Tylor Megill will be a key hurler for 2025, but who else? Here's two:
In early November, Anthony DiComo wrote this:
"At this moment, the Mets employ only two pitchers who are clear and obvious members of their 2025 rotation: Kodai Senga and David Peterson. Nearly two-thirds of the innings from this year’s pitching staff -- more than 800 in all -- were contributed by players who are currently either free agents, in other organizations or set to miss next season due to injury. The Mets, in other words, need to find some pitching. A lot of pitching."
So....why not Brandon Sproat and Jonah Tong sooner rather than later?
Sure, Sproat struggled in AAA after that AA game where he fanned ELEVEN STRAIGHT BATTERS. But he knows what he needs to improve on and no doubt is working on that this off season. He shot thru High A and AA in his first season. Why not see him as ready to join the Mets rotation by May 1?
Tong is not as far along, having just 9.1 IP in AA after pitching most of the year for St Lucie and Brooklyn, but what a sensationah AA debut he had on September 5!
6 innings, no hits, no walks, 9 Ks. Wow. Considering that ability to dominate....
Why couldn't he be ready by July 1 to join the Mets rotation? 3.03 season ERA with a stunning ONE HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT Ks in 113 innings?
They'd sure help keep the payroll manageable.
Thoughts, folks?
COACHES REDUX
PER SNY: David Stearns announced that the Mets will return their entire coaching staff for the 2025 season.
7 comments:
Sproat and Tong will be ready by the second half of 2025/2026.
If Severino accepts arbitration, it would be a very good thing for the Mets as it puts him in the rotation next year and replaced for 2026 by either Sproat or Tong while saving 20M.
There is a fine balance between promoting a player to determine competitiveness at the next level and throwing a player into a situation that will destroy confidence and cause regression. I believe that only the coaches that spend lots of time with the players can make that decision based upon their skill set and mental makeup. The best thing the Mets can do is to surround the players with very good coaches and evaluators to make good decisions for both the player and the organization.
Tom
I can't remember the last time a team rushed their two top pitching prospects into the majors and they turned out happy with the result
Let's first see how the QO offers work out while also making hefty offers to the usual suspects (Snell, Fried, Burnes)
Good pitchers are costly, and I wonder if someone will give him 3 years, $50MM. I have not tried to size up possible contract amounts and lengths yet, so that is just my quick thought on it.
I am sure the Mets hierarchy has a good read on both of these pitchers now. They will make the right call as they assemble a roster and strategy for 2025.
I agree, Mack, but I think Sproat getting 5 starts in AAA may be enough. It may not. Tong? Would 10-12 more starts be enough? Neither are the caliber of the Pittsburgh sensation Skenes, or likely of Spencer Strider, both of whom needed very little high minors time. But maybe that many starts will get them ready. I do want them to get Burnes and another above average starter, and inevitably, they will need added starters as the season progresses. There seem to be the two to choose from. I remember Tom Glavine struggling thru a sucky debut and not being damaged by it.
Glavine first two seasons he was 9-21, 4.80.
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