6/28/26

STRIKE NEWS - UPDATE

 



 

Strike News

 

Lots of good stuff in this update…

 

The latest proposal from the owners call for a max contract length of five years for free agent players switching teams, six years to retain their own players and no deferred contracts. Qualifying offers are gone and five years to free agency for players 30 or older.

Free agents would be limited to five-year, $202 million contracts. (That is 15% of the proposed cap number and would rise.)

Juan Soto's deal with the New York Mets was for 3x the years and 3.8x the dollars.

MLB proposes that the minimum salary rises to $1 million,

Union chief Bruce Meyer ain’t a happy puppy. He believes there will be an MLB lockout Dec.1. Says players will receive $500M pay cut if salary cap was in place. Calls the MLB’s international draft proposal, ‘Horrendous.’ Anticipates the union will have one more meeting with MLB before the All Star Game, which is similar schedule to the last CBA in 2021. Insists the players will not crack and not accept a salary cap under any condition.

 

Full details:

 

An increase in minimum salary — up to $1MM from the current $780K but only for pre-arb players who earn a full year of service or who have already reached two full years of service. (Twenty-two percent of players who have two-plus years of service are already arbitration-eligible as Super Two players.) The actual base salary for pre-arbitration players who don’t accrue a full year of service would be $900K.

Free agency after five years (rather than six) for players who are 30 or older when they reach that point as well as elimination of the qualifying offer system. In exchange for this, the league seeks to have free agent contracts capped at five years for players who change teams. A player re-signing with his prior team could sign for a maximum of six years. The size of those contracts would vary based on revenue under the cap/floor model. Based on last year’s numbers, the “max deal” for a player re-signing with his own team would be six years, $265MM.

Elimination of deferred money in contracts.

Creation of a “Cornerstone Player” provision that draws from the NBA’s Bird Rights provision.


Tom Brennan - They Say That Choking Up Is, Hard To Do

 (CUE UP THE SOUNDTRACK “WHEN YOU WHIFF UPON A STAR…”)

Or…“THEY SAY THAT CHOKING UP IS…HARD TO DO…”

A little play on words on an old popular pop song. 

Sung By Neil Sedaka. He was a real “hit”.


With strikeouts ultra-abundant in baseball, I wonder if choking up is passé.

Mark Vientos with any count of two strikes, through Sunday June 21?

.098/.143/.161 in 108 two strike plate appearances.

Two strikes, Career? .138/.201/.236. 

May I put it gently?   Preposterously terrible.

Has anyone ever seen him choking up? 

I am sure he must, except that I must have repeatedly missed it myself.

Jeff McNeil, meanwhile, a classic choker-upper, in his career?

.218/.297/.311 with 2 strikes. 

Far superior. A serious hitter.

Pitchers at 2 strikes have an advantage. McNeil has always neutralized it.


My admonitions to Mets hierarchical types are two-fold:

1) Have your lads do everything possible to not get to 2 strikes. SWING!

And…

2) When your lads do get to 2 strikes, get them to protect the dish as if they were defending their homes against an armed intruder. 


TOO MANY STRIKEOUTS. 

Down on the farm, the epidemic rages:

Syracuse? 638 Ks in 75 games. 8.5 per game.

Binghamton?  689 Ks in 69 games. 10.0 per game.

Brooklyn? 714 Ks in 68 games. 10.5 per game.

St Lucie? 677 Ks in 68 games. 10.0 per game.

Terrible. 

In those 2,718 K at bats for those 4 teams, I ran a quick calculation.

They are batting .000.


Brennan Advice? 

Go OLD SCHOOL…

Choke up. Protect the dish. 

After all, it’s YOUR DISH, and the pitcher is trying to bust up your china.

And pitchers? They can REALLY bust up “two strike china”.

Maybe Vientos, if he choked up, rather than simply choked, would be a still bad .160/.200./.230 this year on 2 strikes, rather than his unreal  .098/.143/.161.  

Do that .160 on 2 strikes over over a full season, and Vientos might even have a positive WAR, rather than a very-career-threatening negative 0.8 WAR.

He’ll be choking up if his career prematurely ends because he didn’t choke up.


ANOTHER DSL BEAUTY(?)

The two Mets’ DSL teams faced off against one another on Saturday, in a 7 inning game that featured just 9 hits, and ended 8-7.

15 runs on 9 hits seems like a lot, but in the 7 inning contest, they still managed to combine to have 21 runners left on base.

How? 

Well, there were 10 walks, for each team, as well as 9 hit batsmen, and 7 wild pitches. Wow. 

That’s a LOT of wild and wooly action in 7 innings. 

29 walks and hit batsmen in 7 innings? SMH.

Semi-pro ball caliber, maybe. Or, maybe less.

