{"id":637820,"date":"2026-05-12T03:53:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T03:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/637820\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T03:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T03:53:16","slug":"sources-struggling-mets-calling-up-of-prospect-a-j-ewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/637820\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Struggling Mets calling up OF prospect A.J. Ewing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">The <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/nym\/new-york-mets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Mets<\/a> are calling up outfielder <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/5208019\/aj-ewing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A.J. Ewing<\/a> for Tuesday&#8217;s series opener vs. the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/det\/detroit-tigers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Detroit Tigers<\/a>, sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Ewing, 21, is the club&#8217;s No. 2 prospect, according to ESPN&#8217;s most recent team-based ranking, and entered the season as the No. 28 prospect in the major leagues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Ewing has played just 12 games at Triple-A Syracuse, where he had an .827 OPS in 51 plate appearances and five stolen bases. Ewing excels on the bases and stole 70 bags across 124 games in the minor leagues last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/39631\/luis-robert-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Luis Robert Jr<\/a>., the team&#8217;s Opening Day center fielder, is on the injured list because of a lumbar spine disk herniation. The Mets&#8217; No. 1-ranked prospect, rookie <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4925604\/carson-benge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Carson Benge<\/a>, has been starting in right field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Mets, a major-league-worst 15-25, could use Ewing&#8217;s speed and pop as a hitter, as the club ranks 19th in stolen bases and last in OPS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The 5-foot-10, 160-pound Ewing, a left-handed hitter, was a fourth-round pick by the Mets in 2023 out of Springboro High School in Ohio. The club will need to open a 40-man roster spot for him Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Athletic first reported that the Mets are calling up Ewing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The Associated Press contributed to this report.br\/]<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 ESPN Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Mets are calling up outfielder A.J. Ewing for Tuesday&#8217;s series opener vs. the Detroit Tigers,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[275413,352,363,1189,3,99],"class_list":["post-637820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-275413","tag-espn","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-mets","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}