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Panthers extend Jonah Gadjovich through 2027-28 season

Oct 12, 2025, 12:57 PM ET

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Forward Jonah Gadjovich and the Florida Panthers have agreed on a two-year, $1.8 million extension that keeps him under contract through the 2027-28 season, the team announced Sunday.

Gadjovich has six goals and three assists in 84 games over parts of three seasons with the Panthers. He also had two goals — one of them against the Toronto Maple Leafs in a Game 7 win — and an assist in last season’s Stanley Cup playoffs.

“Jonah has become an integral part of our locker room and a strong contributor for our group on the ice,” general manager Bill Zito said. “He possesses a fearless attitude and unrelenting competitiveness, and we are excited for Jonah to continue with us in South Florida.”

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The extension was announced on Gadjovich’s 27th birthday.

Through three games this season, Gadjovich has one assist and a team-high-tying 11 hits for the Panthers.

He has 19 points in 163 career games with Florida, San Jose and Vancouver. He was a second-round pick by Vancouver, going No. 55 overall, in the 2017 NHL draft. During his time with the Panthers, Gadjovich is averaging a team-best 19.7 hits per 60 minutes.

Gadjovich, who could have become an unrestricted free agent after the season, is the 11th forward the Panthers have under contract for next season, joining Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk, Sam Reinhart, Sam Bennett, Carter Verhaeghe, Brad Marchand, Anton Lundell, Evan Rodrigues, Eetu Luostarinen and Jesper Boqvist.

It’s possible that a 12th forward — Mackie Samoskevich, who could become a restricted free agent — gets a new deal later this season as well.

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Panthers sign forward Jonah Gadjovich to 2-year contract extension

The Florida Panthers took care of a little business on Sunday.

While much of the league was enjoying an off day, and the Panthers were preparing to hit the road for the first time this season, the team announced a contract extension for forward Jonah Gadjovich.

The big, bruising winger signed a two-year extension to stay on with the Cats through 2028 after establishing himself as a reliable option on Floridaâ€s fourth line.

“Jonah has become an integral part of our locker room and a strong contributor for our group on the ice,†Panthers GM Bill Zito said in a statement released by the team. “He possesses a fearless attitude and unrelenting competitiveness, and we are excited for Jonah to continue with us in South Florida.â€

The two-year extension carries an AAV (average annual value) of $905,000, which is a nice little pay bump from the $775 AAV his previous deal came with.

News of the deal came on Sunday, which also happened to be Gadjovichâ€s 27th birthday.

During his first two seasons with the Panthers, Gadjovich accumulated six goals, eight points and 164 penalty minutes over 81 regular season games while adding another two goals and an assist in 16 playoff outings during Floridaâ€s latest Stanley Cup run.

So far this season, heâ€s picked up an assist and a plus-one on-ice rating over the Cats†first three games.

Gadjovich and the Panthers will be back in action on Monday night when Florida begins a five-game road trip against the Philadelphia Flyers.

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Photo caption: Oct 2, 2025; Tampa, Florida, USA; Florida Panthers left wing Jonah Gadjovich (12) warms up before a game against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Benchmark International Arena. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)

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Mets prospects Jonah Tong, Nolan McLean earn MiLB Awards Show honors

Mets pitching prospects Jonah Tong and Nolan McLean dazzled in the minor leagues during the 2025 season and were recognized for their performances at the third annual MiLB Awards Show on Monday night.

Tong, the No. 2 prospect in SNY’s midseason rankings, was named the 2025 Pitching Prospect of the Year and earned All-MiLB Prospect First Team honors after his dominant season with Double-A Binghamton and Triple-A Syracuse.

The 22-year-old went 10-5 with a 1.43 ERA and 179 strikeouts over 113.2 IP combined across both levels. He was promoted to Triple-A in the middle of August and made two starts with Syracuse, tossing 11.2 scoreless innings with 17 strikeouts.

McLean, SNY’s No. 4 prospect, won the Breakout Player of the Year after flying up the rankings and impressing each time he took the mound.

In his first season as a full-time pitcher, the former two-way player owned a 2.45 ERA with 127 strikeouts in 113.2 IP and 21 appearances with Binghamton and Syracuse.

Both prospects earned promotions to the majors and gave Mets fans something to look forward to for years to come. The pitching duo, along with fellow top prospect Brandon Sproat, is expected to play a major role in 2026, which will mark their official rookie seasons.

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Did Jonah Tong Win The MiLB ERA Title? Officially, It’s Unclear


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Mets RHP Jonah Tong with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies (Photo by Christopher Pusatieri/Four Seam Images)

Mets righthander Jonah Tong just finished one of the best seasons by a minor league pitcher of the 21st century. He led the minors in strikeouts (179) while going 10-5, 1.43.