After all, the Braves’ DSL team has walked an astonishing 193 batters in 138 innings. 

The Mets’ 2 DSL teams’ pitchers, combined? 

“Just” 273 walks in 306 innings (8 per 9 innings).


ON A POSITIVE NOTE…

Exclude Benge’s fairly brief deep early season struggles, and he and AJ Ewing have simply been terrific. They combined for 4 hits last night.

Mark Vientos (0 for 3, .217) is probably hoping he gets traded to the Cubs.


Tom Brennan: Draft Power Arms & Power Bats; Unserious Hitting Prospects


I Was Very Pleased When the Mets Drafted 

This Guy’s Power Bat 


I have repeatedly written articles on effective drafting philosophy - simply:

Draft Power Arms and Power Bats.

I reached that conclusion because so, so, so, so many Mets draftees in recent decades just didn’t have a power bat or a power arm, or even world class sprinter speed, and therefore should’ve been passed on. 

Only draft players with the best tools - period - and most of those players won’t pan out, but a few each season will, and they probably will turn into stars. The Mets have had far too few hitting stars come out of their farm system via the draft in the last quarter of a century. 

Simply:

Draft power arms and power bats.

Case in point: 

In 2022, the Mets drafted Kevin Parada with the #11 overall. Good college power for a catcher, but they drafted a catcher with skills, not the most toolsy guy available. Mistake, seemingly.

- Parada has mostly struggled in the upper minors.

And then, with # 14, drafted Li’l Jett, an all around player of short stature. 

- Jett is now struggling at AAA in the Brewers system.

They could have drafted Jacob Misiorowski, instead. Regarding that lad, pitching against MLB HR leader Kyle Schwarber in a recent June game, the following was written by Matt Reigle, Outkick Sports:

“…the Misiorowski pitch was officially (clocked at) 104.5 mph, which was the fastest pitch ever thrown by a starting pitcher.”

“As hard as it was, though, there's a good chance Schwarber didn't notice it being much faster than any other pitch that at-bat. That's because all five pitches he faced were north of 103 mph, with the third pitch of the at-bat, a called strike, also hitting the 104 mark.”

He is a Jacob deGrom arm, but a higher performance deGrom model. 

The Mets passed on him.  I would have drafted that guy. Not the short guy, at # 14. Misio has a Power Arm Extraordinaire.

Sure, other teams passed on him, too, but one of those early Mets picks for Parada and Jett should have been for the Misio Man. Why?

Draft Power Arms, Power Bats.

That mantra also includes hyper-speedsters like AJ Ewing. Power legs.

Draft only top tier tools players only, until none remain on the draft board.

So, OK - make it Draft Power Arms, Power Bats, AND Power Legs.

Can you deviate? Yes, if you have a guy like Carson Benge that you are absolutely convinced cannot miss.

Otherwise, stick to the mantra.


TWO UNSERIOUS HITTING PROSPECTS

The Mets’ Top 30 prospects list has Ryan Clifford at # 2, Jacob Reimer at # 3.

Based on their 2026 results so far, those rankings are so unserious that I have to ask, “Are you serious?” 

Thru Friday:

Clifford was hitting .197, just 40 RBIs in 311 PAs, 113 Ks in 75 AAA games.

Reimer was hitting .212, just 17 RBIs in 214 PAs, 57 Ks in 50 AA games.

COMBINED? .206, 20 HRs, 57 RBIs and 170 Ks in 525 PAs.

That normally should exclude you from a Top 30 list altogether.

Past the basic stats, here is a key indicator they are unserious:

Just 2 HBP in 2026, in 525 combined plate appearances. None since April 26.

No one likes to get hurt.  But, as Mark Canha the ex-Met learned, learning how to absorb HBPs gets you on base, which increases your OBP, and higher OBPs make you more valuable. 

Mark was hit 141 times in 4,100 PAs. That added a lot to his career OBP. 

And, I contend, helped keep him in the major leagues longer.

One other huge negative: 170 Ks in 525 PAs?  Crazy high.

Do they teach guys to choke up and put the ball in play with 2 strikes anymore? 

Do these guys take too many pitches? 

I don’t have stats on hitting with two strikes for them. Using Mark Vientos as a proxy, Mark is simply horrendous on two strike counts. And he currently is a decidedly better hitter than these two prospects, by a wide margin. 

By extrapolation, these two need to stop being unserious on two strike counts.

I did see this excerpt from a 2024 Baseball America article on Clifford, confirming what I suspected: 

While he has double-plus raw power, Clifford has one of the lowest swing rates in the minor leagues and can be too passive at times, especially when challenged by upper-level pitchers. He hit with two strikes nearly two-thirds of the time in 2024, with his chase rate nearly doubling in that situation.” 

