New York Mets Minor League Report: Billy Amick Introduces Himself To The Eastern League

[Tom Gatto]

Billy Amick has learned how to hit the ball out of the park in his third minor-league season. It appears he will keep applying those lessons with his new team.

Amick, one of two players acquired by the New York Mets from the Minnesota Twins on Friday in a trade for left-handed reliever A.J. Minter, homered in his debut for Double-A Binghamton on Saturday in Game 2 of a doubleheader at Reading. The two-run blast in the seventh inning cut the Rumble Ponies’ deficit to two in an eventual 5-4 loss.

Amick is up to 24 homers this season between Binghamton and Double-A Wichita, quite the power surge for a player who had seven homers in 2024 and 2025 combined in about three dozen fewer plate appearances. On a percentage basis, Amick’s 6.3 homer rate in 2026 is more than triple the 2.0 percent rate of his first two seasons.

We got our guy.

Billy Amick hammers his 24th blast of the year...and his first with Binghamton! ?

? x #DefendOurHome x @MetsPlayerDev pic.twitter.com/hA00UpzBwD

— Binghamton Rumble Ponies (@RumblePoniesBB) August 2, 2026

There were signs last year the 23-year-old infielder out of the University of Tennessee could bang. He had a .450 slugging percentage between rookie ball, Single-A and High-A; he’s up to .494 this year despite an 85-point dip in batting average (.307 to .222). The parent Mets are hoping the homers aren't a bizarre outlier and that they’ve added a big-time thumper from the right side.

Amick’s Binghamton bow ended in a split. The Rumble Ponies won the opener 10-5.

Elsewhere in the organization . . .

Clay Holmes’ final audition for teams ahead of Monday’s MLB trade deadline will take place in Brooklyn, not Queens. The right-hander will make a minor league rehab start for the Cyclones on Sunday rather than be activated to pitch for the big-league Mets against the Miami Marlins. (Robert Stock will come up from Syracuse for that assignment instead.) Holmes will throw around 70 to 75 pitches, MLB.com reported Saturday. He wants to be fully stretched out before he returns to the majors — “wherever that is,” he said, per The Associated Press.

Syracuse lost 3-1 to Rochester. Jonathan Santucci made his Triple-A debut for the Mets, with mixed results. Hayden Senger homered for Syracuse’s run.

Brooklyn fell to Winston-Salem 6-3. Jacob Reimer singled, doubled, drove in a run and scored a run for the Cyclones.

St. Lucie doubled up Dunedin 6-3 in 10 innings. Wyatt Vincent’s sacrifice fly broke the tie in the 10th.

DSL Mets Blue lost 13-2 to DSL Blue Jays Red. Dayron Oramas and Michalle Mercedes drove in the Mets’ runs.

New York Mets Transactions

• New York Mets selected the contract of RHP Kevin Herget from Syracuse Mets.
• New York Mets optioned RHP Xzavion Curry to Syracuse Mets.

Santucci's Syracuse Debut Has A Bit Of Everything

Santucci made his first Triple-A start since being promoted from Double-A earlier in the week. It was an adventure. He needed 90 pitches (52 strikes) to get through four innings. He walked five, struck out seven, and allowed two runs and five hits. Both Rochester runs scored in the second inning, on an RBI triple and an RBI double.

Senger cut the deficit to 2-1 with his ninth home run of the season and his first since July 2. Rochester answered in the bottom half with a run against Nate Lavender.

Two rehab notes: Dedniel Núñez pitched a scoreless seventh with a strikeout, while Mike Tauchman played left field and finished 0-for-3.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Ryan Clifford	4	0	1	0	0	2
Nick Morabito	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jihwan Bae	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ronny Mauricio	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Tauchman	3	0	0	0	0	0
MJ Melendez	3	0	0	0	0	1
Cristian Pache	3	0	0	0	0	1
Zack Short	3	0	0	0	0	1
Hayden Senger	3	1	1	1	0	1
Totals	31	1	3	1	0	9

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Jonathan Santucci	4	5	2	2	5	7	0
Dylan Ross	1	1	0	0	0	3	0
Nate Lavender	1	3	1	1	0	2	0
Dedniel Núñez	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jefry Yan	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	8	9	3	3	5	14	0

Lorusso Powers Binghamton To Game 1 Win

Nick Lorusso homered twice and drove in five runs in the opener. His three-run blast in the second put Binghamton ahead 7-1. His two-run shot in the sixth stretched the Rumble Ponies' lead to 9-4. He also walked and scored on D'Andre Smith's three-run homer during a four-run first.

Matt Rudick homered in the seventh for Binghamton's final run. Wyatt Young and Corey Collins both reached base three times.

Noah Hall pitched five innings for the win in his Double-A debut. He was promoted from High-A Brooklyn early in the week. He allowed four runs and six hits, with two walks and six strikeouts.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Mitch Voit	4	2	1	0	1	1
Chris Suero	3	0	1	1	0	1
Nick Lorusso	3	3	2	5	1	0
Corey Collins	3	1	2	0	1	0
Jose Ramos	4	0	0	0	0	3
D'Andre Smith	4	1	1	3	0	0
Matt Rudick	4	1	2	1	0	1
Vincent Perozo	4	0	1	0	0	1
Wyatt Young	3	2	2	0	1	1
Totals	32	10	12	10	4	8

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Noah Hall	5	6	4	4	2	6	2
Zach Peek	1	1	1	1	0	2	1
Brian Metoyer	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	7	7	5	5	2	9	3

Binghamton's Comeback Bid In Game 2 Falls Short

Amick's home run was part of a three-run Binghamton rally in the seventh. John Bay hit a sacrifice fly later in the frame to cut it to 5-4, but Lorusso hit into a force play to end the game.

