After June 1, former first-round pick Kevin Parada was hitting .171 for Double-A Binghamton. However, after a huge last few weeks, he has that average up to .219, a season-high, off the back of a month of June that has seen the catcher slash .371/.439/.800. He continued this strong play on Saturday, for the first-place Rumble Pones (Double-A), as he hit two doubles.
Nolan McLean. Photo Credit: Kylie Richelle
Triple-A
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (34-31) 5, Syracuse Mets (29-39) 1
Villar, 28 years old, who the Mets signed to a minor-league deal last month after he was released by the Giants, was hitting .176 in June with a .364 on-base percentage entering Saturday. He has more walks (ten) than hits (seven) this month.
RHP Nolan McLean (2.56 ERA) 6 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, L
McLean, 23, a third-round pick in 2023 out of Oklahoma State, has given up two earned runs or fewer in six of his seven outings since being promoted to Triple-A Syracuse. He has struck out 35 in 38 2/3 IP at Triple-A.
Kevin Parada. Photo by Ed Delany of Metsmerized
Double-A
Binghamton Rumble Ponies (42-19) 8, Richmond Flying Squirrels (18-44) 2
CF Jett Williams, 3-for-5, 2B, RBI (24), 2 R, 2 K (.928 OPS)
1B Ryan Clifford, 2-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI (38), K (.843 OPS)
C Kevin Parada, 2-for-4, 2 2B, RBI (22), R, K (.713 OPS)
DH JT Schwartz, 3-for-4, HR (3), RBI (9), BB (.686 OPS)
LF Nick Morabito, 2-for-5, 2B, SB (23), R, K (.770 OPS)
Parada has hit seven home runs and five doubles in his last 22 games. Clifford drove in Williams with a double after Williams had an RBI double of his own. The Rumble Ponies had 17 hits total on Saturday.
Suarez has done well in his nine appearances (seven starts) for Binghamton. He also made two starts for Triple-A Syracuse last month. One was a disaster (eight earned runs in three innings pitched) but the other was better (two unearned runs in 5 2/3 innings).
Brendan Girton, Photo by Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports
High-A
Brooklyn Cyclones (42-20) 1, Asheville Tourists (27-35) 0
RF Carson Benge, 1-for-4, RBI (35), 2 K (.904 OPS)
3B Jacob Reimer, 0-for-4, K (.930 OPS)
DH A.J. Ewing, 0-for-2, R, SB (30), 2 BB (.818 OPS)
SS Jesus Baez, 1-for-4, 2B, 2 K (.764 OPS)
Benge’s RBI single broke the scoreless tie in the sixth. The teams combined for seven hits, but, Baez’s double was the only extra-base tally of the game. Ewing’s 30 steals are second in the South Atlantic League.
RHP Brendan Girton (2.91 ERA) 5 IP, 6 K
RHP Joel DÃaz (3.59 ERA) 3 IP, 3 H, 3 K, W
RHP Raimon Gomez (6.75 ERA) IP, H, K, SV
Girton, 23, threw 44 of 63 pitches for strikes. He has 55 strikeouts in 46 1/3 innings. DÃaz, 21 years old, of the Dominican Republic, has struck out 52 in 47 2/3 innings.
Colin Houck. Photo by Ed Delany of Metsmerized
Class-A
Daytona Tortugas (27-35) 10, St. Lucie Mets (33-28) 0
Houck, 20 years old, is 12-for-39 (.308) this month with four extra-base hits. The 2023 first-round pick’s OPS is up dramatically from last year (.610 in 471 plate appearances).
RHP Edgar Moreta (4.10 ERA) 4.1 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 6 ER, BB, 3 K, 2 HR, L
Florida Complex League
FCL Astros (15-10) 4, FCL Mets (9-17) 3
Silva, 20 years old, is 2-for-29, with both hits being home runs. German, 19 years old, hit four homers and stole five bases in 40 games in the Dominican Summer League last year. Edward Lantigua (0-for-3, walk) stole his sixth base of the season.
Elian Peña.
Dominican Summer League
DSL Mets Orange (7-3) 4, DSL Blue Jays Red (4-6) 3
SS Elian Pena, 1-for-3 (.228 OPS)
2B De Aza, 2-for-2, HR (1) (.968 OPS)
LF Adolfo Miranda, 1-for-3, 2 R, SB
Elian Peña singled up the middle for this first hit with the Mets organization, breaking an 0-for-26 start. He went 1-for-3. Second baseman Diover De Aza (2-for-2, stolen base) and left fielder Adolfo Miranda (1-for-3, two runs, stolen base) each hit solo home runs.
RHP Julio Gonzalez, 2.2 IP, 1 H, o R, 0 BB, 2 SO (0.00 ERA)
LHP Jamdrick Cornelia, 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 SO (1.04 ERA)
Right-handed pitcher Julio Gonzalez, an 18-year-old from Mexico, pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings of one-hit ball with two strikeouts. left-handed pitcher Jamdrick Cornelia struck out four in 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the win.
DSL Marlins (5-5) 10, DSL Mets Blue (2-8) 5
1B/C Marcos Terrero, 3-for-4, 3B (1.050 OPS)
SS Yorber Semprun, 2-for-2, 2 R, RBI (6), BB (1.380 OPS)
C Yovanny Rodriguez, 1-for-2, HR (1) (1.850 OPS)
Marcos Terrero, a 19-year-old, who posted a .777 OPS in 30 DSL games last year, went 3-for-4 with a triple. Shortstop Yorber Semprun was 2-for-2 with a double, two runs scored, a walk and two stolen bases. The 17-year-old from Venezuela is off to a 6-for-13 start. Yovanny Rodriguez, an 18-year-old catcher, hit a solo homer.
Right-handed pitcher, Jean Brito, 19 years old, hurled 2 2/3 scoreless innings to drop his ERA to 4.32 over 8 1/3 innings. He gave up two hits, walked two and struck out two.
