Sproat played his first year of pro ball this year starting in high A. Sproat immediately made his impact felt through 6 games, 5 of which he started, Sproat pitched to a 1.07 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP through 25.1 innings. Sproat was already touching 98-99 MPH consistently on his fastball and has reached 100 multiple times, even hitting 101 at times too. Sproats pitch mix is a 4 seam fastball, changeup, slider, and curveball. He has been recently working on his 2 seam fastball as well. His fastball might be his best pitch as he can locate and command it with such authority. His fastball does a great job at moving East to West and his curveball and slider look so similar out of the hand it's hard for a hitter to tell the difference.

Sproat immediately was boosted to AA and once again immediately made a booming impact. Through his first 3 starts in double A, Sproat pitched to a 1.89 ERA and a WHIP of .95. His worst start up to that point was probably his second outing in which he went 7 innings giving up 3 runs and striking out 9. His best start was his game right after in which he went 7 innings again and only allowed 4 hits and 1 run. Sproat’s double A hot streak didn’t end there as in his first game in June, he fanned 10 while allowing only 1 walk and 1 hit through 7 innings of work. After 11 double A starts, Sproat pitched to a 2.45 ERA and a WHIP of .87 while striking out 77 hitters in 62.1 innings. In what was one of the most difficult leagues in terms of hitters and pitchers who went through there in 2024, that was not a bad stretch by any means.

Sproat continued his rapid progression as he got the call up to triple A towards the end of the year. While his AAA numbers didn’t wow anyone, you have to remember a few different factors that impacted Sproat. One was the competition jump yet again, I mean, he is playing guys either on the cusp of the MLB or former MLB players/stars. Secondly, Brandon Sproat was amassing the most innings he has ever pitched in a season. Sproat finished the 2024 campaign pitching 116 innings while at Florida, Sproat started to waver after 80 innings and went 106. To go 116 innings of perfect baseball is almost impossible. Sproat in AAA pitched to a 7.53 ERA and a WHIP of 1.64 while striking out 21 batters over 28.2 innings of work. Again, while the numbers aren’t great, you have to take into account all the existential factors such as workload, competition, ect..

Sproats biggest issues throughout the system was his tendency to be able to leave pitches down the middle. WHile he was seemingly untouchable, his HR rate compared to the amount of earned runs allowed was very alarming. In double A, Sproat only allowed 17 earned runs while giving up 6 home runs. In triple A where he gave up 24 earned runs, Sproat gave up 7 home runs. While he had his struggles in AAA and has had his struggles in terms of HRs allowed, Mets fans should be excited about the future of Brandon Sproat. The Mets are finally in a position where they may have a quality homegrown Ace quality pitcher for the first time since Jacob DeGrom came up through the system. Sproat, who was once unranked on the Mets top 30 prospect list, is now the Mets #1 prospect in what is a projected top 8 farm system in baseball by many.