 weeks into the season?

No wonder Reimer was struggling. Pitchers must think…why pitch to him?

Only Ewing (.349 in AA) and Wyatt Young (.232) provided any semblance of AA hitting ability. 

And, Jaylen Palmer (.270) has helped a bit but in just in 37 return ABs.

Excluding Ewing’s 22 for 63, Binghamton was hitting .198 in 54 games.

Brooklyn is worse.  Just .187 through Thursday, in 53 games.

I have never seen anything close to like it. 

Two teams, 107 combined games, hitting .195?

And remember, when running comparables through your cranium, team-average-suppressing pitchers no longer hit.

Back in 1968, the year of the pitcher, when the anemic Mets scored just 2.9 runs per game, they still hit .228. But included in that was Mets pitcher at bats. Their pitchers that year hit .119 (52 for 437). 

The regular Mets hitters in 1968 hit .237.

42 points higher than Brooklyn and Binghamton are hitting this year.

Last year, Binghamton had Benge and Ewing and Jett for a good while, and hit a solid .249 as a team.  

Pressure in 2025 thus was off on Reimer. And off of Suero, for that matter.

Now, the 2026 hitting pressure is full bore.

Keep in mind…some guys can HIT in Binghamton’s Eastern League. 

CF Jonah Cox (SFG franchise) has 27 steals and 22 XBH in 183 times up for AA RICHMOND

And is hitting .400.  

The 2023 sixth rounder was picked far after the Mets selected Colin Houck, now playing in High A Brooklyn. Houck (32nd overall pick by the Mutts) has a .194 average and a career-destroying 79 Ks in 45 games.

Ten other Eastern League guys are hitting over .300. 

RVH - Rethinking the Mets, Part 4: The Braves Built a Baseball Machine

 

In Part 1, we argued that the Mets do not have an ambition problem. They have an execution problem.

In Part 2, we examined how slow starts create a pressure-amplification cycle that makes every season feel harder than it needs to be.

In Part 3, we explored how the Yankees learned to carry pressure through decades of accumulated trust, stability, and organizational consistency.

That naturally raises another question:

Where does that stability come from?

Because stability isn't a slogan.

It's not culture.

It's not a mission statement hanging on a wall.

Real stability comes from an organization's ability to keep producing results even when things go wrong.

No organization has demonstrated that better over the last thirty years than the Atlanta Braves.

The Braves Are Not Really Selling Talent

When people discuss the Braves, they usually start with the stars.

Greg Maddux.
Tom Glavine.
John Smoltz.

Then Chipper Jones.

Then Freddie Freeman.

Then Ronald Acuña Jr.

Then Spencer Strider.

Then the next wave.

And the next.

And the next.

The stars change.

The organization doesn't.

That's the story.

The Braves aren't really selling talent.

They're selling predictability.

Year after year, decade after decade, they continue finding ways to remain relevant.

Not because they never lose players.

Because they consistently replace them.

The Real Product Is Replacement

Every organization develops players.

Every organization scouts players.

Every organization talks about player development.

The Braves built something different.

They built replacement power.

Players leave.

Players age.

Players get hurt.

Prospects fail.

The Braves keep moving.

The organization rarely behaves as though one player determines its future.

Because the system is designed to continuously produce the next solution.

That changes everything.

It changes how you negotiate contracts.

It changes how you make trades.

It changes how you approach free agency.

Most importantly, it changes how you respond to adversity.

The Braves Reduced Randomness

Baseball is inherently unpredictable.

Even great organizations cannot control:

• injuries

• aging

• prospect failures

• unexpected breakouts

• playoff outcomes

The Braves cannot eliminate randomness.

What they have done is reduce its impact.

When one path closes, another often appears.

When one player leaves, another emerges.

When one plan fails, there is usually another available.

That's not luck.

That's organizational design.

Over time, reducing randomness creates something incredibly valuable:

Confidence.

Not confidence that everything will work.

Confidence that enough things will work.

Continuity Is An Advantage

One of the most underrated strengths of the Braves has been continuity.

Over three decades, there has been remarkable consistency in:

• player evaluation

• development philosophy

• baseball operations

• organizational priorities

The names have changed.

The principles largely haven't.

