7/5/26
MACK - STRIKE NEWS - UPDATE
Tom Brennan: Remember This When Criticizing Your Pitchers; Martinez Says OH NO!
The Dark Knight, Matt Harvey, ate up pitchers who hit against him
There is one thing to remember when you’re criticizing Mets pitchers in 2026:
They are pitching to a DH. In every single game.
And that was a real factor as to why some guys, like a Jake deGrom, did as well as they did, pre-DH.
When Jake won his two Cy Young’s, he got to face pitchers at least a few times a game typically. And those pitchers hitting against Jake were about as automatic an out as you can possibly imagine.
Why imagine it? I looked it up.
In Jake deGrom‘s two Cy Young years, pitchers facing him in the batter’s box had just seven hits in 96 at bats, with one walk and 68 strikeouts.
Chewed up. Spit out.
Regular hitters in those 2 Cy Young years, meanwhile, hit .210 against him.
Matt Harvey in his dominant 2013 season?
Pitchers went 4 for 46, no walks, 24 Ks.
So, it is very clear that pitching against pitchers helped Jake and Matt, and others, further suppress opposing teams’ offense.
If, say, a David Peterson in 2026 got to pitch against pitchers like Jake did back in 2018 in 2019, maybe Peterson would’ve done much better this year as a Met.
Something to chew on.
Cut your pitchers some slack. Not much, but some.
Not to second-guess our friend Ray Savage, but in February, he estimated this level of team offense:
PROJECTED 2026 | |||
Name | BA | HRS | RBI |
Lindor | 0.262 | 24 | 82 |
Soto | 0.280 | 40 | 106 |
Bichette | 0.310 | 26 | 110 |
Polanco | 0.265 | 26 | 84 |
Alvarez | 0.260 | 32 | 80 |
Robert | 0.240 | 22 | 76 |
Baty | 0.275 | 28 | 75 |
Vientos / Benge | 0.250 | 28 | 95 |
Semien | 0.238 | 16 | 52 |
Others | 0.220 | 6 | 35 |
248 | 795 | ||
Gaudy.
I replied at the time, “I think some of the starters, other than Soto and Lindor and Bo, will be getting time off, so I think your “others” category is low and some of those listed are too high. It would be great if they scored 800 runs as a team though. That would definitely have us in the running for the playoffs.” So, I still thought high offense was possible, but more spread out, due to my anticipating there would be increased hitter IL time.
We both were clearly drinking from the same psychedelic brew at that time.
Next year, whatever level of Mets runs I estimate for the season myself, I will knock it down 100 runs, called “the Queens Reality Factor.”
After all, Steve Cohen most likely won’t do the sensible thing and move the fences in. So, they will flounder at the dish again.
Heck, next year, forget the 100 run haircut… I will simply see how many runs the bottom 3 teams scored in 2026, and use the average of those three teams as my 2027 estimate.
After all, who’s kidding who? Won’t get fooled again.
JD MARTINEZ SAYS IT SIMPLY…
JD Martinez:
"You talk about the toughest job, manager of the New York Mets is the toughest job in baseball right now.”
We have the second toughest job…rooting for these chronic under performers.
Me? I just resigned. I’m gonna kick back with Martinez and chill.
Tom Brennan: 1) Does Mets Minors System Contain Next AJ Ewing? 2) Mets Scoring.
Mitch Voit (as a Collegian)
I have so often thrashed and bashed the Mets drafting.
Too often poor, with frankly lots of dumb choices.
They may really be starting to get me ready to change my tune, though.
Carson Benge and AJ Ewing both have been terrific recent draft choices.
Carson struggled over the first 3 weeks from opening day, but has been great since.
Ewing was called up on May 12, after tearing up the minors, and he has been terrific since arriving.
But the Mets so rarely connect on solid offensive draft choices.
Can they do it again?
I think the answer is yes.
I think the latest YES answer is Mitch Voit.
Through June 29, as I’m writing this, Voit has played 80 minor league games, and stolen 46 out of 51 bases. WOW.
Very much like AJ Ewing in that regard
He has played almost entirely at second base and shortstop
He has been terrific defensively at both positions.
Nothing like the fielding foibles of Vientos and Mauricio, who stunk at fielding early in their minors days, and never really seemed to get the knack for becoming at least average fielders.
Based on the low level of errors this year by Voit, I think he might end up being a Gold Glove level infielder. Nice!
But, can he hit? The answer certainly seems to be…yes!
In June, through June 30, his slash line is .310/.440/.460.
A .460 slug % in Brooklyn? Golden.
And the thing that I love? In June, through June 29, he had fanned just 11 times in over 90 plate appearances. That is an absolutely terrific ratio.
Despite only having played 80 pro games through June 29, I see no reason at this point why he cannot be in the Mets lineup by May 12, 2027. Which will then be the one year anniversary of AJ Ewing‘s debut.
All he has to do is stay healthy, play every game, and hopefully get assigned to the Arizona Fall League. I think he certainly deserves to be promoted to AA immediately after the All-Star break.
I hope they move Mitch up as quickly as they did Carson and AJ Ewing. To have three exciting young fast players in the Mets lineup would be a real thrill.
