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How are ex-Mets prospects Brandon Sproat, Jett Williams doing after trade to Brewers?
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- How are ex-Mets prospects Brandon Sproat, Jett Williams doing after trade to Brewers?
This week's series between the Mets and Milwaukee Brewers at Citi Field won't function as a reunion the way it could have.
Freddy Peralta is no longer a Met, while the two prized prospects the Mets traded to Milwaukee to acquire the right-hander last winter are currently playing at Triple-A.
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But the three-game set in Queens, beginning Tuesday night, still offers a reason to revisit that offseason blockbuster and to check in former Mets farmhands Brandon Sproat and Jett Williams.
The Mets acquired Peralta — along with fellow righty Tobias Myers — in January to bolster a rotation that badly lacked an ace during last year's second-half collapse.
They appeared to be getting one in Peralta, a two-time All-Star who delivered a career-best season in 2025 with the Brewers, going 17-6 with a 2.70 ERA and 204 strikeouts over 176.2 innings.
The Mets paid a premium, trading their No. 3 prospect in Williams and their No. 5 prospect in Sproat, per MLB Pipeline's rankings , to add Peralta, who was entering his final season of team control.
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But Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns was eminently familiar with what Peralta could bring, as he was part of the Brewers front office that traded for the right-hander as a minor-leaguer back in 2015.
However, the affable Peralta never clicked with the Mets, going 5-9 with a 4.99 ERA in 22 starts while experiencing a slight velocity dip and repeatedly failing to pitch deep into games.
Amid their pre-deadline firesale, the Mets traded the 30-year-old Peralta — once considered a contract-extension candidate — to the Tampa Bay Rays this month.
"I know he's disappointed by it. He came here to anchor a rotation and felt the weight of that," Mets interim manager Andy Green said after the trade.
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"I know from talking to him, he certainly doesn't feel like it went the way that he hoped it would, and I think we all feel that way. I think we're all wishing we were in a different spot."
Myers hasn't fared any better this year, going 0-2 with a 6.26 ERA in 23 major-league appearances, including three starts. Myers, 28, is currently at Triple-A Syracuse and has four more seasons of team control after this one.
So how are the Mets' former prospects impacting the Brewers, who enter this week's series with an MLB-best 81-50 record?
Sproat, 25, began the season in Milwaukee's rotation, but he scuffled to a 3-7 record and a 5.27 ERA over 21 appearances (19 starts).
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The pitching-rich Brewers optioned the right-hander to Triple-A Nashville on Aug. 4.
Sproat has been a little better at Triple-A, posting a 4.50 ERA through three starts there, including tossing three innings as part of a combined no-hitter on Sunday.
Williams, meanwhile, has yet to make his MLB debut, as he's endured a difficult season at Triple-A.
The 22-year-old infielder is hitting .233 with nine home runs, a .724 OPS and 21 stolen bases in 81 games.
That's after Williams — a 2022 first-round pick — hit .261 with 17 homers, an .828 OPS and 34 steals across Double-A and Triple-A in the Mets' system last year.
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MLB Pipeline ranked Williams as the No. 30 prospect in all of baseball when the Mets traded him, but he no longer cracks the top 100. He is the No. 10 prospect in the Brewers' system.
Williams and Sproat still possess upside, so time will tell just how poorly this trade ages for the Mets.
If there's a silver lining, it's that the Mets managed to flip Peralta for three prospects, each of whom now ranks among their top-17 prospects, according to MLB Pipeline.
Second baseman Émilien Pitre (No. 11) was recently promoted to Triple-A Syracuse and has batted .333 through 16 games in the Mets' organization.
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Outfielder Aidan Smith (No. 16) is hitting .345 with five home runs after 15 games with High-A Brooklyn, while right-hander Gary Gill Hill (No. 17) is 2-0 with a 3.18 ERA in three starts with Triple-A Syracuse.
Peralta, meanwhile, has continued to struggle with Tampa Bay and is now 5-11 with a 5.33 ERA overall this season.
PITCHING MATCHUPS
The Mets (59-72) are set to face two of baseball's best pitchers this week, including the presumptive National League Cy Young Award favorite in the series finale.
Rookie left-hander Zac Thornton (3-4, 3.04 ERA) is set to start Tuesday night's series opener for the Mets, while breakout lefty Kyle Harrison (10-3, 2.84 ERA) is lined up for Milwaukee.
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Mets right-hander Robert Stock (0-2, 5.40 ERA) is slated to start Wednesday night opposite of Milwaukee righty Dustin May (6-8, 4.57 ERA).
And then Thursday night, the Mets will send left-hander Sean Manaea (4-5, 4.51 ERA) to the mound, while the Brewers roll with flame-throwing phenom Jacob Misiorowski (13-5, 1.68 ERA), whose 24-year-old right arm has produced 216 strikeouts in 145 innings.
