A few Mets prospects are moving on up. RHP Jonah Tong jumped 33 spots to No. 59 and RHP Nolan McLean rose 21 slots to No. 76 on MLB Pipeline’s updated list of the top 100 prospects released Tuesday. Meanwhile, on Baseball America’s updated top 100 list released Wednesday, OF Carson Benge made his debut at No. 97. Tong’s leap was the third best of all the prospects on the MLB...
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Mets prospects RHP Jonah Tong and OF Carson Benge were among the 50 prospects picked to play in the Futures Game on July 12 at Truist Park in Atlanta, MLB announced Monday. Tong, 22, a seventh-round pick in the 2022 draft out of Bill Crothers (Ontario, Canada) SS, has struck out 14.2 batters per nine innings for the Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies. He leads the Eastern League in ERA (1.73),...
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With the injuries mounting to the starting rotation, the Mets could have used a steadying performance from David Peterson Friday in Pittsburgh. They didn’t get it. The Pirates (33-50), last in the National League in runs scored, erupted for four runs in the second inning, and the normally dependable Peterson was ineffective for the second start in a row in a 9-1 loss at PNC Park. It was...
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Updated Post – June 27 at 15:35 The Mets made a long list of moves Friday afternoon before the start of their series against the Pirates in Pittsburgh. The biggest news is that Griffin Canning ruptured his Achilles and has been placed on the 60-day injured list. RHP Griffing Canning placed on 60-day IL RHP Blade Tidwell recalled from Triple-A LHP Colin Poche contract selected from Triple-A...
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On the eighth pitch of the at-bat, after Matt Olson had fouled off a couple of 3-2 sliders, Dedniel Núñez fired a 98 mph fastball over the heart of he plate. Swing and a miss. “My confidence was at an all-time high after that first strikeout,” Núñez said through a Spanish interpreter after the game. “After I struck out Olson there, I felt almost liberated. I almost felt free at...
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