BROOKLYN CYCLONES (6-9) vs. HUDSON VALLEY RENEGADES (8-8) LHP Cam Opp (first start) vs. LHP Ken Waldichuk (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Maimonides Park I Saturday, May 22, 2021 I 4:00 PM Brooklyn, NY I Game # 16 I Home Game # 5 LAST NIGHT: LHP Josh Walker spun six innings vs. HUDSON VALLEY: The rivalry with the New of one-run ball, retiring 16 of his final 18 batters en York Yankees did not end with the loss of the route to a 4-1 Brooklyn win Friday night against Staten Island Yankees. Though the Battle for the the Renegades to even the series 2-2. 3B Brett Bridge may be a thing of the past, the Hudson Baty roped a pair of RBI singles, going 2-4. Baty increased his RBI total to a team-leading 16. RHP Valley Renegades are an old rival sporting new Michel Otanez and RHP Eric Orze tossed three stripes. Formerly with Tampa Bay since 1996, the shutout innings with six strikeouts to heard the Renegades partnered with the Yankees to bring hold and save, respectively. the new Baby Bombers ever closer to the NY area. NEW NAME: Maimonides Medical Center and the MORE MAURICIO: No. 2 Mets prospect INF Ronny Brooklyn Cyclones have announced a new name Mauricio has a 12-game hitting streak to begin the for the team’s Coney Island ballpark -- season. The Dominican is hitting .315 (17-54) with Maimonides Park starting in 2021. The name reflects a new part- five doubles and four home runs. INF Lucas Duda nership that unites two of the borough’s iconic in- holds the Cyclones record with his 17-game hitting stitutions -- a team celebrating its 20th anniversary streak from the 2017 season. Currently, Mauricio is season and a healthcare organization celebrating tied for the sixth-longest streak in Brooklyn history. its 110th year of service to Brooklyn. BASH BROS: No. 2 Mets prospect INF Ronny MANGUM ON THE MOVE: OF Jake Mangum Mauricio and INF Joe Genord lead the Cyclones earned a call-up to Double-A Binghamton effective and all Mets minor league players with four home Saturday. The centerfielder earns his first trip to the runs each. INF Luke Ritter has three homers, tied level. The Mets have promoted OF Zach Ashford with Syracuse INF Jake Hager and OF Martin Cer- from Low-A St. Lucie to join the team on Saturday. venka for the second-most in the system. NEW GUY: LHP Cam Opp makes his Brooklyn de- SKYWALKER: Last night LHP Josh Walker won his but Saturday, taking the mound for the first time at third game in four outings, pitching a season-long the High-A level. The southpaw earned the promo- six innings. It’s Brooklyn’s first quality start of the tion from Low-A St. Lucie on Monday and makes his season by a starting pitcher. Walker has a 2.57 ERA third professional start. With the Mets, Opp posted a to lead the starters, striking out 23 and walking 0.79 ERA, allowing one earned run in 11 1/3 innings four in 21 innings. Walker has held opponents to a with nine strikeouts and four walks. Opp signed with .189 batting average. the Mets as a minor league free agent in December 2020. FROM ST. JOHN’S TO CONEY ISLAND: Cyclones manager Ed Blankmeyer begins his first official World Series champion season as the skipper for the club. Blankmeyer was SUPPORT STAFF: Mariano will serve as bench coach, hired in early 2020 to be the Short Season Class Duncan Ed Blankmeyer while returns to Coney Island as pitch- A manager after coaching St. John’s University for Royce Ring ing coach. Ring served in the same role in 2018 be- 24 years. Blankmeyer went 829-499-4 with the Red fore ascending to Columbia (formerly Class A). Storm. Nic Jackson begins his coaching career in the Mets or- ganization as the hitting coach. Upcoming Opponents & Probable Pitching DATE OPPONENT CYCLONES STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME Sunday, May 23 vs. HV RHP Jose Butto (0-1, 4.73 ERA) RHP Hayden Wesneski (0-1, 1.26 ERA) 1:00 PM Monday, May 24 OFF DAY Tuesday, May 25 vs. ABD RHP Oscar Rojas (0-2, 9.00 ERA) TBA 6:30 PM Wednesday, May 26 vs. ABD RHP Jaison Vilera (0-2, 9.75 ERA) TBA 6:30 PM MAY 22 VS HUDSON VALLEY STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2 # 33 CAM OPP LHP Height: 5-10 Weight: 185 Bats: Left Throws: Left Date of Birth: November 4, 1995 Age: 25 Hometown: London, UK How Obtained: Signed as a minor league free agent, 12/16/2020 College: West Point HELLO!: LHP Cam Opp makes his Brooklyn Cyclones de- 2021 GAME-BY-GAME but and continues his first season in the Mets organization Low-A St. Lucie DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB K HR AVG after signing a minor league contract with the Amazins’ in 5/16 @DBT W 5.