The Mets needed an ace, but it did not come cheap.
The Amazin’s, who acquired right-handed starter Freddy Peralta and 27-year-old reliever Tobias Myers from the Brewers, had to ship off top prospects Brandon Sproat and Jett Williams to Milwaukee in the Wednesday night deal.
Sproat and Williams were two of the six prospects the Mets had on Baseball America’s list of the top 100 prospects in the sport, which was released Wednesday.
The 25-year-old Sproat — the 81st prospect on the Baseball America list — was part of the Mets’ young pitching brigade, along with Nolan McLean (No. 8) and Jonah Tong (No. 44), called up in the second half of last season in hopes of giving the team a jump-start in their push to the playoffs.
Sproat had a 4.79 ERA with 17 strikeouts in 20 ⅔ innings across those four MLB starts after posting a 4.24 ERA in 26 Triple-A appearances.
But the Mets did not have to give up McLean, a third-round pick in 2023 who is expected to have a spot high in the rotation this season.
McLean made eight big-league starts last season, going 5-1 while posting an impressive 2.06 ERA. He also recorded 57 strikeouts in 48 innings, while displaying a fastball in the upper 90s to go along with a diverse pitching arsenal.
The Mets also moved on from Williams, a 22-year-old first-round pick in 2022 who is a middle infielder and center field prospect.
He hit .261 with an .828 OPS, 17 homers, 52 RBIs and 34 steals in 130 games across Double-A and Triple-A in 2025 and was working toward getting a call to the big club.
But when the Mets acquired Luis Robert Jr., an elite defender in center field, in a trade with the White Sox on Tuesday night, that made Williams more expendable.
Carson Benge at No. 19 and outfielder/second baseman A.J. Ewing at No. 83 are the other two Mets prospects in the Top 100.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
