9/19/24

Tom Brennan: Binghamton Rumbling Pitchers’ Season Stats

(PLEASE ALSO SEE MY 6 AM ARTICLE ON BINGHAMTON HITTERS)

BINGHAMTON CATCHERS CAN WEIGH IN ON THEIR FAVORITE METS AA PITCHERS - JUST GIVE ME A CALL

First of all, I hate trying to work with data tables in this website, so this hopefully will only look a little flukey.  I did not want to push my luck with both hitter and pitcher flukey tables in one article, remembering what happened when Crowdstrike posted some online security code updates, causing Delta Airline’s system to temporarily become unworkable; hence, one article posting at 6 AM for hitters, the other (this one) at 7:30 AM for pitchers had less chance of causing the apocalypse.

The fringe hitters and pitchers (those with few at bats and innings) were excluded, so if the lazy guy you liked pitched just 3 AA innings, you won't find him below.

That said, here are the pitching stats for your viewing pleasure.  

The team as a whole pitched to a 69-67 record, with a 3.83 ERA.   League's team lowest was 3.18, and league's team highest was 4.44.  Clearly, this is more of a pitcher's than hitter's league.

Pitcher Strikeouts? 1,233 in 1,177 innings (6th). 

Sounds like a lot, until you realize Binghamton hitters easily led the Eastern League with a dreadful and far higher 1,325 Ks. There are no good optometrists in Binghamton - maybe the hitters had double vision. Just speculating here. The key for hitters to experience a whiff of success…is not to whiff. 

Just as a point of comparison, in the last 9 seasons of his MLB career, HOF Joe Sewell had roughly the same number of at bat as our Rumble hitters. He fanned a total of 48 times vs. their 1,325. 

My biggest takeaway, getting back to Bingo pitching, is that AA success has not remotely been an indicator of AAA pitching success. Consider those Mets farmhands that were promoted from AA to AAA this year, or who were in AA last year and spent the 2024 season in AAA. 

Most did much worse in AAA (Suarez, Tidwell, Hamel, Sproat, and Jarvis, to name 5).

Jonah Tong, not as far along, had a few rough games in A and briefly in AA this year, but mostly flat-out dominated in 2024.  3.03, 160 Ks in 113 IP.

Very nice.  Tong Terrific.

Same could be said for Brandon Sproat - until he got to AAA’s meat grinder.  

 It all, of course, occurred in Sproat's first pro season. He is only human.

Only one is inhuman: 

Paul Skenes (10-3, 2.07 in MLB in his first pro campaign). Seaver II.

Sadly, Stuart was traded away for Jesse James Winker, as was Paul Gervase for Tyler Zuber.  I'd like a do-over on that last one, for sure. And they lost 6’9” and 6’10” dudes in those two. There goes the hoops squad.

Lastly, in his limited foray into AA, Jordany Ventura did very nicely, portending well for him in 2025.

If I had to pick the 5 most likely to pitch meaningfully for the NY Mets in the future, they would be Sproat, Tidwell, McLean, Tong, and Ventura.  

I’ll add a 6th: reliever Trey McLoughlin.

The list would have been longer had not Stuart and Gervase been dealt.

So, please, all you readers:

Look over these Bingo pitcher stats, and "pitch in" and share your observations. Please note that finishing strong was Nolan McLean, the Eastern League pitcher of the week. 

W

L

ERA

G

ST

SV

IP

H

ER

HR

BB

Ks &  WHIP

 

J SUAREZ

9

5

3.92

23

21

1

119.1

107

52

12

29

118

1.14

3

7

4.27

25

19

1

103.1

103

49

12

41

107

1.39

L MORENO

3

7

3.96

17

17

0

84

85

37

8

20

90

1.25

T STUART

2

8

4.19

18

18

0

81.2

76

38

10

32

80

1.32

N MCLEAN

4

1

2.45

11

11

0

62.1

39

17

6

15

77

0.87

B SPROAT

4

2

3.64

27

9

1

71.2

74

29

7

33

68

1.49

C FOSTER

5

1

5.37

33

0

1

53.2

65

32

6

15

60

1.49

N CLENNEY

3

2

3.25

22

0

5

27.2

16

10

3

17

46

1.19

P GERVASE

 

