{"id":200348,"date":"2025-09-04T19:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T19:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/200348\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T19:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T19:41:11","slug":"mets-calling-up-brandon-sproat-for-mlb-debut-in-middle-of-playoff-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/200348\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets calling up Brandon Sproat for MLB debut in middle of playoff push"},"content":{"rendered":"

CINCINNATI \u2014 For a third time this season the Mets are promoting a highly regarded starting pitcher with the hope of improving the rotation.<\/p>\n

Brandon Sproat, who began the year as the organization\u2019s top pitching prospect, will be called up from Triple-A Syracuse to pitch Sunday against the Reds, sources confirmed on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Sproat, who turns 25 in two weeks, will join a rotation that includes Nolan McLean and Jonah Tong, both of whom have debuted for the club in recent weeks. Sproat\u2019s promotion coincides with veterans struggling in the starting rotation, most notably Kodai Senga and Sean Manaea.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"NewBrandon Sproat will start Sunday against the Reds. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n

Sproat has thrived for Syracuse in the second half, pitching to a 2.59 ERA in his last 11 starts after a rough 2 \u00bd months to begin the season.<\/p>\n

The Mets are looking for answers as they seek to, at minimum, secure a National League wild-card berth over these final 22 games, if not catch the Phillies for first place in the NL East. Beyond that, the Mets are auditioning pitchers for a potential postseason rotation. Though Sproat is not yet on the 40-man roster he would be eligible for postseason participation given that he was in the organization before Sept. 1.<\/p>\n

Still to be resolved is a next step for Senga, who is expected to inform team brass by Friday if he\u2019s willing to accept a minor league assignment<\/a> as the Mets attempt to get him back on track. Senga\u2019s contract stipulates that he must give his consent for such a move.<\/p>\n

\"BrandonBrandon Sproat is being called up for his debut. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n

As it stands, the Mets have David Peterson, Tong and Sproat aligned to face the Reds this weekend. Team officials had originally been leaning toward McLean for the series finale, but it\u2019s now probable he will open the Mets\u2019 four-game set that begins Monday in Philadelphia. Manaea had been told he is pitching Monday, but it\u2019s possible the left-hander will now move back a day.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Sproat has a familiarity with the Mets after spending much of spring training with the team. He and McLean formed a tight bond at Syracuse.<\/p>\n

McLean recently told The Post<\/a> the key to Sproat\u2019s turnaround this season after a rough stretch has been controlling the count better.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was getting behind on counts, and when you do that, it\u2019s so much harder to get guys out,\u201d McLean said. \u201cHe\u2019s done just a better job of getting ahead of guys, and then he\u2019s got such good pitches as soon as he gets ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CINCINNATI \u2014 For a third time this season the Mets are promoting a highly regarded starting pitcher with…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":200349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,98412,5048,1266,405,403,1305,5226,5225,5228,5227,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-200348","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-brandon-sproat","10":"tag-cincinnati-reds","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-new-york-mets","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkcity","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115147734038297875","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200348","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=200348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}