Mets Minors Thoughts Archive

Catcher Yovanny Rodriguez was the star of the Florida Complex League Mets this year, leading the team in homers and batting average and earning a selection to the All-Star team. The 19-year-old from Venezuela hit .280/.389/.460 with seven homers and 34 RBIs in 49 games before he was promoted

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The Binghamton Rumble Ponies played two completely different halves of a season in 2026. After finishing the first half with the worst record in the Eastern League, 15 games under .500, manager Michael Collins’ team surged to a .500 record in the second half, largely thanks to the talent

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The 2026 Syracuse Mets finished with an 81-68 record, good for a tie with Charlotte for second in the International League East overall and fourth in the International League as a whole. It was a tale of two halves for the Syracuse Mets. In the first half of the

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The Mets’ two Dominican Summer League teams combined to go 49-63 this year, but Wandy Asigen looked worthy of the hype, Cleiner Ramirez showed power and speed, and right-hander Abner Meza is someone to keep an eye on. Asigen slashed .279/.470/.525 with three homers, two triples, and two doubles

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The 2026 St. Lucie Mets finished with a 58-72 record, which was fourth in their division and seventh overall in the Florida State League. In the first half of the season, they were an exactly .500 team at 33-33, but they struggled heavily in the second half, going 25-39. 

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57 games and 243 plate appearances. 24 games and 103 plate appearances. 12 games and 51 plate appearances. Those are how many games Keston Huira (Milwaukee), Carson Benge, and A.J. Ewing each respectively played in Triple-A before New York Mets’ president of baseball operations David Stearns promoted them to

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Ryan Clifford has been one of the most disappointing prospect within the New York Mets’ system in 2026. This was further signified by his placement on the development list on August 19. At the time, he was slashing .175/.267/.344 (.611 OPS) and his future with the organization seemed to

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Since mid-July New York Mets pitching prospect Jonah Tong has put up impressive results, and in his most recent start he carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning. As that was part of a Triple-A double header, those seven scoreless innings Tong pitched amounted to a complete game shutout.

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Whether it was coincidental or not, Christopher Nolan released the movie “The Odyssey” in the same year Calvin Ziegler made his long-awaited return to the mound. And while Matt Damon won’t be knocking down the doors at Maimonides Park anytime soon, Ziegler’s journey epitomizes the story of the king

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With the minor league playoffs on the cusp, a new-look New York Mets farm system has helped several of its minor league affiliates turn their seasons around and shoot back into the playoff race. Three affiliates specifically, Triple-A Syracuse, Double-A Binghamton, and High-A Brooklyn, find themselves fighting to crack

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