Mets promote Amed Rosario to Binghamton, Vinny Siena and P.J. Conlon to Port St. Lucie

After spending the first half of the season with the St. Lucie Mets, Amed Rosario is finally getting a promotion to Double-A Binghamton. Many evaluators didn’t expect Rosario to spend more than a few weeks in St. Lucie, just to keep him out of the early season cold weather in Binghamton. Instead, Rosario got 286 plate appearances in his second stop at High-A and hit .307/.357/.441 with three home runs, 13 steals, and a 136 wRC+. He started the FSL All-Star Game at shortstop.

Rosario will now get a chance to improve upon his Double-A numbers from last season, when he posted a -54 wRC+ in a very abbreviated sample (10 PA) at the end of the season. You can read more about Rosario in his profile from our top 25 pre-season prospect list. The jump to Double-A is the most informative and difficult move for prospects to make in the minor leagues, so watching Rosario’s progress will be very interesting.

Additionally, left-handed pitcher P.J. Conlon and second baseman Vinny Siena will be promoted from the Single-A Columbia Fireflies A to High-A St. Lucie. Siena, a 2015 14th-round pick out of UConn, has hit .291/.435/.399 with no home runs and eight stolen bases for the Firelies. Conlon, another 2015 college draftee, dominated with a 1.84 ERA, 7.01 K/9, and 1.15 BB/9 over twelve starts. He started the SAL All-Star Game and even drew a comp to Jamie Moyer.