Mendoza’s scouting eye is pretty accurate in speaking to other team’s perspective of the 21-year-old, but plenty of people have taken notice of Ewing as he enters his third full season in the pros.…
and has been among the group of young players that has stood out to Carlos Mendoza so far this spring.“He’s a baseball player,’’ the manager said prior to Ewing starting in left field and hitting seventh against the Marlins on Friday at Roger Dean Stadium.
“There’s a lot of different ways he can help a team win a baseball game, whether it’s the way he plays defense, the way he runs the bases good at-bats. He puts the ball in play and drives the ball. He’s another kid, I don’t think people talk much about him. He’s a good one there.” Mendoza’s scouting eye is pretty accurate in speaking to other team’s perspective of the 21-year-old, but plenty of people have taken notice of Ewing as he enters his third full season in the pros.And that, according to Ewing, is this: “I don’t think putting the ball in the air should be a big part of my game.” A.J. Ewing catches a fly ball from St. Louis Cardinals’ Chase Davis in the fifth inning during Spring Training at Clover Field, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026.Instead, it’s getting on base and moving when he gets there. He swiped 70 bases over three levels last year.Freddy Peralta is the ideal Mets fit for 2026 — but the future is more complicatedMike Tauchman proving he’s more than Mets insurance policy in fight for roster spot The guys behind him could at some point include Carson Benge, who was also in the lineup against Miami on Friday as he looks to win the open right field job. Asked how that could happen, Mendoza said, “Just continue doing what he’s doing. There are a lot of things out of his control, he’s having a really good camp.”“I like the quality of at-bats, especially against left-handed pitching,” Mendoza said of the left-handed swinging Benge. “We saw him the other day go the other way with two strikes against a lefty.”“His defense and the way he’s running the bases,’’ Mendoza said. “There’s a long way to go , but he’s having a good camp.” Chris Suero, another prospect who is primarily a catcher, but also played left field this spring, drew praise from Mendoza, as well. Mendoza knows this is the best, and perhaps only, season that he’ll get a chance to see some of these prospects in person and he doesn’t want to waste the opportunity.“It’s part of my routine: Read reports, talk to coordinators, player development staff because we’re gonna need guys like that,’’ Mendoza said of the top prospects. “The exciting part is we’ve got a lot of them. We’ve got a few and if you go on the back field , there’s talent there, too. It’s not only the upper , but the lower level.” Despite the fast starts of players like Benge, Ewing and others, Mendoza said it’s too early to know where they will end up, and who may end up in Queens. “A lot can happen between now and when we break camp,” Mendoza said. “The main thing is to keep guys healthy. The goal is to have a lot of tough decisions.”
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