The minor league season is over, and what an incredibly successful one it was for the Mets. Not only did the Brooklyn Cyclones and Binghamton Rumble Ponies win league championships, but the player development throughout the Mets organization was some of the best the franchise has ever seen. The Mets are stacked with prospects, both pitching and hitting. Let’s take a look at which prospects...
Fangraphs’ end-of-season top-100 prospect list loved the Mets system. Six players from the Mets organization were featured on the updated list, headlined by rookie sensation Nolan McLean. The righty finished as high as 12th on the list, helped by his dominant eight starts last season, where he pitched to a 2.06 ERA. McLean was also the second-highest starting pitcher on the list, finishing...
With the regular season over and the playoffs now heading into the Division Series in both leagues, MLB Pipeline has released their updated top 100 prospects list. Four Mets were featured in the rankings, with right-handed pitcher Nolan McLean placing the highest amongst that group at No. 11. He had previously come in at No. 36, marking a rise of 25 spots that was the third-greatest across the...
After securing the best record in the Eastern League in both halves, the Rumble Ponies dropped their first game of the Championship Series to the Erie SeaWolves. The bats were relatively quiet in the blowout win, and R.J. Gordon struggled facing an Erie lineup containing three top-100 prospects. Meanwhile, Jett Williams, Carson Benge, Ryan Clifford and Kevin Parada all hit home runs as Syracuse...
In their second-to-last game of the Triple-A regular season, Syracuse fell 5-3 to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. The offense produced three runs in the second but nothing after, going 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position and leaving nine on base. The bullpen couldn’t hold the lead, giving up a homer in the sixth and three runs in the eighth. Triple-A Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs (87-60) 5, Syracuse...
Top prospects Jett Williams and Carson Benge showed why they were first-round picks Friday. Williams (14th pick, 2022) went 2-for-5 with his sixth Triple-A homer and a double, and Benge (19th pick, 2024) went 4-for-4 with a triple, two RBIs and a stolen base in Syracuse’s 8-1 victory over Lehigh Valley. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (76-72) 8, Lehigh Valley IronPigs (86-60) 1 Box Score 2B Jett...
The Brooklyn Cyclones clinched the South Atlantic League Championship with a 2-1 win over Hub City on Tuesday — the third title in franchise history. Marco Vargas added to his recent hot streak by driving in one of the Cyclones’ two runs, while Franklin Gomez set the tone with four scoreless innings and Hoss Brewer closed it out in the ninth, capping a dominant postseason for Brooklyn’s pitching...
Jett Williams went 1-for-3, leaving his mark in the ninth with a two-run homer to left-center; his fifth of the season with Syracuse. He turned on a Hobie Harris splitter, sending it 375 feet at 107.1 mph off the bat. Overall, he went 1-for-3 with two walks. Triple-A Worcester Red Sox (72-70) 6, Syracuse Mets (72-71) 4 Box Score SS Jett Williams: 1-for-3, HR, 2 BB, 2 RBI, R (.670 OPS) 1B Ryan...
Kodai Senga threw six innings of one-run ball and struck out eight in Triple-A Syracuse’s 3-1 victory over Worcester on Friday. It was the 32-year-old right-hander’s first action since Aug. 31 when he gave up five runs in 4 2/3 innings against the Miami Marlins. Senga pitched to a 6.18 ERA in six August starts and then accepted a demotion to Syracuse. Triple-A Worcester Red Sox...
Colin Houck came through with a clutch two-run homer in the eighth to lift Brooklyn in Game 1 of the SAL North Division Final. The former first-round pick needed the breakthrough after a rough regular season in High-A (.558 OPS), following a stronger showing at Low-A St. Lucie (.812 OPS). Ryan Clifford and Jett Williams homered in the win for Syracuse. Mets’ top pitching prospects not in...
Looking to return to the Mets, Tylor Megill struggled in his latest start for Syracuse. Out since mid-June with a right elbow sprain, the 30-year-old hasn’t found his footing since landing in Syracuse. In four games, he’s pitched 15 innings, allowed 15 hits, 11 runs, all earned, walked nine and struck out 16. Before going down with injury, Megill posted a 3.95 ERA through 14 starts...
A.J. Ewing has been on fire since his promotion to Double-A Binghamton, slashing .391/.423/.483 in 20 games entering Friday. He kept it up with an RBI single that extended his hitting streak to 14 games in the Rumble Ponies’ 7-2 victory over Akron. The 21-year-old speedster selected in the fourth round of the 2023 draft out of Springboro (Ohio) High School has stolen 69 bases across three...
