Top 5 Hot Mets Minor Leaguers
Based on last 7 games / recent daily prospect reports
1. Nick Morabito – big swing Sunday, two-hit game earlier in the week, steady impact at Syracuse
2. A.J. Ewing – breakout two-run has kept showing up in multiple reports
3. Chris Suero – keeps stacking productive swings and RBI chances
4. Mitch Voit – three-hit game Sunday, doubled again Sunday, one of Brooklyn’s few live bats
5. Elian Peña – four-game hit streak just ended, but the track itself earns the spot
Top 5 Cold Mets Minor Leaguers
Based on last 7 games / recent daily prospect reports
1. Dakota Hawkins – Sunday fourth inning blew up the game
2. Joel Lara – five runs in two innings on Sunday, rough start at St. Lucie
3. Joel Díaz – Sunday loss in Brooklyn turned when his command went sideways
4. Marco Vargas – had the late chance Sunday and finished 0-for-5
5. Antonio Jimenez – Brooklyn offense is stuck in mud and he went 0-for-4 in the shutout
Mets Top 20 Prospects Daily Tracker
April 17, 2026 | Using MLB Pipeline’s current opening-season/last projected assignments
| Rank |
Player |
Level |
Daily Box Score |
RMF Read |
| 1 | Carson Benge | MLB | 0-4, K | Quiet day with the big club |
| 2 | Jonah Tong | Syracuse | Did not pitch | No Sunday appearance |
| 3 | A.J. Ewing | Binghamton | 1-4, 0-2B, 2 R, RBI | Still getting on base, still moving |
| 4 | Ryan Clifford | Syracuse | 1-4, 0-4, 2B, R | Extra-base contact showed up again |
| 5 | Jacob Reimer | Binghamton | 1-4, 0-4, HR, 2 RBI | Thunder showed up even in a loss |
| 6 | Jack Wenninger | Syracuse | Did not pitch | No Sunday appearance |
| 7 | Mitch Voit | Brooklyn | 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB | Only Brooklyn bat that felt alive |
| 8 | Elian Peña | St. Lucie | 0-4, RBI | Hit streak ended, still drove one in |
| 9 | Jonathan Santucci | Binghamton | Did not pitch | No Sunday appearance |
| 10 | Will Watson | Binghamton | Did not pitch | No Sunday appearance |
| 11 | Wandy Asigen | Extended Spring | N/A | Still not in domestic game action |
| 12 | Nick Morabito | Syracuse | 1-5, HR, R, 2 RBI | Spark in the lineup all day |
| 13 | Eli Serrano III | Binghamton | 0-4, 0-3, HBP | Not much contact, still grinded the inning |
| 14 | Zach Thornton | Binghamton | Did not pitch | No Sunday appearance |
| 15 | Chris Suero | Binghamton | 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI, BB | Absolute pain in the ass to get out |
| 16 | Antonio Jimenez | Brooklyn | 0-4, K | Rough day in a dead lineup |
| 17 | Ryan Lambert | Syracuse | 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 K, W | More clean leverage work |
| 18 | Dylan Ross | Injured | N/A | Arm fatigue |
| 19 | R.J. Gordon | Injured | N/A | Lat injury |
| 20 | Marco Vargas | Binghamton | 0-5, K | Had the late chance, couldn’t cash it |
System Snapshot
It was a rough night on the farm. All four full-season affiliates lost on April 15. Syracuse fell 4-1, Binghamton got one-hit in a rain-shortened 3-0 loss, Brooklyn was drilled 15-4, and St. Lucie somehow scored 13 runs and still lost by four. That last one takes talent of the wrong kind.
The loudest individual nights belonged to Morabito, Jimenez, and Guzman. From a prospect-heat standpoint, those are the names that gave the system something to brag about while the team results mostly went to hell.
Where the Top Prospects Are Playing
Using MLB Pipeline’s April 2 season-opening assignments, the current placement for the Mets’ Top 20 looks like this: MLB: Carson Benge. Triple-A Syracuse: Jonah Tong, Ryan Clifford, Jack Wenninger, Nick Morabito, Ryan Lambert. Double-A Binghamton: A.J. Ewing, Jacob Reimer, Jonathan Santucci, Will Watson, Eli Serrano III, Zach Thornton, Chris Suero, Marco Vargas. High-A Brooklyn: Mitch Voit, Antonio Jimenez. Single-A St. Lucie: Elian Peña. Extended Spring / Injured: Wandy Asigen, Dylan Ross, R.J. Gordon.
Syracuse Mets
Syracuse lost 4-1 to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The RailRiders scored in the first and second, then added insurance in the seventh and ninth. Syracuse’s only run came in the eighth, and the club finished with 5 hits and 3 errors. Nick Morabito supplied the main offensive pulse with a homer.
