Mets pitching prospect Jack Wenninger enjoying strong start to season with Syracuse

Mets fans, if you don’t already know Jack Wenninger, you may want to start to.

The right-handed pitching prospect quietly put together a tremendous showing in Double-A last season, posting a 2.92 ERA and finishing second to Jonah Tong in the Eastern League with 147 strikeouts.

He also impressed in the Spring Breakout game and his three outings in big-league camp.

Wenninger was bumped up Triple-A for the first time in his career to begin this year, and thus far he’s been able to carryover that success to the new level.

The 24-year-old was extremely effective again on Friday, holding Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to just one run on a Spencer Jones homer while striking out five batters over 5.1 innings.

He now has a 1.26 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, and 15 K’s over his first three starts.

Wenninger, the No. 8 prospect in the system, may not project as a top of the rotation starter but he gives SNY’s Joe DeMayo the feel of a high-floor No. 4 guy.

According to DeMayo, is deep arsenal includes a fastball that touches 97 mph, a swing-and-miss splitter, a cutter, sinker, gyro slider, and he’s also thrown a curveball at times.

Wenninger isn’t the only Syracuse arm who has been dealing of late, as Christian Scott has also put together back-to-back terrific outings after a rough first start of the season.

With both Kodai Senga and David Peterson struggling to find their footing, perhaps there could an opening for one of the young arms join the big-league rotation in the near future.

Carlos Mendoza was noncommittal on Senga taking his next turn after the right-hander was knocked around by the Cubs in the teams ninth-straight loss on Friday afternoon.

Senga has given up two homers in each of his last two outings, allowing a whopping 13 runs (12 earned) on 14 hits and five walks with just six strikeouts over 5.2 innings.