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Mets Minors Short Season Pitching Leaders

By John Sheridan

September 29, 2016 No comments

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When players are drafted by a team, they are traditionally sent to short season minor league affiliates in order to keep their innings down while also easing them in. For players drafted out of high school or international free agents who have signed as teenagers, it is not unusual for those players to spend multiple seasons in short season ball.

Given the Mets focus on pitching in the draft for the past few seasons, it should come as no surprise there were some terrific pitching performers in the lower levels of the minor leagues.

Specifically, Thomas Szapucki, Harol Gonzalez, and Gary Cornish were dominating pitchers in 2016. We also got an opportunity to see why the Mets were so high on Justin Dunn that they made him their first draft pick in the 2016. These pitchers were just a few Mets minor leaguers who had terrific short minor league seasons. Here is the short season pitching leaderboard:

STARTERS

WINS

1.   Ivan Santana 9 (DSL Mets 1)

2.   Ygnacio Rondon 8 (DSL Mets 1)

3.   Harol Gonzalez 7 (Brooklyn)

4.   Merandy Gonzalez 6 (Brooklyn)

5.   Erik Manoah 5 (Brooklyn), Jaison Vilera 5 (DSL Mets 1 & 2)

ERA (minimum 30 innings)

1.   Thomas Szapucki 1.38 (Kingsport & Brooklyn)

2.   Justin Dunn 1.50 (Brooklyn)

3.   Jaison Vilera 1.59 (DSL Mets 1 & 2)

4.   Briam Campusano 1.76 (DSL Mets 1)

5.   Nelmerson Xavier Mariano Silvano Angela 1.88 (DSL Mets 1 & 2)

Games Started

1.   Merandy Gonzalez 14 (Brooklyn)

2.   Harol Gonzalez 13 (Brooklyn)

2.   Gabriel Llanes 13 (Brooklyn)

2.  Carlos Hernandez 13 (DSL Mets 1 & Gulf Coast)

2.   Jordan Humphreys 13 (Kingsport & Brooklyn)

Complete Games

1.   Jose Geraldo 1 (Gulf Coast)

Innings Pitched

1.   Harol Gonzalez 85.0 (Brooklyn)

2.   Gabriel Llanes 80.0 (Brooklyn)

3.   Jordan Humphreys 75.1 (Kingsport & Brooklyn)

4.   Ygnacio Rondon 70.2 (DSL Mets1)

5.   Carlos Hernandez 70.0 (DSL Mets1 & Gulf Coast)

Strikeouts

1.   Harol Gonzalez 88 (Brooklyn)

2.   Thomas Szapucki 86 (Kingsport & Brooklyn)

3.   Jordan Humphreys 85 (Kingsport & Brooklyn)

4.   Ivan Santana 82 (DSL Mets1)

5.   Merandy Gonzalez 71 (Brooklyn)

WHIP (minimum 30 IP)

1.   Thomas Szapucki 0.885 (Kingsport & Brooklyn)

2.   Nelmerson Angela 0.892 (DSL Mets 1 & 2)

3.   Ezequiel Zabaleta 0.908 (DSL Mets 2 & Gulf Coast)

4.   Briam Campusano 0.995 (DSL Mets 1)

5.  Harol Gonzalez 1.012 (Brooklyn)

K/9 (minimum 30 IP)

1.   Thomas Szapucki 14.9 (Kingsport & Brooklyn)

2.   Ivan Santana 11.9 (DSL Mets 1)

3.   Yeizo Campos 11.2 (DSL Mets 1 & 2)

4.   Justin Dunn 10.5 (Brooklyn)

5.   Jordan Humphreys 10.2 (Kingsport & Brooklyn), Yeudy Colon 10.2 (DSL Mets 2 & Gulf Coast)

K/BB (minimum 30 IP)

1.   Ezequiel Zabaleta 6.40 (DSL Mets 2 & Gulf Coast)

2.   Jordan Humphreys 5.31 (Kingsport & Brooklyn)

3.   Yeizo Campos 5.20 (DSL Mets 1 & 2)

4.   Willy Taveras 5.18 (DSL Mets 1)

5.   Harol Gonzalez 5.00 (Brooklyn)

Photo by Jacob Resnick

Photo by Jacob Resnick

RELIEVERS

Appearances

1.   Alejandro Castro 26 (Brooklyn)

2.   Taylor Henry 25 (Brooklyn & St. Lucie)

3.   Gabriel Feliz 24 (Brooklyn & Columbia)

4.   Joseph Zanghi 23 (Brooklyn)

5.   Adrian Almeida 21 (Kingsport & Brooklyn)

Saves

1.   Joseph Zanghi 8 (Brooklyn)

2.   Taylor Henry 4 (Brooklyn & St. Lucie),  Nelson Leon 4 (DSL Mets 1)

3.  Eight players tied with 3

ERA (minimum 10 innings)

1.   Christian James 0.52 (Gulf Coast)

2.   Kerwin Nieves 0.95 (DSL Mets 1 & 2)

3.   Ronald Guedez 1.08 (Kingsport)

4.   Joseph Zanghi 1.23 (Brooklyn)

5.   Taylor Henry 1.93 (Brooklyn & St. Lucie)

WHIP (minimum 10 innings)

1.   Nelson Leon 0.909 (DSL Mets 1)

2.   Christian James 0.923 (Gulf Coast)

3.   Gary Cornish 1.080 (Brooklyn)

4.   Luis Carreno 1.151 (Gulf Coast & Kingsport)

5.   Joseph Zanghi 1.193 (Brooklyn)

K/9 (minimum 10 innings)

1.   Gary Cornish 15.8 (Brooklyn)

2.   Joseph Zanghi 13. 8 (Brooklyn)

3.   Adrian Almeida 12.6 (Kingsport & Brooklyn)

4.   Placido Torres 12.5 (Kingsport)

5.   Adam Atkins 11.6 (Brooklyn)

K/BB (minimum 10 innings)

1.   Gary Cornish 14.67 (Brooklyn)

2.   Jose Medina 7.00 (Kingsport)

3.   Placido Torres 4.33 (Kingsport)

4.   Gregorix Estevez 3.75 (Kingsport & Brooklyn)

5.   Trent Johnson 3.50 (Kingsport)

Previously we looked at the Full Season Pitching Leaders

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