Baseball America‘s Mike Puma highlighted a 27-year-old arm in the Mets minor league system that some may have heard none or little of to this point.

The Mets minor league Pitcher of the Year for 2021, Adam Oller is no stranger to going under the radar. Drafted in the 20th round of the MLB draft in 2016 by the Pirates, Oller would find his way to pitching in the independent Frontier League by 2019. After Oller rejoined affiliated low-A ball again with the San Francisco Giants as a 24 year old, the Mets did indeed take notice, selecting Oller in the minor league phase of the 2019 Rule 5 Draft.

Two years later, Puma says, the Mets have big league plans for Oller. The 6’4 right-hander’s 3.45 ERA over 120 innings across two levels culminated with a string of dominant starts with Triple-A Syracuse. That success led the Mets to adding Oller to the 40-man roster last month so he wouldn’t be eligible for the major league portion of the Rule 5 Draft.

#Mets RHP Adam Oller continued his stellar run with five strikeouts over six scoreless innings for Triple-A Syracuse today.

Over his last 7 starts: 41 IP, 2 ER, 11 BB, 57 K, 0.44 ERA pic.twitter.com/7NZRjyXbrm

— Jacob Resnick (@Jacob_Resnick) September 4, 2021

Oller mainly utilizes two pitches, which each grade to about big league average, in his fastball and slider. His command of both pitches enables the low 90s four-seamer, which has touched 95 mph, and the hard slider, which features bat-missing length, to play up.

While Oller likely profiles as backend rotation depth, that is an area you can never have enough of, as the Mets 2021 season painfully taught. Look for Oller to be invited to big-league spring training whenever the 2022 season gets rolling, with a chance to entrench himself deeper into the Mets big league plans.