Still Out to ‘Prove’ Himself, Mets Rookie Zac Thornton Shuts Down Yankees

Still out to ‘prove’ himself, Mets rookie Zac Thornton shuts down Yankees

"I feel like every outing that I have here, I'm still trying to prove myself,” Zac Thornton said. “Prove that I can compete at the major-league level, prove that I can be on that [2027] roster and rotation.”

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Mets rookie lefthander Zac Thornton was coming off the worst start of the season but stifled the Yankees on Saturday.

Thornton takes care of Judge, then takes charge to evade key jam in Mets' rout

NEW YORK — Aaron Judge probably wasn’t expecting much extra zip from Zac Thornton, one of Major League Baseball’s softer-throwing pitchers, in the first inning Saturday at Yankee Stadium. But zip is precisely what Thornton delivered. On an 0-2 count, Thornton challenged Judge with a 95.5 mph fastball on the inside corner, matching his hardest pitch of the season. Judge simply watched it zoom by for strike three. An inning later, Thornton struck …