I started this series tracking 19 minor league players that I felt could someday make a difference as a major league Met... well, I'm removing some of them already because they currently just ain't hacking it. I will put them back if they start turning it around.
They are:
AA-Binghamton C/1B/LF Chris Suero
AAA-Syracuse RP/CL Dylan Ross
SP Jack Wenninger/AAA-Syracuse
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On 5-27: 9-ST, 3-2, 2.20, 1.22, 41-IP, 44-K, 24-BB
5-30: another sub-par outing... second in a row: 4-IP, 9-H, 4-ER, BB, 2-K
As of end 6-3 - 10-G, 9-ST, 3-3, 2.80, 1.33, 45-IP, 46-K, 25-BB
IMO - Wenninger is just sorta hanging around, not looking bad, but not dominating either. His last two outings are troubling and it's understandable why the Mets haven't promoted him yet this year.
SP Jonah Tong/AAA-Syracuse
& MLB-Mets –
On 5-27: MLB - 0.2-WAR, 0-0, 0.00
It seems like Tong has found a permanent position with the Mets so I am removing him from this minor league prospect report. You go, Jonah.
And then came Tuesday: 3.1-IP, 5-H, 4-ER, 2-BB, 4-K, HR. His MLB ERA soared.
So... on Wednesday the Mets optioned him back to Syracuse.
As of end 6-3 -
MLB: 3-APPS, 1-1, 3.60, 1,50, 10-IP, 7-K, 7-BB,
AAA: 9-ST, 1-3, 5.68, 1.37, 38-IP, 55-K, 24-BB
IMO - the Mets need to leave Tong in Syracuse until he can master his control. Like his buddy McLean, there are just too many pitches out of the zone as well as too many foul balls. His repertoire just ain't blowing people away these days.
SP Zach Thornton/AAA-Syracuse
& MLB-Mets –
On 5-27: MLB: -0.1-WAR, 0-1, 8.31
AAA/AA: 7-ST, 1-3, 3.16, 1.19, 37-IP, 40-K, 12-BB
Tuesday - 4-IP, 4-H, 2-ER, 4-BB, 4-K
As of end 6-3: AAA: 4-ST, 1-2, 4.87, 1.3720-1-IP, 19-K, 9-BB
IMO - another young starter that needs to be left alone in Syracuse to master his routine.
NEW ADDITION - C Kevin Parada/AAA-Syracuse
Parada was a #1 (11th overall 2022) pick that excited all of us; however, it just hasn't worked. He was hitting .184 at Binghamton when he was surprisingly promoted to Syracuse. Out of the blue, the bat awakes and Tuesday, the day I added him here, he was hitting .385 for Syracuse.
6-2: 0-2
6-3: 1-3, 3-RBI, double
As of end 6-3: AAA: 31-AB, 0-HR, 9-RBI, .355/.400/.484/.884
IMO - I gave up on this guy a long time ago and I have no explanation as to why he was promoted to this level, so I'm just going to sit back and observe here. One thing... he seems to have adjusted his swing because the home run swing seems to now be lacking.
RP Ryan Lambert/AAA-Syracuse –
On 5-27: 16-APPS, 1-0, 5.79, 1.57, 14-IP, 23-K, 13-BB
5-28: 2-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 2-K, 5.06
RP Jonathan Pintaro/AAA-Syracuse
& MLB-Mets -
On 5-27: MLB - 0.1-WAR, 0-0, 0.00
AAA - 2-0, 2.81, 1.13, 15-APPS, 25.2-IP, 32-K, 12-BB
5-29: rough outing - 1-1P, H, HR, 2-ER, BB, K
5-31: 1-2-IP, H, ER, O-BB, 4-K
6-3: 1-IP, 0-R, 0-H, 0-BB, 0-K
As of end 6-3: AAA - 18-APPS, 2-0, 3.38, 1.09, 29.1-IP, 37-K, 13-BB
IMO - Pintaro has a ton of talent and closer material as well. All he needs to do is eliminate the occasional clunker he throws and he will someday find himself permanently in Queens.
RP Anderson Severino/AAA-Syracuse
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On 5-27: 2-0, 1.37, 1.06, 17-APPS, 19.2-IP, 20-K, 11-BB
5-28: 1-IP, H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-K, 1.31
5-30: for some stupid ass reason, the Mets designated Severino for assignment and replaced by someone with a 6.00+ ERA.
