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19-05-2025
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Agustín Ramírez's solo home run (6)
Mets Prospects Highlights | Gomez, Mauricio, Houck | 5/6/25 The St. Lucie Mets took center stage on Tuesday night both on the mound and at the plate. Raimon Gomez's fastball consistently hit over 100 mph on the radar in two innings of work. Ronny Mauricio saved a run with an alert defensive play, then singled and stole a base as he continues his comeback from a torn ACL. Colin Houck, 2023 first-round pick, doubled and tripled in their 6-1 victory. 2:45 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
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16-05-2025
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Mets Prospects Highlights Houck, Gilbert, Serrano
Mets Prospects Highlights | Gomez, Mauricio, Houck | 5/6/25 The St. Lucie Mets took center stage on Tuesday night both on the mound and at the plate. Raimon Gomez's fastball consistently hit over 100 mph on the radar in two innings of work. Ronny Mauricio saved a run with an alert defensive play, then singled and stole a base as he continues his comeback from a torn ACL. Colin Houck, 2023 first-round pick, doubled and tripled in their 6-1 victory. 2:45 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
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11-04-2025
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Where does Port St. Lucie's Clover Park rank among spring training stadiums? See the list
Where does Port St. Lucie's Clover Park rank among spring training stadiums? See the list Spring training is over for 2025, but Port St. Lucie's venue is bringing in accolades. Clover Park was voted one of the top spring training parks in the USA TODAY 10BEST Readers' Choice Awards, released Wednesday. The stadium is the spring home of the New York Mets and full-time home to the Class-A St. Lucie Mets. Advertisement The stadium saw major renovations worth $52 million that were completed in 2020, bringing it up to the level of the best in Florida. A record 106,000 fans came to see Juan Soto and the Mets this spring, with Jerry Seinfeld among them. "First debuted in 1988, Florida's Clover Park underwent major renovations in 2019 and 2020, ultimately ushering in a wealth of new amenities for fans to enjoy," 10BEST wrote. "During a New York Mets spring training game, visitors can take advantage of the on-site bourbon bar, and as an added bonus, dazzling fireworks shows are held throughout the year." Clover Park ranked as the second-best spring training park in Florida, behind only the Tampa Bay Rays' Charlotte Sports Park. Best spring training stadiums Here's where Clover Park ranks among the best spring training ballparks in the country in the USA TODAY 10BEST Readers' Choice Awards: Advertisement Surprise Stadium (Surprise, Arizona) Charlotte Sports Park (Port Charlotte, Florida) Clover Park (Port St. Lucie, Florida) Peoria Sports Complex (Peoria, Arizona) Salt River Fields at Talking Stick (Scottsdale, Arizona) BayCare Ballpark (Clearwater, Florida) Sloan Park (Mesa, Arizona) JetBlue Park at Fenway South (Fort Myers, Florida) Goodyear Ballpark (Goodyear, Arizona) CoolToday Park (North Port, Florida) This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: Clover Park named among 10 best spring training stadiums
New York Times
06-04-2025
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- New York Times
Mets prospect Matt Allan makes first appearance in 6 years
Matt Allan, once the New York Mets' top pitching prospect and a top-100 prospect in the sport, made his first game appearance since 2019 on Sunday. Starting for the Single-A St. Lucie Mets, Allan pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits while striking out five. Allan hit 97 mph on the radar gun with his fastball while working in a cutter and curveball. Advertisement Allan, now 23, was a jewel of the Mets' 2019 draft class, conducted under then-general manager Brodie Van Wagenen. After taking Brett Baty and Josh Wolf in the first two rounds, New York maneuvered its entire draft around securing Allan, a first-round talent, in the third round at No. 89. After throwing 10 1/3 innings that summer, Allan and all of minor-league baseball sat out the 2020 season because of COVID-19. Allan underwent Tommy John surgery in May 2021, and he required nerve transposition surgery in 2022. A second Tommy John surgery on New Year's Day in 2023 further pushed him back. Take a bow, Matt! 2.2IP 2H 0ER 1BB 5SO — St. Lucie Mets (@stluciemets) April 6, 2025 But Allan arrived at spring training rejuvenated in body and mind. He's no longer on top prospect lists, and the Mets have been cautious with their expectations. But they marvel that Allan is still here at all. 'A reasonable expectation would have been that he never pitches again,' director of player development Andrew Christie said. 'He doesn't really care about reasonable expectations. He just has an insane amount of belief in himself.' That six-year gap — it started before COVID — feels long, of course. But it has been a lifetime in the Mets organization. In the time since, the Mets were purchased by a new owner, who fired the front office that drafted Allan and has hired five different people to head baseball operations. The club has employed five field managers during that span. Of the 31 players the Mets signed out of the 2019 draft, just six are still in affiliated ball. Baty and fourth-round pick Jake Mangum, who debuted this season with the Rays, are the only two to reach the majors. Allan's short outing is not unusual for starters in April at St. Lucie. Nate Dohm went only 3 1/3 innings in the club's opening game on Friday. Advertisement 'There's been a lot of breath wasted on pitch and innings limits and determining a limit on a guy prior to seeing how a guy responds to each outing. That's not what we want to do,' Christie said. 'We want to see how he's bouncing back and how his body and his arm feel and just keep stacking days. That's been the theme for the last year.' (Photo of Matt Allan from March 1: Gordon Donovan / NurPhoto via Associated Press)