It seems nothing has really changed there in 2026. 113 Ks in 75 games.

These two Mets prospects need to get SERIOUS, or they may never even get to that ballpark in Queens.

Clifford at least is durable. 

Reimer was again on the IL as I wrote this and has missed a huge amount of time to injury (mostly in 2024, and to lesser degrees in 2025 and 2026). You need to play a lot to improve.

C’mon, guys. Get SERIOUS. Your career clocks are ticking.


6/27/26

MACK – The Latest Hot Bats – Anthony Delgado, Bohan Adderley, Yonny Hernandez

 

 

 

John From Albany keeps churning out this list and I keep sending it your way.

 


Period 6/15-6/24                              

1B/LF Anthony Delgado/DSL Orange -   .471/.609/.588/1.197

Anthony Delgado is a 19-year-old minor league outfielder (also listed at 1B) in the New York Mets organization, playing in the Dominican Summer League.

Born: January 27, 2007 (age 19) in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Height/Weight: 6'0" / 190 lbs.

Bats/Throws: L/R.

Signed: As an undrafted free agent (UDFA) by the Mets on January 15, 2024.

He is a low-profile international/development signing who began his pro career in the DSL.

2024 (DSL Mets Orange): 27 games, 67 AB  .194 AVG, 13 H (2 2B, 1 3B), 0 HR, 0 RBI (listed), 5 SB, 15 R. 

Strong walk rate → .386 OBP, .640 OPS.

Career Minor League (through available data): Limited to DSL so far, with a .188/.404/.275 line over ~80 AB, emphasizing on-base skills and speed over power.

Missed most/all of 2025 due to injury (placed on 60-day IL in May 2025, activated November 6, 2025).

He is a very early-stage prospect with limited exposure. His profile shows contact/patience tools and speed, but power is still developing (low extra-base output so far). No major prospect rankings or scouting reports appear prominently yet, which is common for DSL UDFAs at this stage.

 


Period 6/16-6/25

Bohan Adderley/FCL Mets      -      .571/.600/.786/1.386

Bohan Adderley is a 19-year-old (born November 10, 2006, in Nassau, Bahamas) outfielder/shortstop in the New York Mets minor league system. He stands 6'3" and weighs 180 lbs, bats and throws right-handed.

Adderley signed with the Mets as an international free agent in January 2024 (reportedly for around $350,000). He came from the International Elite (I-Elite) Sports Academy in the Bahamas and was one of the Mets' 2024 international signees. He initially had little interest in baseball as a child but returned to the sport around 2015, inspired by his older brother and friends. He has cited Bahamian MLB player Jazz Chisholm Jr. as a mentor.

2024 (DSL Mets Orange, Rookie): 47 games, .229 AVG, .356 OBP, 1 HR, 27 RBI, 27 SB in 188 PA. Showed strong on-base skills and speed but struck out quite a bit (26%).

2025 (FCL Mets, Rookie): 49 games, .175 AVG, .296 OBP, 3 HR, 15 RBI, 21 SB in 189 PA. Struggled with contact but maintained some power/speed.

Career Minor League Totals (through mid-2026): Roughly .209-.221 AVG, modest power, high strikeouts, but strong base-stealing ability (dozens of SBs) and improving plate discipline.

He primarily plays outfield (with some shortstop/infield experience) and is known for his athleticism, size, and speed.

As a toolsy, athletic prospect from the Bahamas still in Rookie ball at age 19, Adderley is a high-upside developmental player. His profile emphasizes speed and defense, with work needed on consistent hitting and reducing strikeouts. He has not yet reached full-season ball (e.g., Low-A). Mets fans view him as an intriguing international signee with potential to rise if he improves his bat.

 


Yonny Hernandez/Syracuse Mets      -      .444/.522/.667/1.189

Yonny Hernández (full name: Yonny Jose Hernández) is a Venezuelan switch-hitting infielder (primarily shortstop, second base, and third base) in the New York Mets organization.

Born: May 4, 1998 (age 28 as of 2026) in Maturin, Venezuela.

Height/Weight: 5'8" / 140 lbs (listed variably as 5'8"-5'9").

Bats/Throws: Switch / Right.

Nickname: "Mosquito" (due to his small stature and speed).

Signed: By the Texas Rangers as an international free agent in 2014 (signing bonus $200k).

He has brief MLB experience with three teams but has mostly been a depth player:

Debut: August 5, 2021, with the Texas Rangers.

Teams: Texas Rangers (2021), Arizona Diamondbacks (2022), Los Angeles Dodgers (2023).

Career MLB stats (69 games, 221 PA): .190/.286/.222 slash line, 0 HR, 10 RBI, 13 SB, 22 R.