Every year, knowledge accumulates.

Relationships deepen.

Processes improve.

Mistakes get corrected.

Lessons compound.

The organization becomes stronger than any single executive, manager, coach, or player.

That is when stability becomes self-reinforcing.

The Mets Are Trying To Build This

To be fair, the Mets understand this.

Much of the investment made during the Cohen era has been directed toward exactly these areas.

Player development.

Scouting.

Analytics.

Sports science.

Infrastructure.

Baseball operations.

The organization clearly recognizes that sustainable winning requires more than payroll.

The challenge is that the machine has not fully arrived at the major-league level.

Not yet.

And 2026 has raised difficult questions.

The major-league club has struggled to establish consistency.

Several highly regarded prospects have stalled.

The farm system has experienced noticeable regression.

The pipeline that was expected to become a source of organizational strength remains more promise than proof.

That doesn't mean the strategy is wrong.

It does mean the burden of proof remains.

Why The Braves Have Earned Trust

This brings us back to a concept from Part 3.

Trust.

When the Braves have a disappointing season, most observers assume the organization will figure it out.

When the Mets have a disappointing season, many observers wonder whether the plan itself is flawed.

That's not fair.

But it is reality.

The Braves have spent thirty years earning the benefit of the doubt.

The Mets are still trying to earn it.

And the only way to earn it is through repeated success.

Not rankings.

Not projections.

Not promises.

Results.

What The Mets Should Learn

The lesson is not that the Mets should become Atlanta.

The Mets operate in a different market.

With different resources.

Different expectations.

Different pressures.

But the Braves demonstrate something important:

The strongest organizations don't rely on stars.

They rely on systems that continuously produce contributors, replacements, and solutions.

Over time, that creates resilience.

Over time, that creates stability.

Over time, that creates trust.

And trust may be the most valuable asset any championship organization can possess.

Because when the next injury arrives...

When the next prospect disappoints...

When the next star leaves...

The question is no longer:

"What do we do now?"

The question becomes:

"Who's next?"

That's the mindset of a championship organization.

The Braves built it.

The Mets are still trying to get there.

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Part 4 Thesis

The Braves win because they reduce randomness better than almost anyone else.

Through continuity, development, and replacement power, they built an organization capable of absorbing losses and continuously producing solutions.

Their greatest advantage is not talent.

It's resilience.

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What We've Learned So Far

Part 1: The Mets do not have an ambition problem. They have an execution problem.

Part 2: The Mets' slow-start problem is not a standings problem. It is a pressure-amplification problem.

Part 3: The Yankees did not eliminate pressure. They learned how to carry it.

Part 4: The Braves win because they reduce randomness better than almost anyone else.

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Next: Part 5 – The Dodgers Don't Just Spend. They Control the Board

If the Yankees teach stability and the Braves teach resilience, the Dodgers teach something equally important: how to turn resources into flexibility. Their greatest advantage isn't money itself. It's the ability to create more options than everyone else.

Tom Brennan - Syracuse Mets are No Hit…Minor League Recap

 

Chris Suero Dramatics

Syracuse was no hit yesterday!

Polanco 0-2, 2 walks.

Alvarez 0-3.

Wenninger one earned run, 3 runs overall, BUT 40 of 83 pitches were balls.

One DSL team lost 11-10. Manrique and Sanchez combined are hitting .500 in the very early going.

Other DSL team: won 6-0. Yorber Semprun is 6-12 so far. Maxgregori Harvey went 2 perfect innings, fanning 5.

St Lucie lost 5-4.

Binghamton won 5-4.

Reimer homered and Suero hit a walk off 3 run shot in the 10th.

FCL Mets won 11-4 on 6 hits, 10 walks, and 7 steals. BOHAN ADDERLEY HAD 3 STEALS AND VLADI GOMEZ 3 MORE. THE TWO COMBINED HAVE 36 IN 23 GAMES. 

VLADI has 78 of 87 steals and 101 walks and 16 HBPs in 157 pro games. I am impressed. 

He is, however, extremely error prone in his career to date in the infield, but good in the outfield.

Brooklyn continues to not hit. But of late, they are scoring and winning a lot. 6-4 winners, on just 4 hits. Houck and Collins homered. 13 more Ks.

