Brandon Sproat, a 24-year-old right-hander, was shifted to a bullpen role during a Triple-A Syracuse appearance as a potential prelude to a major-league call-up. He posted a 2.05 ERA with 57 strikeouts and a 0.850 WHIP across his last nine starts (48.1 innings). Sproat remains a natural starter who could join Nolan McLean—who has allowed two earned runs with 15 strikeouts in 12.1 innings (1.46 ERA) in two big-league starts—to help stabilize a rotation that struggled after Clay Holmes' decline, Frankie Montas' demotion and IL stint, and injuries to Kodai Senga and Sean Manaea. A 16-game-in-16-day stretch increases the need for additional arms to preserve a five-man unit and raise Sproat's chances to remain through the season's end.
Brandon Sproat, one of the New York Mets' top pitching prospects, was switched to a bullpen role during his regularly scheduled appearance on Sunday with Triple-A Syracuse, potentially foreshadowing a call-up to the majors. The 24-year-old right-hander has been lights-out as of late in the minors, posting a 2.05 ERA with 57 strikeouts and a 0.850 WHIP across his last nine starts (48.1 innings pitched).
Granted, Sproat is a natural starter who could join the organization's top pitching prospect, Nolan McLean, in helping revitalize the Mets' starting rotation. McLean has been brilliant in his first two major-league starts, allowing just two earned runs with 15 strikeouts in 12.1 innings pitched (1.46 ERA). It has helped stabilize a rotation that was one of the worst in baseball for two months,
The Mets are currently in a 16-game-in-16-day stretch, meaning another arm like Sproat could help stretch out the rotation and preserve the current five-man unit. Should he run with the chance like McLean is doing, then it would be impossible for president of baseball operations David Stearns to send him back down during the final month of the season.
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