2/4/22

Player Profile: Luke Ritter


Luke Ritter Brooklyn Cyclones 2019 Team Card

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Background, Stats, Videos.

Background:

Luke Ritter, 2nd Basemen, Bats Right, Throws Right, DOB 2/15/1997 in Minneapolis, MN, USA. Drafted by the New York Mets, 2019 June Amateur Draft - Round: 7, Pick: 11, Overall: 208 from Wichita State; Rule 5 Draft eligible, December 2022.

If missing the 2020 season due to COVID wasn't tough enough for minor league players - getting hurt in 2021 made it even worse.

For Luke Ritter, he started out 2021 in Brooklyn showing improved power from the 2nd Base position.  In his first 166 at-bats, 11 HRs, 34 RBIs, .240 BA.  Then, an injury to his hamate bone and he missed time between 7/7 - 8/14 with an IL stint.  When he came back, he had 84 at-bats, 3 HRs, 10 RBIs, and a .214 average.

As we pointed out with Nick Plummer.  Hamate injuries can be difficult to recover from.  Hopefully Luke's injury is not as severe.    

After being drafted in 2019, “Ritter the hitter” was often the number four hitter in Brooklyn’s 2019 NY Penn Championship lineup.  In 68 games in 2019, Luke excelled at hitting at the very difficult to hit MCU park with a .317 home batting average while hitting .184 on the road. 

In 2021 the park in Brooklyn caught up with him 12 HRs, 37 RBIs, .252 avg. on the road.  2 HRs, 7 RBIs, .207 at Home.  In 2022, Luke is projected to be in Binghamton.  I am sure he will welcome the change in scenery and more friendlier confines.

Mets.com has him as the #29 Prospect.

#30 Prospect on Tom Brennan of Mack's Mets list.

Prospects 1500.com #36.

#42 Michael Mayer Metsmerized.com.

Luke Ritter’s FANGRAPHS page.

Luke Ritter’s Baseball Savant page.    

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5 comments:

Mack Ade said...

Sent to both Luke and Steve

February 4, 2022 at 12:47 PM
John From Albany said...

Thanks

February 4, 2022 at 1:16 PM
Tom Brennan said...

My computer is in slo-mo mode, so I will look at video later when it wakes up.

I am so looking forward to Ritter heading to AA Binghamton to start 2022 and getting him out of Brooklyn. His road stats were great, but Brooklyn was a nightmare. PUT HIM WHERE HE CAN THRIVE. Let's see what he can really do in a normal ballpark in 2022, with a hopefully 100% healed hand.

February 4, 2022 at 2:48 PM
TexasGusCC said...

Don’t know much about Ritter, but I’ve heard the name and followed his performance. Another 33%K rate… Is that a prerequisite for being a Mets farmhand? Let’s see how he does in upstate New York.

February 4, 2022 at 4:02 PM
Tom Brennan said...

Gus, I liken Ritter to Cory Vaughn, a slugger who fanned a lot and did not make it to the bigs. K's kill, so Luke has to prove to be better than Cory Vaughn. Fortunately, he is not on the 40 man roster and so he can get right after it in minor league ball, strike or no strike.

He said in his 2020 interview that in some senses he'd like to emulate Jeff McNeil. McNeil got to the big leagues in large part because he did not strike out.

February 5, 2022 at 11:25 AM

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