Tag: St. Lucie Mets

St. Lucie Mets Walk-Off Tampa Tarpons in Wild Finish

by jdelpriore1, posted in baseball, Minor League Baseball, New York Mets, SPORTS

First baseman Chris Suero launched a solo home run in the game. Baez went 3-5 with a run scored, while outfielder Nick Morabito, New York's No. 26 prospect, put up a 3-4 performance with an RBI and run scored.

Highly Rated SS Colin Houck Walks-Off St. Lucie Mets on Opening Night

by jdelpriore1, posted in baseball, Minor League Baseball, New York Mets, SPORTS

Outfielder Nick Morabito, 26th ranked prospect, wrapped a home run to draw St. Lucie even at 4-4 in the bottom of the ninth with one out before Houck's late-inning heroics.

St. Lucie Mets Name Ex-Minor Leaguer Jordan Kraus as Their New Pitching Coach

by jdelpriore1, posted in baseball, Minor League Baseball, New York Mets, SPORTS

Kraus, 32, last played with the Milwaukee Milkmen of the independent American Assocation in 2019, where he posted a 7-5 mark with 3.64 ERA with 58 strikeouts in 99 innings of work in 19 games.

NY Mets Call Up Vargas, Hernandez to St. Lucie

by jdelpriore1, posted in baseball, Minor League Baseball, New York Mets, SPORTS

Vargas batted .234 with five RBI and three doubles with a .368 on base percentage 47 at-bats in 15 games with the FCL Mets while Hernandez hit .286 with one home run and 11 RBI to go along with a .509 (OBP) in 34 at-bats in 14 contests with the FCL Mets.

New York Mets Promote FCL Righty Pitcher Johan Tong to St. Lucie

by jdelpriore1, posted in baseball, Minor League Baseball, SPORTS

This season, though Tong posted a 6.39 ERA with the Mets, he had a 42.4 percent strikeout rate (12.2 innings, 25 strikeouts) -- 12th among 3,600+ MiLB pitchers with 50+ Batters Faced (BF) -- was in 95th percentile Called Strikes, plus Whiffs (CSW) rate and produced an 87th percentile groundball rate.