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Mets' Jonathan Santucci: Finding rhythm at Triple-A
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Santucci allowed one run on five hits over five innings for Triple-A Syracuse on Wednesday. He struck out six without walking a batter.
The 23-year-old southpaw initially struggled upon his promotion to Triple-A at the beginning of August, but over his last three starts, Santucci has a 3.00 ERA, 1.13 WHIP and 19:2 K:BB over 15 innings. A second-round pick in the 2024 First-Year Player Draft, Santucci isn't on the 40-man roster and won't need to be protected from the Rule 5 draft this winter, so the Mets have little incentive to bring him up to the majors before the end of the season. A strong finish at Syracuse would position him to compete for a spot in the big-league rotation next spring, however.
The Mets promoted Santucci from Double-A Binghamton to Triple-A Syracuse on Sunday, 2TheBigs.com reports.
Santucci will move up a rung on the minor-league ladder after turning in a 3.57 ERA, 1.25 WHIP and 120:45 K:B over 90.2 innings in 19 starts with Binghamton. Considered one of the Mets' top overall prospects, the 23-year-old southpaw could have an outside shot at making his major-league debut later in 2026, as the organization hasn't been overly shy about promoting its top arms in recent years.
Mets' Jonathan Santucci: Fans career-best 11 batters
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Santucci has a 2.73 ERA, 0.98 WHIP and 40:13 K:BB in 29.2 innings across six starts since getting promoted to Double-A Binghamton on July 7.
Santucci struck out a career-high 11 batters in 5.1 scoreless innings in his most recent start for the Rumble Ponies. A 22-year-old lefty the Mets selected in the second round of last year's draft, Santucci has built up to 97.1 total innings this year after never throwing more than 58 innings in a season in three years at Duke.
