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Andres Gimenez has struggled with swing changes in 2019

The 2018 Binghamton Rumble Ponies had one of the more anemic offenses in the Eastern League last season, hitting a combined a .250/.331/.385- and that includes 434 at-bats from breakout stars Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil. The offense, mostly composed of low upside farmhands and minor league veterans, was underwhelming to say the least. On July 23, the team got an infusion of youth in talent when Andrés Giménez was promoted from the St. Lucie Mets to the Rumble Ponies. Considered the Mets’ top prospect and a borderline top 100 prospect in all of baseball by most major baseball publications, the 19-year-old Giménez hit .