A day after he made his MLB debut, former Shorter pitcher Jonathan Pintaro was optioned by the New York Mets to Triple-A Syracuse on Thursday, June 26.
This means Pintaro, 27, is no longer on the Mets’ active major league roster and will play for the teamÐÔÊӽ紫ý Triple-A affiliate, the Syracuse Mets, in Syracuse, New York. He remains part of the New York Mets’ 40-man roster, meaning he is likely to get called back up to the majors at some point this season.
In his MLB debut on June 25, Pintaro threw 2/3 innings in relief for the big-league Mets against the Atlanta Braves. He ceded two earned runs on two hits and two walks and recorded his first MLB strikeout against AtlantaÐÔÊӽ紫ý Nick Allen.
Pintaro, signed by the Mets last June after going undrafted out of Shorter in 2022, has spent most of his career as a starter (26 starts in 28 minor league appearances last year) but is viewed as a long relief pitcher, at least in the short term. According to SNYÐÔÊӽ紫ý Danny Abriano, Pintaro is expected to pitch out of the bullpen while in Syracuse.
After signing with the Mets last season, Pintaro quickly rose through their minor league system. He pitched only nine times for High-A Brooklyn before getting the call to Double-A Binghamton. He then appeared seven times for Binghamton before moving up to Syracuse.
The right-hander started the 2025 season in Binghamton. He held a 3.40 ERA through 11 starts before his MLB promotion.
Pintaro is the first former Shorter player to appear in an MLB game since Bob Long in 1985. Long pitched just 58 career innings across 33 games in his major league career; 19 2/3 innings in five games for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1981 and 38 1/3 innings in 28 games for the Seattle Mariners in 1985.
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