Jonah Tong
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 180LBS | Age: 21
Draft: 2022 | Rd: 7, #209, New York Mets | Georgia Premier Academy
MLB Pipeline Rank
METS: No. 10 |
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2024 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 6 9 0.00
Career Minors 6 6 3.38 34 30 0 130.2 193 1.25
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2024 1 0-0 0.00 6 9 0.00
Career Minors 34 6-6 3.38 130.2 193 1.25
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Standard Minor League Pitching Statistics

SeasonTmLGLWLERAGGSSVIPHRERHRBBSOWHIP
2023 2 Teams Minors 0 2 6.00 10 8 0 21.0 17 16 14 3 22 38 1.86
2023 FCL Mets FCL ROK 0 1 6.39 7 5 0 12.2 9 9 9 1 13 25 1.74
2023 St. Lucie Mets FSL A 0 1 5.40 3 3 0 8.1 8 7 5 2 9 13 2.04
2024 3 Teams Minors 6 4 2.87 24 22 0 109.2 81 40 35 2 43 155 1.13
2024 St. Lucie Mets FSL A 1 0 0.00 4 2 0 18.2 7 1 0 0 5 36 0.64
2024 Brooklyn Cyclones SAL A+ 5 4 3.71 19 19 0 85.0 74 39 35 2 38 110 1.32
2024 Binghamton Rumble Ponies EAS AA 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00
FCL Mets FCL ROK 0 1 6.39 7 5 0 12.2 9 9 9 1 13 25 1.74
Binghamton Rumble Ponies EAS AA 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00
Brooklyn Cyclones SAL A+ 5 4 3.71 19 19 0 85.0 74 39 35 2 38 110 1.32
St. Lucie Mets FSL A 1 1 1.67 7 5 0 27.0 15 8 5 2 14 49 1.07

Scouting Report

2024

Scouting grades: Fastball: 65 | Curveball: 55 | Slider: 50 | Changeup: 45 | Control: 45 | Overall: 45

A native of Ontario, Tong headed to the Georgia Premier Academy for 2022 and earned a trip to the MLB Draft League, though his performance for Frederick wasn’t stellar (14 earned runs in 11 2/3 innings). The Mets still took the right-hander in the seventh round that July and signed him for full slot at $226,000 to get him away from a North Dakota State commitment. Tong only made 10 appearances (eight starts) for New York’s Florida Complex and Florida State League affiliates in 2023 as he worked on transitioning to pro ball, and he’s absolutely taken off this spring, jumping from Single-A St. Lucie to High-A Brooklyn after four scoreless, high-K FSL starts.

The 6-foot-1 hurler throws directly over the top, and that delivery helps him get elite ride on his four-seam fastball. The offering sits 92-94 mph, topping out at 97, and averaged 20.6 inches of induced vertical break, tops among any pitcher that threw a fastball in the FSL. Tong can also snap off a mid-80s curveball that plays well off the verticality of the fastball, and his tight mid-80s slider can also get whiffs. Tong has an 84-86 mph changeup for use against lefties, but that’s a work in progress even though he’s dominated early on in 2024.

Tong experienced control issues in 2022 and 2023 but looked like he ironed those out early on in St. Lucie this spring, in part because he was getting so much swing-and-miss above the zone where he needs to live to dominate. It’s worth monitoring how his walk rate is affected by facing more patient hitters at the upper levels, but there’s no doubting he’s on a path to being a Mets development win.


Transactions

Team Date Transaction
09/01/2024 RHP Jonah Tong assigned to Binghamton Rumble Ponies from Brooklyn Cyclones.
04/29/2024 RHP Jonah Tong assigned to Brooklyn Cyclones from St. Lucie Mets.
04/29/2024 Brooklyn Cyclones activated RHP Jonah Tong.
03/31/2024 RHP Jonah Tong assigned to St. Lucie Mets from FCL Mets.
09/07/2023 RHP Jonah Tong assigned to FCL Mets from St. Lucie Mets.
08/22/2023 RHP Jonah Tong assigned to St. Lucie Mets from FCL Mets.
08/12/2022 RHP Jonah Tong assigned to FCL Mets.
08/01/2022 New York Mets signed RHP Jonah Tong.
06/02/2022 Frederick Keys placed RHP Jonah Tong on the reserve list.
06/02/2022 RHP Jonah Tong assigned to Frederick Keys.
05/28/2022 RHP Jonah Tong assigned to High School Workout.