Mitch does not turn 22 until the end of September. He is listed at 6’0”, 200, so he has great middle infield baseball player size.
Keep up the great work, Mitch.
I think the fans are going to love you as much as they love Carson and AJ Ewing.
METS’ TEAM SCORING QUESTION
Yes or no? Are the Mets last in runs scored per game?
The answer:
Yes.
Through Friday:
They are 28th in numerical scoring, but had played one and two games more than the teams immediately trailing them.
On a runs per game basis, the Mets are in a 3 way virtual tie for last place.
Remember that when reading my other article today about Mets pitching.
The Braves meanwhile are 10th in scoring.
I wonder, if you took all the Mets hitters and traded them wholesale in February to Atlanta, a more positive city to play with better pitching, if the Mets-turned-Braves hitters would relax, smile, and be 10th in scoring rather than tied for last?
Is it something about the Flushing swamp that induces failure?
I ask this SERIOUSLY.
BUT they are working on consistency.
In each of the last 2 games, a) 3 runs, b) 10 hits, and c) lost ballgames.
7/4/26
Tom Brennan - Can We Please Move, Daddy?
Every single year it’s the same thing
I looked at the leaders in the AL Central and the AL West. Their combined average record, for two teams that are in first place, is a lousy 45–42.
This is not a long article.
I simply want the Mets move the heck out of the NL East.
I DO NOT CARE AT ALL ABOUT GEOGRAPHY.
I simply want the Mets moved to the AL Central for the AL West, where it is easy to win a division.
Right now, with players returning to the Mets, presumably healthy, if the Mets were in either of those divisions, they could easily take a run at the division title.
There is zero chance of that happening in the NL East, this year, or quite frankly, in any other year.
“ Can we please move, daddy? PLEASE!”
Please don’t treat this article as a joke. If the Mets have been in either of those two AL divisions for the past 25 years, how many division titles would they have won? I think several. HOW HAPPY WOULD YOU HAVE BEEN IF THAT HAVE BEEN THE CASE?
I also want you to think about the team that the Mets had at the end of this year.
If the Mets were in the AL Central or the AL West, would they have passed on signing Pete? Would they have traded Brandon? I think this is a very significant chance they would have signed Pete and not dealt away Brandon, because they would’ve felt that they had more than enough enough juice to win those divisions with those two players.
So the ramifications of the division you are assigned to are extraordinarily significant.
Again, I do not care about geography. I want the Mets move to an easier division. Period.
This also applies to teams that are in the Dodgers NL West division. If I were them, I’d be pleading, begging to be switched into another division.
And for those teams in the NL West, simply being switched into the AL West would be a dream come true. Simply put, baseball should adopt the concept of rotating teams between divisions based on some kind win loss record factor.
WEIRD DSL STATS OF THE DAY
SOOOO many walks in the DSL, although I am guessing that as the more competent pitchers there get stretched out, the wildest ones won’t be used much, or will be cut.
That said, I decided to look at the guy with the highest OBP in the entire DSL.
Before I provide a name and stats, I have no idea if he will really be any good. His name?
Eliomar Garces, a non-Met, has an insane .615 OBP.
In 23 games, he is hitting .339. OK.
But he also walked an incredible 37 times, vs. just 6 Ks.
And he was HBP 6 times.
So, in just 23 games, he walked, or was HBP, 43 times.
There you go. Weird. In a good way, of course, for Senor Garces.
Apparently, he was signed with the Rays for $1.6 million, so he is most likely going to be superb, knowing the Rays.
Also, in Friday’s DSL Mets Blue game, they lost 13-12, but the two teams had 27 hits, 17 walks, and 4 HBPs. Nothing like getting on base 48 times.
For the Mets’ Blue team, a player named John Sanchez was on base 5 times, while his teammate, named Jonn Sanchez, was on base 4 times.
So, I guess if you said it phonetically, Jon Sanchez got on base 9 times.
And that, phonetically speaking, is downright amazing.
Ernest Dove reports on the Mets farm system
Ernest Dove gives us some good news (how badly to we need that?) about the Mets farm system. Enjoy his latest discussion on the prospects here.
As always, if you want to stay current on Mets prospects, read about them at Mack's Mets or hear about them on the Dove Report.
Enjoy it, fans!
Reese Kaplan -- Is Steve Cohen Hinting Stearns' Departure After All?
On this 4th of July holiday the Mets can proudly display the team that David Stearns built, owning last place all by themselves and facing a ghastly 36-51 record, a full 15 games under .500 and in the standings 15.5 games behind their current opponent, the Atlanta Braves.
Now everyone jumped all over the announcement earlier this week when it was spun that owner Steve Cohen endorsed and reinforced his belief in the job David Stearns has been doing. The Mets desperately needed some positive headlines so that was an understandable interpretation.
Cohen’s first comment regarding the Stearns methodology was observant and critical but not unfair. He said, “Settling for less-talented players while weighing concerns about committing too many years has led to a lot of wasted payroll space for the Mets, so perhaps more targeted strikes for elite players can avoid these issues from happening in the future.”
