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Evan & Tiki

The Mets Are Promoting Prospect Jonah Tong to the Majors!

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.6945 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Evan and Shaun react to the breaking news that the Mets promoted top pitching prospect Jonah Tong to the major leagues.

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0:00.0

The Mets have just announced that they are calling up 22-year-old super prospect,

0:06.7

Jonah Tong, a former seventh round pick from the 22 draft who has shot up the prospect rankings list.

0:16.6

He has shot up in regards to how the Mets viewed him, how Major League Baseball viewed him as a pitching prospect.

0:23.0

I gave you the numbers before the break.

0:24.4

If you're just tuning in, he pitched away 159 ERA at AA, was promoted to AAA a few weeks ago, didn't allow a run in 11 and 2 thirds innings.

0:33.8

I've heard comparisons to Tim Linzigum to describe his windup, the velocity. Let's see him. I still have seen only highlights of him. But the Mets have called up Jonah Tom. Now, there are three ways they can use him. And I have been told that we now know how they're going to use him, which Sean knows. I don't know it yet. He'll reveal it after, but let me give you the three options on what I would do.

0:56.1

And then you will tell us what the Mets are going to do with let me see that tongue. Are you ready? Yeah. Number one, they could use them as a weapon out of the bullpen. We have seen teams do this before. We saw the Yankees do it many years ago with Young Job of Chamberlain, even with Phil Hughes.

0:54.6

The Rangers do it with Neftali Feliz.

0:56.8

The Cardinals do it with Adam Wainwright.

0:58.9

Ben. Yankees do it many years ago with Young Job of Chamberlain, even with Phil Hughes, the Rangers

1:10.9

do it with Neftali-Faliz, the Cardinals do it with Adam Wainwright. Bad memories. Yep. So they

1:16.6

could use him as a big-time arm out of the bullpen. Option number two is they could look at some of

1:22.1

their starters that struggle to go five innings and say, Jonah, you're going to follow up a guy after four innings,

1:28.5

a piggyback. A piggyback.

1:29.7

And then the third option, which is what I would choose, is you take a guy who's made basically

1:36.4

nothing but starts in the minor leagues and say you're a starter.

1:40.9

And we're going to give you the opportunity to be Nolan McLean. We're going to give you

1:45.8

the opportunity to grab a rotation spot. That's what I would do. What are the New York

1:53.1

Met's plans for Jonah? Let me see that Tom. Joel Sherman reporting Tong is being called up as a

1:58.6

starter. How about that?

2:07.7

So my assumption would be he will start sometime later this week, possibly Sunday, for Senghis turn where he can be pushed back a day.

2:10.0

But I wouldn't do that.

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