{"id":36781,"date":"2025-11-12T04:58:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T04:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/36781\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T04:58:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T04:58:18","slug":"mets-prospect-carson-benge-to-get-shot-to-make-big-league-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/36781\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets prospect Carson Benge to get shot to make big-league roster"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAS VEGAS \u2014 Carson Benge didn\u2019t arrive in Triple-A until late last season, but the Mets think highly enough of the outfield prospect to consider him a possibility to begin 2026 in the major leagues.<\/p>\n

Asked Tuesday at the general managers meetings to identify his center fielder for next season, president of baseball operations David Stearns mentioned veteran Tyrone Taylor and Benge.<\/p>\n

\u201cCarson Benge is going to come into spring training with a chance to make our team and we\u2019ll see where the offseason takes us beyond that,\u201d Stearns said.<\/p>\n

Benge, 22, was the organization\u2019s first-round pick in the 2024 draft. <\/p>\n

\"MetsMets outfield prospect Carson Benge talks with the media this past season. Corey Sipkin for New York Post<\/p>\n

He spent most of last season at Double-A Binghamton before getting called up to Syracuse in August. In 24 games for Syracuse, he produced a .178\/.272\/.311 slash line with three homers.<\/p>\n

Jett Williams is another highly regarded prospect with center field experience, but Stearns indicated Williams might be behind Benge in competing for a major league job to begin the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t close the door on anything,\u201d Stearns said. \u201cI think we\u2019ll see where our roster stands.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stearns was asked how Benge\u2019s presence in the organization might affect how the team might approach center field this offseason.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s part of a larger conversation,\u201d Stearns said. \u201cWhen you have good young players at the upper levels of the minor leagues we have to find space for those players to pay. Carson is among them. He\u2019s not the only one but he\u2019s among them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kodai Senga, despite his struggles to work deep into games last season, isn\u2019t considered a bullpen candidate, according to Stearns.<\/p>\n

\"NewNew York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga (34) reacts on the field during the fourth inning when the New York Mets played the Miami Marlins Sunday, August 31, 2025 at Citi Field in Queens, NY. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe\u2019s proven at the major league level he can have really good years,\u201d Stearns said. \u201cThe talent is there. The desire is certainly there to have a bounce-back year and we\u2019re going to give him every opportunity to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stearns said he isn\u2019t approaching the offseason with a payroll figure as a consideration.<\/p>\n

The Mets had a $340 million payroll last season.<\/p>\n

\u201cClearly Steve is committed to supporting our baseball team in any way possible,\u201d Stearns said, referring to team owner Steve Cohen. \u201cAs opportunities arise he and I are in regular contact as to what might make the most sense for the team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS \u2014 Carson Benge didn\u2019t arrive in Triple-A until late last season, but the Mets think highly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[19920,21522,20,9,11,320,10,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-36781","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-david-stearns","9":"tag-minor-leagues","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-mets","14":"tag-new-york-news","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}