However, as Steve Cohen went on a podcast to address the Mets season and how everything has unfolded, he sounded far more like a beleaguered fan frustrated by the poor decisions made and the money spent on players who have not contributed. At one point he admitted, “It's horrendous. No sugar coating it. This is not anything close to what I expected. It's really disappointing. Wildly disappointing.”
If I’m David Stearns then I am not taking out any long term leases in New York. It definitely sounds as if Cohen has heard and agrees with the sentiments of the fans who are fed up living off year one of the three years of Stearns in charge. The 2025 season was a major downturn as the club did finish over .500 but out of the October picture. Then came 2026 with free agent departures and oddball trades while nearly everything that can go wrong has gone wrong while nothing has been done to take corrective measures.
To be fair, no one is going to be 100% correct on every decision they make but being close to 100% wrong is just as unlikely yet it has happened even before the current season began. Part of how you evaluate an executive is by plan design, implementation and correction. Thus far Stearns in 2026 is having an 0-for-3.
Again, no one is blaming him for on the field injuries but it is fair to question what has been done while the wheels fell off. Thus far the only actions taken have been the promotion of 30 year old minor leaguers into starting roles and then making excuses for the losing record that resulted from this approach. Real leaders make new plans when the old one is clearly not working and the person paying his salary needs to hold him accountable just as he scapegoated Carlos Mendoza for not winning with a AAAA roster.
If the Mets stick by David Stearns then we need to see how he will change in the future to reflect positive actions. If not, there are any number of other baseball executives available who would gladly take Steve Cohen’s money to replace him.
7/3/26
Tom Brennan: Succinct Thoughts on Mets Pitching; Perfect Blood Pressure; Ducks Delight
The Mets Pitching Is Not Making The Kid In Me Very Happy, But…
My Succinct Thoughts On NY Mets Pitching?
Simply this:
I mostly stay away from criticizing Mets pitchers
That’s because, if the grossly underperforming 5 traitorous Queens Mets hitters who went a putrid, punchless 40 for 257 (.155) in June (Vientos, Baty, Semien, Melendez, and Mauricio) actually realized at some point that hitters are supposed to hit, and produce run-generating offense, Mets pitchers wouldn’t feel like they have to be perfect.
That said, Freddy P did suck on Wednesday, again, and (no surprise) Mets team hitting sucked, again.
Another day, another loss. Easy, like breathing.
29-47 (.381) in their last 76 games thru WED.
Meanwhile…
The recently horrendous 121 loss Chicago White Sox are 45-40 this year.
Despite Munetaka Murakami, the guy the Mets and Stearns didn’t want for first base but hit an insane 20 HRs in his first 200 at bats, missing the last 5 weeks due to injury.
They lose a big bat like that, and survive. The Mets lose a bat and DIVE.
The Sox’s top 3 sluggers have 60 HRs in 222 combined games.
SIXTY!
For perspective? That is a somewhat higher HR per game pace than Pete Alonso, the great former Mets slugger, has produced in his career.
Meanwhile, Brett Baty, beloved by David Stearns?
A rip-roaring 3 HRs in 83 games.
That works out to 8 HRs in 222 games.
Steve Cohen must love that Stearns talent evaluation as much as we do.
The White Sox have 20 more HRs and scored 65 more runs than the Mets.
If the Mets pitchers had that additional 20 and 65 behind them, would they pitch better? I think so.
It is called BREATHING ROOM.
The Mets’ ERA is 13th best in baseball (4th lowest for the bullpen) , so, if they had average hitting, they should be roughly 45-40, like the White Sox.
OK, that’s my pitch. Time for you, the reader, to swing away.
“YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE IS PERFECT”
I read that a doctor said:
“We know that getting the blood pressure to 120/80 is ideal”.
It may be ideal - for blood pressure…but not for hitter strikeout ratios.
For that, I’d prefer 80/120.
Ryan Clifford’s strikeout ratio is 120/80. 120 Ks in 80 games.
Putting him at risk for a major career “heart attack.”
“Well, if he is hitting well, does it really matter?”
You have a point, “IF” he is hitting well. But he is hitting .190.
In June and July, 9 for 89, 42 Ks in 25 games.
“Oh, a player’s career is not a straight line correction.”
Trey to an extent, but when his 9 for 89 stretch started, he already had nearly 2,000 minor league plate appearances.
Cutting the K rate by 1/3 could be the beginnings of a resumption of upward progression. Easier said than done.
Progression begins with more aggression on strike 0 and strike 1.
Progression continues on choking up and protecting the plate on two strikes.
DUCKS DELIGHT
No, I didn’t run out for Chinese take out last night.
A friend of ours gave us two free tickets to the Long Island Ducks game in Central Islip. We got there a little late, after visiting a good friend in the hospital. The game itself was uneventful, but I was really surprised at the size of the crowd.
They put on a great show.
That made me think, if the Mets ever moved one of the Mets minor league teams to that park, I would be going to so many games. It is close to where I live, and it was lively and fun.
I did notice that the field dimensions were 325 down the line and 400 to dead center. Boy, did I like that too.