Best year: 2021 with TEX (.217/.315/.252, 11 SB in 43 games).

Very limited pop (no career MLB homers, low ISO), but he draws walks at a decent rate and has speed.

He has not appeared in the majors since 2023.

Hernández is a classic speed-and-contact utility infielder with a long track record in the minors:

Strong base-stealer (hundreds of stolen bases career-wide).

2025 (with Mets): Solid .303/.380/.372 slash in 114 games across AA/AAA, with good on-base skills and low strikeouts.

He signed a minor-league deal with the Mets in December 2024 after time with the Brewers (released July 2024), Dodgers, and independent ball (Long Island Ducks).

As of 2026: Playing for the Syracuse Mets (Triple-A).

Strengths: Switch-hitter with plate discipline, speed (steals bases), and versatility across the infield. Good contact skills and low strikeout rates at times.

Weaknesses: Very little power (rarely hits for extra bases or homers). Small frame limits impact.

He's more of an organizational depth/utility piece than a high-upside prospect at this stage.

He's a classic "glue guy" type who can fill in at multiple positions and provide speed, but his lack of power has kept him from sticking in the majors long-term.


Tom Brennan - What Should You Call These Things?


We Should Call The Above: 

“ONE DOWN AND ONE TO GO”


First: 

Carlos Mendoza was canned as manager on Friday.

Answering Resse Kaplan’s April 17 headline: Should Mendoza Be Fired

You call it whatever you want.

I call it: LONG OVERDUE

Would this Mets team have done much better if Billy Martin managed it?


Second: 

The second lowest qualifying hitter’s OBP in the majors is E. Tovar: .254.

Mark Vientos is just short of “qualifying” PA’s, but his awful OBP is .255.

Basically, give or take a point, he is the equivalent of # 2. 

Besides OBP:

He stinks at fielding and base running, and at hitting with 2 outs and RISP, and is hitting under .100 when his at bats reach two strikes.

I call him: AN EX-NY MET, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

So should you, I surmise.


Third, and Final:

What player is getting $20MM this year, and has cost the Mets $10MM per RBI?

I call him: JORGE POLANCO. WITH 2 RBI’S. MONEY WELL SPENT.

By comparison:

Charlie Ferguson, as a pitcher in 1887, drove in 85 runs. Not paid $20MM.


I could go on indefinitely, but will stop here. 

Have you got any of your own that you want to add?


METS LOST AGAIN, DESPITE A STRONG ZACH THORNTON START


TOP 30 AND COLE MATHIS

Obtained in the David Peterson trade, Mathis was slotted in as the Mets’ # 14 prospect. 

Ryan Clifford is # 2, despite his batting .197 with 113 Ks in 75 games?

Totally understandable. Right?  NOT.

Me? I think we should switch Mathis to # 2 and Clifford to # 14, myself.

Mathis did not play on Friday night.


SIMON JUAN ELEVEN GAME HITTING STREAK FOR ST LUCIE

Juan has climbed to .199. Not thunderous, but a real improvement lately.

Reese Kaplan -- So Is This Trade a Start or an End?


Now that the first shoe has finally dropped, long overdue and certainly welcome, people are still left wondering what the Mets will do between now and the August 3rd trade deadline.  Losing David Peterson after his many years of varying levels of competence and ineptitude is not going to cause any Mets fans nor media types to experience agita as he was pitching to an ERA north of 6.00 and would leave as a free agent at year’s end anyway.  If anyone bet that Peterson would be the first member of the 2026 major league roster to be calling for a moving van, it would likely have come with fairly long odds.  Still, small as the return was it is somewhat reassuring to see the heretofore immobile and unresponsive front office to show they have a pulse after all.

While losing Peterson won’t really impact the Mets in a major way with Christian Scott expected back shortly to take his place while Zach Thornton keeps his seat warm, it does initiate some dialogue among anyone with a passing interest in the team about what will or won’t happen next.  Yes, it’s easy to say they should cash in by fortifying their prospect pool by moving veteran players who simply are not fitting or who are not long term solutions, but there is the flip side which is an annoying but accurate assessment of how the team should plan its immediate future.

Going into this weekend the Mets stand roughly 7 games out of the last playoff spot.  Read that sentence again.  The team that just recently dropped three in a row to the Cubs including the six error debacle on Wednesday’s game two currently stands with a record of 34-46 prior to playing the 4th game against Chicago, 14.5 games out of first place and sporting a winning percentage of just .425 while hitting the new low plateau of being 12 games under .500.  In order for the Mets to advance enough to sniff October baseball it would take a biblical level of injury catastrophes to multiple other teams before any opening would arise offering up a razor thin path to respectability.  Yes, it could happen.  So could winning the lottery.  I don’t buy tickets for that windfall either. 


