From Complex To Queens, Episode 303: Promotion SZN

The minors crew are back after a long break. 

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, Home Run Applesauce’s podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system.

We’ve had numerous scheduling snafus for the last month or so, but Thomas and Lukas finally got things lined up just in time to talk promotions. After briefly debating which pitcher debut of the last 15 years was most electric (don’t sleep on Steven Matz), it’s time to talk about what’s actually going on in the season. We have a number of new hitters in Double-A and in Triple-A. We also take the time to discuss the post-draft debuts; spoiler alert, there isn’t much to talk about there aside from some hand-wringing over Mitch Voit’s zone-contact rate.

Oh right, we also had the major league debuts to discuss. Sproat, Tong, and McLean have all shown various levels of exciting stuff. If this season really is remembered as a disappointment for the major league results, we should still all be able to look back on the development gains made by these arms and consider that a big win for 2025.

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