Jett Williams, Photo by Ed Delany of Mets Minors
The New York Mets’ top prospects will take on the top prospects from the Washington Nationals on March 15 at 3:10 p.m. ET. SNY will broadcast the game from Clover Park in Port St. Lucie. It’s part of a single admission doubleheader with the New York Mets major league team playing at 6:10 p.m. ET.
The first annual Spring Breakout event features 16 games over a four-day span to highlight the top prospects from each MLB organization. Each team will construct its roster mostly from their top 30 prospects according to MLB Pipeline rankings. Each team will have 23-27 players on the roster and they will be announced on March 7 at 11 a.m. on MLB Network.
As for the rules, the games will typically be seven innings with no extra innings if part of a doubleheader, like the Mets and Nationals.
- ABS challenges will be available (the automated ball-strike system). Each team will be able to challenge at least three ball-strike calls. A successful overturn gets the challenge returned to the club, and that continues until the club has three unsuccessful challenges.
- No three-batter minimum for pitchers.
- Pitchers can re-enter the game (similar to the Shohei Ohtani rule)
- Limit of seven mound visits
- Pitch clock
- Pitchcom allowed
Top prospects Jett Williams (non-roster invitee), Christian Scott (non-roster invitee), and Luisangel Acuña (on 40-man roster) have already reported to major league camp in Port St. Lucie and will certainly be on the Mets roster for the Spring Breakout game.
