{"id":149141,"date":"2025-08-16T00:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T00:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/149141\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T00:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T00:15:10","slug":"mets-rookie-nolan-mclean-says-call-up-a-dream-come-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/149141\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets rookie Nolan McLean says call-up &#8216;a dream come true&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aug 15, 2025, 06:10 PM ET<\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK &#8212; Nolan McLean finished a bullpen session on Wednesday in Syracuse when he got a message from pitching coach A.J. Sager, saying he was joining the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/nym\/new-york-mets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Mets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Two days later, he was in New York preparing to make his major league debut on Saturday and hoping to help a struggling rotation during a playoff race.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it was a surprise,&#8221; McLean said before the Mets opened a three-game series against Seattle on Friday. &#8220;I was trying to do my best to stay in the moment and be with Syracuse as much as I could.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McLean is joining a rotation that began Friday with a 5.31 ERA in the past 52 games, 25th amongst the 30 teams. Overall, the Mets have a 3.77 ERA from their rotation, but they began Friday with 33 losses in the past 52 games.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/45969278\/mets-promoting-prospect-nolan-mclean-boost-rotation\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/r1531485_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/43639138\/2025-top-10-prospect-rankings-all-30-mlb-teams-kiley-mcdaniel\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/r1531350_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<p>McLean, 24, was 8-5 with a 2.45 ERA in 21 games, including 18 starts, between Double-A Binghamton and Triple-A Syracuse. He struck out 127 batters in 113 2\/3 innings and displayed a five-pitch arsenal that includes a mid-to-high 90s fastball as well as a sweeper that&#8217;s been clocked in the mid-80s.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think just the ability to throw strikes with most of my pitches in any count,&#8221; McLean, who held hitters to a .185 average in Triple-A, said of his strengths. &#8220;Wasn&#8217;t scared to flip sliders in there, behind counts, early in counts. Whatever it might have been.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McLean, who played for Oklahoma State, is the first member of the Mets&#8217; 2023 draft class to reach the majors. He is replacing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/33249\/frankie-montas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Frankie Montas<\/a>, who was sent to the bullpen Tuesday after going 3-2 with a 6.38 ERA in his first eight games, including seven starts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a dream come true,&#8221; McLean said. &#8220;I remember telling my dad when I was really little, seeing some big leaguers play.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McLean has thrown at least six innings in nine starts this season. He reached at least 90 pitches seven times, most recently on Aug. 5.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously he earned it,&#8221; Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. &#8220;Worked really hard. Credit to him, people in player development. He&#8217;s a big league pitcher.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aug 15, 2025, 06:10 PM ET NEW YORK &#8212; Nolan McLean finished a bullpen session on Wednesday in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":149142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1266,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-149141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115035565239505691","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}