Jonah Tong and Carson Benge, two of the Mets’ top prospects, have been selected to take part in the Futures Game during the festivities leading up to the All-Star Game. Both players are currently playing for the Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies, and here’s some of what the team had to say in its press release about Tong.
Tong leads all of minor league baseball with 115 strikeouts and is second in the minors with a 1.73 ERA in 14 starts. Tong is also second in MiLB and first in all of Double-A with a .