All the 7 teams combined for 42 runs on just 40 hits.

Reese Kaplan -- The Planned, Revised and Original Roster Again

While the Mets 2026 season has been a horsehide version of a dumpster fire in every way possible, let’s reflect back for a minute on what was envisioned when the games started counting for real after Spring Training concluded.

First, there’s the run prevention defensive alignment.  After an uneven Port St. Lucie February and March, fans were expected to believe the following was the right approach created by POBO David Stearns after losing the trio of Pete Alonso, Brandon Nimmo and Edwin Diaz.

First base was now going to belong to one-game veteran at the position, Jorge Polanco.  Most National League fans didn’t have a firm grasp on what type of player Polanco could be on a regular basis and surely a 40% discounted price for him for fewer years was somewhat palatable compared to the Orioles’ deal for Alonso, but in his best ever season he’d only tallied 33 HRs and 98 RBIs while hitting .269.  Last year after fighting through some injuries he rebounded with 25 HRs and 76 RBIs while hitting .265.  These numbers were certainly a steep drop off from the five time All Star who now plays in Baltimore.

Second base was now going to be helmed by Marcus Semien, a former star player whose strong defensive skills were unquestioned but whose offensive numbers have been in decline.  Sending Brandon Nimmo away to get Semien seemed more about payroll dollar commitment than projected team value. 

Shortstop Francisco Lindor was a no brainer.  Everyone knew what he could do in the field, at the plate and on the basepaths.

Third base was kind of an eleventh hour twist when career shortstop Bo Bichette was obtained to play third base in a kind of latter day Alex Rodriguez joining the Yankees move with Derek Jeter entrenched at short.  Bichette was coming off a big bounce back year where he hit a glowing .317.  Having missed out on other key bats like Kyle Tucker, Alex Bregman and Cody Bellinger having come off the board, the Mets needed to save face and everyone found Bichette a very respectable alternative.  The run prevention theme didn’t match, however, as Bichette was most definitely not known for his glove though third base is less challenging defensively than shortstop.

Then the roof caved in on the Mets.  Polanco got hurt.  Lindor got hurt.  Semien stayed mostly healthy but was hitting in the low .220s and a healthy Bichette in the same territory.  Those injuries led to both Brett Baty and Mark Vientos who were slated to be backups now getting regular playing time.  Oddly, Vientos holds a small edge on Baty for OPS though his defensive shortcomings more than hollow out the value of that achievement.

Now the team is getting very close to the return of Jorge Polanco and perhaps by the end of this month Francisco Lindor as well.  The Lindor move is an easy one with Vidal Brujan clearly being paid to return to Syracuse. However, the Polanco addition to the active roster is more unclear.

Most folks have reported that between the Achilles heel and wrist injuries the Mets are planning to allow Polanco to be a DH to put less strain on his still recovering body.  If so, that development still leaves the question about who to cut loose to make room.  The four likely candidates include the aforementioned duo of Baty and Vientos, but also AAAA players like Eric Wagaman and M.J. Melendez.  Given the lack of options for the first two it would seem that the latter pair are the ones likely on the hot seat.  You could throw Jared Young’s name in there as well but right now he is one of the few hitters on the roster actually creating offense. 

If you assume Young being left handed would get the majority of the games as the first base starter and Polanco as the DH against all pitching, that would return Vientos to the bench with Baty soon to follow when Lindor returns. 

The question is should the Mets look to move on from both Baty and Vientos by the early August trading deadline or do they instead clean house with more desirable players being traded away like Bo Bichette who can opt out at year’s end anyway? 

Stay tuned...  

Ernest Dove - Top 5 New York Mets Prospect Getting Hot

 

Ernest Dove fills us in on some good news on top prospects.  Catch the news right here

For more info on your favorite prospects, visit the Dove Report on YouTube.

Reese Kaplan -- Mets in the Cellar But Number One in Something

Suppose you are in the middle of a scathing and vicious fight for the division pennant and find yourself down at least one significant starting pitcher.  With June now here and the July final four weeks of evaluation to soon take place this consideration will have you scoring a wide variety of metrics as you ascertain whose arm will give you the push towards the top of the divisional heap.  For purposes of this exercise, of course, we’re talking about teams with strong winning records, not the Mets.

