9/24/26

MACK – Let’s Revisit - RHSP - Noah Hall

 



MACK – Let’s Revisit - RHSP - Noah Hall


Noah Gibbs Hall is a right-handed pitcher in the New York Mets organization (minor leagues), currently with the Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies after time with High-A Brooklyn Cyclones. Background and Bio
  • Born March 30, 2001, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
  • Height/weight: 6'0", 195 lbs; bats/throws right.
  • High school: Providence High School (Charlotte, NC).
  • College: Appalachian State (2020–2021, mostly relief), then transferred to University of South Carolina (Gamecocks). Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 20th round of the 2022 MLB Draft but did not sign. In 2023 at South Carolina he posted a 3.29 ERA over 7 starts (41 IP, 43 K, 9 BB) before a back injury limited him; he earned SEC Pitcher of the Week honors early that season.
  • Drafted by the Mets in the 7th round (216th overall) of the 2023 MLB Draft and signed for a bonus around $176,250 (reports vary slightly).
Professional CareerHall has dealt with injuries early in his pro career (back in college, shoulder in 2024 that limited him mostly to rehab and Arizona Fall League time). 

He broke out in 2025 with High-A Brooklyn: 5-7, 2.72 ERA over 25 games (21 starts), 112.2 IP, 115 strikeouts, 63 walks (strong strikeout totals and ERA among South Atlantic League leaders at points). 

He set a Brooklyn Cyclones franchise career strikeout record in 2026 and was SAL Pitcher of the Month in July 2026. 

In 2026 he started the year with Brooklyn (Opening Day starter again) before a late-July promotion to Double-A Binghamton. 

2026: 

He is more of a depth/organizational arm than a top prospect, noted for competing and missing bats when healthy rather than premium velocity or pure stuff.Repertoire / Pitch ArsenalHall throws from a high-three-quarters (or three-quarters) arm slot with a somewhat unique/slingy delivery that includes a sweeping lead-foot action across the rubber in the windup (he tones it down with runners on). His best pitch has long been a high-spin changeup. Reported repertoire (from scouting reports, team notes, and his own comments):

  • Fastballs: Four-seam, two-seam/sinker, and cutter. Sits low-to-mid 90s (roughly 91–95 mph), touching 96. The two-seam has armside life; all three shapes are said to play well off his arm slot.
  • Changeup: His standout offering (often graded as his best or a plus pitch). Low-80s with high spin, late arm-side fade/dive and drop (“submarine sink”). Excellent whiff rates historically (e.g., ~55% in college spring 2023); effective vs. both lefties and righties. He has cited learning aspects from Pedro Martínez videos and attributes the high spin partly to basketball influences (Kyrie Irving-style).
  • Slider: Mid-80s, shorter/gyro-style with high spin; used more as a complementary pitch and still developing/tightening for more bite.
  • Sweeper: Developing; he has mentioned throwing good ones and planning to work on it further.
Team notes (e.g., Brooklyn game programs) list: 4-seam fastball, 2-seam fastball, cutter, slider, changeup, sweeper. Command/walk rates have been a consistent challenge (elevated BB/9), which can limit deeper outings, but he generates strikeouts and has shown the ability to induce ground balls and weak contact at times. He has spoken positively about Mets player development resources (pitching lab, mechanics work on hip coil/leg lift, strength/mobility routines) and draws inspiration from pitchers like Pedro Martínez (mentality and changeup), Tarik Skubal, Marcus Stroman, Max Scherzer, and Nolan McLean. 

Overall, Hall is a competitive, changeup-driven righty who has shown solid production at High-A when healthy and is progressing through the Mets system into Double-A as of mid/late 2026. Stats and roles can shift quickly in the minors—check official MiLB/MLB sources for the latest.




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RVH — Race for Six: Five Games Left, No Room to Climb

 

Through games completed September 22, 2026

When we started this series, the Mets’ dilemma was clear: better baseball could mean worse draft odds.

That tension is still with us. The Mets beat Texas 6–3 Tuesday to reach 72–85, but Seattle’s loss pulled another club within one game of New York.

The Mets remain sixth-worst overall and fifth among lottery-eligible clubs. Their 62.6% chance of drawing a top-six selection, if today’s order holds, is unchanged from Monday and well above the 39.4% in our September 8 update.

But one door has closed: fifth is now their best possible eligible seed. Kansas City is five games worse with five left. Even the only possible tie would favor the Royals under the draft tiebreaker.

