Beneath is an evaluation of the prospects within the farm system of the New York Mets. Scouting reviews had been compiled with data supplied by business sources in addition to my very own observations. That is the fifth 12 months we’re delineating between two anticipated aid roles, the abbreviations for which you’ll see within the “place” column beneath: MIRP for multi-inning aid pitchers, and SIRP for single-inning aid pitchers. The ETAs listed typically correspond to the 12 months a participant must be added to the 40-man roster to keep away from being made eligible for the Rule 5 draft. Guide changes are made the place they appear acceptable, however we use that as a rule of thumb.
A fast overview of what FV (Future Worth) means may be discovered right here. A a lot deeper overview may be discovered right here.
The entire ranked prospects beneath additionally seem on The Board, a useful resource the location presents that includes sortable scouting data for each group. It has extra particulars (and up to date TrackMan knowledge from varied sources) than this text and integrates each group’s record so readers can evaluate prospects throughout farm programs. It may be discovered right here.
Different Prospects of Observe
Grouped by kind and listed so as of choice inside every class.
Older DSL ArmsEris Albino, RHPJose Lopez, RHPFranyel Diaz, RHP
Albino is a 21-year-old righty within the DSL who, till this 12 months, hadn’t pitched in an precise recreation since 2022. He’s buzzing within the 94-97 mph vary with tail, and has a terse, 87-91 mph low-spin slider. Neither pitch has nice motion, however let’s see how Albino traits as he really will get right into a routine and has publicity to stateside instruction. Lopez is a 21-year-old DSL righty who has had a six-tick spike this 12 months. He’s solely made a few appearances, so you may’t actually belief that can maintain, however he’s been within the 94-96 mph vary with uphill angle and experience and is killing spin on a median changeup. He’s effectively balanced all through his supply and appears athletic sufficient to throw this tough, although groups ought to vet the veracity of his fastball’s motion as a result of he’s pitched in entrance of a TrackMan unit that groups suppose runs somewhat scorching (just like the Rangers’). The 6-foot-7 Diaz is again after lacking all of 2024 and has had a five-tick velo spike, sitting 94 and touching 96 after he sat 89 in 2023. The 20-year-old is a well-below-average athlete and strike-thrower.
Younger DSL ArmsJose Vielma, RHPAnderson Ozuna, RHPHenderson Hernandez, RHP
Vielma is a thin 18-year-old righty whose vigorous fastball is averaging 92 and touching 95 within the DSL. He has a plus-flashing slider and is throwing strikes. He must maintain the velo and strikes throughout greater than the couple of innings he’s thrown up to now. Ozuna will bump 92 and has a slider/cutter factor that can peak round 87. He’s very small and thin, however he’s an incredible athlete and is just 18. Hernandez, 18, is a complicated, 6-foot-2 righty who instructions a 90-ish mph tailing fastball and lengthy, blunt sweeper to either side of the plate. He has starter substances as an athlete and craftsman, simply not the rate but.
DSL BatsJustin Ramirez, OFYensi Rivas, 3BDiover De Aza, INFJosmir Reyes, CYunior Amparo, UTILHector Francis, OF
Ramirez is a big-framed, 6-foot-4 20-year-old in his third DSL season. He rotates onerous for a hitter his dimension, however lever size has hindered his contact high quality. He’s near hitting his approach as much as the FCL. Rivas is a bodily, medium-framed 2B/3B with above-average bat velocity and below-average really feel for contact. De Aza is a switch-hitting multi-positional infielder (SS/2B final 12 months, extra 1B/2B this 12 months) with spectacular low ball energy. That is his second DSL season, however he’s nonetheless solely 17 and putting out half as typically as he was in 2024 (small pattern caveats apply). Reyes is a stocky, lefty-hitting catcher who has been powerful to make swing and miss up to now this season. He’s extremely brief to the baseball however lacks nice pure bat velocity. Amparo, 18, is in his first professional season. He has plus bat velocity, however the small-ish righty batter is just in a position to entry it within the middle-in portion of the zone. He’s taking part in all around the diamond, largely at first base. Francis may be very projectable and has thrilling hip/hand separation, however he has very crude really feel to hit.
