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Mets Top Ten Prospects

by Ray Wilson @ 7:11 am. Filed under Uncategorized

Baseball America unveiled their list of the top ten Mets prospects. Baseball America has been doing this for years although one of my knocks against them is they tend to pick the more major league ready players. Not a bad approach but they’re also less sabermetrically inclined then some of the other lists out there.

Coming in at number one is pitcher Jenrry Mejia. The righthander played for five different teams in 2010 including an extended stint with the Mets, Outside of the big league club, he spent most of his time with the B-Mets where he made six starts. He’s only 21 and that’s a big plus and while he projects to be in the rotation, he got most of his time out of the pen with the Mets.

Wilmer Flores is number two. The shortstop is only 19 and he split exactly his number of at bats between High A and Low A. His numbers were only good but he was playing at a level where most 19 years old don’t get too. He’ll probably start out at St. Lucie again but expect him to be in a B-Mets uniform at some point in the season.

Number three is outfielder Cesar Puello. He’s also only nineteen and while he’s a few years away, he had a nice season for the Sand Gnats. There’s not a lot of power (one home run) but he showed some speed with 45 stolen bases. Matt Harvey (top pitcher, 2010 first round pick) and Kirk Nieuwenhuis (outfielder, major league ready) round out the top five.

So there’s some nice young talent. Most of it is a couple of years away and there were only two pitchers (further down the list) but I guess a solid farm system could provide some trade bait for some rotation help down the line.

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