I'm going keep him in this report and, hopefully, wait out his return after he clears waivers
BTW... who was the numbskull that decided to designate the chain's leader in producing saves?
RP Ben Simon/AAA-Syracuse
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On 5-27: AAA - 1-0, 2.70, 1.80, 3-APPS, 3.1-IP, K, 4-BB
5-29: 1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB
6-2: 1.1-IP, 2-H, ER; BB
As of end 6-3: AAA 5-apps, 3.18, 1.59, 5.2-IP, 1-K, 5-BB
IMO - five walks over 5.2 innings pitches is not a great way to start a new assignment. Let's give Ben some time to adjust to the International League.
NEW ADDITION - 2B Ji Hwan Bae/AAA-Syracuse
Bae makes this list after posting a stat line of .293/.387.400/.787 in 150 at-bats for Syracuse.
5-28: 0-5
5-29: 2-4, BB
5-30: 2-4, BB
5-31: 0-5
6-2: 0-2
6-3: game 1 - 0-2 game 2 - 1-4, BB
As of end 6-3: 176-AB, 2-HR, 18-RBI, .278/.380/.375/.755
IMO - good numbers from a utility player that might come in handy this season.
OF Nick Morabito/AAA-Syracuse
5/26 - Mets: -0.3-WAR, 11-AB, 0-H, .000
Syr: 146-AB, 4-HR, 17-RBI, .253/.364/.390/.755
5-28: 2-5
5-29: 1-6
5-30: 1-5
5-31: 2-4, HR (5), 3-RBI
6-2: 1-4
6-3: game 1 - 1-4, triple game 2 - 1-3, BB
As of end 6-3: AAA - 180-AB, 5-HR, 22-RBI, .256/.363/.400/.763
IMO - a good sign this week was he hit safely in every game this week.
SP Jonathan Santucci/AA-Binghamton
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On 5-27: 9-ST, 0-5, 4.83, 1.36, 41-IP, 53-K, 21-BB
5-31: Very strong outing - 5-IP, 3-H, 0-R, BB, 5-K
As of end 6-3: 10-ST, 0-5, 4.30, 1.30, 46-IP, 58-K, 22-BB
IMO - Santucci is showing signs of getting his shite together. Let's keep a close look here.
RP Saul Garcia/AA-Binghamton
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On 5-27: 18-APPS, 0-1, 4.66, 1.08, 19.1-IP, 30-K, 4-BB
5-29: 1.2-IP, 2-H, 0-R, K
6-3: 1-IP, 2-H, ER, 2-K, 0-BB
1-IP, 2-H, ER, 2-K
As of the end 6-3: 20-APPS, 0-1, 4.43, 1.21, 22.1-IP, 33-K, 5-BB
IMO - 2026 just hasn't been a dominant year for Saul. Not like 2025. Still, the K/9 is there...
3B Jacob Reimer/AA-Binghamton
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On 5-27: 135-AB, 4-HR, 12-RBI, .215/.345/.393/.738
5-28: 2-4. BB, RBI, .223
5-29: 0-4
5-30: 0-4
5-31: 0-3
IMO - I am removing Reimer from this report. He just isn't hacking it at this point.
NEW ADDITION - RP Felipe De La Cruz/AA-Binghamton -
Cruz joins some of his Bing teammates here after, through last Wednesday created a stat line of 12-APPS, 1.84, 1.15.
5-29: 1.2-IP, 2-H, 0-R, BB, 3-K
As of end 6-3: 14-APPS, 0-0, 1.56, 1.15, 17.1-IP, 23-K, 9-BB
IMO - Cruz is a newbie here which has been brought to my attention my his low ERA and high K/9%. I'm looking forward to following his growth.
SP Channing Austin/A+
Brooklyn –
5-27: AA - no appearances yet
A+ - 8-ST, 2-1, 1.17, 38.1-IP. 48-K, 22-BB
Also on 5/27, Austin was placed on the IL with an oblique issue.
SP Jose Chirinos/A+ Brooklyn –
On 5-27: 8-G, 6-ST, 2-1, 2.75, 1.11, 36-IP, 39-K, 9-BB
5-28: A-St. Lucie - 6-1P, 3-H, 0-ER, BB, 9-K, 2.36
On Monday, the Mets promoted Chirinos to A+ Brooklyn
6-3: 5-IP, 3-H, ER, 3-BB, 4-K
As of end 6-3 - A+ - 1-ST, 0-0, 1.80, 1.20, 5-IP, 4-K, 3-BB
IMO - boy, I hope we have found a good one here...
