On this past Saturday evening pitcher Justin Dunn who was chosen by the New York Mets with the
19th overall pick out of Boston College in the first round of the
2016 Major League Baseball draft held the Reading Fightin Phil’s to two hits
and one run through seven innings as the Binghamton Rumble Ponies defeated
Reading 4-2 on Amed Rosario Bobblehead Day. The attendance was not that good.
There were plenty of empty seats as the season winds down. The kids that
attended were thrilled to receive their bobblehead toy as they cheered for
every Rumble Ponies hit. The big blow of the game came from Binghamton first
baseman Joey Thermostatic who blasted a three-run homer over the right field
wall to put Binghamton ahead 3-0. Ryder Ryan pitched in the eighth inning and
Joshua Torres came on in the ninth and recorded his fifth save of the season.
Malquin Canelo hit a homerun for the Phils. Ranfi Casimiro who looked shaky at
the beginning and then settled down a little bit later went six innings and
took the loss.
Dunn now (6-4) who was New York's third best
prospect going into the 2018 season put on an impressive performance and struck
out seven and walked four. He kept Reading off balance with his fastball and
curveball. He hit the corners throughout the game. He showed his athletic
ability by making a good defensive play in the field. He swung the bat well and
also showed good speed by running down the first base line as well. Dunn got
off to a slow start during the beginning of his minor league career, however he
has showed some improvement.
As the season winds
down for the Rumble Ponies and the Major Leagues look to expand the rosters on September
1st the parent Mets will be looking to see who they will call up
from the Minor Leagues as they want to evaluate players for the 2019 season. Dunn
will most likely be back with the Rumble Ponies next year. The Mets will probably
will have the same starting rotation returning in 2019. In my opinion Corey Oswalt
and if Rafael Montero comes back from his injury may have the best chance of
competing against Zach Wheeler and Jason Vargas for the fourth and fifth spots
in the starting rotation in 2019. The Mets can look to free agency and also
make a trade to add to the bullpen or upgrade the catching and infield
positions. It will be interesting to see what the Mets will do during the
offseason.
5 comments:
Dunn has had a decent, but not great, year.
He is 8-7,3.33 for the combined St.Lucie/Binghamton, but he is only 5-2, 4.07 in his past 10 starts.
The good news is the 71-K/59.2-IP he put up in those starts.
Still, I would send Dunn to Syracuse on 2019 opening day.
We are going to need this guy in 2020.
People have been promoted on far less. He should see how he fares against the next level of competition in a more representative environment in Syracuse than pitching hell that is the current Las Vegas AAA home.
I can see Dunn called up mid-2019 after some more refinement in Syracuse. Don't forget your thermals, Justin.
If he comes into spring training breathing fire, could he be switched to the pen early on and get here sooner?
David Peterson looking much better in his last several starts (last 4, allowed just 2 earned runs) and seems to have perhaps pulled close-to-even with Dunn.
Bruh there's no way Wheeler is competing for a rotation spot next year the way he's been pitching the last 3 months. Hes been our #2 starter after degrom. Wheeler is entrenched in the rotatiom for next year which is also his walk year.
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