Zach Thornton Stats: Statcast, Visuals & Advanced Metrics

P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 170 lbs | Age: 23

Draft: 2023 | Rd. 5, No. 159, New York Mets | Grand Canyon University

MLB Pipeline Rank

	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	SO	WHIP
2025	3	2	2.60	10	10	0	52	53	0.87
Career Minors	11	6	3.01	34	26	1	140.2	132	1.09

	G	W-L	ERA	IP	SO	WHIP
2025	10	3-2	2.60	52	53	0.87
Career Minors	34	11-6	3.01	140.2	132	1.09

Standard Splits Game Logs

Standard Minor League Batting Statistics

No Minor League Hitting Statistics.

Standard Minor League Pitching Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	L	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2024	2 Teams		Minors	5	4	4.10	20	12	1	68.0	77	37	31	4	18	54	1.40
2024	St. Lucie Mets	FSL	A	3	2	4.39	13	6	1	41.0	47	26	20	3	16	32	1.54
2024	Brooklyn Cyclones	SAL	A+	2	2	3.67	7	6	0	27.0	30	11	11	1	2	22	1.19
2025	2 Teams		Minors	6	2	1.98	14	14	0	72.2	48	21	16	5	11	78	0.81
2025	Brooklyn Cyclones	SAL	A+	3	0	0.44	4	4	0	20.2	12	5	1	1	2	25	0.68
2025	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	EAS	AA	3	2	2.60	10	10	0	52.0	36	16	15	4	9	53	0.87
	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	EAS	AA	3	2	2.60	10	10	0	52.0	36	16	15	4	9	53	0.87
	Brooklyn Cyclones	SAL	A+	5	2	2.27	11	10	0	47.2	42	16	12	2	4	47	0.97
	St. Lucie Mets	FSL	A	3	2	4.39	13	6	1	41.0	47	26	20	3	16	32	1.54
Career Minors	3 Teams			11	6	3.01	34	26	1	140.2	125	58	47	9	29	132	1.09

Standard Minor League Fielding Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	L	POS	G	GS	INN	TC	PO	A	E	DP	FPCT%
2024	2 Teams		Minors	P	20	12	68.0	13	3	8	2	1	.846
2024	St. Lucie Mets	FSL	A	P	13	6	41.0	6	1	4	1	0	.833
2024	Brooklyn Cyclones	SAL	A+	P	7	6	27.0	7	2	4	1	1	.857
2025	2 Teams		Minors	P	14	14	72.2	14	2	11	1	0	.929
2025	Brooklyn Cyclones	SAL	A+	P	4	4	20.2	7	1	5	1	0	.857
2025	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	EAS	AA	P	10	10	52.0	7	1	6	0	0	1.000
	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	EAS	AA	P	10	10	52.0	7	1	6	0	0	1.000
	Brooklyn Cyclones	SAL	A+	P	11	10	47.2	14	3	9	2	1	.857
	St. Lucie Mets	FSL	A	P	13	6	41.0	6	1	4	1	0	.833
Career Minors	3 Teams			P	34	26	140.2	27	5	19	3	1	.889

Scouting Report

2025

Thornton was a two-year JuCo performer at Barton Community College in his home state of Kansas before jumping to Grand Canyon as a junior in 2023, mixing in stops in the Appalachian and MLB Draft Leagues in between. While scouts came to see teammates Jacob Wilson and Homer Bush Jr., the southpaw dominated on the bump and slid up to the fifth round to the Mets, signing for just under slot at $350,000. He was a solid performer at two A-ball levels in his first full season and has climbed to Double-A as a full-time starter, albeit one slowed by an oblique injury.

The 6-foot-3 left-hander has a deep arsenal without anything that truly pops off the page individually. His fastball touches 95 mph occasionally but generally sits 89-92. He can mix in both a four- and two-seamer to vary up the looks. His best pitch is an 83-86 mph slider -- a two-plane breaker that he can spot on a dime. He plays off that with an upper-80s cutter that hitters will chase outside of the zone. An 82-84 mph changeup and 75-77 mph curveball round out the arsenal.

The diversity of Thornton’s repertoire keeps hitters guessing, and with his loose, athletic delivery and an attack mentality, he can keep pouring in strikes, rarely putting himself behind in the count. That will remain his biggest strength as he works toward Queens. Thornton’s ceiling might be limited, but with his near-elite control, he won’t get in his own way of being a potential No. 5 starter.

