It was a long road back for Christian Scott.
The young Mets right-hander was forced to the injured list with a sprained UCL just nine starts into his big-league debut, and he ended up having to undergo Tommy John surgery.
Scott missed the entire 2025 campaign following the procedure.
He spent that time working his way back, and now he’s officially closing in on his return to the big-league mound.
The 26-year-old is expected to be a full-go for spring training.
“I’m feeling great,” Scott told SNY in Port St. Lucie. “I’m excited to be back, get off the mound in front of these guys again — it’s nice to be able to come and pitch healthy, and just do what I do and do what I love.”
Sunday was the latest bullpen session Scott has thrown since arriving, but he’s also faced hitters about six times already as he progresses towards getting back into game action.
New York’s first Grapefruit League game is on Feb. 21 against the Marlins.
Scott figures to begin this season continuing to shake off the rust in Triple-A, but if he’s able to do so successfully he should find his way back to the majors at some point this year.
While there were some bumps, the youngster showed plenty of positives before going down with the injury, posting a 4.56 ERA and 1.20 WHIP with 39 strikeouts across his nine outings.
“Obviously, there’s still stuff to build on and stuff to work on,” Scott said. “Being able to go up there and get that experience and to take that into my rehab, and to really try to build off of what I did good and work on what I did bad — I’m just really excited to get back out there and get outs again.”
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