As opposing GMs weigh who will or won’t help them propel towards October baseball, a great many factors go into this analysis.  Obvious markers include won/loss record which is perhaps a pointless metric given that second division teams do not win a lot of games no matter how good the targeted pitcher might be.

Another key statistic is ERA.  Think back to the days in which Jacob deGrom used to play for the Mets and when healthy you knew he was going to be more than stingy at allowing opposing runners to cross the plate.  Whether or not a target’s team is winning or losing, ERA is a rock solid clue as to how successful a pitcher really is.

More recently WHIP has become a sign of how good a pitcher is at keeping runners off base.  The combination of (Walks + Hits)/Innings Pitched lets you see how effective a pitcher is at keeping the bases clear. 

Then there are the financial implications.  A pitcher traded in the middle of a long term contract has a financial hit on team payroll not just for the remainder of 2026 but also for however many years remain on his deal.  The flip side are pending free agents who are in effect a much more appealing transaction as the payroll hit ends in 2026. 

We could go on and on about looking at batting average against, walks, hits, strikeouts and various other metrics but for our oversimplified consideration here we’re looking at pitchers who won’t cost a fortune in terms of money, who keep runners off base regularly and who keep them from crossing the plate.  One other factor is trend analysis to see how the hurler has performed recently over the past several games rather than unfairly weighing earlier season struggles against one or more metrics compensate how highly you evaluate this pitcher.

As the best of the 29 other GMs make this evaluation, suppose they found a pending free agent earning just $8 million dollars and owning a 3.38 ERA.  Freddy Peralta has to be at or damned close to the number one position on the score sheets of opposing team talent evaluators.  He has number one starter talent and is paid like a back of the rotation arm with no financial hit beyond the final two months of the 2026 season.  That’s a combination of factors that is indeed hard to beat. 

Now Mets fans will be irate if the club goes ahead and deals away one of the few bright lights of this horrific season, but you have to be realistic.  If you can add a top notch prospect or two for a two month rental of a guy who is not going to propel you from the basement to the penthouse, then you certainly have to hear what the incoming offers include.  Bear in mind that by doing nothing you have no guarantee that Peralta will return to the Mets nor at what cost.  Consequently many would say getting something is certainly preferable to getting nothing. 

MACK - Friday Observations - Weekly Update on the Future

 

I started this series tracking 19 minor league players that I felt could someday make a difference as a major league Met... well, I'm removing some of them already because they currently just ain't hacking it. I will put them back if they start turning it around.

They are:

    AA-Binghamton C/1B/LF Chris Suero

    AAA-Syracuse RP/CL Dylan Ross

SP Jack Wenninger/AAA-Syracuse –

On 5-27:               9-ST, 3-2, 2.20, 1.22, 41-IP, 44-K, 24-BB

5-30: another sub-par outing... second in a row: 4-IP, 9-H, 4-ER, BB, 2-K

As of end 6-3 - 10-G, 9-ST, 3-3, 2.80, 1.33, 45-IP, 46-K, 25-BB

IMO - Wenninger is just sorta hanging around, not looking bad, but not dominating either. His last two outings are troubling and it's understandable why the Mets haven't promoted him yet this year.

               

SP Jonah Tong/AAA-Syracuse & MLB-Mets  –

On 5-27:             MLB - 0.2-WAR, 0-0, 0.00

It seems like Tong has found a permanent position with the Mets so I am removing him from this minor league prospect report. You go, Jonah.

And then came Tuesday: 3.1-IP, 5-H, 4-ER, 2-BB, 4-K, HR. His MLB ERA soared.

So... on Wednesday the Mets optioned him back to Syracuse.

As of end 6-3 - 

MLB: 3-APPS, 1-1, 3.60, 1,50, 10-IP, 7-K, 7-BB, 

AAA:  9-ST, 1-3, 5.68, 1.37, 38-IP, 55-K, 24-BB

IMO - the Mets need to leave Tong in Syracuse until he can master his control. Like his buddy McLean, there are just too many pitches out of the zone as well as too many foul balls. His repertoire just ain't blowing people away these days.

