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Mets to call up Brandon Sproat to make debut on Sunday

The Mets are reportedly calling up Brandon Sproat to make his major league debut on Sunday against the Reds. The team has not named a corresponding move, though they are reportedly waiting on Kodai Senga to either accept or reject a request for a minor league assignment, which could have some implications on the team’s upcoming moves.

Sproat has pitched the entire year for Triple-A Syracuse, where he’s posted a 4.24 ERA, with 113 strikeouts over 121 innings across 25 starts. His numbers have been much better as of late, as the hard-throwing right-hander owns a 2.44 ERA in ten starts since June 28. In that span, he has struck out 70 batters and walked 21 in 59 innings of work, and he’s struck out at least eight batters in half of those outings.

Sproat follows the successful promotions of Nolan McLean and Jonah Tong, who are 5-0 between them in five starts. Like McLean and Tong, he will be inserted directly into a postseason race, facing off with a team that is chasing New York for the final Wild Card spot. Tong is slated to pitch on Saturday against Cincinnati, with McLean likely to go some time early on in the Phillies series. With the recent struggles of the rotation veterans, the emergence of the kids has been a breath of fresh air and a much-needed boost for the Mets.

Sproat was listed as the top prospect in the team’s farm system by Amazin’ Avenue at the start of this year. In MLB Pipeline’s reworked midyear rankings, he was the team’s Number 5 prospect—directly behind McLean and Tong—though he did not make the Top 100 overall list. When Sproat debuts on Sunday, he will become the fourth pitcher under 25 to make his debut this year as a starter, joining Tong, McLean, and the recently-traded Blake Tidwell.

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/new-yo...all-up-brandon-sproat-to-make-debut-on-sunday

 

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R.J. Gordon named Eastern League Pitcher of the Month for August

R.J. Gordon

Mets pitching prospect R.J. Gordon has been named the Eastern League’s Pitcher of the Month for August. The 23-year-old went 4-0 with a 2.08 ERA, 42 strikeouts, and just nine walks in 34.2 innings over the course of six starts in the month.

Picked by the Mets in the 13th round in 2024, Gordon made his professional debut in High-A Brooklyn to start the year, and he got promoted to Double-A Binghamton after he made fifteen appearances for Brooklyn with a 3.06 ERA, 76 strikeouts, and 31 walks in 67.2 innings with the Cyclones.

Gordon is one of several intriguing pitchers in the Mets’ minor league system, joining current teammates Jonathan Santucci, Jack Wenninger, and the injured Zach Thornton in making a good impression in their time in Binghamton this year. And of course. both Nolan McLean and Jonah Tong spent part of their 2025 season in Binghamton this year before getting promoted to Syracuse and then to the Mets’ rotation. Brandon Sproat, who spent part of last season in Binghamton and started this season in Syracuse, is set to join McLean and Tong in making his major league debut when he pitches in Cincinnati on Sunday.

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/new-yo...rj-gordon-pitcher-month-august-eastern-league