Mets Minor League Starting Pitching Leaders

Here’s a look at the Mets minor league starting pitching leaders which features strong showings from Steven Matz, Michael Fulmer, Robert Whalen, and Casey Meisner who all pitched this weekend.

I left out Noah Syndergaard‘s strong 3-0 start with 1.82 ERA, 0.944 WHIP, and 4.25 SO/W ratio because he is in the bigs now and hopefully has seen the last of the Minors.

A breakdown for the relief pitchers will be done next week after they have a chance to accumulate more innings.

Lets compare how the Mets teams have compared to the league averages:

• Las Vegas – 3.99 ERA, 1.299 WHIP, 2.49 SO/W, 8.5 H9, 4.06 R/G compared to PCL averages- 4.42 ERA, 1.414 WHIP, 2.22 SO/W, 9.3 H9 4.71 R/G
• Binghamton – 4.22 ERA, 1.428 WHIP, 2.17 SO/W, 9.5 H9, 4.60 R/G compared to EL averages- 3.82 ERA, 1.350 WHIP, 2.19 SO/W, 8.8 H9, 4.27 R/G
• St. Lucie – 3.53 ERA, 1.250 WHIP, 2.28 SO/W, 7.9 H9, 4.11 R/G compared to FSL averages- 3.34 ERA, 1.285 WHIP, 2.41 SO/W, 8.5 H9, 3.94 R/G
• Savannah – 4.17 ERA, 1.349 WHIP, 3.07 SO/W, 9.2 H9, 4.76 R/G compared to SAL averages- 3.63 ERA, 1.298 WHIP, 2.62 SO/W, 8.6 H9, 4.17 R/G

ERA

1. Robert Gsellman, St. Lucie – 1.46 (2nd in FSL)
2. Steven Matz, Las Vegas – 1.80 (4th in PCL)
3. Casey Meisner, Savannah – 2.31 (11th in SAL)
4. Seth Lugo, Binghamton – 2.45 (8th in EL)
5. Robert Whalen, St. Lucie – 2.50
6. Rainy Lara, Binghamton – 2.51
7. Luis Cessa, Binghamton – 2.97
8. Miller Diaz, St. Lucie – 3.00
9. Martires Arias, Savannah – 3.23
10. Gabriel Ynoa, Binghamton – 3.72

WHIP

1. Gsellman – 0.865 (2nd in FSL
2. Lugo – 1.034 (8th in EL)
3. Matz – 1.060 (3rd in PCL)
4. Whalen – 1.083
5. Diaz – 1.148
6. Meisner – 1.171
7. Fulmer – 1.174
8. Arias – 1.207
9. Lara – 1.237
10. Josh Prevost, Savannah – 1.267

SO/W

1. Lugo – 6.75
2. Corey Oswalt, Savannah – 4.57
3. Marcos Molina, St. Lucie – 4.00
4. Prevost – 4.00
5. Meisner – 3.44

H9

1. Gsellman- 5.6
2. Matz- 6.1
3. Diaz- 6.7
4. Whalen- 8.0
5. Lara- 8.1

SO/9

1. Brad Wieck, Savannah- 12.2
2. Matz- 9.7
3. Lugo- 9.5
4. Molina- 8.8
5. Diaz- 8.8

BB/9

1. Lugo- 1.4
2. Whalen, Prevost, Oswalt all at 1.8
3. Cessa, Gsellman, Molina all at 2.2

FIP

1. Molina- 2.39
2. Lugo- 2.50
3. Gsellman- 2.62
4. Prevost- 2.78
5. Cessa- 2.89
6. Matz- 2.92
7. Oswalt- 3.07
8. Wieck- 3.08
9. Whalen- 3.32
10. Meisner- 3.39

LOB % (Average is 70-72%)

1. Matz- 83.3 %
2. Gsellman- 82.9%
3. Meisner- 79.6%
4. Ynoa- 79.2%
5. Diaz- 73.6%
6. Lara- 72.5%
7. Cessa- 72.1%
8. Whalen- 71.1%
9. Lugo- 71.0%
10. Arias- 70.7%