 

SP Zach Thornton/AAA-Syracuse & MLB-Mets –

On 5-27:     MLB: -0.1-WAR, 0-1, 8.31

                  AAA/AA:   7-ST, 1-3, 3.16, 1.19, 37-IP, 40-K, 12-BB

Tuesday - 4-IP, 4-H, 2-ER, 4-BB, 4-K

As of end 6-3: AAA: 4-ST, 1-2, 4.87, 1.3720-1-IP, 19-K, 9-BB

IMO - another young starter that needs to be left alone in Syracuse to master his routine.

NEW ADDITION - C Kevin Parada/AAA-Syracuse

Parada was a #1 (11th overall 2022) pick that excited all of us; however, it just hasn't worked. He was hitting .184 at Binghamton when he was surprisingly promoted to Syracuse.  Out of the blue, the bat awakes and Tuesday, the day I added him here, he was hitting .385 for Syracuse.

6-2:  0-2

6-3:  1-3, 3-RBI, double

As of end 6-3:  AAA:  31-AB, 0-HR, 9-RBI, .355/.400/.484/.884

IMO - I gave up on this guy a long time ago and I have no explanation as to why he was promoted to this level, so I'm just going to sit back and observe here. One thing... he seems to have adjusted his swing because the home run swing seems to now be lacking.

RP Ryan Lambert/AAA-Syracuse –

On 5-27:  16-APPS, 1-0, 5.79, 1.57, 14-IP, 23-K, 13-BB 

5-28:  2-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 2-K, 5.06

 6-2:  0.0-IP, 3-H, 2-ER, BB, 6.19

IMO - I don't see any reason to keep tracking him after this horrendous start of a season.

RP Jonathan Pintaro/AAA-Syracuse & MLB-Mets -

On 5-27:  MLB - 0.1-WAR, 0-0, 0.00

               AAA - 2-0, 2.81, 1.13, 15-APPS, 25.2-IP, 32-K, 12-BB  

5-29: rough outing - 1-1P, H, HR, 2-ER, BB, K      

5-31:  1-2-IP, H, ER, O-BB, 4-K

6-3:  1-IP, 0-R, 0-H, 0-BB, 0-K

As of end 6-3:   AAA - 18-APPS, 2-0, 3.38, 1.09, 29.1-IP, 37-K, 13-BB  

IMO - Pintaro has a ton of talent and closer material as well. All he needs to do is eliminate the occasional clunker he throws and he will someday find himself permanently in Queens.      

         

RP Anderson Severino/AAA-Syracuse –

On 5-27:   2-0, 1.37, 1.06, 17-APPS, 19.2-IP, 20-K, 11-BB

5-28:  1-IP, H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-K, 1.31

5-30: for some stupid ass reason, the Mets designated Severino for assignment and replaced by someone with a 6.00+ ERA.

I'm going keep him in this report and, hopefully,  wait out his return after he clears waivers

BTW... who was the numbskull that decided to designate the chain's leader in producing saves?

                

RP Ben Simon/AAA-Syracuse –

On 5-27:  AAA - 1-0, 2.70, 1.80, 3-APPS, 3.1-IP, K, 4-BB

5-29:  1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB  

6-2:  1.1-IP, 2-H, ER; BB

As of end 6-3:  AAA  5-apps, 3.18, 1.59, 5.2-IP, 1-K, 5-BB

IMO - five walks over 5.2 innings pitches is not a great way to start a new assignment. Let's give Ben some time to adjust to the International League.

NEW ADDITION - 2B Ji Hwan Bae/AAA-Syracuse

Bae makes this list after posting  a stat line of .293/.387.400/.787 in 150 at-bats for Syracuse.

5-28:  0-5

5-29:  2-4, BB

5-30:  2-4, BB

5-31:  0-5

6-2:  0-2

6-3:  game 1 - 0-2      game 2 - 1-4, BB

As of end 6-3:   176-AB, 2-HR, 18-RBI, .278/.380/.375/.755

IMO - good numbers from a utility player that might come in handy this season.