Flawed Excessive-Profile GuysKevin Parada, CD’Andre Smith, INFTrey Snyder, INFSimon Juan, OF
Parada was the eleventh total decide in 2022 and has struggled to regulate to professional sliders or evolve as a catching defender. He’s received a 112 wRC+ as a 23-year-old in his second go-around at Double-A. Smith is a compact, short-to-the-ball OF/3B out of USC whose shot at a utility job took successful when he stopped taking part in different infield positions. He hit his solution to Binghamton this 12 months. Snyder signed for $1.3 million in final 12 months’s fifth spherical and has been assigned to Low-A since then. He has fairly good barrel really feel however below-average bat velocity and poor palms on protection. His points on D are dangerous sufficient that Snyder most likely isn’t an infielder in any respect, and the ability to be a nook outfielder isn’t there. Juan signed for $1.9 million in 2022 and is lastly in full-season ball. He’s putting out 31% of the time however has large energy already at age 19.
Italian NicksNick Morabito, CFNick Lorusso, 1B/3BNick Roselli, 2B/LF
He can actually run, and he’s been an above-average offensive performer at each degree, however I nonetheless don’t suppose Morabito’s swing will maintain water in opposition to large league stuff. It requires an excessive amount of effort and is susceptible to excessive heaters. Underlying indicators that that is true have begun to crop up this 12 months, as Morabito’s in-zone whiff charges have exploded. Lorusso was a ninth rounder out of Maryland in 2023 who slashed .262/.367/.462 in 2024. He’s within the “of curiosity to KBO groups” space as a righty nook bat. Roselli is a lefty-hitting pull energy second baseman who slugged .738 in his draft 12 months at Binghamton, was taken within the eleventh spherical, after which crushed the FSL after the draft. He’s struggling up to now this season.
No. 6/7 Starter VarietiesJoander Suarez, RHPZach Thornton, LHPR.J. Gordon, RHP
Suarez, 25, is a strike-throwing Venezuelan depth starter who sits 91, has curveball, and has run single-digit stroll charges for many of his profession. Thornton is a spindly lefty out of Grand Canyon who throws strikes however lacks precision. His stuff is gentle. Gordon was a Day Three pick of Oregon final 12 months who has improved his changeup in professional ball and is having bat-missing success at Brooklyn. He’s a possible spot starter.
Too Few Strikes for ForemostCameron Foster, RHPHunter Hodges, RHPChandler Marsh, RHPJuan Arnaud, RHPBrett Banks, RHPNicolas Carreno, LHPJohn Valle, RHPJace Beck, RHPWilson Lopez, RHPCristofer Gomez, RHP
Foster is a 26-year-old former 14th spherical pick of McNeese who has developed a plus slider (and a pair different good breaking balls). He has a center aid shot regardless that he’s a a lot older man. Hodges has a number of plus breaking balls and pitches off a nasty cutter, however the undrafted free agent out of TCU is struggling to throw strikes in St. Lucie. Marsh was an undrafted free agent out of Georgia who is flourishing as a reliever at Brooklyn due to his vertical slider and a 94-97 mph fastball that performs down because of an absence of management. Arnaud sits 96 with sink and can contact 99. He’s had bother throwing sufficient strikes to depart A-ball, particularly in relation to his slider. Banks is a bodily 6-foot-3 reliever from UNC Wilmington with a fairly normal mid-90s fastball and slider combo, however with out the command to actually weaponize it. Carreno is an FCL lefty who came visiting from Pittsburgh in final 12 months’s Josh Walker commerce. He’s sitting 97, however can’t throw strikes. Valle scattered 94-97 mph fastballs throughout my FCL look. Beck is a 6-foot-9 25-year-old at Brooklyn who has been with the org since he was picked out of highschool in 2019. He has good arm velocity for his dimension and can bump 95. Lopez is a 22-year-old A-ball reliever sitting 96 however fighting walks. Gomez, 22, is a 6-foot-4 righty who’ll contact 96 with flat angle. He’s working a number of innings out of the St. Lucie bullpen.
