Jonah Tong will get another start.

The right-handed rookie who was shelled by the Texas Rangers in the first inning Friday night in only his third big league start is lined up to pitch against the Padres Thursday afternoon. Manager Carlos Mendoza cautioned against “overreacting” to one start, and said the way he’s bounced back from bad outings in the minor leagues gives the Mets confidence he’ll be able to do it again.

Handling tough outings is part of the big league development for Tong and fellow rookie rotating members Nolan McLean and Brandon Sproat.

“Clearly, what Jonah went through wasn’t pleasant for him to experience,” President of baseball operations David Stearns said. “But I also think it’s telling that pretty much every guy on our pitching staff after the game had a story

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