The Mets’ top pitching prospect impressed in his first home start for Triple-A Syracuse on Wednesday.
Christian Scott struck out 10 in five innings while earning the win against the Worcester Red Sox, allowing just one run (a solo home run) on two hits and one walk while throwing 83 pitches.
The 24-year-old right-hander averaged 94.8 miles per hour on his fastball, maxing out at 96.4, according to Baseball Savant.
He generated three whiffs each with his fastball and changeup, four whiffs with his slider and two with his sweeper.
In his first start of the season against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, the Yankees’ Triple-A team, Scott allowed three runs on five hits in four innings, but had nine strikeouts and zero walks.
Scott is ranked as the No. 5 prospect in the Mets’ farm system by MLB.com behind Jett Williams, Drew Gilbert, Luisangel Acuña and Ryan Clifford.
A fifth-round pick by the Mets in the 2021 draft out of Florida, Scott had a 2.57 ERA across 19 minor league starts last year with 107 strikeouts in 87 ⅔ innings.
He made one spring start for the Mets last month, allowing one run in four innings on two hits and zero walks with seven strikeouts against the Marlins.
“He’s special,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said of Scott at the time. “His fastball is low release, with ride and velo, it plays up — and we saw it today with the way he was attacking hitters. They were having a hard time picking it up. You hear a lot about this kid, but watching him go about it today and the way he threw the baseball, it was special and it was exciting.”