Things seem to be going well for the Mets down on the farm.
Top prospect Luisangel Acuña had a big night on Wednesday for Double-A Binghamton, and on Thursday, pitcher Joander Suarez threw a seven-inning no-hitter for the Rumble Ponies a little more than a week into his first stint in the Eastern League.
On Thursday, he allowed just one walk and struck out four in a history-making performance.
He threw 53 strikes on 78 overall pitches.
The no-hitter was only the fourth individual no-no in franchise history.
The 23-year-old has yet to give up a single hit since being promoted from high High-A Brooklyn last week, a streak of 13 innings.
He was previously named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week after he struck out six over six hitless innings in his first Double-A start on Aug. 31, a 1-0 win for the Rumble Ponies.
The righty, who is not on MLB.com’s top Mets prospect list, previously had Tommy John surgery and was limited to 16 games on the mound over 2021 and 2022.
Before the call-up, Suarez was 5-9 with a 5.08 ERA in Brooklyn.
In his final start for the Cyclones, he set a new single-season franchise record for strikeouts, with 118.
Suarez was signed by the Mets out of Venezuela in May 2018.
He has a career 4.41 ERA with 245 strikeouts over 210 1/3 minor league innings.
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