Steve Cohen needs those exact dimensions at Citi Funk Field.
For one night, baseball was fun again.
Brett Baty and Ryan Clifford? They would make great LI Ducks.
Reese Kaplan -- Is It a Pat On the Back Or a Push Towards the Exit?
Pick whatever analogy best floats your boat, but the recent public declaration of support for embattled POBO David Stearns by team owner Steve Cohen has the earmarks of other similar endorsements made prior to other sports team upheavals taking place. Even here Stearns heartily endorsed Carlos Mendoza before dropping the ax.
Yes, it is certainly expected that publicly Cohen would put on his loyalty face and underscore his faith in what Stearns has been doing to improve the team but privately you do have to wonder what’s really going through his head?
What were the issues he though Stearns would address upon becoming a part of his Mets family? Well, the obvious one is building a contending team which after the 2024 brief trial at October baseball has been a lot more about losing than it has about winning. Now everyone knows that there are no magic spells you can cast over a misfit team to convert them overnight into a perennial favorite for the division title and the distant dream of a World Series. Still, the moves that have been made that did not work are too numerous to cite here without making you risk losing your breakfast.
Of course, there is a lot more to the Mets world than simply what happens on the field at Citifield or wherever they are visiting. The minor league system was filled with a passel of mostly borderline players that did not look as if they would ensure a future helping the big club win ballgames. In this regard Stearns has been a bit better by improving the laboratories for specific training and rehabilitation, improved drafting and hanging onto prospect capital until it becomes necessary to let someone go in order to bring in new blood at the big league level.
Then there is the matter of payroll. We have all lived through the pre-Wilpon and Wilpon eras when it became clear the club was not willing to pay what it took to keep the best players happy and to entice the top free agents to consider signing on with the Mets. Then things changed after Steve Cohen took over and spending was all of the sudden no longer the huge red flag it had been in the past.
Unfortunately, other than the stunning contract handed out to Juan Soto (who is easily the most productive bat on the team) the rest of the payroll burdens brought on by David Stearns have not been nearly as impactful. Sure, there have been some solid entries here like A.J. Minter, Luke Weaver and Brooks Raley in the bullpen and Clay Holmes pre injury, but then there have been others like Devin Williams who have not posted the kind of numbers expected. In the starting pitching it’s been pretty much a disaster between Sean Manaea, since departed David Peterson, Freddy Peralta, Frankie Montas and inherited starter Kodai Senga there has been a whole lot more bad than good.
For the team’s history the Mets have still not found a respectable designated hitter who could contend for an All Star Game selection. The infielders other than inherited Francisco Lindor have been pretty much embarrassing. Letting Pete Alonso walk away without a plan other than the fantasy baseball position shifting of the walking wounded Jorge Polanco suggests that much work is needed here, too.
Then there is the outfield which is only serviceable due to a long term injury to overpaid IL regular Luis Robert and A.J. Ewing not falling on his face as many others have done in the recent past. Carson Benge looks like a keeper and left fielder Juan Soto looks like a great future DH or first baseman as his defensive acumen out there in left field is causing some folks to have Todd Hundley flashbacks.
Now you can’t blame Stearns for the on-the-field injuries such as Holmes’ leg fracture but you can hold him accountable for signing players with long histories of not playing regularly. You also can question why he’s done nothing other than the take-a-flyer trade of Peterson for a single A first baseman to address the hitting. He’s done nothing at all to address the pitching. Isn’t fixing the won-loss record a large part of his job? Maybe I am crazy for thinking that it is...
MACK - Friday Observation - Weekly Prospect Update
IF Trey Synder/A-St.
Lucie
C Kevin Parada/AAA-Syracuse
None
SP Jack Wenninger/AAA-Syracuse
–
As of end 6-10 - 11-G,
10-ST, 3-4, 2.68,
1.33, 50.1-IP, 49-K, 28-BB
As of end 6-17 – 13-G,
11-ST, 3-5, 3.34,
1.38, 59.1-IP. 33-BB, 60-K
As of end 6-24 – 14-G,
12-ST, 3-5, 3.71,
1.43, 63-IP,36-BB, 64-K
As of end 7/1 – 15-G, 12-ST,
3-5, 3.84,
1.43, 68-IP, 39-K, 68-K – frankly, Wenninger keeps slowly going in the wrong
direction. It really would be nice to see a turnaround this week…
SP Zach Thornton/AAA-Syracuse
& MLB-Mets –
As of end 6-10: AAA: 5-G, 4-ST, 1-2, 3.91,
1.26, 25.1-IP, 24-K, 11-BB
As of end 6-17 – AAA: 6-G, 5-ST, 1-2, 3.81,
1.38, 26-IP, 13-BB, 25-K
As of end 6-24 – 7-G, 6-ST, 4.80,
1.50, 30-IP, 14-BB, 29-K
On 6-25, Thornton was called
back to Queens to pitch the next day, in place of the traded David Peterson.
