Rumble Ponies 2023 Season Recap Parada, the Mets’ 11th overall pick in the ’22 draft out of Georgia Tech, played 14 games to finish out the season with Binghamton, hitting three home runs with 11 RBIs.
Infielder Jeremiah Jackson also added power and con- sistency to the Ponies’ lineup. Acquired from the Angels at the trade deadline for RHP Dominic Leone and cash consid- erations, Jackson reached base in 28 of his first 29 games with the club and had a stretch of hitting safely in 17-of-19 games. Jackson belted seven home runs and drove in 24 runs over 37 games with Binghamton.
Christian Scott was named the 2023 Mets Minor League Pitcher of the Year. In 12 starts with Binghamton, he had a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 77-to-8
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The Rumble Ponies’ dominant pitching staff was led by Mets Minor League Pitcher of the Year Christian Scott . In 12 starts with the Rumble Ponies, Scott pitched to a 2.47 ERA in 62 innings, with a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 77-to-8. Scott finished with the best WHIP (0.86) and K/BB ratio (8.92), among 640+ Minor League pitchers with at least 70.0 innings pitched in 2023. He was selected by the Mets in the fifth round of the 2021 draft out of the University of Florida. Along with Scott and Hamel, 2023 saw the Double-A debuts of right-handed pitchers Tyler Stuart and Blade Tidwell . Stuart was called up to Binghamton after posting a MiLB-leading 1.55 ERA in 14 starts with High-A Brooklyn. Over his first four starts at the Double-A level, Stuart went at least five in - nings and allowed three runs or less. In 24 games between the two levels, Stuart finished 7-2 with a 2.44 ERA. Possessing an imposing 6-foot-9, 250-pound frame, the 24-year-old was selected by the Mets in the sixth round of the 2022 draft, out of Southern Mississippi.
Tidwell, the Mets’ second-round pick out of Tennessee in 2022, showed glimpses of what made him such a prolific pitcher in Knoxville. On Sep - tember 9 on the road against Somerset, he allowed just two runs over seven and two-thirds innings with no walks and seven strikeouts. On September 12 against Reading, he allowed just three hits over five score - less frames with no walks and nine punchouts. One of the unexpected stars of the Ponies’ playoff surge was Joander Suarez. Suarez threw the eighth-no-hitter in franchise history in the first
Joander Suarez threw the eighth no-hitter in Binghamton history on September 4, 2023 against the Hartfdord Yard Goats at Dunkin’ Park in the first game of a dou -
game of a doubleheader on September 7 against the Hartford Yard Goats at Dunkin’ Park. The 23-year-old allowed just one base runner, via a leadoff walk in the first inning, and faced the minimum over seven no-hit innings with four strikeouts. Suarez became just the fourth pitcher in franchise history to throw a no-hitter individual- ly. It marked Binghamton’s first individual no-hitter since Miguel Pinango did it on July 23, 2006, at Portland. For his mastery, Suarez was named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week in back-to-back weeks. He was one of seven Rumble Ponies players to earn Eastern League recognition during the season. OF Agustin Ruiz and Stuart swept the weekly EL awards for the week of August 21-27.
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