Mets Option Hard-Throwing Reliever Dylan Ross to Triple-A Syracuse

The New York Mets optioned right-handed reliever Dylan Ross to Triple-A Syracuse on March 6, 2026, a roster move logged in the MLB transaction feed as the club continued spring roster trimming. The move returns the 25-year-old righty to Syracuse after a 2025 season that pushed him rapidly up the organizational ladder.

Ross burst through three levels last year, throwing 54 innings and posting a 2.17 ERA while fanning 80 batters, statistics EmpireSportsMedia highlighted when tracking his jump. At Triple-A Syracuse he worked in 28 games for 32.0 innings, allowing 11 hits with a 1.69 ERA, 22 walks and 39 strikeouts, while his combined per-level totals match the 29 hits allowed figure cited by EmpireSportsMedia and AmazinAvenue.

The profile on Ross is built on velocity and length of arm. AmazinAvenue lists him at 6'5", 250 pounds, a 2022 13th-round pick out of the University of Georgia, and reports his four-seam fastball averaged 96.9 MPH in Triple-A, with a Statcast peak as high as 99.5 MPH. That same write-up notes the fastball averaged about 2,200 RPM and that Ross generates roughly seven feet of extension, factors that produce a slightly above-average zone contact rate even as his swing-and-miss and chase metrics lag.

Control remains the chief caveat. Ross walked 22 batters in his 32 Triple-A innings and had higher walk totals at other stops; EmpireSportsMedia framed the path forward succinctly: “The best-case scenario is that he refines that command just a little bit. If he can drop that walk rate down to even 4.0 per nine, his ERA could easily be in the low 3.00s or high 2.00s because he doesn’t give up many hits.”

The roster timeline shows a rapid series of moves: the MLB transaction table also records a March 5, 2026 entry assigning Ross to New York Mets Prospects and a February 9 number change to 66. His contract was previously selected by the Mets on September 27, 2025; EmpireSportsMedia noted, “We saw him get the call to the majors right at the end of last year, and even though he didn’t get into a game, just being there was a statement.” SNY trackers labeled Ross among the club’s top young arms, including a headline calling him the organization’s No. 20 prospect in some contexts.

A separate Instagram post in the provided materials reads, “Following last night's loss, the Mets called up reliever Dylan Ross from Triple-A Syracuse to be a bullpen option over these final two games,” an undated social item that conflicts with the March 6 option. That discrepancy is unresolved in the available documents. EmpireSportsMedia projected Ross will “enter Spring Training with a real shot to win a job, but he likely starts as the first man up from Syracuse,” and the March 6 option suggests Syracuse will be his opening place until command steadies and the Mets need a hard-throwing depth arm.