OF Nick Morabito/AAA-Syracuse

5/26 - Mets:  -0.3-WAR, 11-AB, 0-H, .000

          Syr:    146-AB, 4-HR, 17-RBI, .253/.364/.390/.755

5-28:  2-5

5-29:  1-6          

5-30:  1-5  

5-31:  2-4, HR (5), 3-RBI  

6-2:  1-4

6-3:   game 1 - 1-4, triple    game 2 - 1-3, BB

As of end 6-3:   AAA - 180-AB, 5-HR, 22-RBI, .256/.363/.400/.763

IMO - a good sign this week was he hit safely in every game this week.

SP Jonathan Santucci/AA-Binghamton –

On 5-27:      9-ST, 0-5, 4.83, 1.36, 41-IP, 53-K, 21-BB

5-31:  Very strong outing - 5-IP, 3-H, 0-R, BB, 5-K

As of end 6-3:   10-ST, 0-5, 4.30, 1.30, 46-IP, 58-K, 22-BB

IMO - Santucci is showing signs of getting his shite together. Let's keep a close look here.

               

RP Saul Garcia/AA-Binghamton –

On 5-27:   18-APPS, 0-1, 4.66, 1.08, 19.1-IP, 30-K, 4-BB

5-29:  1.2-IP, 2-H, 0-R, K    

6-3:  1-IP, 2-H, ER, 2-K, 0-BB

1-IP, 2-H, ER, 2-K

As of the end 6-3:  20-APPS, 0-1, 4.43, 1.21, 22.1-IP, 33-K, 5-BB

IMO - 2026 just hasn't been a dominant year for Saul. Not like 2025. Still, the K/9 is there...

          

3B Jacob Reimer/AA-Binghamton –

On 5-27:    135-AB, 4-HR, 12-RBI, .215/.345/.393/.738

5-28:  2-4. BB, RBI, .223

5-29:  0-4

5-30:  0-4

5-31:  0-3

IMO - I am removing Reimer from this report. He just isn't hacking it at this point.

NEW ADDITION - RP Felipe De La Cruz/AA-Binghamton - 

Cruz joins some of his Bing teammates here after, through last Wednesday created a stat line of 12-APPS, 1.84, 1.15.

5-29: 1.2-IP, 2-H, 0-R, BB, 3-K

As of end 6-3:  14-APPS, 0-0, 1.56, 1.15, 17.1-IP, 23-K, 9-BB

IMO - Cruz is a newbie here which has been brought to my attention my his low ERA and high K/9%. I'm looking forward to following his growth.

               

SP Channing Austin/A+ Brooklyn –

5-27:   AA - no appearances yet

           A+ - 8-ST, 2-1, 1.17, 38.1-IP. 48-K, 22-BB

Also on 5/27, Austin was placed on the IL with an oblique issue.

SP Jose Chirinos/A+ Brooklyn –

On 5-27:    8-G, 6-ST, 2-1, 2.75, 1.11, 36-IP, 39-K, 9-BB

5-28: A-St. Lucie - 6-1P, 3-H, 0-ER, BB, 9-K, 2.36

  On Monday, the Mets promoted Chirinos to A+ Brooklyn 

6-3:  5-IP, 3-H, ER, 3-BB, 4-K

As of end 6-3 - A+ - 1-ST, 0-0, 1.80, 1.20, 5-IP, 4-K, 3-BB

IMO - boy, I hope we have found a good one here...

NEW ADDITION - RP - Bryce Jenkins/A+ Brooklyn - 

Jenkins entered this list after going 0.59-ERA in 12 appearances for a really bad team

I may be the kiss of death here. Jenkins was sailing along on Thursday, going run-less in 2.1 innings. Then, two hits and two walks later he was pulled after giving up 2-ER.

5-31: nice bounce back - 1.1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 2-BB, 2-K

6-3:   1.2-IP, 2-H, 3-ER, BB, 3-K

As of end 6-3 - 15-APPS, 1-2, 2.61, 0.87, 20.2-IP, 22-K, 8-BB

IMO - Jenkins has had a difficult first week in this report, but his low WHIP still warrants his remaining here... for now.

