Mets prospect report: Syracuse punches early, but St. Lucie snaps skid in late surge

Syracuse, New York’s top Mets affiliate at the Triple-A level, ran into trouble early in its latest game as starter Jack Weisenburger quickly put the River Sharks’ offense in motion. By the time the Mets’ regulars came to bat, Syracuse was already down 5-0, a deficit that set the tone for the afternoon.

One bright spot for the Mets’ player pool came from Nick Morabito, who led off for Syracuse with a home run, his ninth of the year. The report emphasized that, even after that early jolt, Syracuse struggled to put consistent pressure on the Woosox and spent much of the middle innings off balance at the plate.

The game’s tempo changed late, at least briefly. In the eighth, Jorge Polanco hit a homer that helped Syracuse move closer, but the report framed it as too late to fully swing the outcome. Overall, the storyline on Syracuse was less about a comeback and more about how quickly the game was written off, even with a productive individual moment.

Down at the Double-A level, Binghamton’s day was centered on an extended wait for momentum. The Rumble Ponies entered looking for their first July win, but they came away without a win and without scoring, managing only one hit and drawing four unintentional walks. Jonathan Santucci, who followed a rain-shortened outing with a longer look, produced a solid line in the report, limiting the damage over six innings while allowing two runs, scattering two hits, walking four, and striking out 10. Still, the loss remained his sixth of the season.

St. Lucie offered a different kind of relief, ending a nine-game losing streak with a dramatic late offensive burst. The report described Emilio Obispo as steady early, allowing just a single unearned run, but it noted that a rehabbing Calvin Ziegler ran into difficulty in the fourth, giving up three runs and putting St. Lucie behind by more than one score.

The Tarpons’ offense responded after that point. Coming into the seventh down 5-1, Branny De Oleo and Jack Scanlon helped cut the deficit with a solo homer and an RBI double, respectively, trimming the game to 5-3 as St. Lucie began to claw closer.

Then came the break the team had been waiting for. In the eighth, the report said the Tarpon bullpen’s wheels fell off, and St. Lucie scored seven runs in the inning. The output, described as one run fewer than the club had produced in its prior five games against Tampa, turned the contest into a rout on the scoreboard and finally turned the streak into a win.

For Mets fans watching the farm system, these games underline how uneven days can still produce valuable indicators. A strong early deficit does not erase individual development, as shown by Morabito’s homer, and a strong starting effort does not guarantee results, as reflected in Santucci’s line in a scoreless loss. St. Lucie, meanwhile, showed the kind of late-inning power and timing that can matter for prospects as the season tightens. The next watch is how these performances carry forward into the teams’ subsequent series and whether the streak-ending momentum at St. Lucie translates into steadier production beyond a single burst.