Jonah Tong and Carson Benge will represent in this year’s showcase of the top talent in the minors.
The 2025 Futures Game is here, with top prospects from each team coming together for a minor league All Star Game. RHP Jonah Tong and OF Carson Benge will serve as the Mets representatives on the National League side.
Both Tong and Benge have seen their stocks rise significantly in the first half. Tong, a 7th round pick in 2022 out of Georgia Premier Academy, has built on his 2024 breakout, posting an absurd 1.83 ERA through 78.2 innings (15 starts) at Double-A w/ a pristine 29.4% K-BB%. There’s an outside shot he makes the major leagues later this season to reinforce the Mets pitching staff.
Benge, meanwhile, has done everything you’d want a first round college bat to do in his first full professional season. He dominated at High-A Brooklyn, posting a 165 wRC+ with nearly as many walks as strikeouts. Don’t be fooled by the low home run count (four in 60 games) either, Brooklyn is a notoriously tough place for lefties to hit and Benge has already made improvements to his spray characteristics relative to when he was drafted. In line with that assessment, he’s already homered twice since being promoted to Double-A, posting an even better overall line than he did a level lower.
You can watch the Future’s Game on MLB Network or streaming at MLB.com starting at 4 PM E.T. on Saturday 7/12.