He arguably led the minors in ERA and opponents’ average (.148) while finishing second in WHIP (0.89). But the problem is no one can say for certain whether Tong qualifies as the minors’ ERA champion, because the major league rules that govern statistics don’t cover a situation like this.

When it comes to this, we turn to Rule 9.22b. That rule states:

(b)  The individual pitching champion in a Major League shall be the pitcher with the lowest earned-run average, provided that the pitcher has pitched at least as many innings in league championship games as the number of games scheduled for each Club in his Clubâ€s league that season. The individual pitching champion in a Minor League shall be the pitcher with the lowest earned-run average provided that the pitcher has pitched at least as many innings in league championship season games as 80% of the number of games scheduled for each Club in the pitcherâ€s league.

That appears quite straightforward. But here’s the problem: the rule only applies to how many innings a pitcher throws in a specific league. An MLB official confirmed to Baseball America that Rule 9 does not specify qualification requirements for overall MiLB leaders. Tong began the year in Double-A, then was promoted to Triple-A before being called up to the major leagues.

Tong did not qualify for the Eastern League ERA crown. That league has 140 scheduled games, so a pitcher needs 112 innings to qualify. Tong threw 102 innings in that league before his promotion to Triple-A Syracuse.

Tong threw another 11.2 innings in the International League before he was called up to the majors, so he finished the MiLB season with 113.2 innings.

So arguably, Tong had enough innings. The EL qualifying mark is 112 innings, and he threw 113.2. But an equal argument can be made that he didn’t qualify. The Triple-A leagues play 150 games. So Triple-A pitchers need 120 innings pitched. Held to that standard, Tong doesnâ€t qualify.

So what do you do with players who played across multiple levels with different numbers of scheduled games? The rulebook is silent.

If a player is traded from the American or National League to the other league midseason and fails to qualify for either league, that player can still be the overall MLB leader if they exceed the plate appearance qualifications with their combined statistics. But in that case, all teams play the same number of games, so thereâ€s no adjustment to the plate appearance requirement.

For decades, MiLB leagues played very similar schedules which meant these issues were unlikely to arise. The baseline full-season MiLB schedule was 140 games, although in some seasons some upper-level leagues might play 142 or in some instances 144. With everyone on a very similar schedule, there was very little variance. The difference between Class A qualifiers and Triple-A qualifiers was so small (3.2 innings) as to be barely noticeable.

Now, thereâ€s a massive difference. Class A teams play 130-game schedules (104 innings to qualify), Double-A plays 140-game schedules (112 innings to qualify) and Triple-A plays 150-game schedules (120 innings to qualify). Similarly, for hitters, the standards are 351 PAs (Class A), 378 PAs (Double-A) and 405 PAs (Triple-A).

The argument could be made that since Tong spent 91% of his MiLB time in Double-A, we should follow Double-A qualification standards. By those standards, Tong is a qualifier for overall MiLB statistics. But the argument could also be made that Triple-A qualification standards should apply.

You could calculate innings pitched requirements by a ratio of time spent in each league. If you apply that standard to Tong, he would need 113 innings, as 90.9% of his MiLB time was spent in Double-A and 9.1% was spent in Triple-A. But even that is cloudy, since Tong has actually spent more than a month of the MiLB season in the major leagues.

Tong’s example is the trickiest one, but it’s not hard to see how this could have arisen elsewhere. Tigers shortstop Kevin McGonigle finished this year with 397 plate appearances, spread across three different leagues. He didnâ€t have enough PAs to qualify for any league, but he had enough PAs to qualify overall by Class A or Double-A standards, but not by Triple-A standards (which require 405 plate appearances).

With no clear rule, we are left to our own devices. At Baseball America, we will recognize Tong as a qualifier, which means heâ€s the ERA champ.

But Rule 9.22 needs to be updated for the 21st century. Hereâ€s a simple proposal: as long as the current schedule remains intact, the Double-A requirements can serve as the overall qualifier marks.

Double-Aâ€s 140-game schedule is the midpoint of the three different schedules, and itâ€s the closest to whatâ€s been the MiLB traditional schedule (140 games) for decades. Under that format, 112 innings can serve as the MiLB innings qualifier for full season leagues while 378 plate appearances can serve as the PAs qualifier. Itâ€s not perfect, but in a time where numerous players jump from level to level during a season, itâ€s an easily understandable number. And that way, we can avoid these unanswerable questions as far as who led the overall minors in major statistical categories.

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