Jefferson Rojas hasn’t let a change of scenery slow him down.
Rojas, the Mets’ top prospect and MLB Pipeline’s No. 76 prospect overall, crushed his second home run since being traded from the Cubs for Clay Holmes and Tyrone Taylor. Rojas’ homer aided a 4-3 victory on Tuesday for Double-A Binghamton over Altoona at Peoples Natural Gas Field.
The Binghamton shortstop got going right away. He demolished a first-inning long ball with a runner on first base, giving his team a 2-0 lead. Rojas got a pitch in the zone with two strikes and blasted it to left-center field. It was his 17th big fly of the year, expanding on what was already a career-high.
He wasn’t done there, as Rojas went 3-for-5 overall with three RBIs. He singled in the eighth inning but was stranded at third base. Then, the 21-year-old tapped into his clutch gene in the ninth, doubling home the game-tying run on a hard ground ball to left field.
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Binghamton then took the lead on a Chris Suero sacrifice fly, with Bryce Jenkins locking down the bottom of the ninth.
Rojas, who instantly became New York’s top prospect when he entered the organization, has been superb in 11 games since the trade. He’s slashing .302/.360/.558 in the span -- a .918 OPS -- with six extra-base hits and 14 RBIs.