Triple-A Syracuse
Scranton/WB 4, Syracuse 1
April 15, 2026 | NBT Bank Stadium
| Team |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
R |
H |
E |
| Scranton/WB |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
| Syracuse |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
Top Hitters
- #12 Nick Morabito: solo homer
- Syracuse offense: 5 hits
- Only run came in the 8th
Top Pitching
- Christian Scott kept it manageable early
- Staff allowed 4 runs on 5 hits
- Three errors didn’t help anybody
Key Moments
- Scranton scored in the 1st and 2nd
- Syracuse stayed flat until the 8th
- RailRiders added insurance in the 7th and 9th
RMF Takeaway: Syracuse got a loud swing from Morabito, but the offense was mostly asleep and the three errors made the whole thing feel heavier than 4-1.
Binghamton Rumble Ponies
Binghamton got one-hit by Akron in a rain-shortened 3-0 loss that ended after seven innings following a 2:43 delay. Akron scored once in the second and twice in the sixth. The only Binghamton hit came from Kevin Parada, who broke up the no-hit bid with two outs left. That’s not exactly a parade route.
Double-A Binghamton
Akron 3, Binghamton 0
April 15, 2026 | Final in 7 innings
| Team |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
R |
H |
E |
| Akron |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
— |
— |
| Binghamton |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
— |
Top Hitters
- Kevin Parada: infield single
- Binghamton finished with 1 hit
- No extra-base damage
Top Pitching
- Staff kept it close for most of the night
- Only 3 runs allowed in 7 innings
- Second and sixth innings did the damage
Key Moments
- Akron scored on a passed ball in the 2nd
- RubberDucks added two in the 6th
- Parada saved Binghamton from the no-hit line
RMF Takeaway: The pitchers gave Binghamton a chance, but the offense showed up with the personality of drywall.
Brooklyn Cyclones
Brooklyn got hammered 15-4 by Greensboro, and the killer inning was the sixth, when the Grasshoppers dropped eight runs on them. The bright side, because there has to be one, was Antonio Jimenez’s first pro homer and a three-hit night from Vincent Perozo. Brooklyn still finished with 10 hits, which tells you exactly how ugly the pitching side got.
High-A Brooklyn
Greensboro 15, Brooklyn 4
April 15, 2026
| Team |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
R |
H |
E |
| Greensboro |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
15 |
15 |
1 |
| Brooklyn |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
2 |
Top Hitters
- #16 Antonio Jimenez: first pro home run
- Vincent Perozo: 3-hit game
- Brooklyn offense: 10 hits
Top Pitching
- Staff allowed 15 runs on 15 hits
- The 6th inning blew the game to pieces
- Two errors added fuel
Key Moments
- Brooklyn hung around early
- Greensboro scored 8 in the 6th
- A 4-run 8th put the casket lid on it
RMF Takeaway: Brooklyn hit enough to keep this interesting for a while. Then the pitching staff stepped on a rake in the 6th and kept stepping.
St. Lucie Mets
St. Lucie lost the weirdest game in the system, blowing a 7-0 lead and falling 17-13 to Daytona. The Mets scored 2 in the first, 1 in the third, 4 in the fourth, 1 in the sixth, and 5 in the ninth, but Daytona answered with 5 runs in the fifth, sixth, and seventh, then two more in the eighth. Randy Guzman went absolutely berserk with 3-for-5, 2 HR, a triple, and 5 RBI. A night like that usually ends with a Gatorade bath, not existential disappointment.
Single-A St. Lucie
Daytona 17, St. Lucie 13
| Team |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
R |
| St. Lucie |
2 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
13 |
| Daytona |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
X |
17 |
Top Hitters
- Randy Guzman: 3-for-5, 2 HR, 3B, 5 RBI
- St. Lucie scored 13 runs
- Built a 7-0 lead through 4 innings
Top Pitching
- Staff allowed 17 runs on 14 hits
- Daytona scored 5 in the 5th, 6th, and 7th
- The lead vanished in a hurry
Key Moments
- St. Lucie controlled the game early at 7-0
- Daytona flipped the whole thing in the middle innings
- Guzman kept punching back, but the damage was too deep
RMF Takeaway: Scoring 13 runs and losing by four is the kind of box score that makes a pitching coach stare into the middle distance.
Best Affiliate Story Today
It has to be Randy Guzman. Not because St. Lucie won, because they very much did not, but because a line of 3-for-5, 2 homers, a triple, and 5 RBI demands attention no matter how messy the rest of the game got. On a night when the farm mostly ate dirt, Guzman was the one guy kicking up sparks.
Prospect Heat Check
The sharpest upward arrows from this report are #12 Nick Morabito, #16 Antonio Jimenez, and Randy Guzman. Morabito brought power at Triple-A, Jimenez tagged his first pro homer, and Guzman basically produced an entire content plan by himself. The result column sucked, but those names gave the system real juice.
