2016 Mets Righthanded Pitcher: Gabriel Ynoa (2016)
He pitched winter ball in 201 & then for the Mets in the Rookie League in 2011. By 2012 he was in Brooklyn with the A ball Brooklyn Cyclones going 2-3 with a 3.00 ERA.
In 2013 he was promoted to the Savannah Sand Gnats, where he went 15-4 with a 2.72 ERA 7 struck out 106 batters. Topps named him the South Atlantic Player of the Year and he was also the league's Most Outstanding Pitcher.
He began 2014 at St. Lucie going 8-2 getting promoted to AA Binghamton where in 11 games he went 3-2. Overall he was 11-4 with 106 strike outs combined with both teams. In 2015 he was an even 9-9 with a 3.90 ERA.
But it must be noted, Ynoa's control is impeccable, in nearly 800 innings in the Mets minor league system, he has only walked 134 total batters. A 1.5 per nine innings pitched is quite an accomplishment for a youngster.
The next day he finished up a Mets 5-1 win over the Padres, allowing a run.
On August 17th he served up three earned runs in Arizona, in a Mets 13-5 loss to the D-backs. He was back down at AAA for two weeks returning as a September call up. After a brief scoreless appearance in Cincinnati on September 6th, he gave up runs in his next two relief appearances.
On September 18th, he got his first big league start & struck out eight Milwaukee Brewers in a 3-2 win, where he allowed just one run in 4.2 innings. His next start came in Philadelphia where he only pitched two innings, allowing two runs as the Mets went on to a 10-5 victory, maintaining a wild card lead.
His next relief appearance came in Miami the day after Jose Fernandez was killed in a boating accident, in an emotional game where the Mets took a 7-3 loss. He made another start on October 2nd with no decision.He finished off his first big league season at 1-0 with 17 strike outs seven walks in 18 innings of work in ten games.