{"id":665387,"date":"2026-05-12T05:44:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T05:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/665387\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T05:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T05:44:18","slug":"last-place-mets-reportedly-calling-up-top-hitting-prospect-a-j-ewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/665387\/","title":{"rendered":"Last-place Mets reportedly calling up top hitting prospect A.J. Ewing"},"content":{"rendered":"

In need of a jolt, the last-place New York Mets<\/a> are making a major move.<\/p>\n

Per The Athletic\u2019s Will Sammon<\/a>, the Mets are calling up their top hitting prospect, A.J. Ewing. Per MLB.com<\/a>, Ewing is New York\u2019s No. 2 overall prospect behind right-handed pitcher Jonah Tong and the 78th-ranked prospect in baseball.<\/p>\n

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The Mets drafted Ewing in the fourth round of the 2023 MLB Draft, using the compensatory pick they acquired when they lost Jacob deGrom<\/a> in free agency after the 2022 season.<\/p>\n

Ewing, 21, is a versatile defender who\u2019s played center field and second base in the minors. He hasn\u2019t tapped into consistent power, logging 15 home runs in 251 minor-league games.<\/p>\n

But he possesses high-end speed and good contact in addition to his elite-upside defense. Ewing is a career .290\/.395\/.425 hitter in the minors with 101 stolen bases.<\/p>\n

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The Mets rank at or near the bottom of MLB in several offensive categories. Can A.J. Ewing help turn that around?<\/p>\n

(IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect \/ REUTERS)<\/p>\n

Ewing will offer versatility to a Mets team that\u2019s posted the worst record in baseball (15-25) as of Monday and is dealing with injuries at multiple positions. Shortstop Francisco Lindor<\/a> (calf), center fielder Luis Robert Jr.<\/a> (lumbar spine disc herniation) and designated hitter Jorge Polanco<\/a> (wrist, Achilles bursitis) are all on the injured list.<\/p>\n

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The Mets have the second-highest payroll in baseball behind the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>. They rank at or near the bottom of several MLB offensive categories, including runs scored (29th), home runs (27th), batting average (29th) and OPS (30th).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In need of a jolt, the last-place New York Mets are making a major move. Per The Athletic\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[321347,64,63,1828,10544,224987,106349,1187,16062,591,1830,85],"class_list":["post-665387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-a-j-ewing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-francisco-lindor","tag-jacob-degrom","tag-jonah-tong","tag-jorge-polanco","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-luis-robert-jr","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-mets","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}