How have the 4 full season Mets minors teams done thru the ASB?
(Baseball did happen on Wednesday, 3 seven inning Mets games in DSL and FCL, all decided by one run - brief nailbiters. I will, however, provide no further details - what suspense! All other teams were off.)
SYRACUSE METS? LEADING THEIR DIVISION BY SEVERAL GAMES
FROM TUMBLE PONIES TO RUMBLE PONIES
Through Sunday, the Rumble Ponies (46-38, 0.5 games out of first place) have won 9 straight.
Who gets kudos?
1) Brandon Sproat, naturally. Dude is overpowering.
2) Paul Gervase pitched in 3 of the 9 games, with 5 IP, no hits, fanned 7.
3) improving PITCHER Nolan McLean? 2 solid outings. His bat? Shut down.
4) Kevin Parada 9 for 21 last 4 games. Up to .226; he’s 22 for his last 71.
5) Jeremiah Jackson is hitting much better after May, Ks much improved.
6) Ryan Clifford: .400 in 45 July ABs, 9 XBHs. Walks down, damage up.
7) JT Schwartz raised his AA average 50 points in 20 games before his promotion to AAA about a week ago.
8) Tyler Stuart just 5 earned runs in 21 IP spanning his last 4 starts.
I’m sure there are other notable performers. Congrats to all.
Alex Ramirez? .205 since May 1 with just 3 HRs. Ugh. 30 steals, though.
He is the subject of a new novel called The Ramirez Enigma. Or should be.
BROOKLYN (40-47)
356 runs scored, 380 runs allowed. Not good. Not terrible.
Nick Morabito has cooled a bit, but is still hitting .307 with 38/48 in steals. Interestingly, he hit .306 with 21/25 in steals last year, in fewer games at a lower level.
The other Nick, Lorusso, did some fine stick-wielding and got promoted recently to AA. 28 XBH and 42 RBIs in 74 games in this first full year, and batting .266.
Kellum Clark in 9 July games is hitting .353, with a .486 OBP. Just 2 XBH in 115 PAs, so temper your enthusiasm until the 6’3” Clark begins exhibiting power.
Pitching-wise, Jonah Tong has been, well, terrific. 2026 rotation arm?
Jordan Geber (2.96), for Brooklyn and Binghamton, has been solid.
Kade Morris (last year’s 101st overall pick) is clicking in, having allowed just 5 earned runs in 24.1 innings over his last 4 starts.
ST LUCIE (30-57)
364 runs scored, decent, but pitchers have been manhandled, allowing 464 runs, worst in the league, despite Jonah Tong being unhittable for the short amount of time he was with St Lucie.
The Yanks’ farm team is 32-53 and allowed almost as many runs. Ahh, I feel better!
It was encouraging to see the Lucies win 17-0 on Sunday and for hitters who have struggled badly like Colin Houck hit .235 over the past 6 weeks to climb to .211, with 36 RBIs. A big second half could emerge for him. Also, Jesus Baez and Boston Baro have hit well.
Overall?
Remove AAAA veterans like Bannon, and the 4 Mets full season minor league teams collectively have been roughly average.
Which, when one realizes Drew Gilbert, Jett Williams, Ronny Mauricio, and "Big Mack Attack" Jack Reimer (all top 15 ranked Mets prospects) have played barely, if at all, in 2024 makes Mets full season minors overall performance overall not so bad.
Happy Thursday. I am leaving all draft reportage to Mack, FYI.
15 comments:
t was painful to see how the Pirates' 9th overall pick fared, the slot which the Mets would have picked in had they not dropped 10 slots to 19th - overspending's consequences:
Pirates: Konnor Griffin, SS
The Pirates took the player with the best all-around tools (albeit a bit raw) in the entire class. Yes, there are some issues to iron out with his swing/hit tool, but he has four at least plus tools with 30-30 potential.
Lucchesi cleared waivers and is back in Syracuse.
Honestly, I’m a bit disappointed in the system as a whole. I thought last year more prospects popped than this year. I haven’t given up on Hamel and Vasil. They have had their ups and downs for sure.
Tom,
Excellent minor league summary. You are always very thorough with your observations.Thanks.
D J, you’re welcome.
It would indeed be nice to see the Mets develop players (in particular ones who swing the bat) rather than taking castoffs and leftovers from the bottom of the heap. Sometimes like Jose Iglesias they work out. More often, of course, they perform like AAAA fodder.
Speaking of which, what do the Mets do with Brett Baty? If he can't dominate in AAA then how is he ever going to perform in the majors? His slump came at a particularly bad time if they intended to try to trade him to fortify the roster with relief pitching or outfielders.
What DJ said! Your reports are always thorough and keep us informed.
One minor correction, though-- Joey Lucchesi isn't gone-- he cleared waivers and was assigned outright to 'Cuse.
Baseball America is reporting 2024 MLB draft free agents signings for the Mets to include:
Hoss Brewer, RHP, UALR
Chandler Marsh, RHP,Georgia
Hayden Cooper, RHP,West Virginia
Hunter Hodges, RHP,TCU
Gus, when Jett, Gilbert and Reimer have a combined - what? - 60 at bats at the ASB, instead of close to 1,000, that hurts the whole system’s performance. (Why 1,000? Acuna has 363 all by himself).
Gilbert easily could have been ready to replace Stewart by now - faster, much better fielder, great arm, likely a better bat - but staying in that April game instead of coming out immediately hurt the Mets, frankly, more than it hurt him.
That being said, to me, Ramirez, Parada, Hamel and Vasil are very disappointing this year, and Houck so far as well. Thankfully, all 5 are showing some positive signs. And of course Ziegler going down with TJS.
Joey’s back! We started with 2 Joey’s - Lucchesi and Wendle - and went down to none. Talk about going thru Joey Withdrawal.
I wonder if they did that as a courtesy to him.
“You’re passing me over. Can I see if someone else wants me?”
“OK.”
“Nope, no one, sorry.”
Reese, I imagine there could be some sub .500 team out there that would want to take a flyer on a cheap Baty.
A real disappointment so far.
D J, I guess those 4 are guys who would have been drafted after the 20th round, when those rounds still existed..Hoss Brewer, RHP, UALR, Chandler Marsh, RHP,Georgia, Hayden Cooper, RHP,West Virginia, Hunter Hodges, RHP,TCU. Always need arms in the minors.
Parada's stats compare favorably to Spencer Jones, the Yanks # 2 prospect.
Ray, maybe his being ranked # 2 is because of the porch. But the lefty slugger strikes out at an incomprehensible rate. Maybe their system sucks? I am not that familiar with it.
My point is that Jones is an untouchable while Parada is considered to be a disappointment
I hear you, Ray. Not sure, based on stats, why Jones is considered untouchable. His Ks this year and last are so high. And MLB pitchers can fan guys a whole lot more than the ones he is facing. Jones is 5 for 37 with 20 Ks and just 3 walks this month.
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