Mets Notes: Brandon Sproat ‘turning the corner’ in Syracuse, the plan for Brooks Raley

Also, right-hander Zach Pop joined the roster

7/5/2025, 8:08 PM

Mets manager Carlos Mendoza provided some updates prior to Saturday’s game against the Yankees…

The plan for Brooks Raley

Raley took the next step in his rehab assignment on Friday night. 

The southpaw jumped up to Triple-A and put together another strong outing, taking home the victory after working around a hit and a walk over 1.1 scoreless innings. 

He has now punched out 11 batters and is yet to allow a run over six appearances (6.2 innings). 

Things continue to go well, but it will be a bit longer before we see the veteran back on the big-league mound. 

“We still want to see back-to-back, two out of three,” the skipper said. “So most likely it won’t be until after the break. But he’s putting himself in a good position, bouncing back well. Now it’s just preparing him for scenarios how we’ll use him.

"We don’t want the first time he’s going back-to-back to be at the big-league level, especially after what he’s been through.”

Brandon Sproat finding his groove

The young right-hander had a bit of a rough start to the season, but of late, he’s begun to find a groove down in Syracuse. 

Sproat put together his second consecutive strong outing on Friday night, allowing just two singles and a walk while striking out eight over five scoreless innings. 

He’s now gone 11 consecutive frames without giving up a run. 

“It’s really good to see,” Mendoza said. “We’re keeping an eye on all of those guys. I was talking to Dickey Scott before the outing yesterday, not only the life on the fastball but the conviction of the way he’s throwing the baseball. It looks like he’s turning the corner here. 

“Reading his report from last night it’s the same thing -- just attacking, life on his pitches, using all of his pitches, the changeup was better. That’s what we want to see out of these kids. They continue to put themselves in a position and we’ll watch them.”

David Stearns said earlier this week that the team would prefer to not bring up one of their talented young arms in a spot start situation.

Sproat certainly has been building his case, though, lowering his ERA to 5.05 on the year.

New addition to the roster

New bullpen addition Zach Pop officially joined the roster prior to Saturday’s Subway Series matchup. 

Pop is active and will be available out of the bullpen for the contest. 

In a corresponding move, Austin Warren was sent back down to Triple-A. 

Reliever Tyler Zuber was designated for assignment to make room for Pop on the roster. 

Zuber was acquired from the Rays ahead of last year’s trade deadline in exchange for relief prospect Paul Gervase, who made his big-league debut this year. 

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