Binghamton fell behind 5-0 after three innings. Reading nicked starter Gabriel Rodriguez in the first, and then went deep twice against reliever Danis Correa for three runs in the third

Jordan Geber kept the Ponies in the game with 2 2/3 hitless innings of relief, with one walk and two strikeouts. Wyatt Young came in from shortstop to finish the game on the mound.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
John Bay	3	0	1	2	0	2
Nick Lorusso	4	0	0	0	0	1
Corey Collins	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jose Ramos	2	0	0	0	0	1
Mitch Voit	1	1	1	0	0	0
Billy Amick	3	1	2	2	0	0
Kevin Parada	2	1	0	0	1	1
Matt Rudick	3	0	1	0	0	0
Vincent Perozo	3	1	1	0	0	1
Wyatt Young	2	0	0	0	1	1
Totals	26	4	6	4	2	9

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Gabriel Rodriguez	1	2	2	2	2	1	0
Danis Correa	1 1/3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Jordan Geber	2 2/3	0	0	0	1	2	0
Wyatt Young	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	6	5	5	5	5	5	2

Brooklyn Blinks Against Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem took the lead for good in the sixth with a solo homer off Parker Carlson. It came one inning after Yohairo Cuevas tied the game for Brooklyn with his sixth homer of the season.

Andy Ibáñez, still rehabbing in the minors, gave Brooklyn a 2-1 lead in the third with an RBI single. One batter earlier, Reimer delivered his RBI double to knot the game 1-1. Carlson gave up two runs in the fifth to squander that lead. 

He was on in place of starter Jose Chirinos, who allowed two runs on five hits over the first four innings. Chirinos walked three and struck out four.

The top three batters in the Cyclones' order --- Yonatan Henriquez, Reimer and Ibáñez --- each collected two hits.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Yonatan Henriquez	5	1	2	0	0	0
Jacob Reimer	4	1	2	1	0	1
Andy Ibáñez	4	0	2	1	0	0
Trey Snyder	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ronald Hernandez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Daiverson Gutierrez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Antonio Jimenez	3	0	0	0	1	1
JT Benson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Yohairo Cuevas	4	1	2	1	0	1
Totals	36	3	9	3	1	6

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Jose Chirinos	4	5	1	1	3	4	0
Parker Carlson	2	4	3	3	1	1	2
Bryce Jenkins	2	0	0	0	0	4	0
Rafi Vazquez	1	2	2	1	0	0	0
Totals	9	11	6	5	4	9	2

St. Lucie Gets The W In Extras

St. Lucie's half of the 10th started with Elian Peña on second base as the ghost runner. He advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on Vincent's sacrifice fly. John Smith III was then hit by a pitch. Cole Mathis followed with a walk. Both runners advanced on a groundout. A wild pitch brought in Smith, and Julio Zayas singled home Mathis for a 6-3 lead.

Zack Mack earned the win with a huge relief outing. He entered the game with the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the ninth, with the Mets leading 3-2. He gave up a game-tying sacrifice fly, but then got a lineout to left and a strikeout to force extras. He came back out for the bottom of the 10th and worked around a walk to finish the game.

Ryan Tayman added to his big first week in pro ball. The catcher, who was drafted ninth round by the Mets last month, hit a two-run double in the first to put St. Lucie on top 2-0. He had a .462/.500/1.346 slash line after three games..

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Elian Peña	4	2	1	0	1	3
Wyatt Vincent	4	0	0	1	0	1
John Smith III	3	2	1	0	1	0
Cole Mathis	3	2	1	0	2	1
Branny De Oleo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Tayman	5	0	1	2	0	2
Julio Zayas	5	0	2	1	0	2
Simon Juan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bohan Adderley	5	0	0	0	0	1
Vladi Gomez	4	0	2	0	0	1
Kooper Schulte	4	0	0	0	0	2
Totals	37	6	8	4	4	13

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Nathan Hall	3	1	0	0	1	1	0
Jonathan Jimenez	2 1/3	1	0	0	0	4	0
Joe Scarborough	2/3	1	2	2	1	1	1
Elwis Mijares	2	3	1	1	3	3	0
Zack Mack	2	0	0	0	1	2	0
Totals	10	6	3	3	6	11	1

Top-20 Prospect Performance

1. Jonah Tong: DNP
2. Jack Wenninger: DNP
3. Ryan Clifford: 1-for-4, 2 K
4. Elian Pena: 1-for-4, BB, 3 K
5. Nick Morabito: 0-for-4
6. Jacob Reimer: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI, K
7. Mitch Voit: Game 1: 1-for-4, BB, K; Game 2: 1-for-1
8. Jonathan Santucci: 4 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 7 K
9. Zac Thornton: DNP
10. Chris Suero: Game 1: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, K; Game 2: DNP
11. Will Watson: DNP
12. Wandy Asigen: DNP
13. Eli Serrano III: DNP
14. Randy Guzman: DNP
15. Dylan Ross: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
16. Ryan Lambert: DNP
17. Antonio Jimenez: 0-for-3, BB, K
18. R.J. Gordon: DNP
19. Jonathan Pintaro: DNP
20. Marco Vargas: DNP

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