Carson Benge — No. 2 in Joe DeMayo‘s ranking of the Mets’ top 30 prospects for the 2026 season — impressed during Sunday’s 10-4 spring training win over the Yankees.
“It’s exciting,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said of the young players, including Benge’s 2-for-3 afternoon at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie, Fla. “Again, I’ve been saying it for a few days now that their ability to impact the game in so many different ways. There wasn’t an easy matchup there, left on left, with (Ryan) Weathers with the way he was throwing the ball. A couple two-strike-approach (hits) there where they’re putting the ball in play and just make things happen. The way they run the bases, how they play defense. It’s just good baseball from them so far.”
Starting in center field and batting sixth, Benge had a pair of singles — the first a second-inning knock that scored Francisco Alvarez and put the Mets on the board, 2-1 — and made the most of his latest opportunity.
“For me, I don’t really care — if you throw it in the zone, I’m going to try to hit it, try my best to hit it,” Benge said. “So, it doesn’t really matter who’s throwing — I just look at it that way.”
Through seven games this spring, the 23-year-old is slashing .350/.381/.350 with three runs, an RBI and a stolen base, and embracing what he can learn from his veteran teammates along the way.
“Definitely — all of ’em, I’d say,” Benge said. “Everyone — Tyrone Taylor, (Juan) Soto, all the outfielders, even (Marcus) Semien a lot — ut I’d say all those guys have been really kind to me.”
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