For folks who live in the world of wanting to see something happen now rather than later, they are ready to push a house cleaning in order to use the balance of the 2026 miasma convert into something with long term implications of future success as new faces fill the locker room from the minors and from other teams.  They don’t want to see more M.J. Melendez or Jared Young types getting day to day playing time when it would be more beneficial to find the next Carson Benge or A.J. Ewing. 

As it stands right now the club doesn’t have a lot of wealth on the offensive side in AAA short of recently recalled Ronny Mauricio to cover for now injured Marcus Semien.  It’s not as if they could push Ryan Clifford or Nick Morabito into the everyday lineup and suddenly they morph into superstars.  The club needs higher level talents for the future and moving some veterans may be the way to get them. 

The longer you wait to make these deals has two direct impacts.  First, you are shortening the window of benefit for another team for the remainder of August, September and hopefully October.  Consequently the return in these trades will be smaller then than they would be now when they could benefit from the entire month of July as well.

From the Mets side, hanging onto the veterans could help justify the last gasp attempt to force themselves into respectability but part of a management team’s job is not simply to act like hopeful fans but also to bank on what is needed for the future.  If 5+ more weeks of Freddy Peralta and others is somehow the miracle drug we’re fairly certain it is not, then wouldn’t it make more sense to maximize the return to improve 2027 than accepting whatever scraps are offered up in August?

The Mets are saying this first trade is not a fire sale signal. Maybe that is true. Maybe it is not.  It is indeed unexpected and welcome.  Now what happens next?

6/26/26

Ernest Dove - What's wrong with the Mets' farm system?

 

Ernest Dove addresses a question that we have been asking ourselves often: What is wrong with the Mets' farm system?!

Here is the report with his view: link

Reese Kaplan -- David Stearns Again Sitting on His Hands


On June 23rd the Mets announced that they were finally addressing the non-existent offense that has plagued the team all year long by claiming DFA’d Jared Oliva from the Giants.  Mr. Oliva is a guy best known for his legs, having provided as many as 37 SBs in a season while toiling for nine years in the minors.  As a major leaguer he owns a .175 career batting average.  Yup, he’s the answer David Stearns thinks will be a difference maker on the last place Mets. 

Obviously no one expects the now 30 year old Oliva to morph into an All Star but that is indeed the problem here.  The Mets can’t hit.  The Mets can’t pitch.  The Mets often can’t field (remember the narrative about run prevention?).  They do have a few folks who can run and Oliva was added to the 40-man roster but sent to swipe bases in Syracuse.  It was a filler move, not a substantial one.


The question people should be asking what exactly is the plan to change things?  Now we can’t hold David Stearns accountable for things like Clay Holmes’ fractured fibula, but when he reached out to acquire guys with well known chronic health issues like Luis Robert and Jorge Polanco you have to wonder about his hope-for-the-best strategy in finding lightning in a bottle rather than acquiring players likely to remain on the field and to provide positive at bats regularly.

Of course, there are guys who stayed healthy but simply did not perform as expected such as Freddy Peralta.  Given his $8 million salary in his walk year and the less than stellar output from the resources traded away to get him it’s not quite as bad as it could have been, but again you have to question scouting and player evaluation when this kind of transitional torturous trajectory happens again and again.

Need more proof?

Let’s see...there is nice guy and baseball pro Marcus Semien earning an awful lot of money to hit just .219.  He’s been an All Star three times, won two Gold Gloves and two Silver Sluggers.  These achievements, unfortunately, happened when he was younger than the age 35 at which he’s playing his initial season as a New York Met.

A bit harder to understand is career .290 hitter Bo Bichette who has had to turn red hot of late to rally all the way up to .248 for which he’s being compensated in the $42 million range to not hit as expected and to field more like Mark Vientos than he does like Brett Baty.  David Stearns gave him the oddball contract with opt out clauses that likely won’t be exercised because no one things .248 hitters are worth that kind of payroll hit. 

How about former David Stearns Brewers closer Devin Williams?  The fact is that on paper he seemed like a less expensive high quality replacement for Edwin Diaz.  In fact, for his career he owns a 2.63 ERA vs. 2.91 for Diaz.  Given his decidedly less expensive contract and better track record for staying off the IL it seemed a good move.  Unfortunately he’s tallied a 4.81 ERA thus far for the Mets so he too falls into that bucket of players with poorer performance than expected. 

In the previous year David Stearns did absolutely nothing to deal with the mess until the trade deadline period happened and apparently that is again his method of operation when things in 2026 are even worse.  No one knows who will stay and who will go but isn’t it the job of anyone in senior management in any kind of business to take corrective actions early enough to have an impact on results rather than finding more Oliva types?

