The Mets made a number of moves ahead of this afternoon’s finale with the Reds. Most pressing, Brandon Sproat officially joins the MLB team to make his first career start this afternoon. Additionally, Reed Garrett has been reinstated from the Injured List and will join the team in Cincinnati as well. In corresponding moves, both Wander Suero and Kevin Herget have been optioned to Triple-A Syracuse. To make room on the 40-Man roster for Sproat, Justin Garza has been designated for assignment.

Sproat, Amazin’ Avenue’s top prospect heading into 2025, is the third highly touted rookie pitcher to make his MLB debut for the Mets in the last month, following Nolan McLean and Jonah Tong.

Here is what our Steve Sypa said about Sproat earlier this year:

Complementing his fastball, Sproat throws a

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