The New York Mets are calling up pitcher Jonah Tong, their No. 4 prospect and No. 44 total, who leads the minor leagues in strikeouts and earned-run common.
The 22-year-old right-hander will make a begin Friday in opposition to the Miami Marlins, in response to Mets supervisor Carlos Mendoza. Tong will be part of a staff that finds itself in the course of a playoff race. The Mets are behind the Philadelphia Phillies by 5 video games within the Nationwide League East and maintain a 3½ recreation lead for the final wild card spot.
“This went quick for Jonah,” Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns mentioned throughout a information convention Tuesday. “However to his credit score, he actually conquered all the pieces we put in entrance of him. He exceeded our expectations all through this yr, and he put himself able the place he deserved to be thought-about for a day like this.”
The Mets’ seventh-round draft decide in 2022 opened the season in double-A Binghamton, the place he made 20 begins. Tong struck out 162 batters and led the league with a 1.59 ERA when he was promoted to triple-A Syracuse in earlier this month.
Tong will make a begin with the massive league staff after pitching 11.2 innings in Syracuse with out giving up a run whereas placing out 17.
The Mets are in the course of a season-long 16 video games in a 16-day stretch and the entrance workplace needed to have a sixth starter to present its beginning pitchers an additional day of relaxation.
“He earned it, man. He earned it,” Mendoza informed reporters. “I’m excited. We’re all excited.”
Tong and the Mets will face Eury Pérez and the Marlins on Friday at 4:10 p.m. PDT at Citi Area.
