No. 11 Colin Houck, SS/3B B/T: R/R Age: 19 (9/30/2004) Height: 6’2 Weight: 190 lbs Acquired: 1st round of 2023 Draft from Parkview HS (Lilburn, GA) Previous Rank: 2023 Stats (FCL Mets): 9 G, .241 BA, .699 OPS, 1 3B, 4 RBI, 6 R, 7 BB Colin Houck, Photo by Ed Delany Colin Houck was the Mets’ lone first-round pick of the 2023 Draft, selected 32nd overall given the Mets’ draft position penalty for exceeding the luxury tax. Houck was committed to Mississippi State for baseball and even had several Power 5 offers to play college football, but the Mets were able to entice him to sign with ..read more

Just under a decade ago, the New York Mets had a farm system stocked with electric starting pitchers that would later help carry the franchise to a World Series appearance. That core is long gone at this point, however, and for a team whose history is steeped in talent at the position, the Mets have had little to no success developing homegrown rotation arms in recent years. That promises to change sooner rather than later, though, as Christian Scott is primed to be the first of New York’s new-age minor leaguers to get a shot at proving himself at the next level when he debuts against the Tamp ..read more

Brett Baty showed just why he belongs in the majors on Friday night by displaying his power at Tropicana Field. The third baseman went 3-for-4, blasting two home runs, driving in four RBIs, and scoring two runs in the Mets’ 10-8 loss to Tampa Bay in what was also Baty’s first career multi-home run game. The young 24-year-old has had an up-and-down start to his 2024 campaign and has struggled offensively. During the month of April, he was just 20-for-78 with two doubles and just six RBIs. In the Mets’ last two games against the Chicago Cubs, he was just 1-for-6. May 3, 2024; St. Petersburg, Fl ..read more

David Peterson made his second rehab start down in Port St Lucie, while top 30 prospect Brandon Sproat gave another phenomenal performance for Brooklyn as Mets affiliates won two out of four games on the night.  David Peterson. Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports Triple-A Syracuse Mets (16-13) 1, Rochester Red Wings (14-13) 10 BOX SCORE RF Carlos Cortes 2-for-4, R, RBI (5) (.984 OPS) 2B-P Yolmer Sánchez 2-for-3, R, SB (1) (.575 OPS) CF Luisangel Acuña 1-for-5, SB (9), K (.606 OPS) Syracuse struggled on both sides of the ball, only scoring a single run while allowing 10 in a blowout lo ..read more

Good morning, Mets fans! Late Friday night, the Padres and Marlins completed the first big trade of the year, as Miami sent Luis Arráez to San Diego for reliever Woo-Suk Go and prospects Dillon Head, Jakob Marsee, and Nathan Martorella. Jeff Passan of ESPN was first on the trade, while Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic had the return. Arráez is a two-time batting champion and two-time All-Star, known for being one of the best pure contact hitters in the game. He’s having a bit of a down start of the season for his standards, but he’s still batting .299 and has a 105 OPS+. The M ..read more

Fall down seven times, stand up eight. That’s a Japanese proverb. The Mets got to Aaron Civale for seven runs. Jose Quintana gave up eight. That’s not a baseball proverb (or a winning formula.) Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Quintana had his worst outing of the season – giving up eight earned runs on 10 hits in 2 2/3 innings – as the Mets dropped the opener of their six-game road trip to Tampa Bay 10-8 to fall back to .500 at 16-16. Brett Baty went 3-for-4 with two home runs and four RBIs to lead the offense. New York got on the board first when Baty belted a three-ru ..read more

Struggling starter Adrian Houser, whose ERA sits at 8.16 after six starts, is going to miss his next turn in the rotation, manager Carlos Mendoza said before tonight’s game. “We talked to Houser,” Mendoza said when asked if the team would go to a six-man rotation with Christian Scott getting called up from the minors to start tomorrow. “For this next time through, he’s going to be in the pen.” Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Hui-USA TODAY Sports Mendoza said Houser could see relief action as early as Monday since he pitched on Thursday, when he gave up four runs on four hits and four walks in a n ..read more

Friday, May 3, 2024 • 6:50 PM Tropicana Field • St. Petersburg, FL LHP Jose Quintana (1-2, 3.48) vs. RHP Aaron Civale (2-2, 5.06) SNY The Mets head to St. Petersburg tonight coming off a fantastic end to their series against the Chicago Cubs. On Wednesday night, they were handed a crushing 1-0 loss that concluded with a possible obstruction of home plate when Pete Alonso slid into home plate in the bottom of the ninth before ultimately being called out. The vibes were not good! Thursday was the Francisco Lindor flu game, which turned the tide. He came off the bench still not feeling great from ..read more

A return home for the New York Mets (16-15) was expected to be a good thing for a group, but the team lost four of seven against a pair of NL Central foes in the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs. It did end on a positive note, however, as Francisco Lindor’s walk-off hit gave them a 7-6 win to cap off their series against the Cubs on Thursday. The Mets will now go on the road to meet the Tampa Bay Rays (14-18), who have lost eight of their last 10. They have also struggled against teams above .500, going 4-8 in those games. The Mets will look to take advantage of the Rays’ slow start to ..read more

The Florida Complex League Mets start their season on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at Roger Dean Stadium against the FCL Cardinals. Shortstop Jeremy Rodriguez is the top prospect on the FCL Mets roster, who they acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks last season at the trade deadline for veteran outfielder Tommy Pham. Rodríguez, 17, had an impressive 1.247 OPS in 13 games for the Mets and a .878 OPS overall in his pro debut. Jay Pecci is the complex supervisor this season after managing the FCL Mets last year, and Danny Ortega is the manager following his start in the Mets organization last year as ..read more