3 NY Mets minor league Statcast standouts

Statcast was introduced in 2015. Since then, it has introduced multiple new statistics and brand-new ways of viewing the game. However, since 2021, A-Ball and Triple-A have gotten Statcast as well. The New York Mets have plenty of talented players between St. Lucie and Syracuse who we can view Statcast data from. But these three stand out the most among their prospects at these two levels.

1) Raimon Gomez

Raimon Gomez has some of the best stuff in the Mets’ farm system. Originally an international signee in 2021, Gomez had a promising 2022 season before being sidelined for most of 2023 and 2024 after undergoing Tommy John surgery . He is back in action now, pitching 18.1 innings between St. Lucie and Brooklyn, only allowing eight earned runs, striking out 27, and allowing just a single home run. But he’s also handed out 16 free passes.

But Gomez’s four-seam fastball has averaged out at 100.2 MPH, topping out at an insane 104.5 MPH. It is the fastest by any minor leaguer tracked by Statcast (min. 10 plate appearances). On top of elite velocity, he also throws the pitch with elite movement. His fastball only averages 10.9 inches of vertical drop, the third lowest among all Statcast-tracked fastballs, giving it the ‘riding’ movement at the top of the zone. But he is also one of only two pitchers with no more than a foot of vertical movement and at least ten inches of horizontal break, coming in at 10.9 inches.

This made Gomez’s fastball at St. Lucie practically unhittable. He induced an impressive 38.3% whiff rate. When opponents swung and made contact vs Gomez’s fastball, he induced an exit velocity of 81 MPH. Gomez will also throw a slider and occasionally fold in a curveball and sinker, but his fastball is one of the best in the minor leagues. Almost no one else throws a pitch with that much velocity and movement.