Mets calling up top prospect Brandon Sproat for MLB debut in middle of playoff push

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00:00All right, it's finally happened.

00:01The Mets have called up number five prospect Brendan Sproat

00:04in the middle of a playoff push as well.

00:07He's the third youngster that they've brought in

00:10to try and help fix this pitching rotation.

00:13Let's talk some Mets baseball and, of course, Sproat

00:15with Tyler Ward, your favorite Mets content creator.

00:19Wardy, I'm not trying to give you a big bobblehead or anything,

00:23but you called it when you were in studio.

00:26You called McLean, you called Tong, and now you've called Sproat.

00:30I guess just go ahead and tell the people, one,

00:33what Sproat's going to bring to this rotation,

00:35and two, talk about your greatness, man.

00:39I'll start with the latter.

00:40You're making me blush already.

00:42Thank you so much for that.

00:43I'm just happy that the things that we've been calling out

00:46and wanting for as Mets fans, I feel like I try to do my best

00:49to represent a good contingent of fans,

00:50and we've all been dying to see these kids get the call, right?

00:53McLean, we talked about this north of two months ago.

00:56Sproat, we talked about this a week and a half ago in studio.

00:58Jonathan, we did.

01:0048 hours later, Jonathan gets the call.

01:02Just or so, a week or so later, now Brandon Sproat gets the call,

01:06and I think in the case of Brandon Sproat,

01:08why Mets fans should be excited is that no stone is going unturned

01:12by David Sterns and his Mets team.

01:13They're finally realizing that we might just have our best pitching options

01:17with guys that haven't even towed the rubber much yet for us

01:20at the major league level.

01:21There is now a reality that we could see a McLean, a ton,

01:24and a Sproat all toe of the rubber potentially postseason play

01:27because as Carl's Mendoza has stated himself,

01:29it's going to come down to the best options,

01:31not necessarily the guys that have the track record to say,

01:34oh, they should be here.

01:35And what the Mets are getting in Brandon Sproat

01:36is a flamethrowing young right-hander

01:38who turns 25 just around a week or so from us talking right now.

01:43So this is a nice little early birthday present for Sproat,

01:45who skyrocketed in the farm last year for the Mets.

01:48Started in single A, got all the way to triple A.

01:50And there was even conversations last fall to suggest,

01:53should the Mets call up Brandon Sproat as a reliever

01:55because he's got electric stuff and he might as well utilize that arm.

01:58They decided not to.

01:59We fast forward to 2025,

02:01has some early struggles there as he's getting to alchemy

02:03at the triple A level.

02:04But if we go back over his past 10 starts,

02:07he has a 1.74 ERA.

02:09And what he's done so brilliantly is not only a fastball

02:11that touches 99, a 102 on the gun,

02:13but he's had such a greater approach

02:15against left-handed batters in particular.

02:17No more are we seeing Brandon Sproat go heavy sinker,

02:20sweeper against these lefties,

02:22which have really served up batting practice.

02:23He has since thrown in more change-ups,

02:25more curveballs,

02:26and he's gotten a lot more variation in his output

02:29because of that reason.

02:30We're seeing the moxie on the mound with a guy like Sproat.

02:32He's showing the confidence.

02:33He's not held back the way he looked in the first half

02:36like a kid who really didn't necessarily know

02:38what he was going to do every time on the towing the rubber.

02:40Since Francisco Alvarez,

02:42who will be returning to the Smets team soon,

02:43was getting some starts there,

02:45catching Sproat going back to July

02:47when he had his minor league assignment.

02:49We have seen a change in Sproat's game,

02:51his confidence,

02:52and now he's all set to impact the Mets,

02:54hopefully for the better now,

02:55this Sunday at the major league level.

02:57I love the confidence he has

02:59and these kids have in themselves.

03:01I love the confidence that you have in these guys.

03:04But we're talking about the show here.

03:06And this is September.

03:07We're getting closer and closer to October

03:09when things really matter.