AccidentsBryce Jenkins, RHPMatt Allan, RHPJorge Rodriguez, RHPMiguel Mejias, RHPCalvin Ziegler, RHP
Jenkins was a $180,000 signee out of Tennessee in 2023 who I noticed throw dwell BP on the complicated final month. He was sitting 93-94 with an incredible curveball, and is now formally again in actual video games. The Mets sacrificed a lot of their 2019 draft to signal Allan for $2.5 million within the third spherical. He has been injured and went a half decade between affiliated video games, a streak he broke this 12 months. He was peaking within the upper-90s earlier this season however struggled to throw strikes, and has been shut down but once more. Rodriguez is a 23-year-old righty who didn’t pitch final 12 months and has now made three rehab appearances within the FCL. He was as much as 96 yesterday. Mejias is a stout 20-year-old righty who missed all of 2024 with harm and was sitting 97 within the FCL for 2 video games in Might earlier than he was once more shut down. Ziegler has had a litany of significant accidents (and was shut down once more in Might) which have restricted him to seven complete innings since 2022. He was working with three above-average pitches when wholesome.
System Overview
The Mets have asserted themselves among the many orgs which can be greatest at pitching growth. The velocity with which lots of their pitchers enhance (and the magnitude of these enhancements) is astounding. After I was in Port St. Lucie a couple of weeks in the past to see FCL and FSL motion, there was one fascinating arm after one other all week lengthy, a few of whom have large arm power however had been even too wild for the Others of Observe part right here. It’s not simply high-profile, early draft picks like Brandon Sproat and Blade Tidwell who’re thriving. All types of older dudes, small college guys, and pitchers who couldn’t get a foothold at one program and needed to switch to a different are right here and appear to have been made higher not lengthy after coming aboard. The speed development on this org has been absurd. I had the org-wide common fastball velo final 12 months at 92.1 mph; this 12 months it’s 93.7 mph. If I had been to restrict my pattern to only the blokes I think about prospects, the leap is even greater. The Mets have tapped into one thing on the dev aspect that’s paying developmental dividends, and the remainder of their division ought to be terrified of that.
This technique can also be deep on successful place gamers, guys within the 45 and 40+ FV tiers who can play significant part-time roles across the large stars like Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto. These are gamers who shouldn’t be the bedrock of your roster, however who you may win with as contributors, and the Mets are in place for them to be precisely that. There have been some developmental wins on this space, too. The Mets have taken a number of mid-six-figure excessive schoolers who’ve gotten higher, going from sleepers to true prospects. They haven’t had the identical success on the very prime of the draft or worldwide markets, the place the org’s hit charge has been extra blended. Plenty of these guys (Colin Houck, Elian Peña, and so on.) are prospects, however they aren’t within the categorical lane to the bigs, or large arrow-up guys simply shifting into the general High 100. With the dev part of the org seemingly thriving, a “go-wide” method to expertise acquisition (in order that dev may be utilized to as many guys as potential) could also be so as shifting ahead.
This technique has above-average total depth, an above-average variety of High 100 guys, and a powerful excessive finish due to the variety of 45 FV prospects. Sproat slid subsequent to Chase Petty on the Hondo (sinker, decrease slot guys struggling considerably), Jonah Tong stayed in the identical spot, and Nolan McLean moved into the raft of massive league-ready no. 4 starters that begins round ninetieth total, whereas Carson Benge and Jacob Reimer slot in subsequent to friends (Alan Roden and Tre’ Morgan, respectively) who play comparable positions.
