Jefferson Rojas keeps swinging hot as Mets’ top Double-A prospect homers again in Binghamton loss

Binghamton, NY. Mets top prospect Jefferson Rojas continued a streak of late offensive production Tuesday afternoon, going deep again in Double-A Binghamton’s 8-6 loss to the Reading Fightin Phils. According to the report, Rojas homered for a second straight game and for the third time in his last four contests, underscoring how quickly his recent at-bats have turned into extra-base impact.

Rojas’ latest homer came in a game that ultimately belonged to Reading on the scoreboard. While Binghamton managed to score six runs, it wasn’t enough to overcome the Fightin Phils’ late surge, leaving the Mets prospect’s individual highlight in the rearview as his team absorbed the defeat. For prospect followers, the key takeaway was not just that he hit, but the consistency of the power output over a short window.

The Mets have treated their top prospects as a pipeline asset, and Rojas’ current stretch gives them another data point on his ability to carry momentum from game to game. A home run in consecutive appearances suggests he is seeing the ball well enough to translate contact into real damage, rather than relying on a single fortuitous swing.

Even in losses, players who can repeat quality results tend to stand out in development settings like Double-A, where pitching tends to be more advanced and scouting attention is sharper. Rojas’ recent pattern, as characterized in the report, indicates that his timing and approach are holding up across multiple plate appearances and different pitching looks within a tight timeframe.

There is, however, no automatic guarantee that a short run becomes a full-season trend. Baseball power can be cyclical, and the next few weeks matter for whether Rojas sustains his power production against a broader sample of opponents and bullpen usage. Still, his second straight-game homer and third dinger in four games is the kind of stretch that typically draws internal organizational focus.

What to watch next for Binghamton and the Mets’ player development staff is whether Rojas’ extra-base output remains clustered around the same pattern of timing, pitch selection, and contact quality. If the homers continue, he strengthens the argument that his surge is more than an outlier, and he forces the organization to weigh how quickly his development might warrant attention beyond Double-A.