{"id":240271,"date":"2025-08-11T10:39:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T10:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/240271\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T10:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T10:39:14","slug":"jonah-tong-jett-williams-lead-group-of-mets-prospect-promoted-to-triple-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/240271\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonah Tong, Jett Williams lead group of Mets prospect promoted to Triple-A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the top Mets pitching prospects and three position players are being promoted to Triple-A Syracuse, The Post\u2019s Mike Puma confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Right-hander Jonah Tong \u2014 the No. 2 Mets prospect according to MLB Pipeline \u2014 is headed up after an impressive stint this year with Double-A Binghamton, while the organization\u2019s No. 1 prospect, Jett Williams, will also join him in Syracuse.<\/p>\n<p>Carson Benge and Ryan Clifford are also being called up to Syracuse and the Mets are promoting A.J. Ewing from High-A to Double-A.<\/p>\n<p>The Mets do not currently plan to promote anyone from Syracuse to Queens, an industry source told Puma.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36795818\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2210746286.jpg\" alt=\"Mets promote Jonah Tong to Triple-A on Sunday.\" class=\"wp-image-36795818\"  \/>Mets promote Jonah Tong to Triple-A on Sunday. Diamond Images\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Tong has looked good in his 19 starts this season in Double-A, in which he\u2019s posted a 1.58 ERA with 154 strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/07\/sports\/mets-jonah-tong-has-blossoming-as-top-minor-league-pitcher\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Speaking with The Post last week<\/a>, Tong said he wasn\u2019t getting caught up in when he\u2019d get called up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not up to me. I [understand] it all,\u201d Tong said. \u201cJust going to be where my feet are. \u2026 It\u2019s easy when you think of it that way, when you just control your controllables.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tong had taken part in the All-Star Futures Game last month, and Binghamton manager Reid Brignac told The Post last week that Tong was \u201cready for that next challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams has played center field, shortstop and second base this season in Double-A and rebounded from an injury-plagued 2024. He is hitting .281 with 10 home runs and 32 stolen bases this season.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36796341\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/new-york-mets-jett-williams-98420353.jpg\" alt=\"Jett Williams of the New York Mets fielding a ball during spring training.\" class=\"wp-image-36796341\"  \/>Jett Williams fields a ball at during spring training Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n<p>Benge has moved quickly through the Mets system since the club took him in the 2024 draft. He also participated in the All-Star Futures Game.<\/p>\n<p>Clifford is No. 7 in the Mets prospect rankings, according to MLB Pipeline, and has 24 home runs this year in Double-A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the top Mets pitching prospects and three position players are being promoted to Triple-A Syracuse, The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,101,3967,4,1690,61,2548,4203,1867,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-240271","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-mets","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mets","10":"tag-minor-leagues","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-mets","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkmets","16":"tag-ny-sports-minute","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115009708011547951","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}