Zach Thornton Is Just One of Several Binghamton’s Starter Studs
A-Ball wonders, your St Lucie Mets, opened their 2026 season last night.
A 6-3 loss, but Elian Peña’s A ball debut was quite impressive, with a single, double, and walk.
Catcher Julio Zayas also had a single and double.
BUT WAIT…BESIDES THOSE FIGHTING FLORIDIANS….
THERE IS MORE….
AA Binghamton’s opener is today, and…
WHAT A BINGO SQUAD IT IS!!
Name and squad rank, please!
OF A.J. Ewing (Mets No. 3)
3B Jacob Reimer (No. 5)
LHP starter Jonathan Santucci (No. 9)
RHP starter Will Watson (No. 10).
OF Eli Serrano III (No. 13)
LHP starter Zach Thornton (No. 14)
C/LF/1B Chris Suero (No. 15)
INF Marco Vargas (No. 20)
RHP starter Brendan Girton (No. 29).
I DUNNO ABOUT YOU…Nine great names!
And hope also springs eternal once again for former 11th overall pick C Kevin Parada, and IF/OF D’Andre Smith was good enough in 2025 to snuck into my very own Mets Prospect Top 30.
I am SO looking forward to following this talented Ponies team.
Of course, though, none to be honest are quite like Pittsburgh’s uber prospect SS Konnor Griffin, MLB’s #1 overall, who just got promoted AND signed for an amazing 9 years, $140 million - at age 19. Unreal.
He had a .438 average and .571 OBP in 4 AAA games, making Clifford’s and Mauricio’s AAA offensive output look meager by comparison.
HIGH A BROOKLYN ALSO DEBUTS TODAY
Opening day for the Cyclones is today.
Brooklyn is not, to me, quite as scintillating a team, talent-wise, as the surreal Rumble Ponies. The Cyclone players are welcome to prove me wrong.
Some intriguing Cyclones talent can certainly be found, including…
- INF Mitch Voit (#7)
- INF Antonio Jimenez (#16)
- C Daiverson Gutiérrez (#25)
Two notable starters, too, in RHPs Noah Hall and Joel Díaz
Fireballing RHP Brett Banks is additional one to bank on.
C Ronald Hernandez of course will give the Clones a very good catcher tandem with Gutierrez, and wait, C Vincent Perozo makes it a catcher trifecta.
Additionally, we will see how well 2023 Mets’ first-round pick INF Colin Houck progresses.
Finally, I am looking forward to the progress of a talented dark horse prospect favorite of mine, OF Yonatan Henríquez.
SUCH EXCITING STUFF!
WIN, BABY, WIN!
NY METS HITTING DOLDRUMS? OR SOMETHING MORE OMINOUS?
Mets at 3-4 now, and losers of 3 straight, are 25th in batting average at .205.
Yeah, but it is just 7 games, you might say.
Well, in spring training, they were only 23rd in batting average.
Atlanta meanwhile was 11th in batting average this spring, and are 3rd so far in the regular season. Despite lacking the thunderous bat of Kelenic.
Semien is hitting .130, while the man he was traded for, Brandon Nimmo, who is now a Texas Ranger on Texas outfield border patrol, is hitting .360.
Back to Team Mets:
Hitting doldrums? Or something far more ominous for our Metsies?
It does get late early, a former Mets manager once said. Yoo Hoo!
Related to that, I saw this painful factual statement this AM:
“The Mets were hitless in three at-bats with runners in scoring position - they’re 11-for-71 this season with runners in scoring position, 29th in baseball.”
Bold actions are being taken, thankfully.
For one, due to increased sweating, David Stearns just switched from deodorant to anti-perspirant. But he should look to see if the anti-perspirant, like Marcus Semien, is past its expiration date. Old products tend to become increasingly ineffective.
Lastly, I wrote this on September 27 last year, as the Mets’ season collapsed:
“A 6-2 loss to a superior Marlins team, remarkably with six rookies in their line up.”
Well…those Marlins are hitting a MLB-leading .290 so far, 85 points above the Queens contingent. Ask yourselves:
Are Marlins hitters both younger AND “superior”? You decide.
3 comments:
Happy Good Friday.
It could be a good Friday if the Mets are able to remove their RISP curse. If you change out almost the entire lineup and the hitting coaches, and they still have an issue with RISP, what is left? Just a curse. Someone has a Mets doll with a pin sticking in it. Think it is Jimmy Rollins!
Tom,
I posted this on Wednesday, but didn't get any comments, so I will repost.
MLB has released the amounts each team has as for their 2026 bonus pool for the draft. The Pirates have the most at $19,130,700 and the Mets at $6,730,900. There are several factors that go into determining how much each team gets. I am questioning how much longer the Mets can continue to lose 10 slots in the draft, lose International signing pool money and how much longer they can give up a second and fourth round draft selections when signing free agents who may or may not opt-out at the end of the year. I am afraid it is going to hurt them down the road as this team ages and find other teams doing better in drafting and signing better ranked and ultimately better skilled players. Thoughts anyone?
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