Word did arrive late Wednesday night that the club had made its first major league personnel change of the 2026 season when they agreed to send free agent to be David Peterson to the Cubs for a low average slugging first base prospect.  This deal was not as much about what Cole Mathis can bring to the Mets but more of a classic addition by subtraction type of deal receiving a roll of the dice prospect for a non-essential and non-productive starting pitcher who would be gone for nothing at year's end anyway.  With Christian Scott due back shortly it doesn't appear as if losing Peterson will create any major reengineering of the starting rotation.

MACK - Friday Observations - Weekly Update on the Future

 


 

Taken off the report this week:

 

None

 

SP Jack Wenninger/AAA-Syracuse –

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

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

6-23 – 3.2-IP, 5-H, 4-ER, 3-BB, 4-K – another sub-par outing. Very disappointing.

As of end 6-24 – 14-G, 12-ST, 3-5, 3.71, 1.43, 63-IP,36-BB, 64-K

 

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

As of end 6-3: AAA: 4-ST, 3-2, 4.87, 1.37, 20-1-IP, 19-K, 9-BB

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

6-19 – the production level of upper level Mets starters continued to deteriorate, this time with Thornton, who went 4-1P, 8-H, 5-ER, BB, 4-K.

 

SP Jonah Tong/AAA-Syracuse – I haven’t tracked him in a while, but John From Albany convinced me to put him back on the list and report on his outings. So…

As of 6-24 – 12-ST, 1-5, 6.30, 1.62, 50-IP, 32-BB, 68-K

 

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

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

As of end 6-10 -

    MLB - 3-APPS, 0-0, 1.35, 0.30, 6.2-IP, 1-BB, 5-K

    AAA - 19-APPS, 2-0, 3.16, 1.05, 31.1-IP, 38-K, 13-BB

As of end 6-17 –

    MLB – 4-APPS, 0-0, 2.61, 0.48, 10.1-IP,1-BB, 9-K

    AAA – same as 6-10   

6-20 – 3.1-IP, 6-H, 3-ER, BB, 3-K (3.63)

Pintaro only has a 3.65 MiLB ERA, but because he also has  a 2.61 in four major league games, I’m going to keep him on here.

On Wednesday, the Mets used Pintaro as the 26th man… 2-IP, 2-H, 4-ER, 2-BB, 3-K. Major league ERA now up to 5.11. Hmm…

As of end 6-24 -

 

RP Ben Simon/AAA-Syracuse –

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

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

6-20 – 0.2-IP, H, 0-R, 14-IP

As f end 6-24 – 11-APPS, 2.57, 1.14, 7-BB, 8-K

 

RP Felipe De La Cruz/AAA - Syracuse -

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

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

6-18 – promoted to AAA-Syracuse

6-18 – 2-IP, 2-H, 2-ER, 0-BB, 3-K – a typical first outing at a new, higher level.

6-23 – 2.1-IP 1-H, 0-R,  3-K – that’s more like it…

As of end 6-24 – Combined AA/AAA – 20-APPS, 0-1, 2.45, 1.31, 25.2-IP, 35-K

 

NEW ADDITION – 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.

6-18 – 2.2-IP, 1-H, 0-R, BB, 5-K

6-22 – 0.2-IP, 1-H, 1-ER, 2-BB, 2.25

As of 6-24 – AAA: 13-APPS, 0-1, 2.25, 1.56, 16-IP, 13-BB, 18-K

 

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

6-18 – 0-3 – Parada is slumping, having lost over 50 BA points in the month of June.

6-20 – 3-5, R, RBI, 2B (3) – the difference a day makes…

6-21 – 2-4, RBI, 2B (4)

6-22 – 0-4

As of end 6-24 – AAA: 66-AB, 1-HR, 12-RBI, .318/.387/.455/.841

 

2B Ji Hwan Bae/AAA-Syracuse

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

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

6-18 – 1-5, R, RBI

6-19 – 1-3, R, HR (5), 2-RBI, BB

6-20 – 0-4, R, BB

6-22 – 1-2, RBI, 2-BB

6-23 – 0-1, R

As of end 6-24 – 227-AB, 4-HR, 35-RBI, 35-BB, .278/.381.410/.790

 

NEW ADDITION – SS/3B/2B Yonny Hernandez/AAA-Syracuse – The well-travelled  Hernandez hit the minimum .275 level after Sunday’s game. Hopefully, he holds that level.