Draft

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Thornton spent two years at Barton Community College and was one of the better junior college players to transfer to a Division I program after logging some summer innings in both the Appalachian and Draft Leagues. He’s been a mainstay in Grand Canyon’s weekend rotation and has been a steady performer, no doubt benefitting from extra looks with scouts coming in to see teammates Jacob Wilson and Homer Bush Jr.

While none of Thornton’s individual pitches jump off the page, he has a full repertoire and a good idea of how to use it. His fastball tops out at 93-94 mph and averages around 89-90, but he commands it well. His breaking stuff doesn’t have a ton of bite, but he can add and subtract from it and lands it all for strikes. His 80-mph changeup plays nicely off of his fastball-breaking ball combination.

Without a true out pitch, Thornton’s ceiling is limited to that of a back-end starter, but he never hurts himself with walks and manages to keep hitters off-balance enough to miss a good amount of bats. Athletic on the mound, he’s the type of steady left-handed college starter who invariably gets taken on Day 2 of the Draft.

Awards

EAS Pitcher of the Week

Week	Team
05/25/2025

SAL Pitcher of the Month

Month	Team
04/2025

Transactions

Team	Date	Transaction
	11/06/2025	Binghamton Rumble Ponies activated LHP Zach Thornton from the 60-day injured list.
	07/29/2025	Binghamton Rumble Ponies transferred LHP Zach Thornton from the 7-day injured list to the 60-day injured list.
	07/04/2025	Binghamton Rumble Ponies placed LHP Zach Thornton on the 7-day injured list.
	07/04/2025	Binghamton Rumble Ponies placed LHP Zach Thornton on the 7-day injured list.
	04/28/2025	LHP Zach Thornton assigned to Binghamton Rumble Ponies from Brooklyn Cyclones.
	08/01/2024	LHP Zach Thornton assigned to Brooklyn Cyclones from St. Lucie Mets.
	07/14/2024	St. Lucie Mets activated LHP Zach Thornton from the 7-day injured list.
	06/04/2024	St. Lucie Mets placed LHP Zach Thornton on the 7-day injured list.
	03/31/2024	LHP Zach Thornton assigned to St. Lucie Mets from FCL Mets.
	07/19/2023	New York Mets signed LHP Zach Thornton.
	07/19/2023	LHP Zach Thornton assigned to FCL Mets.
	06/15/2023	LHP Zach Thornton assigned to College Workout.
	05/31/2023	West Virginia Black Bears activated LHP Zach Thornton.
	05/31/2023	West Virginia Black Bears activated LHP Zach Thornton.
	02/08/2023	LHP Zach Thornton assigned to Grand Canyon Antelopes.
	07/09/2022	LHP Zach Thornton assigned to Elizabethton River Riders.
	05/22/2022	LHP Zach Thornton assigned to Mahoning Valley Scrappers.

Platoon Splits

Team	L	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2 Teams	Minors	vs Left				12			15.1	64	14			0	3	19	1.11
2 Teams	Minors	vs Right				14			56.1	210	34			5	8	59	0.75

Monthly Splits

Team	L	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2 Teams	Minors	April	3	0	1.08	5	5	25.0	96	17	7	3	2	2	27	0.76
Binghamton Rumble Ponies	Double-A	May	2	0	2.00	5	5	27.0	95	16	6	6	1	3	30	0.70
Binghamton Rumble Ponies	Double-A	June	1	2	3.05	4	4	20.2	83	15	8	7	2	6	21	1.02
2 Teams	Minors	First Half	6	2	2.13	13	13	67.2	253	43	20	16	5	11	74	0.80
Binghamton Rumble Ponies	Double-A	Second Half	0	0	0.00	1	1	5.0	21	5	1	0	0	0	4	1.00

Baserunner Splits

Team	L	Type	G	IP	BF	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2 Teams	Minors	Bases Empty	14	50.0	191	30	3	8	61	0.76
2 Teams	Minors	Runner at 1st	11	9.1	35	8	1	2	6	1.07
2 Teams	Minors	Runners at 1st & 2nd	6	3.2	12	1	0	0	3	0.27
2 Teams	Minors	Runners at 1st & 3rd	4	1.2	6	1	0	0	0	0.60
2 Teams	Minors	Runner at 2nd	8	4.2	19	5	0	1	5	1.29
2 Teams	Minors	Runners at 2nd & 3rd	2	1.0	5	2	1	0	1	2.00
Binghamton Rumble Ponies	Double-A	Runner at 3rd	4	1.2	6	1	0	0	2	0.60
2 Teams	Minors	Scoring Position	12	12.2	48	10	1	1	11	0.87