NEW ADDITION - RP - Bryce Jenkins/A+ Brooklyn -
Jenkins entered this list after going 0.59-ERA in 12 appearances for a really bad team
I may be the kiss of death here. Jenkins was sailing along on Thursday, going run-less in 2.1 innings. Then, two hits and two walks later he was pulled after giving up 2-ER.
5-31: nice bounce back - 1.1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 2-BB, 2-K
6-3: 1.2-IP, 2-H, 3-ER, BB, 3-K
As of end 6-3 - 15-APPS, 1-2, 2.61, 0.87, 20.2-IP, 22-K, 8-BB
IMO - Jenkins has had a difficult first week in this report, but his low WHIP still warrants his remaining here... for now.
OF JT Benson/A+ Brooklyn
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On 5-27: Brooklyn - 20-AB, 0-HR, 4-RBI, .150/.227/.300/.527
St. Lucie - 116-AB, 5-HR, 24-RBI, .276/.361/.578/.938
On 5/28, Benson was back in the lineup and went 1-5 with a double
5-29: 2-3, 2-RBI, BB
5-30: 2-4, 3-RBI
5-31: 1-4, 2B
JT began showing signs this week that he will hit at the A+ level like he did in ST. Lucie.
end of 6-3 - A+ - 39-AB, 9-RBI, .256/.310/.385/.694
IMO - Benson had a great week at this new level. Hard to beat with a 6-16 start at a new level.
SP Nicholas Carreno/A-St.
Lucie –
On 5-27: 9-G, 4-ST, 1-0, 1.69, 1.03, 32-IP, 49-K, 16-BB
5-29: 5-2-IP, 0-R, 2-BB, 7-K
end of 6-3: 10-G, 5-ST, 2-0, 1.43, 0.98, 37.2-IP, 56-K, 18-BB
IMO - this might be the K/9 leader in the chain right now and it shouldn't be long for him to head for the Borough of Kings.
NEW ADDITION - RP Christian Rodriguez/A-St. Lucie -
Here's another new one. Through last Wednesday, Rodriguez has a Lucy stat line of 14-APPS, 1.78, 0.91.
As of end 6-3 - 15-APPS, 2-1, 1.91, 1.09, 28.1-IP, 33-K, 11-BB
1B Randy Guzman/A-St.
Lucie –
On 5-27: 150-AB, 8-HR, 26-RBI, 19-BB, 50-K, .260/.362/.493/.855.
5-28: 0-4,
5-29: 2-5
5-30: 3-5, 2-RBI, HR (9TH)
5-31: 0-5
6-3: GM1 - 0-2, BB
GM2 - 1-2, RBI, BB
As of end 6-3: 173-AB, 9-HR, 29-RBI, .260/.363/.480/.843
IMO - Guzman is holding steady at .260, which ain't a bad thing, but upped his home run total to nine, which is definitely a good thing.
SS Elian Pena/A-St. Lucie
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On 5-27: 156-AB, 2-HR, 19-RBI, 29-BB, 36-K, .282/.405/.385/.790
5-29: 2-4, 2-BB, RBI, HR (3)
5-30: 0-5
5-31: 0-4
6-3: GM1 - 0-2, BB
GM2 - 1-2, BB, 2-RBI
As of end 6-3: 177-AB, 35-BB, 3-HR, 22-RBI, .282/.410/.395/.806
IMO - Pena is definitely over his stall, and I look for a big week now that June has arrived.
C Yovanny Rodriguez/FCL
Mets –
On 5-27: 53-AB, 5-HR, 15-RBI, .264/.339/.566/.905
5-29: 2-2
6-1: 0-2
6-3: 1-2, RBI
End of week:
Hitting .500 isn't going to hurt him going forward. ONCE AGAIN... trust me. This is your 2029 Mets starting catcher.
As of end 6-3: 60-AB, 5-HR, 16-RBI, .267/.353/.567/.920
IMO - Rodriguez is also not falling back. Would love to see a few pops out of him this week.
HELIUM ALERT
Bohan Adderley/CF - FCL Mets
2024 IFA - $350K bonus
Adderley started a little slow this season but he is heating up as we turn to June. Many in the organization think that Bohan may be the best athlete in the system. Tied for second in FCL steals.