03:11I mean, it's like when baseball really matters.

03:14There's a soon-to-be 25-year-old,

03:17a 24-year-old,

03:18and a 22-year-old in October baseball.

03:21Are they ready for the real show?

03:26That's a great question.

03:27And I think so far, yes, right?

03:29Noel McClain is the first starter

03:31since Chase Anderson in 2014

03:33to begin his major league career 4-0

03:35in the win-loss record.

03:37Kind of a big deal.

03:37Then you look at Joe Nitton.

03:39He looks brilliant in his first start

03:40for the Mets over this past calendar week.

03:42So, while there's a lot of uncertainty,

03:44the same thing can be said

03:45with this entire Mets rotation

03:47in Kodai Senga,

03:48who looks like he's going to either

03:49get sent down to the minor leagues,

03:51may get shifted to the bullpen,

03:52or maybe a fan of my Elston.

03:53I'm not exactly sure

03:54what's going to happen there yet.

03:55We await to find out.

03:56You look at Clay Holmes,

03:57a five-and-dive starter.

03:58Can't provide you length.

04:00Shamanai looks like he should have surgery already

04:02with that loose body in his elbow.

04:03Anything and everything has went wrong

04:05for these veterans,

04:06the strongholds in this Mets rotation.

04:08And because of that reason,

04:09they have nothing to lose at this point.

04:10That's why calling up Brandon Sprout,

04:12even if he does, unfortunately,

04:13maybe look more like batting practice

04:15and since he, this Sunday,

04:17at least you, at least you're getting a taste

04:18as to what you would be getting with him

04:20at the major league level.

04:21So, that way, you know,

04:22because the Mets have uncertainty right now.

04:24And those uncertainties have been paving the way

04:26for their great success

04:27that we have seen

04:27over this past calendar month

04:29between McClain, Tom,

04:30and now hopefully, Mr. Sprout.

04:32Carlos Mendoza has talked about

04:34being creative with the rotation.

04:36He's talked about a six-man rotation.

04:38Now that you've got these three officially up here,

04:41what would you do if you're Mendoza

04:43to that rotation, that starting rotation?

04:45Yeah, I mean, there's a lot of different routes

04:47you can go down here, right?

04:48But especially given the off days

04:50that the Mets have upcoming,

04:51as well as their current configuration,

04:53they can still continue their six-man rotation,

04:55should they wish,

04:55and make sure everyone gets that extra day's arrest,

04:58even if Kodai Senga isn't immediately in the scene

05:00in the rotation anymore.

05:01Or if they do say, I don't know,

05:03send down Kodai Senga,

05:05like they've been suggesting the past 48 hours,

05:07then they can go back to a five-man rotation

05:09if they really want to throw out

05:10their best options out there.

05:12And it may appear to actually go down that route

05:14barring changes,

05:15but as Mendy has stated himself

05:17over the past week and a half, two weeks,

05:19they're going about this on a start-by-start basis.

05:21So what we're seeing right now

05:22with David Peterson towing game one this Friday,

05:25Jonathan, game two,

05:27pardon me, Sprout, game three,

05:29this is ever-changing,

05:31depending on their results

05:32and how the Mets look beyond the weekend.

05:34So I don't think that they have anything

05:36truly formulized as to how they're going to go

05:37about the rotation beyond this weekend's end,

05:40but that's okay

05:41because it's one of those things

05:42where if you're going to go by a start-by-start basis,

05:44just see what you get.

05:45If you get the results you're happy with,

05:46awesome.

05:47If not, then you have your discussion

05:49with David Stearns again,

05:50and you move on from there

05:51to figure out what you're going to do

05:52with the rotation moving forward.

05:53Man, I'm going to change your name

05:54from Tyler Ward to Wardy Stearns.

05:57You called it, my friend.

05:58You called it.

06:00Thanks for hopping on with us, man,

06:01in such short notice.

06:03Thank you so much, Brandon.

06:04Always a pleasure.

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