Ronny Mauricio blasts 440-foot walk-off homer as he provides to Mets call-up case

If Ronny Mauricio wished to make a press release to the struggling Mets about why they need to lastly name him up – the power-hitting infield prospect might have taken care of that with one swing.

Mauricio, 22, ended the Triple-A Syracuse Mets’ sport in dramatic style by blasting a 440-foot walk-off dwelling to offer his group an exciting 8-7 win over the Buffalo Bison on Saturday evening. 

The Mets’ No. 2 ranked prospect clobbered a 3-1 pitch from Junior Fernandez, which stayed up, out of the stadium to proper subject, bringing dwelling Michael Perez from second with two outs within the course of.

It had an exit velocity of 113.2 mph.

What made it even sweeter was that, in line with the Syracuse Mets, Maurico’s son was on the sport to look at his dad play the hero.   

The towering shot was Maurico’s sixteenth dwelling run of the season.

He’s hitting .295 with 56 RBIs and a .851 OPS in 356 at-bats in Triple-A.

There have been requires the Mets, who cut up two video games with the Pink Sox on Saturday, to convey Mauricio as much as the majors, however they’ve to this point resisted regardless of holding a 46-52 report with an inconsistent offense. 

The Mets have opted to name up the likes of D.J. Stewart and Danny Mendick as a substitute. The latter was promoted on Saturday after Luis Guillore landed on the IL. 

Mauricio is a pure shortstop, however the Mets have tried him at completely different positions this season in Triple-A. 

Mentioning Mauricio would imply all of the Mets’ prime place prospects can be in Queens, with Francisco Alvarez and Brett Baty being with the membership for a lot of the season and Mark Vientos just lately getting known as again up. 

The Mets begin Saturday seven video games out of the ultimate NL Wild Card with seven video games remaining earlier than the Aug. 1 commerce deadline.