Jonah Tong

Mets right-hander Jonah Tong will not be pitching for Team Canada in the World Baseball Classic in March.

David Peterson, Nolan McLean, Clay Holmes, Kodai Senga and Sean Manaea would seem to be the Mets' rotation for the moment, with prospects Jonah Tong, Christian Scott, Brandon Sproat and journeyman Cooper Criswell in reserve. Depth is nice, but getting a true upgrade is going to be expensive. It's already possible that one or two of those prospects are better than the team's veterans.

Marino reported that "Jonah Tong's name briefly came up in talks with the Brewers about Freddy Peralta before the Mets quickly ended that discussion." The Mets then rejected a follow-up offer that was Brandon Sproat and Jett Williams for Peralta. Given that Peralta is a free agent at the end of the upcoming season, it makes sense that the Mets may not want to deal one of their top prospect who could have multiple years of value; however, it feels likely that some team will be willing to do that to acquire Peralta.

MLB Pipeline released their updated Top 10 RHP s ahead of the 2026 season on Monday, and unsurprisingly two of the Mets young arms made the cut.