Jonah Tong

Jonah Reid Tin Chee Matthew Tong
(The Canadian Cannon)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.
High School Bill Crothers Secondary School, Georgia Premier Academy
Debut August 29, 2025

Born June 19, 2003 in Markham, ON CAN

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Pitcher Jonah Tong was drafted by the New York Mets in the 7th round of the 2022 amateur draft. He went to high school in his home town of Markham, ON but the COVID-19 pandemic restricted his opportunities. The pandemic cost him a chance to play for the Canadian junior national team as the program was put on hold for the period. As a result, when he graduated in the spring of 2021, he hadn't yet secured a college commitment and with Canada still largely under lock-down, he worked out by throwing to his father that summer in order to increase his velocity and thus improve his college prospects. That worked out, as his fastball gradually improved from around 82-84 mph to around 90, securing an offer from North Dakota State University to have him play there starting in the fall of 2022. However, before that, he went to a high school in Georgia for a few months in order to be able to pitch in a competitive environment for the first time in two years, and then played in the newly-created MLB Draft League. He caught the eye of scouts with his improved stuff in spite of mediocre numbers. After being selected by the Mets, he dropped his plans to go to college, accepting the team's offer instead.

He began his pro career in 2023, going 0-2, 6.00 in 10 games between the FCL Mets and St. Lucie Mets of the Florida State League. He took a big step forward in 2024 when he made 23 starts in 25 appearances spread out among three teams - St. Lucie, the Brooklyn Cyclones of the South Atlantic League and the AA Binghamton Rumble Ponies. His combined mark was 6-4, 3.03 and he managed to rack up 160 strikeouts in just 113 innings. In 2025, he started the season at Binghamton and made national news on May 9th when he retired all 20 batters he faced in the second game of an Eastern League doubleheader against the Reading Fightin Phils. Having reached his pitch count limit, he turned the ball over to reliever TJ Shook who struck out the only batter he faced to complete the perfect game, the first one achieved in affiliated baseball since 2017. He struck out a career-high 13 batters during his stint on the mound in the 6-0 win. Later that season, he was named to play for the National League in the 2025 Futures Game. He went 8-5, 1.59 for Binghamton before being promoted to the AAA Syracuse Mets on August 16th. He made two starts for Syracuse, winning them both without giving up a run in 11 2/3 innings, and on August 26th the big league Mets announced that he was being called up to the Show. At the time, he was leading all of the minor leagues with 179 strikeouts in 113 2/3 innings, and in ERA at 1.43. In his debut against the Miami Marlins on August 29th, he was as good as advertised, giving up 1 earned run in five innings and striking out six while walking none; he did give up three unearned runs as well, the result of a couple of errors in the 5th, but since the Mets' bats were out in force, scoring 19 runs on the night, he had no trouble earning his first major league win by a 19-9 score. It was the second-highest number of runs a team had ever scored for a rookie pitcher making his debut. He ended up making 5 starts and going 2-3, 7.71 while recording 22 strikeouts in 18 2/3 innings.

He declined an opportunity to pitch for Team Canada in the 2026 World Baseball Classic as he wanted to concentrate on making the Mets' roster. he still started the 2026 season in the minors, with Syracuse. After 9 starts, he was 1-3, 5.68 but still got called up to the Big Apple on May 22nd, coinciding with the Mets designating veteran reliever Craig Kimbrel for assignment. He pitched his first game that same day, going three hitless and scoreless innings in relief in a 2-1 loss to the Miami Marlins. The Mets had got off to a very disappointing start and were promoting a number of young players to the big league squad as a result; his call-up followed that of OFs A.J. Ewing and Nick Morabito and P Zach Thornton, all in a span of ten days.

Notable Achievements[edit]

2025 Pitcher of the Year Eastern League Binghamton Rumble Ponies

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