6-25/MLB: 6-IP, 5-H, 1-R, BB, 7-K – nice. You would
think, now that Peterson has been traded and Senga has been banished to the
pen, that an outing like this will create an invite, but we’ll see…
7—1 – 5.2-IP, 3-H, 2-ER,
4-BB, 4-K – why this guy is back in the minors makes no sense to me
As of end 7/1 – 8-G, 7-ST,
1-3, 4.54,
1.46, 35.2-IP, 18-BB, 33-K – strange… killer MLB start this past week, but AAA
stats much worse than Wenninger. Another starter that needs a great AAA start
this week.
SP Jonah Tong/AAA-Syracuse
– For some reason, some people around here think this guy is a prospect, so, by
popular demand, he’s baaaaaaaak…
As of 6-24 – 12-ST, 1-5, 6.30,
1.62, 50-IP, 32-BB, 68-K
6-25 – 6-IP, 4-H, 2-R, 2-BB,
3-K – better. Build on this and you could be seeing the return of the future
fifth starter.
As of 7/1 – 13-ST, 1-5, 5.95,
1.55, 56-IP, 34-BB, 71-K – ya know, I’m really starting to take him off my
long-range plans board…
RP Jonathan Pintaro/AAA-Syracuse
only -
As of end 6-10 - AAA -
19-APPS, 2-0, 3.16,
1.05, 31.1-IP, 38-K, 13-BB
As of end 6-17 – AAA – same
as 6-10
As of end 6-24 – 20-APPS,
20-APPS, 2-0, 3.63, 1.15, 34.2-IP, 14-BB, 41-K
As of end 7/1 – AAA – same
MLB – 5-G, 0-ST, 0-0, 5.11, 0.73,
12.1-IP, 3-BB, 12-K – Pintaro is currently being used as a fill-in reliever in
Queens and you rarely will see this kind of ERA/WHIP swing.
RP Ben Simon/AAA-Syracuse
–
As of end 6-10: AAA - 7-APPS, 1-1, 2.16, 1.20,
8.1-IP, 6-BB, 4-K
As of end 6-17 – 9-APPS,
1-2, 2.38, 1.23,
11.1-IP, 7-BB, 7-K
As of end 6-24 – 11-APPS, 2.57,
1.14, 7-BB, 8-K
6-25 – 1.1-IP, 2-H, O-R
7-1 – 1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, BB, K
As of end 7/1 – 13-APPS,
2-2, 2.20,
1.16, 16.1-IP, 8-BB, 9-K – simply a guy that puts his nose to the grindstone. So far this season, 27 appearances in AA/AAA.
RP Dan Hammer/AAA-Syracuse
– Hammer has quietly produced a great AAA stat line. Through 6-18, the 28/year
old is 11-APPS, 2.13 A\after 10-apps, 2.77 in Binghamton.
As of 6-24 – AAA: 13-APPS,
0-1, 2.25,
1.56, 16-IP, 13-BB, 18-K
6-24 – 1-IP, 1-H, 0-ER, BB,
2-K
6-27 – 1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, K
7-1 – 0.2-IP, 1-H, 0-R, BB
As of end 7/1 – 16-APPS,
1-ST, 0-1, 1.93,
1.55, 18.2-IP, 15-BB, 21-K – Hammer is sort of becoming a real deal…
C Kevin Parada/AAA-Syracuse
As of end 6-3: AAA:
31-AB, 0-HR, 9-RBI, .355/.400/.484/.884
As of end 6-10 - AAA: 38-AB, 1-HR, 10-RBI, 10-K, .342/.381/.526/.907
As of end 6-17 – 50-AB,
1-HR, 10-RBI, .320/.397/.460/.857
As of end 6-24 – AAA: 66-AB,
1-HR, 12-RBI, .318/.387/.455/.841
6-24 – 0-3
6-26 – 1-4
7-1 – Parada was reassigned
to AA-Binghamton. A demotion like this makes me take him off this active
prospect list;
2B Ji Hwan Bae/AAA-Syracuse
As of end 6-10: 192-AB, 3-HR, 19-RBI, .297/.400/.406/.806
As of end 6-17: 212-AB, 3-HR, 21-RBI, 31-BB, .283/.383/.396/.779
As of end 6-24 – 227-AB,
4-HR, 35-RBI, 35-BB, .278/.381.410/.790
6-24 – 0-4
6-25 – 1-5, RBI, 2B (12)
6-26 – 2-4, 2-R, BB, 3B (3)
6-27 – 0-3, R
7-1 – 2-5, R, 2B (13)
As of end 7/1 – 248-AB,
5-HR, 26-RBI, 37-BB, .274/.375/.411/.786 – your perfect AAAA infielder
waiting for his phone to ring.
