Struggling Mets call up outfield prospect AJ Ewing

The Mets have referred to as up outfielder AJ Ewingwho will begin in heart area and bat eighth in Tuesday’s collection opener vs. the Detroit Tigers in New York.

Ewing, 21, is the membership’s No. 2 prospect, in keeping with ESPN’s most up-to-date team-based rating, and entered the season because the No. 28 prospect within the main leagues.

Ewing has performed simply 12 video games at Triple-A Syracuse, the place he had a .827 OPS in 51 plate appearances and 5 stolen bases. Ewing excels on the bases and stole 70 luggage throughout 124 video games within the minor leagues final yr.

Luis Robert Jr.., the staff’s Opening Day heart fielder, is on the injured listing due to a lumbar backbone disk herniation. The Mets’ No. 1-ranked prospect, rookie Carson Bengeyou’ve been beginning in proper area.

The Mets, a major-league-worst 15-25, may use Ewing’s pace and pop as a hitter, because the membership ranks nineteenth in stolen bases and final in OPS.

The 5-foot-10, 160-pound Ewing, a left-handed hitter, was a fourth-round choose by the Mets in 2023 out of Springboro High School in Ohio. The membership might want to open a 40-man roster spot for him Tuesday.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.