The Brooklyn Cyclones would win their first outright New York Penn League title this season. There were a number of offensive performances which helped lead the Cyclones to that title. There were also some impressive performances across the DSL and GCL with the Mets drafting a number of collegiate upper classmen to help execute the team’s draft strategy of signing Matthew Allan in the third round.

Runs

Kenedy Corona (DSL/Brooklyn) 45, Dyron Campos (DSL) 44, Jaylen Palmer (Kingsport) 41, Cesar Berbesi (DSL) 40, Freddy Valdez (DSL/GCL) 40, Federico Polanco (DSL/GCL) 39, Luke Ritter (Brooklyn) 39, Carlos Dominguez (DSL) 38, Brett Baty (GCL/Kingsport/Brooklyn) 37, Omar De Los Santos (DSL) 36

Hits

Campos 78, Wilmer Reyes (Brooklyn) 74, Corona 66, Berbesi 66, Palmer 63, Valdez 63, Franklin Linares (DSL) 62, Polanco 60, De Los Santos 60, Ritter 56

Doubles

Valdez 16, Baty 16, Berbesi 15, Ritter 15, Zach Ashford (GCL/Brooklyn/St. Lucie) 15, Campos 14, Corona 14, Polanco 14, Scott Ota (Kingsport) 14, Endy Rodriguez (DSL/GCL) 14

Triples

De Los Santos 6, Polanco 5, Ota 5, Dominguez 5, Linares 5, Campos 4, Corona 4, Cole Kleszcz (Kingsport) 4, Samuel Marte (DSL) 4, Kennie Taylor (Kingsport/Brooklyn) 4, Valdez 4, Berbesi 3, Kevin Torres (DSL) 3, Guillermo Granadillo (Brooklyn/Columbia) 3, Antoine Duplantis (Brooklyn) 3, Wilker Velasquez (DSL) 3

Home Runs

Andres Regnault (Kingsport) 8, Ota 7, Baty 7, Palmer 7, Francisco Alvarez (GCL/Kingsport) 7, Dominguez 6, Valdez 6, Gregory Guerrero (Kingsport) 6, Corona 5, Reyes 5, Tanner Murphy (Kingsport) 5, Wilfred Astudillo (Kingsport) 5

RBI

Regnault 49, Jose Peroza (GCL/Brooklyn) 42, Valdez 39, Dominguez 36, Ritter 36, Baty 34, Reyes 33, Polanco 32, Ashford 30, Palmer 29, Corona 29, Torres 29

Walks

Baty 35, Ritter 33, Torres 32, Berbesi 32, Marte  32, Luis Castillo (DSL) 32, Valdez 31, Ashford 29, Corona 29, Nick Conti (GCL/Columbia)

Stolen Bases

Linares 20, Corona 19, Dominguez 15, Bradly Encarnacion (DSL) 13, Campos 13, Reyes 12, Polanco 10, Darwyn Encarnacion (DSL) 10, Conti 9, Jose Hernandez (DSL) 9

Average

Reyes .323, Alvarez .312, Corona .301, Polanco .299, Campos .293, Regnault .292, Berbesi .289, Linares .287, De Los Santos .274, Valdez .274

OBP

Alvarez .407, Corona .398, Berbesi .388, Ryan Shinn (GCL) .385, Polanco .383, Dominguez .383, Encarnacion .372, Linares .370, Valdez .367, Baty .364

Slugging

Ota .519, Peroza .514, Alvarez .510, Regnault .489, Corona .470, Dominguez .467, Valdez .448, Baty .447, Reyes .441, Polanco .418, De Los Santos .416

OPS

Alvarez .916, Ota .875, Corona .868, Dominguez .847, Peroza .844, Regnault .817, Valdez .814, Baty .811, Polanco .801, Reyes .791

The two biggest standouts of the season were first round draft pick Baty and the 17-year-old Alvarez, who was playing in his first pro season after receiving a new team-record $2.7 million international bonus in 2018. Baty was called up to Brooklyn to help them win the championship by going 3-for-9 at the plate with two runs, a double, and two walks.

As for Alvarez, his 155 wRC+ led all of the Mets minor league system for players with at least 150 plate appearances. That is special production coming from any position on the field let alone from the catcher position.