Where the race stands

Rank

Club

Record

Eligible seed

Top-six odds²

1

Colorado

57–100

1

87.6%

2

Angels

60–97

2

87.6%

3

Athletics

62–95

3

87.6%

4

San Francisco

65–93

Ineligible

—

5

Kansas City

67–90

4

73.0%

6

Mets

72–85

5

62.6%

7

Cincinnati

73–84

6

51.1%

8

Seattle

73–84

7

39.2%

9

Washington

74–84

8

28.7%

10

Minnesota

74–84

9

19.9%

11

Detroit

74–84

10

15.7%

12

Baltimore

76–81

11

12.5%

13

St. Louis

76–81

12

10.3%

14

Miami

77–80

13

9.3%

15

Toronto

77–80

14

6.9%

16

Texas

78–79

15

5.8%

18

Pittsburgh

80–77

Ineligible

—

21

Arizona

83–74

16

2.3%

¹ Reverse standings across all clubs, with draft tiebreakers applied.
² Estimated chance of any top-six pick if this order becomes final.

Texas enters the lottery field as Houston takes the AL West playoff position on their tiebreaker. The eligible pool remains 16; San Francisco, Pittsburgh and the currently playoff-positioned White Sox are ineligible.

Who can push the Mets backward?

Rival

Record advantage over NYM

Remaining schedule

Chance of earlier seed³

Cincinnati

1 game

At ATL 2; at TOR 3

~50%

Seattle

1 game

Home: HOU 1; LAA 4

~10%

Washington

1½ games

At DET 1; home NYM 3

~25%

Minnesota

1½ games

At SF 1; home TEX 3

~19%

Detroit

1½ games

Home: WSH 1; PIT 3

~4%

³ Model estimates include draft tiebreakers. The prior “threat” column excluded ties, so those percentages are not directly comparable.

Cincinnati remains the biggest danger. Its Tuesday win preserved the one-game gap, but a −159 run differential and five road games make that cushion fragile.

Seattle moved closer; Detroit moved closer still. Both lost Tuesday, trimming their respective cushions from two games and 2½ games. Seattle’s soft home schedule and Detroit’s stronger underlying performance reduce their modeled threat.

Washington remains the direct showdown. Three of the Mets’ final five games are against the Nationals. Every result moves both sides of the ledger.

The point from our earlier posts still holds

Since August 4, the Mets are 25–19 (.568), the only winning team in our comparison group. Baltimore is next at 22–23, 3½ games behind over that stretch; Kansas City trails by four.

That is encouraging baseball. It also explains why this race remains uncomfortable.

Our refreshed closing model puts the eventual protection chance at about 50%, still below the 62.6% snapshot. It estimates a 44% chance of holding fifth eligible seed, 27% of finishing sixth and 29% of slipping further.

Method: 200,000 simulations using run-based team strength, remaining opponents, home advantage, shared games and draft tiebreakers. Surrounding clubs and lottery weights are held fixed; injuries and rotations are not modeled.

As we emphasized from the outset, the Mets must draw an actual top-six pick to shift the projected CBT penalty to their second-highest selection.

Two games in Texas. Three in Washington. Fifth is the ceiling; the lottery will decide the prize.


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MACK - Andy Very Green

 

 So, city officials are having meetings that are designed to work out security for the ticker tape parade that the city will be throwing Andy Green after being named the permanent (sic) manager of the New York Mets. They are also shutting down all the festivities going on at the United Nations right now and sending all the world leader’s home. 

Fifth Avenue is permanently being renamed Andy Way.

Give me a break.

Here’s my spin… but first, full disclosure.

I’ve never met Andy Green. Andy Green is not a friend of mine. I’ve never seen him manage a baseball game. I’ve even never listened to one of his ‘front office approved’ interviews with the gaggle (they’re all canned, folks. The last guys that spoke from the hip was that Pirates manager that used to smoke in the dugout, and Leo Durocher).

My spin?

One of two things happened here…

1.       Carlos Beltran was summoned to the front office, offered the job, and really turned it down.

2.       Carlos Beltran was summoned to the front office, and was told that the Mets have passed on him and he was allowed to tell the press he didn’t want to be the manager.

Either way, in my opinion, the Mets went ‘lite’ here.  

A lot of people are going to disagree with me. Most of the writers here. And Keith won’t be the only person throwing a Davey Johnson comp around. Me? I root for the New York Friggin Mets. They are located in the largest city in this country. This isn’t Kansas City. This is New Yawk, baby. I don’t care about grass-fed beef. I care about bagels and hand-held pizza.

The team is a blend of very talented veterans and promising young prospects. I want someone in charge that’s been around the block before. In fact, been around the block a lot. 

How do you spend all this money on a team and then go cheap with your skipper? Has anyone told Cohen how much his index funds have gone up this year?

The season isn’t over. There are people that are contractually prevented to call the Mets and say they are interested in talking about this position. Others could have been approached by Stearns or Cohen after getting permission from their current employer. 

There is no benefit of making a three-year deal like this unless you just want to put it to bed and throw it on the shelf. Look around for two months. Talk to others. You always can go back to this guy and name him around January. He wasn’t going anywhere. He bleeds Mets.

I’m sorry. I just don’t like it.

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