               

OF JT Benson/A+ Brooklyn –

On 5-27:  Brooklyn -    20-AB, 0-HR, 4-RBI, .150/.227/.300/.527

       St. Lucie -   116-AB, 5-HR, 24-RBI, .276/.361/.578/.938

On 5/28, Benson was back in the lineup and went 1-5 with a double

5-29:  2-3, 2-RBI, BB

5-30:  2-4, 3-RBI

5-31:  1-4, 2B

JT began showing signs this week that he will hit at the A+ level like he did in ST. Lucie.

end of 6-3 - A+ - 39-AB, 9-RBI, .256/.310/.385/.694              

IMO - Benson had a great week at this new level. Hard to beat with a 6-16 start at a new level.

SP Nicholas Carreno/A-St. Lucie –

On 5-27:    9-G, 4-ST, 1-0, 1.69, 1.03, 32-IP, 49-K, 16-BB

5-29:  5-2-IP, 0-R, 2-BB, 7-K

end of 6-3:  10-G, 5-ST, 2-0, 1.43, 0.98, 37.2-IP, 56-K, 18-BB

IMO - this might be the K/9 leader in the chain right now and it shouldn't be long for him to head for the Borough of Kings.

NEW ADDITION  - RP Christian Rodriguez/A-St. Lucie - 

Here's another new one. Through last Wednesday, Rodriguez has a Lucy stat line of 14-APPS, 1.78, 0.91.

As of end 6-3 - 15-APPS, 2-1, 1.91, 1.09, 28.1-IP, 33-K, 11-BB

          

1B Randy Guzman/A-St. Lucie –

On 5-27:    150-AB, 8-HR, 26-RBI, 19-BB, 50-K, .260/.362/.493/.855.

5-28:  0-4, 

5-29:  2-5

5-30:  3-5, 2-RBI, HR (9TH)

5-31:  0-5

6-3:  GM1 - 0-2, BB  

         GM2 - 1-2, RBI, BB

As of end 6-3:  173-AB, 9-HR, 29-RBI, .260/.363/.480/.843

IMO - Guzman is holding steady at .260, which ain't a bad thing, but upped his home run total to nine, which is definitely a good thing.

               

SS Elian Pena/A-St. Lucie –

On 5-27:   156-AB, 2-HR, 19-RBI, 29-BB, 36-K, .282/.405/.385/.790

5-29:  2-4, 2-BB, RBI, HR (3)

5-30:  0-5

5-31:  0-4

6-3:  GM1 - 0-2, BB

         GM2 - 1-2, BB, 2-RBI

As of end 6-3:  177-AB, 35-BB, 3-HR, 22-RBI, .282/.410/.395/.806

IMO - Pena is definitely over his stall, and I look for a big week now that June has arrived.

   

C Yovanny Rodriguez/FCL Mets –

On 5-27:   53-AB, 5-HR, 15-RBI, .264/.339/.566/.905

5-29:   2-2

6-1:  0-2

6-3:  1-2, RBI

End of week:

Hitting .500 isn't going to hurt him going forward. ONCE AGAIN... trust me. This is your 2029 Mets starting catcher.

As of end 6-3:  60-AB, 5-HR, 16-RBI, .267/.353/.567/.920

IMO - Rodriguez is also not falling back. Would love to see a few pops out of him this week.

HELIUM ALERT

Bohan Adderley/CF - FCL Mets

  2024 IFA - $350K bonus

Adderley started a little slow this season but he is heating up as we turn to June. Many in the organization think that Bohan may be the best athlete in the system. Tied for second in FCL steals.

John Bay/OF - A+ Brooklyn

Like Adderley, Bay started slow this season, but began showing signs of life last week, especially hitting home runs. Still, if hitting bombs was the reason you make my list then Ryan Clifford would be on it.

On Tuesday, he hit a 110+ mph single.

Davial Hurtado/LHSP - A+ Brooklyn

Hurtado was touted as a prospect from the day the Mets signed him in 2023 as an International free agent. He's now started two games for the Cyclones and pitched 7.2 SCORELESS innings. I'd say that's some helium alert'

Ryan Dollar/RP - A+ Brooklyn

Through Tuesday, Dollar, in four appearances for the Cyclones, has struck out seven and given up only one hit: Undrafted - 6-3/220 RHRP, Univ of Houston, 4-APPS, 0-0, 0.00/1.50, 4.2-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 7-K, 6-BB.