{"id":71586,"date":"2025-08-16T01:35:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T01:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/71586\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T01:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T01:35:07","slug":"mets-rookie-nolan-mclean-says-call-up-a-dream-come-true-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/71586\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets rookie Nolan McLean says call-up ‘a dream come true’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aug 15, 2025, 06:10 PM ET<\/p>\n

NEW YORK — Nolan McLean finished a bullpen session on Wednesday in Syracuse when he got a message from pitching coach A.J. Sager, saying he was joining the New York Mets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Two days later, he was in New York preparing to make his major league debut on Saturday and hoping to help a struggling rotation during a playoff race.<\/p>\n

“I think it was a surprise,” McLean said before the Mets opened a three-game series against Seattle on Friday. “I was trying to do my best to stay in the moment and be with Syracuse as much as I could.”<\/p>\n

McLean is joining a rotation that began Friday with a 5.31 ERA in the past 52 games, 25th amongst the 30 teams. Overall, the Mets have a 3.77 ERA from their rotation, but they began Friday with 33 losses in the past 52 games.<\/p>\n

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McLean, 24, was 8-5 with a 2.45 ERA in 21 games, including 18 starts, between Double-A Binghamton and Triple-A Syracuse. He struck out 127 batters in 113 2\/3 innings and displayed a five-pitch arsenal that includes a mid-to-high 90s fastball as well as a sweeper that’s been clocked in the mid-80s.<\/p>\n

“I think just the ability to throw strikes with most of my pitches in any count,” McLean, who held hitters to a .185 average in Triple-A, said of his strengths. “Wasn’t scared to flip sliders in there, behind counts, early in counts. Whatever it might have been.”<\/p>\n

McLean, who played for Oklahoma State, is the first member of the Mets’ 2023 draft class to reach the majors. He is replacing Frankie Montas<\/a>, who was sent to the bullpen Tuesday after going 3-2 with a 6.38 ERA in his first eight games, including seven starts.<\/p>\n

“It’s a dream come true,” McLean said. “I remember telling my dad when I was really little, seeing some big leaguers play.”<\/p>\n

McLean has thrown at least six innings in nine starts this season. He reached at least 90 pitches seven times, most recently on Aug. 5.<\/p>\n

“Obviously he earned it,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. “Worked really hard. Credit to him, people in player development. He’s a big league pitcher.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aug 15, 2025, 06:10 PM ET NEW YORK — Nolan McLean finished a bullpen session on Wednesday in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-71586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71586","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=71586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}