Game Type Splits

Team	L	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2 Teams	Minors	Home Games	3	0	1.47	6	6	0	30.2	116	17	6	5	2	5	36	0.72
2 Teams	Minors	Away Games	3	2	2.36	8	8	0	42.0	158	31	15	11	3	6	42	0.88
2 Teams	Minors	Day Games	3	0	1.86	4	4	0	19.1	73	13	4	4	1	2	22	0.78
2 Teams	Minors	Night Games	3	2	2.03	10	10	0	53.1	201	35	17	12	4	9	56	0.83
2 Teams	Minors	Leading Off				14			20.0	77	11			2	5	28	0.80
Binghamton Rumble Ponies	Double-A	Late / Close				2			1.1	4	0			0	0	2	0.00

Outs Splits

Team	L	Type	G	IP	BF	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2 Teams	Minors	No Outs	14	25.2	100	18	2	5	33	0.90
2 Teams	Minors	One Out	14	25.0	93	19	1	3	24	0.88
2 Teams	Minors	Two Outs	14	21.1	81	11	2	3	21	0.66

Inning Splits

Team	L	Type	ERA	G	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2 Teams	Minors	First Inning	0.64	14	14.0	49	6	1	1	0	4	11	0.71
2 Teams	Minors	Second Inning	0.00	14	14.0	49	5	1	0	0	2	19	0.50
2 Teams	Minors	Third Inning	3.95	14	13.2	55	15	6	6	1	1	18	1.17
2 Teams	Minors	Fourth Inning	0.71	13	12.2	46	7	1	1	1	1	13	0.63
2 Teams	Minors	Fifth Inning	4.09	12	11.0	47	11	9	5	2	1	10	1.09
2 Teams	Minors	Sixth Inning	5.06	7	5.1	22	4	3	3	1	2	4	1.13
Binghamton Rumble Ponies	Double-A	Seventh Inning	0.00	3	2.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.00

Date	Home Tm	Away Tm	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025-04-06	Brooklyn Cyclones	Wilmington Blue Rocks	1	0	0.00	1	1	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	8	0.60
2025-04-12	Brooklyn Cyclones	Hudson Valley Renegades	1	0	0.00	1	1	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	6	0.60
2025-04-18	Aberdeen IronBirds	Brooklyn Cyclones	1	0	0.00	1	1	6.0	1	0	0	0	0	8	0.44
2025-04-24	Jersey Shore BlueClaws	Brooklyn Cyclones	0	0	0.44	1	1	4.2	7	5	1	1	0	3	0.68
2025-04-30	Erie SeaWolves	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	0	0	4.15	1	1	4.1	5	2	2	1	0	2	1.15
April	Binghamton Rumble Ponies		0	0	4.15	1	1	4.1	5	2	2	1	0	2	1.15
April	Brooklyn Cyclones		3	0	0.44	4	4	20.2	12	5	1	1	2	25	0.68
2025-05-07	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	Reading Fightin Phils	0	0	7.71	1	1	2.2	7	4	4	1	1	4	1.86
2025-05-13	Hartford Yard Goats	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	0	0	3.86	1	1	7.0	3	0	0	0	0	6	1.14
2025-05-18	Hartford Yard Goats	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	1	0	3.79	1	1	5.0	4	2	2	0	0	6	1.05
2025-05-24	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	Richmond Flying Squirrels	0	0	2.84	1	1	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.79
2025-05-30	Chesapeake Baysox	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	1	0	2.30	1	1	6.0	2	0	0	0	2	8	0.77
May	Binghamton Rumble Ponies		2	0	2.00	5	5	27.0	16	6	6	1	3	30	0.70
2025-06-05	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	Somerset Patriots	1	0	2.13	1	1	6.2	1	1	1	1	2	8	0.71
2025-06-11	Richmond Flying Squirrels	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	0	1	2.49	1	1	5.1	4	3	3	1	2	6	0.76
2025-06-17	Harrisburg Senators	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	0	1	2.87	1	1	3.2	5	3	3	0	2	3	0.85
2025-06-28	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	Portland Sea Dogs	0	0	2.60	1	1	5.0	5	1	0	0	0	4	0.87
June	Binghamton Rumble Ponies		1	2	3.05	4	4	20.2	15	8	7	2	6	21	1.02