SS/3B/2B Yonny Hernandez/AAA-Syracuse
–
As of end 6-24 – 178-AB,
2-HR, 20-RBI, .287/.381/.360/.741
6-24 – 0-4, R
6-25 – 4-5, RBI, 2B (8)
6-26 – 3-4, R, 3-RBI, 2-2B
(10)
6-27 – 2-4, R, RBI
6-30 – 0-1
7-1 – 1-3
As of end 7/1 – 199-AB,
2-HR, 25-RBI, .307/.390/.387/.777
– Yonny is becoming more relevant each week…
OF Nick Morabito/AAA-Syracuse
As of end 6-10: 199-AB, 5-HR, 22-RBI, .246/.352/.382/.734
As of end 6-17 – 219-AB,
5-HR, 25-RBI, 31-BB, .251/.360/.379/.736
As of end 6-24 – 243-AB,
8-HR, 28-RBI, 34-BB, 26-SB, .263/.368/.416/.784
6-24 – 2-3, BB, 2B (10)
6-26 – 1-5
6-27 -1-5, RBI, 2B (11)
6-30 – 3-5, 2B (12) – Nick
is having quite the week
7-1 – 1-5, 2-RBI
As of end 7/1 – 266-AB,
8-HR, 31-RBI, .271/.369/.421/.790
– this was a good week for Morabito. A couple more like this should cement a trade
deadline callup.
SP Jonathan Santucci/AA-Binghamton
–
As of end 6-10 - 11-ST, 1-5,
3.93,
1.23, 52.2-IP, 24-BB, 63-K
As of end 6-17 – 12-ST, 1-5,
4.13,
1.31, 56.2-IP, 29-BB, 68-K
As of end 6-24 – 14-ST, 2-5, 3.95,
1.33, 66-IP, 34-BB, 80-K
6-30 – 2IP, 0-H, 0-R, 2-K – I hope nothing happened to
Santucci…
As of end 7/1 – 15-ST, 2-5, 3.84,
1.31, 68-IP, 33-BB, 83-K – excellent K/9 ratio
RP Felipe De La Cruz/AA -
Binghamton -
As of end 6-10: AA -
16-APPS, 0-0, 1.37, 1.12, 19.2-IP, 11-BB,
26-K
As of end 6-17: AA -
-APPS, 0-1, 2.11, 1.31, 21.1-IP, 12-BB, 29-K
As of end 6-24 – Combined AA/AAA – 20-APPS, 0-1, 2.45, 1.31, 25.2-IP, 35-K
On Tuesday, 6-30, De La Cruz was reassigned to AA-Binghamton.
6-30 – 2-IP, 0-H, 0-R,
4-K – back at home in the Eastern League
As of end 7/1 – AA – 19-APPS, 1-1, 1.93, 1.24, 23.1-IP,
12-BB, 33-K – he really should be in Syracuse.
RP Saul Garcia/AA-Binghamton
–
As of end 6-10: 21-APPS, 4.24, 1.24, 23.1-IP, 34-K,
7-BB
As of end 6-17: 24-APPS, 0-1, 3.67, 1.22, 27-IP, 9-BB, 39-K
As of end 6-24 – 25-APPS, 0-1, 3.86,
1.25, 28-IP, 10-BB, 40-K
6-24 – 0.1-IP, 0-H, 0-R
6-26 – 2-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 4-K –
been quite a while since Garcia threw out a clunker. (through 6/26, Garcia has
a career-best 7.9% walk rate and is second in the Eastern League with 27
appearances).
6-30 – 1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 2-K
As of end 7/1 – 28-APPS,
0-1, 3.45, 1.12, 31.1-IP, 10-BB, 46-K – check two things here… one, the steady
weekly declining of the ERA, and two, the K/IP ratio,
SP Jose Chirinos/A+
Brooklyn –
As of end 6-10 - A+: 2-ST, 0-1, 3.27, 1.18, 11-IP, 6-BB, 14-K
As of end 6-17 – A+ - 3-ST,
1-1, 2.81,
1.31, 16-IP, 8-BB, 20-K
As of end 6-24 – 4-ST, 1-2, 3.86,
1.47, 21-IP, 9-BB, 23-K
6-25 – 5-IP, 5-H, 5-ER,
2-BB, 5-K
As of end 7/1 – 5-ST, 1-2, 4.85,
1.46, 26-IP, 11-BB, 28-K – still hasn’t adjusted to this level.
SP Nicholas Carreno/A+
Brooklyn –
St. Lucie -
as of end 6-10: 11-G, 6-ST, 2-1, 1.94, 1.05, 41.2-IP, 21-BB,
58-K
as of end 6-17 –
A-St. Lucie:
2-1, 1.94,
1.06
A+ Brooklyn:
0-1, 5.40,
1.50
Combined A/A+: 2-2, 2.61, 1.14
As of end 6-24 – AAA: 3-ST,
0-1, 7.71,
1.64, 14-IP, 9-BB, 15-K
6-27 – 4-IP, 2-H, 0-R, 4-BB, K
As of end 7/1 – 4-ST, 0-1, 6.00,
1.61, 18-IP, 13-BB, 16-K – starting to adjust
SP David Hurtado/A+
Brooklyn -
As of end 6-10 - A+ - 3-ST,
1-0, 0.69,
0.46, 3-IP, 2-BB, 11-K
As of end 6-17 – A+ - 4-ST,
2-0, 0.50. 0.44,
18-IP, 3-BB, 13-K
As of end 6-24 – 6-ST, 3-1, 1.91, 0.60,
28.1-IP, 4-BB, 24-K
6-30 – 6-IP, 1-H, 0-R, BB,
8-K – boy, this guy just continues to impress!
