Should Mets Call Up A Top P Prospect?

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]All right, quick video. Let's get into it. New York Mets need another starting pitcher. Should they dip into the farm system and bring up one of the top prospects? We obviously know about Joona Tong, who's on the 40-man roster, who also just had his rough outing. So, tough to call him up after an outing where he gets pulled after before even finishing two innings. The other guy I've been hyping all spring, I predicted that this guy could possibly be called up before Joona Tong. So, I might as well bring up once again Jack Weninger, who leads Triple-A in ERA.

[00:00:36]He's had like two or three starts where the walks were way too high. It actually brings up the walk rate for the whole season. It's only been about seven starts. But again, leads league in ERA in Triple-A.

[00:00:49]Further down the line of sorts, Zach Thornton just showed up two seconds ago in Syracuse. He just went six shut out, nine Ks, continues to throw nothing but strikes. Do you call up a guy like this ala Joona Tong last year?

[00:01:05]After only a couple of Triple-A starts.

[00:01:09]Those are the options. You know my thoughts again, obviously, Weninger might possibly be my choice. Other guys could be a guy like Jonathan Pintaro, more of a long man, swing man, but he's been hot for weeks now.

[00:01:23]Should they call him up to have some kind of role? I'm not saying a bunch of piggybacking. Maybe you want to start Tobias Myers and then have a guy like Pintaro either as an opener or as his piggyback guy. Those are the options.

[00:01:38]Prospects, minor leaguers.

[00:01:40]There's even A.J. Minter if you're going to rush him back from rehab again, or go with a pitcher like Dylan Ross, who's been doing really well from a pure reliever standpoint. But those are my thoughts. What do you guys think? Bring back Tong for better or worse? Do you call up, use a 40-man, 26-man on Winninger? Do you rush Zack Thornton?

[00:02:02]Or, do you bring in another kind of long man guy and Mets do more piggybacking like with Peterson and Manaea? Let me know.