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 .238 5/11 @DBT W 3.1 3 1 0 3 5 0 .250 December 2020. 5/4 v. JUP 3.0 3 1 1 2 2 0 .250 SO FAR SO GOOD: Opp began his career with Low-A St. Lucie this season, making two starts and one relief ap- pearance. Over 11.1 innings, the southpaw has allowed one K/9 BB/9 HR/9 earned run with nine strikeouts and six walks. 7.15 4.8 0.0 BABIP GB% FIP ARMY MAN: Opp pitched at West Point in New York for Army for four seasons, posting a 4.11 ERA over 181.2 innings .303 30.3 4.23 with the Black Knights. At the end of his junior season, he recorded the final two outs of the Patriot League champion- ship game against Navy in 2018. That year in the Super Re- OPP’S SEASON AND CAREER HIGHS gionals, Opp pitched 1.2 innings to close out Army’s massive 2021 Season Career 5 (5/11 @ Daytona) Strikeouts 5 (5/11/21 @ Daytona) 5-1 upset of NC State in the College World Series. None Double Digit K Games None 4 (5/16 @ Daytona) High Hits, Game 4 (5/16/21 @ Daytona) None High HR, Game None 1 (2x, 5/11/21 @ Daytona) High Runs, Game 1 (2x, 5/11/21 @ Daytona) WORLD TRAVELER: Opp’s father worked for Deloitte and 3 (5/11 @ Daytona) High Walks, Game 3 (5/11/21 @ Daytona) 5 IP (5/16 @ Daytona) Innings Pitched, Game 5 IP (5/16/21 @ Daytona) traveled around the world with the company. Opp was born None Complete Games None in Colorado, moved to Chicago, and spent most of his child- None Shutouts None hood and teenage years in London, England. Opp had also lived in Indiana, Texas, and North Carolina before signing with the Mets. INDEPENDENT BALL: Opp pitched with the Evansville Ot- ters in the Frontier League in 2019, striking out 35 in 26.2 innings with a 2.70 ERA. CATCHER ERA NAME G ER INN ERA Mena 3 13 26 4.50 Senger 8 42 69 5.48 G ERA IP H R ER HR BB K AVG Uriarte 4 17 33 4.64 Home Road May CYCLONES STARTING PITCHER BREAKDOWN June STARTER GS Quality Starts Run Support RS/Start BC Record July Butto, Jose 3 0 8 2.7 1-2 August Kisena, Alec 2 0 17 8.5 1-1 September Rojas, Oscar 3 0 20 6.7 1-2 PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS Vilera, Jaison 3 0 12 4.0 0-3 vs. Left Walker, Josh 4 1 27 6.8 3-1 vs. Right RISP Team ahead Team behind Ahead in count Behind in count BROOKLYN CYCLONES PITCHING BREAKDOWN W-L ERA IP H R ER BB K HR AVG W-L ERA IP H R ER BB K HR AVG STARTERS 4-6 5.48 65.2 56 44 40 28 70 13 .228 HOME 2-2 2.50 36.0 21 11 10 11 32 2 .169 RELIEVERS 2-3 5.20 62.1 61 45 36 28 81 5 .247 ROAD 4-7 6.07 92.0 96 78 62 45 119 16 .260 TOTAL 6-9 5.06 128.0 117 89 72 56 151 18 .237 TOTAL 6-9 5.06 128.0 117 89 72 56 151 18 .237 BULLPEN NOTES -RHP Allan Winans leads the bullpen, striking out 45% of the batters he has faced, stranding four out of four baserunners he has inherited. -LHP Andrew Edwards is the lone southpaw in the bullpen, striking out 13.5 batters per nine innings. -RHP Bryce Montes de Oca is the hardest-throwing reliever in the pen, touching triple digits. SUNDAY’S STARTER - RHP JOSE BUTTO (0-1, 4.73 ERA) MAY 22 VS HUDSON VALLEY BATTING PAGES PAGE 3 # ZACH ASHFORD - OF .000, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .000 wOBA, wRC+ 0 Last Game: Home: Last HR: Season High, Hits: RISP: Road: Multi-Hit Games: Season High, Runs: Streak: vs. HV: Multi-RBI Games: Season High, RBI: Season High, SB: • Enters his third year in the Mets organization...Called up from Low-A St. Lucie on Saturday, May 22 • Hit .340 (17-50) in 14 games with the St. Lucie Mets in 2021, collecting three doubles and six walks with a stolen base • Spent his first few games as a pro with Brooklyn in 2019, hitting .136 in 16 games before being sent to the GCL Mets (37 G, .295/2/23/.413) • Drafted by the Mets out of Fresno State in the 6th round of the 2019 MLB Draft # 22 BRETT BATY - INF .396, 0 HR, 16 RBI, .447 wOBA, wRC+ 184 Last Game: 2-4, 2 RBI, R, K Home: 8-15 Last HR: Season High, Hits: 4 (5/19 vs.