Mets Daily Prospect Report, 4/13/26: Blowouts, shutouts, squeakers and flops

PORT ST. LUCIE, FLORIDA - MARCH 19, 2026: Nick Morabito #70 of the New York Mets bats during the second inning of a spring training Spring Breakout game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Clover Park on March 19, 2026 in Port St. Lucie, Florida. (Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images) | D

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Triple-A: Syracuse Mets (7-8)

SYRACUSE 3, BUFFALO 2 (BOX)

Trailing 1-0 for most of the ballgame, a late three-run surge put Syracuse on top in the eighth inning and Ryan Lambert, Joe Jacques, and Ofreidy Gomez locked it down for the win. Duarte, Baumann, Jonathan Pintaro, and Lambert combined to allow a single run over seven innings, a fourth inning Charles McAdoo solo homer, but the offense struggled against Josh Fleming and the Buffalo bullpen behind him. Finally, in the top of the eighth, the bats came alive. Nick Morabito

hit a two-run homer to put Syracuse on top and Christian Pache drove in an insurance run with an RBI triple. That insurance run came up big in the bottom of the ninth, as the Bisons loaded the bases and were able to bring a run home on a ground out before Gomez recorded the last out of the ballgame.

LF MJ Melendez: 2-4, K
CF Nick Morabito: 1-4, R, HR (2), 2 RBI, 2 K
1B Ryan Clifford: 1-4, R, 2B, K
DH Jose Rojas: 1-3, BB, K
RF Cristian Pache: 1-4, 3B, RBI, 3 K
SS Vidal Bruján: 1-4, K, E (3)
2B Ji Hwan Bae: 1-3, SB (2)
3B Jackson Cluff: 0-4, 2 K
C Onix Vega: 1-2, BB
PR Yonny Hernández: 0-0, R
C Hayden Senger: 0-1
RHP Daniel Duarte: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
RHP Mike Baumann: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
RHP Jonathan Pintaro: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, WP
RHP Ryan Lambert: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, W (1-0)
LHP Joe Jacques: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, H (1)
RHP Ofreidy Gómez: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, S (1)

Double-A: Binghamton Rumble Ponies (5-3)

SOMERSET 7, BINGHAMTON 5 (BOX)

Jordan Geber looked fine early on, but he was lifted for Dakota Hawkins in the top of the fourth and things quickly went awry. The right-hander allowed a double, walked a batter, allowed another double, allowed a triple, and allowed yet another double before finally recording his first out. When everything was said and done, it was 5-0 Patriots. A Jacob Reimer two-run homer in the sixth put Binghamton on the board, but those runs were negated in the top of the ninth when Somerset scored two more runs off of Kevin Gowdy. It’s too bad, because the Rumble Ponies mounted a comeback in the bottom of the inning and plated three runs in the bottom of the frame on a Jose Ramon three-run homer before running out of outs; had Gowdy not allowed those two runs, Binghamton would’ve tied the game at 5-5 and who knows what would’ve happened in extras.

2B A.J. Ewing: 1-4, R, 2B, BB, K, E (1)
SS Marco Vargas: 0-5, K
3B Jacob Reimer: 1-4, R, HR (1), 2 RBI, E (2)
LF Chris Suero: 2-3, R, 3B, BB, SB (3)
DH Eli Serrano III: 0-3, R, 2 K, HBP
RF Jose Ramos: 1-4, R, HR (2), 3 RBI, 3 K
CF D’Andre Smith: 0-3, BB, 2 K
C Kevin Parada: 1-4
1B Nick Lorusso: 0-3, 3 K
RHP Jordan Geber: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, WP
RHP Dakota Hawkins: 1.0 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, L (0-1)
RHP Saul Garcia: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
RHP Zach Peek: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
LHP Matt Turner: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
RHP Kevin Gowdy: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2 WP

High-A: Brooklyn Cyclones (2-6)

JERSEY SHORE 7, BROOKLYN 0 (BOX)

Earlier this week, Irving Cota piggybacked Joel Diaz and threw 3.2 innings of scoreless ball against the Jersey Shore BlueClaws after Diaz allowed 3 runs in 3.1 innings to start the ballgame off. This week, the roles were reversed but the results were the same. Cota got the start and threw 3.0 scoreless innings, and he was relieved by Joel Diaz, who allowed 4 runs in 4.0 innings piggyback innings. Allowing four runs in four innings ain’t great, don’t get me wrong, but the Cyclones offense did not at any point make this game feel competitive. Brooklyn logged a measly three hits on the afternoon- a Mitch Voit double and singles off the bats of Vincent Perozo and Kevin Villavicencio- and a couple of walks, while Jersey Shore logged ten hits and half as many walks.

SS Mitch Voit: 1-2, 2B, 2 BB
CF John Bay: 0-4, K
3B Antonio Jimenez: 0-4, K
DH Daiverson Gutierrez: 0-4, K
1B Ronald Hernandez: 0-3, BB, CS (1)
2B Colin Houck: 0-2, BB, 2 K, CS (1)
RF Yohairo Cuevas: 0-3
C Vincent Perozo: 1-2, HBP
LF Kevin Villavicencio: 1-3, SB (1)
RHP Irving Cota: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, HBP
RHP Joel Díaz: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, L (0-2)
RHP Hunter Hodges: 1.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, E (1)

Single-A: St. Lucie Mets (4-5)

DUNEDIN 13, ST. LUCIE 6 (BOX)

That’s more of a football score than a baseball score. Suffice to say, St. Lucie pitching just didn’t have it yesterday afternoon. Joel Lara allowed 5 runs over 2.0 innings, Felix Cepeda allowed three in 1.1 innings, and Caden Wooster allowed 4 while recording just a single out. On the bright side, A.J. Minter looked good in his inning of work, Nate Lavender did as well, and the offense did log 10 hits, though sadly Elian Pena was 0-4, snapping his seven-game hitting streak going back to opening day. Also of note, a weird peculiarity: 2019 25th round selection Joe Charles pitched his first full inning of work after appearing in his first game on Friday night and recording an out! Charles was a prep right-hander from the TNXL Academy, but opted to not sign with the Mets, instead honoring his commitment to the University of North Carolina. It was a long and winding road for Charles, missing time from the COVID-19 pandemic, a major non-arm injury, and a major elbow injury. After transferring to and graduating from Florida State, the right-hander was signed as a minor league free agent last summer but did not play. Now, six years later, he finally has arrived, one of five prep players drafted by the Mets in 2019 (they selected 13 in total) still in affiliated baseball along with Jace Beck, Tucker Flint, Hunter Barco, and Brett Baty.