This Mets phenom ate 900 raw eggs in a month to develop his 100 MPH fastball

Feb 26, 2026 - 22:00

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Well, if you want to throw 100 miles per hour, here's the recipe: Eat 900 raw eggs in a month, 30 each day.

That's what New York Mets pitching prospect Ryan Lambert did, and he touched 100.9 MPH last season in Double-A, so something must've gone right.

MLB.com's Anthony DiComo shared that wild tidbit in a new story on Thursday.

DiComo wrote that Lambert had just been cut from his college team, saw a video about the benefits of such a diet, and went for it fully.

“Day 1, it was an adjustment for sure,” Lambert told DiComo. “But I’m not a chicken. I like a little adversity and challenge. It kind of gets me going."

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That was just a couple of years ago. Lambert was pitching at Missouri State, and he recorded seven outs and walked seven hitters in a season in which he wasn't trusted to to do much of anything. Afterward, he was cut, and then he started eating raw eggs.

Oklahoma saw a video of Lambert on social media throwing 99 miles per hour, and the Sooners took a chance on him.

The Mets took him in the eighth round of the 2024 MLB Draft, and the commitment it took to eat all those raw eggs has also helped him continue to improve.

Lambert has made 48 professional appearances, all out of the bullpen. He has a 1.53 ERA with 14.4 strikeouts per nine innings. He still walks 4.8 per nine, but if he can keep dropping that even just a tad more, he could be a dominant big league reliever.

DiComo did provide this eggs update, too:

"While he no longer eats 30 raw eggs per day, Lambert still puts down around 10 or so on a regular basis. It’s an expensive habit, given that the price he used to enjoy at his local Oklahoma Walmart -- five dozen for around $5 -- no longer exists."

Sounds like just the guy you'd want trotting in from the bullpen in a big spot. He's built for this.