Brandon Sproat Stumbles in Relief Appearance
Brandon Sproat struggled in his first relief appearance of the season on August 24. The Mets opted to shift him to the bullpen, which could open a path for him to join the MLB club for the stretch run. However, the Florida product was not effective coming out of the bullpen, allowing seven hits and five earned runs to Indianapolis. However, over his last 48 1/3 innings pitching out of the rotation, Sproat was highly effective, posting an elite 2.05 ERA, 0.85 WHIP, with a 57:17 K:BB. Earlier this week, the Mets announced that they would be promoting top pitching prospect Jonah Tong to join recently promoted Nolan McLean in the majors. Given this update, Sproat's clearest path to an MLB debut this season is likely to be in a long relief role. Fantasy managers should continue to monitor his status, but given his struggles out of the bullpen, he is not worth stashing in any redraft formats for the time being.
Source: MiLB.com
New York Mets right-handed pitching prospect Source: MiLB.com

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