Mets Daily Prospect Report, 8/31/25: The Brandon Sproat experience

Triple-A: Syracuse Mets (31-44/35-21)

SYRACUSE 2, SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 0 (BOX)

Brandon Sproat’s rollercoaster season continued last night, this time not just a good start, but one of his best starts in 2025, period. The last time he took the mound, on the 24 against Indianapolis, he allowed seven runs- five earned- in 3.2 innings. This time around, he threw a gem, blanking the RailRiders for seven innings, scattering three hits and walking a pair while striking out nine, tying his season high. Yonny Hernandez homered in the third to make

Sproat the winning pitcher of record, Ryan Clifford added a run in the top of the ninth, and the bullpen held things down, with Dylan Ross and Richard Lovelady combining to blank Scranton/Wilkes-Barre over the final two innings.

SS Luisangel Acuña: 1-4, R, 2B, K
LF Ryan Clifford: 1-4, RBI
DH Francisco Alvarez: 0-4, 3 K
1B Jared Young: 0-3, BB, K
3B Luke Ritter: 0-3, BB, K
CF José Azocar: 0-3, 2 K
RF Gilberto Celestino: 0-3, K
2B Yonny Hernández: 1-3, R, HR (1), RBI, K
C Matt O’Neill: 0-3, K
RHP Brandon Sproat: 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, W (8-6)
RHP Dylan Ross: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, H (5)
LHP Richard Lovelady: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, S (7)

ROSTER ALERT: New York Mets recalled RHP Chris Devenski from Syracuse Mets.

ROSTER ALERT: RHP Carlos Guzman assigned to Syracuse Mets from Binghamton Rumble Ponies.

Double-A: Binghamton Rumble Ponies **(45-22*/36-20)**

BINGHAMTON 2, SOMERSET 1 (BOX)

Both teams scored in the first inning, but Somerset was shutout from that point on. Binghamton plated a second run on an A.J. Ewing single and that would turn out to be the difference maker, as the bullpen did not allow another run to score despite scattering a pair of hits and a few walks.

CF A.J. Ewing: 1-2, R, RBI, 3 BB
2B D’Andre Smith: 3-4, BB, SB (22)
LF Nick Morabito: 0-3, 2 BB
C Chris Suero: 1-3, BB, K, HBP, SB (6)
DH Kevin Parada: 0-4, 2 K
3B Nick Lorusso: 0-4, 3 K
1B JT Schwartz: 0-4, 2 K
SS William Lugo: 0-1, 3 BB, SB (5)
RF Omar De Los Santos: 1-4, R, 2 K
LHP Felipe De La Cruz: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, WP
RHP Joshua Cornielly: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, W (4-2)
RHP Ben Simon: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, H (2)
RHP TJ Shook: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, WP, H (2)
RHP Ryan Lambert: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, S (5)

High-A: Brooklyn Cyclones **(46-20*/25-34)**

BROOKLYN 5, HUDSON VALLEY 4 (BOX)

The Renegades took the initial lead, scoring a run off of Dakota Hawkins in the top of the second, but Brooklyn tied things up in the bottom of the inning and did not trail from that point on. The Cyclones took the lead in the bottom of the third on a Marco Vargas RBI single and then added a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth on triple from Vargas and a double off the bat of Yohairo Cuevas. Hudson Valley kept the pressure on Brooklyn, scoring a pair of runs in the eighth, but the Cyclones got one of those back in the bottom of the frame. Things got dicey in the top of the ninth as they plated another run, but the bullpen was able to hold things together.

2B Marco Vargas: 2-3, R, 3B, 2 RBI, BB, SB (38)
RF Yohairo Cuevas: 1-4, 2B, RBI, K
DH Trace Willhoite: 1-4, 2 K
SS Colin Houck: 0-2, R, 2 BB, K
CF Yonatan Henriquez: 1-2, R, 3B, 2 BB
LF Nick Roselli: 0-4, RBI, E (4)
1B Corey Collins: 0-3, RBI, 2 K
C Vincent Perozo: 0-4, 3 K
3B Diego Mosquera: 2-3, 2 R, 2B, K
RHP Dakota Hawkins: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
RHP Austin Troesser: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, W (2-1)
RHP Josh Blum: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2 WP, HBP, H (1)
RHP Hoss Brewer: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, H (1)
RHP Brett Banks: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, WP, BLK, S (2)

ROSTER ALERT: RHP Layonel Ovalles assigned to Brooklyn Cyclones from St. Lucie Mets.

ROSTER ALERT: RHP Jose Guevara assigned to Brooklyn Cyclones from St. Lucie Mets.

Single-A: St. Lucie Mets **(34-31*/39-19)**

LAKELAND 7, ST. LUCIE 2 (BOX)

Southpaw Nick Correno got the spot start after not having pitched in any games since July 17, and things went predictably bad for the 19-year-old left hander, as he allowed 4 runs- 1 earned- over two innings. The bullpen after him was shoddy, so I put more blame on the loss on them and the bats rather than the teenager making his first start in weeks.