“HEY! 3 MINORS GAMES, 3 WINS?!”  A very short update: Binghamton’s contest was canceled due to inclement weather. (No, it wasn’t snowing). The other 3 Mets minors teams won, though, and scored 33 runs on 33 hits. What a great day down there. “Three-mendous.” Sadly, in Queens, roaring Mark Vientos got sent down, but DJ Stewart hit a 3 run bomb in a Mets 4-2 win. DJ now has 14 RBIs in 53 at bats, sweet! A very good “W” night in Metsville. Heat Alert:  Nick Morabito is hitting .397/.518/.529 in 20 St Lucie games. Sizzling like bacon on a skillet. His St Lucie hitting co-conspirator Ch ..read more

As the Mets arrive at the end of the first month of the 2024 baseball season they are hovering around .500.  That level of results has suggested some things have gone very right for the Mets and some have gone very wrong.  Together they average out and suggests that they are a middle-of-the-pack team which is where they now reside.  Positives Going into 2024 there was concern about the state of health for Edwin Diaz, the return of Adam Ottavino who accepted a bargain priced contract, the poor output from Drew Smith in 2023 and a lot of unknowns.  Very surprisingly the re ..read more

Hey readers, here is a video with some great information.   I have heard a few comments recently wondering about the progress of our minor league prospects.  Tom has filled us in on some of his posts, and to supplement that here is one of our favorites Ernest Dove talking about guys like Christian Scott, LuisAngel Acuna, Dom Hamel, Blade Tidwell, Alex Ramirez, and more. Watch the video HERE and enjoy ..read more

Joe Sewell BEFORE MY ARTICLE: I hate it, and I can almost say it infuriates me.  What is that?  Missing Mets offense that frankly should NOT be missing.  Too many good hitters. Come on guys, hit.  It’s like watching a basketball player you know can shoot going 2 for 19 from the field.  Awful to watch the underperformance. Severino was great, but we’ve seen it too often over the years, when the Mets’ bats just wilt, and the excellent starter gets the shaft. OK, ‘nuff said - on to my article…. Well, it’s not that the guy NEVER struck out.  Joe Sewell did strike out ..read more

Rod Stewart sings, “Some guys get all the ink”. Then some of them stink. Some other guys get little ink, and turn out better than you think. Such is Chris Suero.  Little ink, no stink, much better that we’d think. Born in the Bronx, he played DSL ball as an 18 year old in 2022. Just .204, but he walked 25 times, giving him a.386 OBP. In 2023, up to the Complex League headed Suero.  Just 22 games, but NICE: .281/.421/.469. OK, in 2024, he heads to St Lucie. In his first 17 games, he’s had a 5 hit game AND a 4 walk game and is hitting .316/.451/.491. “Just” 15 Ks in 71 PAs ..read more

You may have noticed my frustration with the fact that none of the Mets starting pitchers have been able to deliver quality starts with any consistency.  As of Saturday night, the starting rotation was 4-10 with a 4.45 ERA.  They had gone 26 games without throwing a pitch in the seventh inning.  Suddenly, Jose Quintana comes out Sunday and gives them eight full innings with only one earned run on 99 pitches.  What a great, quality start! His reward, of course, was his lineup going 0-13 with runners in scoring position (RISP) so he left the game with no decision.  This ..read more

Have you ever been top of your class and been ignored for your achievement?  Have you ever recorded the best performance metrics at your job only to watch someone less capable getting promoted over you?  Did you ever think you were ready for the permanent migration to the best of the best only to have your employer at the 11th hour hire a six time All Star? Well, these types of reactions are what Mark Vientos likely had running through his head during this 2024 season.  Who led the team in Spring Training HRs?  Mark Vientos.  Who led in RBIs?  Also Mark Vientos ..read more

                                              Mack - Sunday Morning Observations  (thru Friday’s results)    Mack’s Observations -  We are done with the March-April portion of this season and it’s time to award the first Mackie Awards for 2024:  Shit, It Looks Like I Was Wrong About This Guy Award goes to Binghamton outfielder Alex Ramirez. He is really impressing the hell out of me so far this y ..read more

In a surprise announcement yesterday, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies announced that current owner David Sobotka has agreed to sell the team to Diamond Baseball Holdings (DBH). Binghamton is currently the New York Mets' AA affiliate and has been home to the Mets' AA entry for over 30 years. Sobotka, who purchased the team in late 2021, has made a very positive impact on the club in just a few years.  He has made significant investment in the club and its facilities, and has partnered with local and state representatives to use government funding as a force multiplier to his investments. Pe ..read more

BACK IN HIS COLLEGIATE DAYS, A LONG TIME AGO Luke Ritter is not a quitter as a hitter. Through Tuesday, in AAA: Luke Ritter was hitting .275, with 5 HRs and 9 RBIs.in 51 at bats.  Very nice. Also very nice that he is still trying, still playing, when others might have called it quits. He’s no quitter. The 27 year old was a 7th rounder in 2019. He is now 27. He plugs on. He steadily and gradually improves. He amazingly had 229 at bats in 2019 in rookie ball in Brooklyn after being drafted, but just 1,127 at bats since. No baseball in 2020, of course. In 2021, just 250 at bats in A ball ..read more