New Mets prospect Billy Amick wastes no time making himself at home
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Billy Amick might still be getting acquainted with his new teammates, but opposing pitchers have found his arrival far less welcoming.
The Mets' new slugger homered for the third consecutive game to lead Double-A Binghamton past Hartford, 4-3, on Sunday afternoon at Mirabito Stadium. And that's just a sample of the offense he's been bringing since his trade to New York.
It was the fifth dinger in seven games since Amick was acquired by the Mets in the July 31 trade that sent veteran reliever A.J. Minter to the Twins. New York also received middle infielder Bruin Agbayani (NYM No. 29) in the deal.
The 23-year-old entered the day having left the yard three times in his past two games. Amick padded that stat with a go-ahead three-run jack to left field in the sixth inning that plated two more recent additions, Jefferson Rojas (NYM No. 1/MLB No. 63) and Émilien Pitre (NYM No. 17).
Amick, who also swiped his first stolen base as a Met, is slashing .333/.429/.958 with five roundtrippers and 13 RBIs since Aug. 1. The Tennessee product introduced himself to the organization with a tater in his first Binghamton game and started his latest long-ball barrage with a multihomer game and six RBIs on Friday.
That’s not to say that Amick’s high-octane August has been much of a surprise. The 6-foot-1, 220-pounder arrived in the organization with plenty of power. What the Mets are hoping to discover is just how much of it can eventually translate against Major League pitching.
So far, the early returns have been loud.
A key cog in Tennessee’s 2024 Men’s College World Series-winning squad, Amick was drafted by the Twins in the second round (60th overall). The North Carolina native actually began his collegiate career at Clemson, earning first-team All-American and first-team All-ACC honors in 2023 before transferring to Tennessee.
Amick had fit in seamlessly with the Vols, slashing .306/.387/.639 with 23 homers in what proved to be his final year as an amateur. Minnesota started Amick at Single-A Fort Myers for an 18-game cameo to finish off 2024, but his line has been anything but linear since.
Two separate stints on the injured list limited Amick to just 59 games in 2025, although he was still productive, batting .310 with an .873 OPS for High-A Cedar Rapids. Amick was sent to the Arizona Fall League to make up for lost time but struggled badly, going 1-for-30 with 20 strikeouts in the desert.
The right-handed slugger opened this year at Double-A Wichita and had cleared the fences 17 times in 58 games as June rolled into July, more than quadrupling his total from 2025 in one fewer game. All told, Amick has 28 homers, an .860 OPS and has driven in nearly a run per game (85 in 93 contests) between Wichita and Binghamton.
But questions surrounding Amick’s ability to make enough consistent contact (a .226 average and 29.2 percent K rate) are not without merit. He does counter that with an above-average 13.2 percent BB rate, but a little more contact could go a long way as he treks closer to Queens.
New York acquired him because few things change a prospect's trajectory faster than legitimate power. And in his first eight days as a Met, Amick has offered a compelling reminder of the kind of impact his bat can have when everything clicks.