5

2

2.9

10

5

1

40.1

29

13

4

7

45

0.89

J JARVIS

4

1

4.99

31

1

1

52.1

49

29

6

26

45

1.43

J SANTOS

2

4

2.41

7

5

0

37.1

29

10

1

11

44

1.07

B TIDWELL

4

6

4.15

17

8

0

60.2

65

28

6

20

42

1.4

J GEBER

2

1

3.72

28

0

3

38.2

28

16

6

14

42

1.09

C GUZMAN

3

1

3.2

28

0

1

39.1

35

14

5

23

40

1.47

C ROBINSON

1

0

1.89

28

0

5

33.1

20

7

2

17

39

1.11

TMoCloughlin

3

3

3.18

7

7

0

34

26

12

2

10

34

1.06

J PINTARO

2

3

5.09

34

0

0

35.1

34

20

3

21

33

1.56

D JUAREZ

2

1

1.65

23

0

9

32.2

25

6

0

13

31

1.16

W RAMOS

3

4

3.92

13

0

4

20.2

17

9

2

4

30

1.02

TJ SHOOK

0

0

1.13

10

0

0

16

9

2

1

4

21

0.81

J CORNIELLY

0

1

6.30

14

0

0

20

27

14

3

5

17

1.60

J HEJKA

0

0

5.75

7

5

0

20.1

22

13

3

9

17

1.52

T MILLER

0

0

2.89

2

2

0

9.1

4

3

1

4

14

0.86

J TONG

0

0

0.00

5

0

0

9.1

3

0

0

4

11

0.75

J VENTURA

J Colon

1

0

2.45

6

1

0

14.2

14

4

2

7

10

1.43



Before I go, Syracuse used 6 pitchers in a 9-8 loss last night.  

Williams and Gilbert each had two hits, as did Cortes, who is on a "hot homer" streak and smacked his 16th in well under 300 at bats.  Azocar had 3 hits and 3 RBIs.  Shocker - Brett Baty returned, and while he was o-4 with 3 Ks, he is available to the Mets, it seems, if needed.  He was the DH, so I do not know his fielding status.

None of the 6 pitchers pitched well, and Zuber took the loss with another bad outing. All pitched in a mediocre fashion and Hartwig and Zuber coughed up 4 late runs. Ugh, the phlegm.


7 comments:

Mack Ade said...

Morning

I used to be a true prospect hugger but I have evolved into a Show Me The Money guy

Pitching prospects like Tong and Sproat have showed me didly so far. They need to produce at the major league level before they graduate from the potential stage

Mack Ade said...

Regarding last night

I sent a text to Gary saying that I didn't expect the other teams to help that night and the best thing the Mets can do to insure they would play in the playoffs was to keep winning

That was during the commercial break before the 9 run inning

Called it

Tom Brennan said...

True. As far as Sproat, I still maintain he should be rushed in 2025. Why? Christian Scott is why. We barely got to see Scott, but saw him we did. Now? TJS. If he returns on June 25, 2026 to the mound for the Mets, he will be pitching on his 27th birthday. They really could not have moved Scott faster, and because he did move fast, he got to pitch in the big leagues and not be an injured minor league legend.

Tom Brennan said...

One can say that Acuna has outperformed a bit. I would sit JD Martinez again today. I am not advocating him sitting a lot. But a few days might re-fire the engine.

TexasGusCC said...

Speaking of last night, great win, of course, but something happened in Seattle that caught my attention as written in The Athletic:

“Soto brought up the sweepstakes for his services, sure to be the talk of baseball all offseason, after he crushed a special home run in a 11-2 win over the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park on Tuesday night.

Soto’s fourth-inning, two-run homer meant he had finally hit a home run in all 30 active ballparks. That was a big deal to the 25-year-old.

“What a best way to go into free agency with all 30 ballparks checked (off) my list,” he told reporters.”
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The playoffs start in a week, his team may be the #1 seed in the American League and listen to where his mind is. He’s a loser, the Yankees can have him.

Gary Seagren said...

We don't need Soto we have LA Acuna! I know very small sample size but isn't it time we got lucky with a prospect like the Bravos always seem to do and when has a propect performed this well for us even in a brief time? Kidding aside i'll take his 40hrs 120runs 103 rbi and .997 line on my team and throw in one of Snell Burnes or Fried sign Manaea and lets really kick ass next year!

Tom Brennan said...

Gary, you talk about Acuna and say very small sample size? He is small but insanely good.