As the 2025 minor league season continues, here’s a look at what Mets prospects are doing in all levels of the organization….
Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies
The Rumble Ponies were down 4-1 to Reading heading into the eighth inning when Ryan Clifford — the Mets’ No. 4 prospect according to Joe DeMayo — drove a pitch from RHP Jack Dallas over the center field wall, a three-run shot to tie the game at 4-4.
It was Clifford’s fifth home run this season and was the second hit of his evening. The slugger finished 2-for-5 with two strikeouts. He was the only one on Binghamton with a multi-hit game.
Binghamton would pick up the win in walk-off fashion thanks to Jett Williams, the Mets’ top no-pitching prospect. The shortstop kept the ninth inning going with a walk that loaded the bases. With two out, Nick Lorusso reached on a fielding error that allowed the Rumble Ponies to push across a run and win 6-5.
Williams went 1-for-3 with two walks, a run scored and a strikeout.
Triple-A Syracuse Mets
Up with the Triple-A team, runs were hard to come by for the Mets, who went up against rehabbing Miami Marlins youngster Ryan Weathers. Syracuse fell to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, 3-1, on Thursday night.
Dom Hamel struggled in his start, allowing three runs on five hits, three walks across three innings pitched. He did strike out five batters, but his ERA rose to 5.00 after Thursday’s performance. The three runs came on three hits in the second inning.
In five starts this season, Hamel is now 1-3 with a 1.33 WHIP. He is striking out plenty of batters, picking up 22 across 18.0 innings pitched.
On the offensive side, Drew Gilbert went 1-for-4
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