Brooklyn is the team to watch right now for Mets fans. The only winning affiliate at current has been St. Lucie, but the Cyclones are currently making space in their locker room for three of the team's top prospects — Francisco Alvarez, Brett Baty, and Ronny Mauricio.
Yeah, those guys are all on the offensive side of the ball — between a rash of injuries to their starting pitchers and donations to replace injured players up the system (and donation to replace guys who are replacing injured players), the rotation is all bolluxed up, and on most days, tomorrow's starter has been listed as TBD. So, while the talent sparkles, the record does not. Still, dig on that offense and watch a few balls fly. There are worse ways to spend an early evening.
Losing four of six to the Jersey Shore Jackals — including the last three — is no way to spend your week. But that's just what happened, dropping your Brooklyn Cyclones to wet blanket of a 2-8 record over their lat 10, but now the real test comes, as they host the first place (and Cal Ripken-owned) Aberdeen IronBirds for their next six. While they sit in fifth and last in the High A East's Northern Division, it's a good time for a reset after a rainout yesterday.
Brett Austin Baty, the first rounder that Brodie Van Wangenen didn't get around to trading away, has clearly been the most dangerous bat to date. After a homerless (but otherwise devastating) May, Brett the Met (note: actual t-ball nickname) has homered four times this past week to set his percentages at a majestic .369 / .476 / .595 // 1.071. It's like Jeff McNeil, Brandon Nimmo, and Michael Conforto all participated in some unGodly act and produced some horrible, monstrous, third-base playing baby. (Note the implication here — he's a lefty hitter.) They probably didn't do that, though.
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Josh Walker recently promoted to Bingo has provided the closest thing to a dose of steadiness the rotation has seen, going 3-0 with a 2.57 ERA before his callup. Josh was a late draft pick back in 2017, and has been the most pleasant of surprises this season. Get to the park and see Baty while you can, for it is too late to see Walker. Like Ziggy Stardust, he brings it left hand. If you were hoping to see him in Brooklyn, he made it too far.
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The bullpen has been a much more solid unit, despite their overuse. Bryce Montes de Oca has put up a mountainous 15 strikeouts in 11 1/3 innings to go with a molehillian 1.59 ERA. Yeah, he's wallked nine, but he's been living well despite that so far.
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That photo doesn't really capture the scale, but part of Bryce's philosophy is to be really, really big — and the 6'7", 270 point Missouri product has really succeeded on that score. And as you can see from the photo, it's a proportional massiveness.
Get out to the beach to see the Clones now. You'll be paying through the ass to see them at Citi before you know it.
Your Brooklyn Cyclones Coaching Staff
[td90][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/blankmeyer-ed-2019.jpg[/fIMG][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/duncan-mariano-2019-1.jpg[/fIMG][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/jackson-nic-2021.png[/fIMG][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/ring-royce-2019.jpg[/fIMG][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/weisbach-vanessa-2021.png[/fIMG][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/orr-ryan-2021.png[/fIMG][/td90][td90]Name[/td90][td90][PTEXT=8]Ed
Blankmeyer
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Duncan
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Jackson
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Ring
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Weisbach
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Orr
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