Here is an analysis of the prospects in the New York Metropolitan Farm System. The scout report compiles information provided by industry sources and my own observations. This is the fifth year we divide between two expected relief characters, the abbreviation we see in the “Position” column below: MIRP for multi-set relief pitchers and SIRP for single-set relief pitchers. Listed ETAs are usually associated with years that must be added to the 40-player lineup to avoid being eligible for Rule 5 draft. Manual adjustments were made where it looked right, but we took it as experience.
A quick overview of what FV (future value) can be found here. A more in-depth overview can be found here.
All ranking prospects below also appear on the board, and the website provides each organization with a resource for sortable reconnaissance information. It has more detailed information than this article (as well as track and field data from various sources) and integrates a list of each team so readers can compare potential customers across farm systems. Can be found here.
Other prospects to note
Grouped by type and listed in order of preference for each category.
Older DSL weapons
Eris Albino, RHP
Jose Lopez, RHP
Franyel Diaz, RHP
Albinism is the 21-year-old right-handed of DSL and has not competed in the actual competition until this year since 2022. He buzzed in the 94-97 mph range, with a tail speed of 94-97 mph and a low-speed slider of 87-91 mph. Neither is very athletic, but let’s look at the trend of albinism as he actually goes into routine and receives guidance from the U.S. state. Lopez is on the right side of the 21-year-old DSL and has six kick nails this year. He only participated in a few appearances, so you really can’t believe this would keep it, but his uphill angle and riding identity is in the range of 94-96 mph and kills Spin in the average change. He balanced throughout the childbirth and seemed to be athletic enough to work hard, although the team should review the authenticity of his fastball because he was in front of a track and field athlete, the team thought it was a bit hot (like the Wanderer). The 6-foot-7 Diaz is back after all missing in 2024 and has a five-kick Velo Spike that sat for 94 and 89 times in 2023 for 96.
Young DSL weapons
Jose Vielma, RHP
Anderson Ozuna, RHP
Henderson Hernandez, RHP
Vielma is a lean 18-year-old right, with his lively fastball averaged 92 and hit 95 in the DSL. He has a flashing slider that is throwing a strike. He needs to maintain velo and strike, not the few innings he has thrown so far. Ozuna will hit 92 and have a slider/cutter stuff that peaks around 87. He is small and thin, but he is an excellent athlete, only 18 years old. Hernandez, 18, is a senior, 6-foot-2 right hand, directing 90-foot-2 feet, fastballs on the tail and long longer scanning mirrors, evenly on both sides of the plate. He is an appetizer for athletes and craftsmen, but the speed is not yet.
DSL Bat
Justin Ramirez
Yensi Rivas, 3B
diover de aza, inf
Josmir Reyes, c
Yunior Amparo, Util
Hector Francis
Ramirez is a large, 6-foot-4 20-year-old in his third DSL season. He struggled to spin the batsman, but the length of the lever hindered his contact quality. He is about to log in to FCL. Rivas is a physical, medium-sized 2b/3b with above-average bat velocity and below-average contact rate. DE AZA is a switched multi-position infielder (last year SS/2B, this year’s 1B/2B) with impressive low ball power. This is his second DSL season, but he is still only 17 years old and half the number of times he has been in 2024 (small sample warnings apply). Reyes is a chunky, left-handed catcher who has been hard to swing and miss so far this season. His baseball is very short, but lacks great pure bat speed. The 18-year-old Amparo was his first professional season. He has the speed of adding bat, but the small correct batter can only be accessed in the middle part of the area. He plays on diamonds, mostly at first base. Francis is very easy to cast and has an exciting hip/hand separation, but his impact is rough.
Flawed high-profile guy
Kevin Parada, c
D’Andre Smith, Inf
Trey Snyder, Inf
Simon Juan,
Parada is the 11th pick in 2022 and has been working hard to adapt to the career slider or develop into a hunting guard. He was in Double-a’s second rebuttal, his 23-year-old with his identity of 112 WRC+. Smith is USC’s compact, short ball/3B short ball, and his shots in utility jobs took a hit when he stopped playing other infield positions. He entered Binghamton this year. Snyder has since been assigned to Low-A, signed for $1.3 million in the fifth round last year. His barrel feels good, but the bats are below average and have poor defense. His problem with D is bad enough that Snyder may not be an infielder at all, and the power to become a corner outfielder does not exist. Juan signed $1.9 million in 2022 and finally entered the full season. He had a strike 31% of the time, but had already had a lot of strength at the age of 19.
Italian nickname
Nick Morabito, see
Nick Lorusso, 1B/3B
Nick Roselli, 2b/lf
He can really run and is an above average offensive performer on every level, but I still don’t think Morabito’s swing will keep water in the major league game. It takes too much effort and is susceptible to high heaters. Morabito’s regional news rate exploded, which is a fundamental sign that has begun to appear this year. Lorusso, who was the ninth round of Maryland in 2023, scored .262/.367/.462 in 2024. He is the “KBO team interested” area as a right corner bat. Roselli, a left-handed rally second baseman, beat the .738 in Binghamton’s draft year, was taken away in the 11th round and then crushed the FSL after the draft. He has struggled so far this season.