As of end 7/1 – 7-ST, 4-1,
1.57, 0.55, 34.1-IP, 5-BB, 32-K – Had a 27.4% K rate to a 4.2% walk rate in
June.
SP Dakota Hawkins/A+
Brooklyn – not sure Hawk is a starter now, though he did start on Sunday,
tossing 3.2 scoreless innings, giving up only two hits, walking one and
striking out two. The important thing is he has now lowered his seasonal ERA to
2.08, far below the minimal 2.99 needed to make this report. Welcome Hawk.
As of end 6-24 – 14-G, 4-ST,
1-0, 2.08, 1,00, 26-IP, 6-BB, 26-K
6-26 – 5-IP, 4-H, 0-R, K –
“Hawk” is really turning into a productive starter.
As of end 7/1 –
7-ST, 4-1, 1.57, 0.55,
34.1-IP, 5-BB, 32-K – boy, I hope he can do this in NY State
SP Channing Austin/A+
Brooklyn –
A+ - 8-ST, 2-1, 1.17,
38.1-IP. 48-K, 22-BB
5/27 - Austin was placed on
the IL with an oblique issue.
6-25 - reinstated
RP - Bryce Jenkins/A+
Brooklyn
As of end 6-10 - 16-APPS,
1-2, 2.49,
0.83, 21.2-IP, 8-BB, 23-K
As of end 6-17 – 18-APPS,
1-2, 2.66, 0.84, 23.2-IP, 9-BB, 25-K
As of end 6-24 – 20-APPS,
1-2, 2.49, 0.87,
25.1-IP, 10-BB, 27-K
6-24 – 1.2-IP, 0-H, 0-R,
2-BB, 3-K
6-27 – 1-IP, 1-H, 0-R, K
As of 7/1 – 22-APPS, 2-2,
2.25, 0.89, 28-IP, 12-BB, 31-K – Jenkins is starting to project as a future
mid-pen workhorse.
RP Juan Arnaud/A+
Brooklyn – The 22/yr. old righthander is quietly doing a good job this season.
As of end 6-24 – 23-APPS, 2-1, 2.66,
1.43, 23.2-IP, 14-BB, 35-K
1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 2-K
6-27 – 1-IP, 1-H, 1-ER, 2-K
As of 7/1 – 25-APPS, 2-1, 2.81,
1.36, 25.2-IP, 14-BB, 39-K – love the k/9 ratio
RP Hunter Hodges/A+
Brooklyn - made this list after going 1.0-IP, 1-H, 1-ER, 1-BB. Yeah, I know.
Not that impressive, but he should have been on the list earlier due to his
2026 accomplishments.
early Cyclones stat line: 22-G, 0-2, 2.63,
1.17, 27-1-IP, 39-K.
6-24 – 0.1-IP, 0-H, 0-R
6-27 – 1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 3-BB, 2-K
As of 7/1 – 24-APPS, 0-2, 2.51, 1.22, 28.2-IP, 28-BB, 55-K –
that’s a whole lot of strikeouts for the new kid on the block…
OF JT Benson/A+
Brooklyn –
As of end 6-10 - A+ - 53-AB,
1-HR, 11-RBI, .264/.371/.472/.843
As of end 6-17 - A+ - 66-AB,
2-HR, 15-RBI, .258/.380/.485/.865
As of end 6-24 – 92-AB,
4-HR, 19-RBI, .283/.371/.565/.937
6-24 – 0-4, BB
6-30 – 0-3
7-1 – 2-5, 2-R
As of end 7/1 – 107-AB,
5-HR, 23-RBI, .280/.374/.551/.925
– In June, JT led the Mets minor league teams in just about every offensive
category.
RHSP Emilio Obispo/St.
Lucie –
As of end 6-10 – 7-G, 4-ST,
2-1, 1.93,
1.07, 23-1-IP, 6-BB, 27-K
As of end 6-17 – 9-G, 6-ST,
3-1, 1.67, 1.17,
32.1-IP, 10-BB, 38-K
As of end 6-24 – 10-G, 7-ST,
3-1, 1.49,
1.26, 36-1-IP, 15-BB, 41-K
6-30 – 5-IP, 5-H, 4-ER,
2-BB, 3-K (2.18) – everybody has a clunker and, hopefully, this is Emilio’s one
and done.
As of end 7/1 -
RP – Zack Mack/St. Lucie -
As the end 6-24 – 13-APPS,
2-0, 1.89,
1.21, 19-IP, 7-BB, 24-K
6-25 – 1-IP, 3-H, 0-R
As of end 7/1 – 11-G, 8-ST,
3-2, 3.48, 1.28, 41.1-IP, 17-BB, 44-K – hoping the last outing is a “one and
done”.
1B Randy Guzman/A-St.