2026 to date: 174-AB, 2-HR, 19-RBI, .276/.371/.345/.716,  (6)

6-21 – 3-4, 2-R, 3X-2B

6-23 – 3-4, R, RBI, BB

As of end 6-24 – 178-AB, 2-HR, 20-RBI, .287/.381/.360/.741

 

OF Nick Morabito/AAA-Syracuse

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

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

6-18 – 2-5. 2-R, 2-HR (7), 2-RBI – have a day, Nick

6-19 – 1-3

6-20 – 1-4, 2-R, BB

6-21 – 1-3, HR (8), RBI, BB

6-22 – 2-4, 2-R, BB, (.261)

6-23 – 2-5, R

As of end 6-24 – 243-AB, 8-HR, 28-RBI, 34-BB, 26-SB, .263/.368/.416/.784

 

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

6-18 – 6-IP, 5-H, 0-R, 2-BB, 7-K – Santucci’s best outing this season

6-23 – 3.1-IP, 4-H, 3-ER, 3-BB, 5-K – followed by…

As of end 6-24 – 14-ST, 2-5, 3.95, 1.33, 66-IP, 34-BB, 80-K

 

RP Saul Garcia/AA-Binghamton –

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

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

 

SP Jose Chirinos/A+ Brooklyn –

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

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

6-20 – 5-IP, 9-H, 4-ER, BB, 3-K, 3.86 – and there goes the last of the decent upper- level starters…

As of end 6-24 – 4-ST, 1-2, 3.86, 1.47, 21-IP, 9-BB, 23-K

 

SP Nicholas Carreno/A+ Brooklyn –

St. Lucie -

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

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

6-23 – 4-IP, 5-H, 5-ER, 3-BB, H – Carreno seems to be having difficulty mastering the A+ level. Welcome to the club, Nick.

As of end 6-24 – AAA: 3-ST, 0-1, 7.71, 1.64, 14-IP, 9-BB, 15-K

                                    

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

6-18 – 4.1-IP, 6-H, 4-ER, 0-BB, 5-K – easily his worst outing this season

6-23 – 6-IP, 2-H, ER BB 6-K – back to normal…

As of end 6-24 – 6-ST, 3-1, 1.91, 0.60, 28.1-IP, 4-BB, 24-K

 

NEW ADDITION - 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.

6-21 – 3.2-IP, 2-H, 0-R, BB, 2-K

As of end 6-24 – 14-G, 4-ST, 1-0, 2.08, 1,00, 26-IP, 6-BB, 26-K

 

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.

 

RP - Bryce Jenkins/A+ Brooklyn

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

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

6-18 – 1-IP, 0-H, 0-R

6-21 – 0.2-IP, 1-H, 0-R, BB, 2-K

As of end 6-24 – 20-APPS, 1-2, 2.49, 0.87, 25.1-IP, 10-BB, 27-K

 

NEW ADDITION – RP Juan Arnaud/A+ Brooklyn – The 22/yr. old righthander is quietly doing a good job this season.

6-19 – 1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 3-K

Season: 22-APPS, 2-1, 2.78, 1.41, 22.2-IP, 33-K

As of end 6-24 – 23-APPS, 2-1, 2.66, 1.43, 23.2-IP, 14-BB, 35-K

 

NEW ADDITION – 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 bee on the list earlier due to his 2026 accomplishments. Y

early Cyclones stat line: 22-G, 0-2, 2.63, 1.17, 27-1-IP, 39-K.

 

OF JT Benson/A+ Brooklyn –

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

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

6-18 – 1-5

6-19 -1-4, R, 2B (8)

6-20 – 1-4, R, 2B (9)

6-21 – 1-4

6-22 – 2-3, R, RBI, 3B (2), HR (3)

At of end 6-24 – 92-AB, 4-HR, 19-RBI, .283/.371/.565/.937

 

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

6-23 – 4-IP, 3-H, 0-R, 5-BB, 3-K – much too wild, but still went hitless. He will have to work on this as he moves up the chain, and he will elevate to Brooklyn soon at this rate. Increasing control should easily increase his IP/G to 6+.

We may have something here.

As of end 6-24 – 10-G, 7-ST, 3-1, 1.49, 1.26, 36-1-IP, 15-BB, 41-K

 

NEW ADDITION -  RP – Zack Mack/St. Lucie - big in my household… Mack arrived after picking up his second win of the season in Tuesday’s game.

As the end 6-24 – 13-APPS, 2-0, 1.89, 1.21, 19-IP, 7-BB, 24-K

 

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 – Snyder is a 20/year old former 5th round prep pick in the 2024 draft. He started this season playing for the FCL Mets, hit .333 in 15 at-bats, and, as of the day I added him here (end of game Saturday), is hitting .296 for St. Lucie.

As of end 6-17 – 40-AB, 7-RBI, .300/.364/.425/.789

6-19  – 1-4, R, BB1

6-21 (played CF) – 1-5

6-22 – 2-5, 2-R

6-24 – 0-5, (.271) – boy, Snyder just got under the minimum. He’s got another week to sharpen his bat.