Starter Type 6/7
Joander Suarez, RHP
Zach Thornton, LHP
RJ Gordon, RHP
Suarez, 25, is a deep starter for the Venezuelan strike, has a good curveball and has operated a number of walking rates for most of his career. Thornton, a left-handed man who stood out in the Grand Canyon, triggered a strike but lacked precision. His stuff is very light. Gordon, who was Oregon’s third draft pick last year, improved the changes in professional ball and had a success in Brooklyn. He is a potential point starter.
Too few strikes
Cameron Foster, RHP
Hunter Hodges, RHP
Chandler Marsh, RHP
Juan Arnaud, RHP
Brett Banks, RHP
Nicolas Carreno, LHP
John Valle, RHP
Jace Beck, RHP
Wilson Lopez, RHP
Cristofer Gomez, RHP
Foster, McNeese’s 26-year-old first-14-round draft pick, has developed a plus slider (and several other good balls). Even if he is an older man, he has relief in the middle. Hodges had multiple over-the-broken balls and kicked off a nasty cutter, but TCU’s undrafted free agents are working to break out on strike in St. Lucie. Marsh is an undrafted free agent in Georgia who thrives in Brooklyn due to his vertical slider and 94-97 mph fastball. Arnaud sits in 96 and will touch 99. Banks is the 6-foot-3 physical reliefer of UNC Wilmington, whose mid-90s and slider combination is very standard, but there is no command to really weaponize it. Carreno is an FCL left-handed who came from Pittsburgh during the Josh Walker trade last year. He sat 97, but couldn’t strike. During my FCL appearance, Valle dispersed 94-97 mph fastballs. Beck is 6-foot-9 25-year-old Brooklyn, who has been working for the organization since 2019 high school. He has a good figure and will hit 95 years old. Lopez is 22-year-old A-Ball Reliever, sitting 96 but struggling to walk. Gomez, 22, is a 6-foot-4 correctness that he will touch 96 at a flat angle. He is working on multiple innings with St. Lucie Bullpen.
Injuried
Bryce Jenkins, RHP
Matt Allan, RHP
Jorge Rodriguez, RHP
Miguel Mejias, RHP
Calvin Ziegler, RHP
Jenkins is a $180,000 signer in Tennessee in 2023, and I saw the live bp of the complex last month. He sat in 93-94 with a great curve ball and is now officially back in the real game. The Mets sacrificed their third round signing of $2.5 million for most of the 2019 draft. He was injured and played fifty years between affiliated games, a winning streak he broke this year. He peaked over the 90s earlier this season but struggled to throw a strike and was shut down again. Rodriguez, a 23-year-old right-hander who didn’t pitch last year, has now seen three rehabilitations in the FCL. Yesterday he was at most 96 years old. Mejias, a 20-year-old stout who missed all of 2024 due to injury, sat 97 games in the FCL in May before he was shut down again. Ziegler has suffered serious injuries since 2022 (and was closed again in May) and he has limited him to seven innings. He is working with three above-average courses while healthy.
System Overview
The Mets declare themselves in the organization as the best pitching development. Many of their pitchers improve (and the amplitude of these improvements) at a shocking pace. A few weeks ago, when I was watching FCL and FSL action in Port St. Lucie, I had an interesting arm all week, some of whom had a lot of arm strength, but it was even too crazy for other notes sections. It’s not just high-profile early drafts like Brandon Sproat and Blade Tidwell, who are all thriving. The various old guys, elementary school students and pitchers are unable to gain a foothold in one plan and have to move to another here, seemingly getting better soon after taking the stage. The speed of the organization’s growth is ridiculous. Last year, I reached the Org range average fastball Velo at 92.1 mph. This year is 93.7 mph. It would be even bigger if I just limit the sample to people I think the prospects are. The Mets have mined developers developing dividends, and the rest of the departments should be afraid of that.
The system also penetrates into the wins, with players in 45 and over 40 FV ratings able to play meaningful part-time roles around big stars like Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto. These players should not be the cornerstone of your roster, but the players you can win as a contributor, and the Mets are exactly what they are appropriate. There are also some development victories in this field. The Mets attract many mid-six-figure high school students who get better from sleeper to real prospects. They didn’t have the same success at the top of the draft or international market, where characters hit higher. Many people (Colin Houck, Elian Peña, etc) are promising, but they are not on large, large lanes, or easily into the overall top 100. With Org’s development component, the seemingly booming Dev component, a talent mastery “overall talent” (and therefore, Dev can be applied to many people’s progress).
The overall depth of the system is above average, the top 100 above average, and the high-end due to the number of 45 fv prospects. Sproat glided next to Chase Petty on Hondo (submersed, the next slot struggled a bit), Jonah Tong stayed in the same spot, and Nolan McLean moved into the big league ready man. Four starters are around 90th overall, while Carson Benge and Jacob Reimer’s slot machines are next to each other (Alan Roden and Tre’Morgan respectively), who play similar positions.
