With another late start out west for the Mets in Arizona against the Diamondbacks, the focus early in the night will turn to their minor league affiliates, and a slew of exciting pitching prospects will toe the rubber throughout the system.
Jonah Tong
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TRIPLE-A
ROCHESTER (17-19) VS SYRACUSE (20-15)
6:35 PM
Right-hander Jonah Tong is looking to build off a six-inning, zero-earned run showing against Lehigh Valley his last time out on May 2, while A.J. Ewing is riding high from his walk-off single on Thursday.
DOUBLE-A
HARTFORD (13-16) VS BINGHAMTON (11-19)
6:07 PM
Left-hander Jonathan Santucci, after recording a 3.06 ERA in 25 outings (23 starts) last year between Binghamton and Brooklyn, has put up a 5.57 ERA for the Rumble Ponies in five starts this season and is looking to turn his fortunes around against Hartford.
Jacob Reimer owned a .643 OPS in April, but he’s off to a hot start in May with a .357/.471/.500 slash line through 14 at-bats.
HIGH-A
BROOKLYN (7-21) VS. BOWLING GREEN (19-10)
7:35 PM
Right-hander Channing Austin is off to a fast start for Brooklyn this year with a 1.21 ERA and 25 strikeouts across five outings and 22 1/3 innings.
Antonio Jimenez, New York’s third-round pick from 2025 who is hitless over 15 at-bats in May, will bat leadoff and eye a bounce-back performance.
LOW-A
ST. LUCIE (13-17) VS. LAKELAND (16-14)
6:30 PM
Right-hander Cam Tilly, the Mets’ seventh-round pick out of Auburn in 2025, will make his sixth start of the season for St. Lucie tonight. The 21-year-old has logged a 4.64 ERA over 21 1/3 innings with 25 strikeouts and a 1.17 WHIP thus far and is coming off his longest outing of the season on May 1 against Tampa, during which he allowed one earned run with six strikeouts in six frames.
Elian Peña, after getting the night off on Thursday, will look to kick things back into gear after beginning May with a .130/.167/.261 slash line through 23 at-bats.
