With the Mets having an off day, we have what will likely be our final minor league thread of the 2026 season. Unfortunately, the season is over for Brooklyn and St. Lucie as both of the Mets’ affiliates failed to make the playoffs.
Jack Wenninger. Photo by Herm Card
7:37 PM · CHS Field · Syracuse (73-66) vs St. Paul (78-61)
The Syracuse Mets open the night 2.5 games back of a playoff spot with 10 games left in the season. On Thursday night, they turned to right-hander Jack Wenninger to start. Though a couple of the outings were brief, Wenninger hasn’t allowed more than two earned runs in his last four appearances. During that span, Wenninger has an encouraging 25 strikeouts in 17 innings, but has also walked 11.
Ryan Clifford is back off the development list and homered on Wednesday night. Another notable part of Clifford’s return: he has only three strikeouts in five games after striking out 164 times in the first 104 games of the season.
6:09 PM · Hadlock Field · Binghamton (61-73) vs Portland (68-65)
The Rumble Ponies’ playoff chances are very slim as they enter the final stretch of the season. With four games left, they are 3.5 games back. One Binghamton loss or one Reading win, ends their playoff hopes.
With their season on the ropes, Binghamton has right-hander Luke Gabrysh getting the start. Gabrysh, came over in the Brooks Raley trade, is coming off the best start with the Mets. He tossed five scoreless innings with five strikeouts last week for Binghamton.
Right-hander Calvin Ziegler was added to the roster before the game. He has struggled this season (8.03 ERA in 12.1 IP), but the important thing is he’s been healthy for the first time since very early in the 2025 season.
Corey Collins continued his great run in Double-A with his 10th home run in only 41 games with Binghamton after hitting eight in 68 games with Brooklyn. The 24-year-old is sporting a .943 OPS in Double-A. Mets’ top prospect Jefferson Rojas had two hits including a double on Wednesday for Binghamton. The 21-year-old is now hitting .283/.341/.602 in 28 games since the trade from the Rays for Freddy Peralta.
