First Half Record: 45-22 (1/6, Eastern League Northeast Division)
Second Half Record: 45-24 (1/6 Eastern League Northeast Division)
When the 2025 season began, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies were a prospect-studded team. Top prospects Jett Williams (2), Jonah Tong (4), Nolan McLean (5), Ryan Clifford (7), Nick Morabito (19) all began the season in Binghamton and spent considerable time there. While other teams may have started the year with more prospects, Binghamton had the highest concentration of
top prospects.
The Rumble Ponies demolished the division in the first half, taking the Eastern League Northeast division by 10.0 games over the Hartford Yard Goats. Their 45 wins were tied with the Erie SeaWolves for most in the first half, but their .672 winning percentage just barely edged out Erie’s .652 record for best in the Eastern League.
The second half of the Double-A season began on June 18, and Binghamton once again made mincemeat of the competition. The Rumble Ponies ended the second half with a nearly identical 45-24 record, winning the second half by 7 games over the Somerset Patriots. Once again, their 45 wins led the Eastern League, this time the only team to win 40 or more games in the second half of the league’s season.
On the final day of the season, the Rumble Ponies beat the Portland Sea Dogs 1-0, setting one franchise record and tying a second. Binghamton’s win marked their 90th win of the season, establishing a new season high and crushing the prior record of 86, set back in 2013. They also tied a franchise record with 15 shutouts on the season, a feat last accomplished in 2023. Their 90-46 overall record was second-best in all of minor league baseball, with only the 92-39 West Michigan Whitecaps outplaying the Ponies, and was the best record of any Mets minor league affiliate since the Capital City Bombers went 90-51 in 1998 and the best winning percentage since the 1986 Columbia Mets.
The Rumble Ponies met rival Somerset in the Eastern League Division Series and swept them 3-1 and 5-4. They made it to the Eastern League finals, the second time since the Reid Brignac era began in 2022. While they lost to the Erie SeaWolves in a 14-5 blowout in Game One, they rallied in Game Two and the decisive Game Three 5-4 and 8-2, respectively, winning their first championship title as the Rumble Ponies and the organization’s fourth (1992, 1994, 2014).
TEAM MVP
Jett Williams
(Runner Up: Ryan Clifford)
96 G, 352 AB, .281/.390/.477, 99 H, 29 2B, 5 3B, 10 HR, 62 BB, 96 K, 32/39 SB, .357 BABIP
Jett Williams missed most of the 2024 season due to an issue in his right wrist that eventually required a triangular fibrocartilage complex debridement procedure to correct. He looked healthy when he returned at the end of the season and in the Arizona Fall League and ended up being one of the workhorses of the 2025 season, playing in 130 total games (second only to Ryan Clifford’s 139), 96 of which came in Binghamton to excellent results.
A combination of the ability to hit for average, for power, and run synergized by a good eye, Jett Williams can be a pitcher’s worst nightmare when he’s on, as highlighted throughout the 2025 season. Among players who appeared in at least 50 games with Binghamton, he led the team in batting average, on-base percentage, doubles, triples, and OPS, and was second in slugging percentage, home runs, walks, and stolen bases.
TEAM CY YOUNG
Jonah Tong
(Runner Up: Jack Wenninger)
20 G (20 GS), 102.0 IP, 50 H, 20 R, 18 ER (1.59 ERA), 44 BB, 162 K, .258 BABIP
What superlatives can we use about Jonah Tong’s 2025 season that haven’t been already used? Tong was so good while playing in Binghamton that, despite being promoted to Syracuse in August and other players having over a month to rack up numbers, his 162 strikeouts still ended up leading the league by a sizable margin and his 1.59 ERA still led the league among all starters who made at least 15 starts.
From a team perspective, his 162 strikeouts set a Binghamton Rumble Ponies record and were the most by a Binghamton Rumble Pony/Binghamton Mets player Jesus Sanchez struck out 176 in 1997 (in 165.1 innings) and are third in franchise history behind Sanchez and Bill Pulsipher, who struck out 171 (in 201.0 innings) in 1993. His 1.59 ERA is second in franchise history among pitchers who made at least 10 starts in Binghamton, behind Anthony Kay, who posted a 1.49 ERA in 66.1 innings over 12 starts in 2019.
Simply put, while he may have been a Binghamton Rumble Pony, he was also became the Binghamton GOAT.
