Prospect For The New York Mets On The Rise Wins Midseason Award From Publication

Prospect For The New York Mets On The Rise Wins Midseason Award From Publication

Prospect For The New York Mets On The Rise Wins Midseason Award From Publication

The New York Mets’ MLB Futures Game

representative starts the second half of the

season with a new honor. It’s been a good week

for New York Mets pitching prospect Brandon

Sproat. The Pensacola, Fla., right-hander got a

break from the final couple of days of the first

half of the minor league season for a good reason

— he represented the Mets at the MLB Futures

Game during All-Star weekend at Globe Life Field

in Arlington, Texas.

As the second half gets underway, Baseball

America has bestowed upon him a new accolade.

The Florida product was selected as the Mets’

best midseason minor league performer by the

journal, which recognized the best player for

each club. Reunited with the Double-A

Binghamton Rumble Ponies, Sproat is a Top 50

prospect in Baseball America’s first professional

season, which makes sense given that he was

included in the midseason award list. He was

originally sent to New York’s High-A club in

Brooklyn to start the season, then on May 13, he

was promoted to Binghamton.

Having pitched in 14 games (13 starts) and

amassed a 6-1 record with a 1.71 ERA, he has

been outstanding at both stops. Only. 168 was

being hit by batters against him. “Batters have

struggled to solve Sproat, who is one of the

hardest-throwing starting pitchers in the minor

leagues,” according to Baseball America. In 73.2

innings this season, he had struck out 85 while

walking only 28.

While with the NL Futures team in Arlington, the

23-year-old entered the game in relief in the

third inning, as he worked around an infield

error to induce a pop-out and then a 6-4-3

double play that ended that inning.

The NL ended up winning the game.

Sproat didn’t pitch professionally last year as he

helped the Florida Gators reach the College

World Series championship series against the

LSU Tigers. So the Mets gave his arm a rest.

The Mets had such high expectations for him that

they selected him twice. In 2023, New York

selected Sproat in the second round. However,

the Mets passed on him in the third round of the

2022 draft before he made the decision to return

to the Gators and spend his remaining eligibility.

He was noticed by many scouts during that 2022

season after pitching 106.1 innings, going 9-4,

and recording a 3.14 ERA. He was named to the

Second Team All-SEC and struck out 134 times.

The Mets have recently had success selecting

players from Florida in the draft. Christian Scott,

one of their starting pitchers right now, was a

teammate of Sproat prior to the Mets selecting

him with their fifth-round pick in the 2021 MLB

Draft. Earlier this year, Scott made his MLB

debut.

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