New York Mets young right-hander Jonah Tong has developed into one of the sport’s best pitching prospects. Tong currently leads all minor league pitchers with at least 100 IP in ERA (1.43), FIP (1.67), strikeout rate (40.5%), K%-BB% (29.9%), and has the second-best WHIP (0.92). He has now gotten the call to the Major Leagues. Both MLB Pipeline and Baseball America have him as a top 50 prospect, but that wasn’t always the case. Tong was only a seventh-round pick and wasn’t even among the Mets’ top 30 prospects heading into 2024. The Mets have another prospect who could follow a somewhat similar path in 2026, namely Jack Wenninger.
1 NY Mets prospect is trending toward being next year’s Jonah Tong