John Bay/OF - A+ Brooklyn
Like Adderley, Bay started slow this season, but began showing signs of life last week, especially hitting home runs. Still, if hitting bombs was the reason you make my list then Ryan Clifford would be on it.
On Tuesday, he hit a 110+ mph single.
Davial Hurtado/LHSP - A+ Brooklyn
Hurtado was touted as a prospect from the day the Mets signed him in 2023 as an International free agent. He's now started two games for the Cyclones and pitched 7.2 SCORELESS innings. I'd say that's some helium alert'
Ryan Dollar/RP - A+ Brooklyn
Through Tuesday, Dollar, in four appearances for the Cyclones, has struck out seven and given up only one hit: Undrafted - 6-3/220 RHRP, Univ of Houston, 4-APPS, 0-0, 0.00/1.50, 4.2-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 7-K, 6-BB.
19 comments:
Ryan Dollar hopes to one day earn Ryan money, adjusted for inflation, of course.
Not a list I am saying WOW about. Hitting remains sparse.
Recent hottest guy is the forgotten man, JT Schwartz.
St Lucie fanned 17 times last night, after 25 Ks in 14 innings the day before. 42 Ks in 23 innings is a jaw-dropper. Pena yesterday was 0-5, with 4 Ks. Meanwhile, Brooklyn had its usual ratio of 5 hits and 12 Ks. I do though feel Mitch Voit is ready to break out.
Santucci about to go on a roll. I feel it.
Carreno and Chirinos…the C pitching version of Mantle and Maris, hopefully.
I can give you 85 good reasons you kept Clifford off your list. A past Mets prospect of great similarity that I had forgotten about was Travis Taijeron. 170 minors HRs, 600 RBIs in 980 games and 3284 ABs, but always fanned more than once a game. Got to the major briefly, fanning 24 times in 52 ABs.
I just don't recognize Clifford as prospect material. Just no improvement.
I am surprised I never made the Taijeron-Clifford comparison before. Taijeron was a very similar, but better, hitter than Clifford in the minors. Taijeron hit for higher average and fanned somewhat less.
Clifford needs radical change to reach, and succeed in, the majors. Taijeron could never make such changes.
I am enjoying this conversation with you. Others are welcome to join in.
Cristofer Gomez promoted to AA Binghamton yesterday
This is earth shaking news for the Yankees:
Aaron Judge’s injury has been diagnosed with a stress fracture of the first rib on his right side, the team said Thursday night.
He will be relegated to rest and limited activity and then be re-imaged in about four to six weeks to determine how much improvement he has made and what his next steps might be.
I never forgot about JT Schwartz. He was always one of my favorite minors guys. Can't understand why his bat went south for so long but hopefully it is back. Also can't understand why they were bouncing him around between 3B and OF positions. He is and was the best defensive 1B in the system. Maybe this explains why everything is so messed up in the development system. They are introducing too much change.
And yes, Tom, I too wonder what Dollar has in store.
There seems to be an entirely new operational system designed to fuk up da soup
Taj was a killer in the minors which just goes to prove means nothing for many
Nah
Let's go private
Interesting two level jump
Mack,
The Mets DSL teams have several prospects I think will make your 19 list over the next few months.
Might
I tend to avoid jumping on 16 year Olds. Most fade
Pete Alonso hitting .300+ since May 1. Nimmo ice cold over the last month.
Jeff McNeil .182 over last 15 games. Note that Nimmo and Jeff are older than Pete. Age don’t lie.
Lots of good work there Mack. I am puzzled by Reimer's underperformance frankly. He's got a great attitude and good work habits, and a quick bat. I hope he has someone working with him who can address the mental as well as the physical part of the game.
I am not optimistic about Clifford. K's are a warning sign for me. Unless you are Aaron Judge-like, on both sides of the ball, it's hard to imagine hitting enough homers to overcome a high K rate.
I agree that Yovanny is most likely the catcher of the future for the Mets, and I have long been an Alvarez skeptic.
A big difference this year for Jacob Reimer is that his supporting cast of hitters in AA has really weakened. Last year he had Ewing, Benge and others. This year, that whole line up is a wasteland. That has to add pressure. I think it shows the most with him with runners in scoring position: just five for 51.
Promote Reimer to AAA. HE'S ready now.
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