Lucie –
As of end 6-3: 173-AB, 9-HR, 29-RBI, .260/.363/.480/.843
As of end 6-10: 210-AB, 9-HR, 29-RBI,
.257/.357/.469/.826
6-10 – on IL-7
2B/3B/SS Trey Synder/A-St. Lucie –
As of end 6-17 – 40-AB,
7-RBI, .300/.364/.425/.789
As of end 6-24 – 59-AB, 0-HR,
7-RBI, .271/.328/.356/.684
6-24 – 0-4, RBI
6-25 – 0-4, BB
6-30 – 0-4
7-1 – 1-4
As of 7/1 – 80-AB, 0-HR,
10-RBI, .225/.279/.288/.567 – dropping Trey from the report.
SS Elian Pena/A-St.
Lucie –
As of end 6-10: 199-AB, 3-HR, 22-RBI, .271/.404/.377/.781
As of end 6-17 – 220-AB,
3-HR, 23-RBI, 42-BB, .264/.393/.364/.756
As of end 6-24 – 234-AB,
3-HR, 25-RBI, .261/.397/.355/.751
6-24 – 0-0, BB
6-25 – 2-3, RBI, 2-BB
6-30 – 0-4
As of end 7/1 – 241-AB,
3-HR, 26-RBI, 36-BB, .261/.400/.353/.753 – still hanging around
waiting to explode. Maybe now that Wandy Asigen is playing can get
Elian going.
OF Yohairo Cuevas/A-St.
Lucie –
As of end 6-17 – A – 78-AB,
2-HR, 11-RBI, .308/.466/.551/1.017
As of end 6--24 – IL
As of end 7/1 – still on IL
C Yovanny Rodriguez/FCL –
As of end 6-10: 74-AB, 5-HR, 18-RBI, .297/.402/.541/.943
As of end 6-17 – 89-AB,
5-HR, 21-RBI, 30-K, .281/.387/.483/.870
As of end 6-24 – 102-AB,
5-HR, 26-RBI, .284/.380/.480/.861
6-26 – 1-2, R, 2-BB
6-28 – 0-1, BB
As of end 7/1 – 108-AB,
5-HR, 26-RBI, .278/.394/.463/.857 – very limited play this week.
SS Vladi Gomez/FCL
As of end 6-10 - FCL -
47-AB, 1-HR, 8-RBI, .340/.500/.532/1.032
As of end 6-17 – 58-AB,
1-HR, 9-RBI, .345/.486/.517/1.004
As of end 6-24 – FCL –
70-AB, 1-HR, 11-RBI, 19-SB, .371/.483/.514/.997
6-25 – 1-3
6-26 – 0-3
6-28 – 1-2, 2-R – ya know,
I’m starting to get quite impressed with this guy…
7-1 – 1-3, R
As of end 7/1 – 84-AB, 1-HR,
13-RBI, .357/.466/.488/.954 – no one talks about this guy when they discuss
Mets prospect shortstops… maybe they should start.
3B Roybert Herrera/FCL
–
As of end 6/17 – 35-AB,
5-BB, 1-HR, 7-RBI, .371/.476/.514/.990
As of end 6-24 – 46-AB,
1-HR, 7-RBI, .304/.429/.413/.842
6-26 – 1-4, R, RBI
6-28 – 0-2
7-1 – 0-2
As of end 7/1 – 56-AB, 1-HR,
9-RBI, .286/.403/.375/.778 – Herrera is fading fast… I’ll give him one more
week to bounce back.
RF Bohan Adderley/FCL
As of end 6-10 - 88-AB,
4-HR, 13-AB, .295/.354/.477/.831
As of end 6-17 – 101-AB,
4-HR, 14-RBI, .287/.345/.446/.791
As of end 6-24 - 112-AB,
4-HR, 15-RBI, .313/.364/.482/.846
6-25 – 1-3, R, BB
6-26 – 2-4, 2-R
6-28 – 1-2, RBI
As of end 7/1 – 127-AB,
4-HR, 16-RBI, .315/.367/.465/.831
END OF THE WEEK DSL
STATLINES (end of games 7/2):
C Frank Moreno – 56-AB, .339, .920-0PS, 2-HR,
15-RBI, 0-SB
1B Jonnhan Sanchez - 67-AB, .373, 1.024-OPS, 2-HR, 18-RBI, 8-SB
SS/3B Michalle Mercedes – 74-AB, .297, .788-OPS, 1-HR, 19-RBI, 2-SB
OF Henry Manrique – 73-AB, .329, .941-OPS, 0-HR, 12=RBI, 5-SB
OF Cleiner Ramirez - 82-AB, .305, .972-OPS, 5-HR, 14-RBI, 7-SB
HELIUM ALERT
OF Nick Lucky/AA-Binghamton
– Lucky was drafted by the Boston Red Sox (14th round) in 2018, out
of Coastal Carolina and signed by the Mets on 6-16, away from Indy Lancaster
Stormers. So far, as of 6-24, he’s hitting .381, which is sorta good.
BTW
Per Pitch Profiler @pitchprofiler
Nolan McLean's curveball is the best-graded pitch in baseball this season
at a 134 proPitching+. At 81.8 mph with 40 percent whiffs and a .138 wOBA
allowed on 190 thrown, hitters have genuinely no answer for it. Bryan Baker's
changeup checks in at 132.











