Red Sox prospect Bryan Mata, working back from Tommy John, could be moving on from High A soon

Bryan Mata is shown during spring training in 2021, before he had Tommy John surgery.Red Sox pitching prospect Bryan Mata will get one more start in High A Greenville this week before potentially earning a promotion to the upper levels of the system.

The 23-year-old righthander is working back from Tommy John surgery that he underwent in April 2021. He has allowed two runs (one earned) in nine innings while striking out 15 and walking seven across three rehab starts, one with Single A Salem and two with Greenville.

In his most recent outing last week, he allowed one hit over four innings while striking out eight and walking three. He touched 100 m.p.h. in the outing, while getting most of his…