A.J. Ewing #9

Enters 2026 as the No. 4 prospect in the Mets system according to MLB Pipeline...Enjoys playing the guitar...Has a Taylor acoustic guitar...Got into playing thanks to his stepdad who is in a Beatles cover band named "The Sweet Beats."...The pick used to select him in the fourth round of the 2023 First-Year Player Draft was a compensatory pick for Jacob DeGrom signing with the Texas Rangers...Played high school baseball for Springboro HS in Springboro, Ohio...In high school, he was named the Greater Western Ohio Conference Player of the Year after winning the triple crown...He hit .464 with four homers and 37 RBI...Following the season he was ranked as the No.3 prospect in Ohio and No. 57 nationally...Was originally committed to the University of Alabama before deciding to sign professionally.

2025

Played in 124 games between Double-A Binghamton, High-A Brooklyn and Single-A St. Lucie...Between the three clubs, he finished hitting .315 (153-485) with 26 doubles, 10 triples, three home runs and stealing 70 bases...He ranked fifth among all Minor Leaguers in steals, tied for sixth in triples and eighth in hits...Among Mets Minor Leaguers he ranked first in average, OBP (.401), hits, triples and stolen bases, third in OPS (.830), tied for third in runs (87), tied for fourth in total bases (208) and sixth in doubles...Was named the FSL Player of the Month for April and the SAL Player of the Week for the week of May 18.

2024

Named the FCL Player of the Week for the week of June 2 and the FSL Player of the Week for the week of August 25.

2023

Played in seven games with the FCL Mets in his first professional season...He hit .286 (4-for-14) with a double, three RBI and five walks.