As of end 6-24 – 59-AB, 0-HR, 7-RBI, .271/.328/.356/.684

 

SS Elian Pena/A-St. Lucie –

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

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

6-18 – 1-3, 2-R, RBI, 2-BB

6-22 – 0-4, R

6-24 – 1-5, RBI

As of end 6-24 – 234-AB, 3-HR, 25-RBI, .261/.397/.355/.751

 

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 64 - IL

 

C Yovanny Rodriguez/FCL 

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

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

6-18 – 0-2, RBI

6-21 – 2-4, R,2-RBI

6-23 – 2-4, RBI, 2B (3)

As of end 6-24 – 102-AB, 5-HR, 26-RBI, .284/.380/.480/.861

 

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

6-18  – 2-3, R

6-20 – 0-3, RBI

6-21 – 2-3, R, RBI

6-23 – 2-3, R

As of end 6-24 – FCL – 70-AB, 1-HR, 11-RBI, 19-SB, .371/.483/.514/.997

 

NEW ADDITION – SS/2B/3B Yorber Semprum/FCL –

IFA January 2025

Added 6-20 – 2-3, .300

6-23 – 0-3, .269

As of end 6-24 – 29-AB, 0-HR, 2-RBI, .241/.313/.241/.554

Semprum is just starting off a new level (FCL) after starting off this season hitting .389 for the DSL Orange team. We have to give him a little time to settle in.

 

3B Roybert Herrera/FCL –

As of end 6/17 – 35-AB, 5-BB, 1-HR, 7-RBI, .371/.476/.514/.990

6-18 – 1-3

6-20 – 0-2

6-21 – 0-3, R, RBI

As of end 6-24 -

 

RF Bohan Adderley/FCL

As of end 6-5:  76-AB, .289, 3-HR, 11-RBI, 19-SB, .796-OBP

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

6-18 – 1-3, R, 2B (5)

6-21 – 3-4, 3-R, RBI

6-23 – 2-4, R, 2B (7)

As of end 6-24 - 112-AB, 4-HR, 15-RBI, .313/.364/.482/.846

 

END OF THE WEEK DSL STATLINES (end of games 6-24):

 

C Frank Moreno ++           48-AB, .375, 2-HR, 14-RBI, ,983-OPS

1B Jonnhan Sanchez -  ++     54-AB, .407, 2-HR, 16-RBI, 1.091-OPS

1B Anthony Delgado - ++    33-AB, .303, 1-HR, 5-RBI, .976-OPS

SS/3B Michalle Mercedes  ++    58-AB, .293, 1-HR, 14-RBI, .761-OPS

OF Henry Manrique  ++    57-AB, .316, 0-HR, 10-RBI, .922

OF Cleiner Ramirez -  ++    65-AB, .308, 5-HR, 13-RBI, 1.028-OPS

OF Jhoanel Cuello - ++    63-AB, .317, 4-HR, 17-RBI, .968-OPS

OF Ryan Rudas - ++         2-HR, 27-AB, .296, 7-RBI, 1.110-OPS

 

RHSP – Abner Mesa

6-22 – 5-IP, 4-H, 0-ER 5-K, BB

As of end 6-25 – 4-ST, 16.1-IP, 2-1, 2.20, 0.92, 16-K

RHSP Henderson Hernandez

6-23 - 4-IP, 1-H,  0-ER, BB, 3-K, 2.08

As of end 6-25 – 5-G, 13-IP, 1-0, 2.08, 0.92, 12-K

 

HELIUM ALERT

 

RP Nathan Hall/FCL Mets – The 22/yr. old, 6-3 righty was the Mets 6th round draft pick last year, out of Central Missouri. Had a season-ending elbow injury early on last year that shut him down for the season. Had UCL/internal brace (ouch) surgery. His first professional appearance was this bast Thursday –

6-18 – 1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, K, 0.00

 

RP Randy Guzman/DSL Mets – This is not the Randy Guzman that plays first base and outfield in Florida for the St. Lucie Mets. No, this is the Randy Guzman that pitches for the DSL Mets, who went 4.2IP, 2-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 7-K in his last outing. The 18/yr. old’s overall season stats after this game were 12-1-IP, 2-H, still 0-R, 2-BB, 15-K, 0.00, 0.81. Where does he go from here? We’ll keep an eye on him.

 

SUMMATON

 

To be honest, I can’t find a DOMINANT BAT at any level above rookie.

To be honest, I can’t find a DOMINANT pitcher above rookie.

To be honest, I can’t find a DOMINANT bat or pitching coach above rookie.

I never intended on this weekly report to be this dismal, but, at this point in the season, it is.