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),...
Francisco Álvarez and Mark Vientos played in the 2022 MLB Futures Game at Dodger Stadium Saturday. Álvarez, the Mets’ No. 1 prospect and the No. 2 prospect in all of baseball, played in the game for the second straight season. He’s still just 20 years old. It was Vientos’ first time participating in the event. Both Mets prospects were named to the starting lineup. Álvarez...
The 2022 MLB Futures Game will commence at 7 p.m. Saturday evening at Dodger Stadium. Two Mets are slated to participate in the game, with 20-year-old phenom catcher Francisco Álvarez joined by third baseman Mark Vientos as a reserve. The Futures Game is an annual showcase of baseball’s top up-and-coming talent. The Mets are certainly no strangers to the event. Fans may remember that just...
