Under is an evaluation of the prospects within the farm system of the New York Mets. Scouting stories had been compiled with data supplied by trade sources in addition to our personal observations. That is the sixth yr we’re delineating between two anticipated reduction roles, the abbreviations for which you’ll see within the “place” column beneath: MIRP for multi-inning reduction pitchers, and SIRP for single-inning reduction pitchers. The ETAs listed typically correspond to the yr a participant needs to 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 applicable, however we use that as a rule of thumb.
A fast overview of what FV (Future Worth) means could be discovered right here. A a lot deeper overview could be discovered right here.
The entire ranked prospects beneath additionally seem on The Board, a useful resource the positioning provides that includes sortable scouting data for each group. It has extra particulars (and up to date TrackMan knowledge from numerous sources) than this text and integrates each workforce’s checklist so readers can evaluate prospects throughout farm techniques. It may be discovered right here.
Different Prospects of Word
Grouped by sort and listed so as of choice inside every class.
Rookie Bats
Anthony Frobose, SS
Justin Ramirez, OF
Diover De Aza, INF
Yunior Amparo, UTIL
Hector Francis, OF
Frobose was a neighborhood hideout man from about 30 miles north of Yonkers who was signed away from a Rutgers commit for just below $400,000 final yr. He was a two-way, multi-sport excessive schooler with an athletic construct and swing, however he participated in so little showcase exercise that it’s robust to gauge how he’ll deal with professional pitching.
The Mets gave most of their 2024 and 2025 worldwide bonus swimming pools to Yovanny Rodriguez and Elian Peña, however they nonetheless have two rosters price of gamers down there, and this subsequent handful of gamers is price monitoring past the couple of fellows in the principle part of the checklist. Ramirez is a 6-foot-3 21-year-old who will come to the U.S. after three DSL seasons. He rotates arduous for a hitter his dimension, however lever size has hindered his contact high quality. De Aza is a switch-hitting multi-positional infielder (SS/2B in 2024, with extra 1B/2B/3B in 2025) with spectacular low-ball energy. He’s struck out fairly a bit in his two DSL seasons, however he improved in 2025 and didn’t flip 18 till August. Amparo has plus bat velocity, however the small-ish righty batter is simply capable of entry it within the middle-in portion of the zone. He performed everywhere in the diamond, largely at first base. Francis could be very projectable and creates thrilling hip/hand separation, however he has very crude really feel to hit.
Depth Hitters
Nick Lorusso, 1B/3B
Kevin Parada, C
Jeremy Rodriguez, INF
D’Andre Smith, INF
Lorusso was a ninth rounder out of Maryland in 2023 who slashed .241/.312/.368 at Binghamton final yr, and his underlying energy is healthier than that. He could possibly be within the combine for Asian groups as his profession progresses. Parada was the eleventh general decide in 2022 and has struggled to regulate to professional sliders or evolve as a catcher defensively. He improved in his second attempt at Double-A final yr and had a 121 wRC+ earlier than promotion. Rodriguez is a contact bat with 30 energy and sketchy throwing accuracy from shortstop. Smith is a compact, short-to-the-ball OF/3B out of USC whose shot at a utility job took successful when he largely stopped enjoying different infield positions.
Rookie Ball Arms
Eris Albino, RHP
Jose Vielma, RHP
Anderson Ozuna, RHP
Henderson Hernandez, RHP
Albino is a 22-year-old righty who, till final yr, hadn’t pitched in an precise recreation since 2022. He hums within the 94-97 mph vary with tail, has a terse 87-91 mph low-spin slider, and pitched his manner from the DSL to the FCL throughout the summer time. Let’s see how he developments as he truly will get right into a routine and has publicity to stateside instruction. Vielma is a thin 18-year-old righty whose vigorous fastball averaged 92 and touched 95 in final yr’s DSL. He has a plus-flashing slider and throws 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 awesome athlete and is simply 18. Hernandez, 19, is a complicated, 6-foot-2 righty who instructions a 90-ish mph tailing fastball and a protracted, blunt sweeper to either side of the plate. He has starter elements as an athlete and craftsman, simply not the speed but.
Catchers
Daiverson Gutierrez, C
Josmir Reyes, C
Julio Zayas, C
Gutierrez signed for rather less than $2 million in 2023 and is a .229/.356/.313 hitter within the low minors. It’s a pleasure to observe him hit — he tracks the baseball effectively and strikes the barrel across the zone — however he has some points on protection (specifically, his throwing) that make it troublesome to challenge him as an enormous league catcher. He allowed 154 stolen bases in 2025. Reyes is a stocky, lefty-hitting catcher who hit .300 in his second DSL season. He’s extremely brief to the baseball however lacks good bat velocity proper now. Zayas is a barely older righty-hitting model of that profile.
Sleeper Arms for 2026
Saul Garcia, RHP
Anderson Severino, LHP
Alex Carrillo, RHP
Brendan Girton, RHP
Cam Tilly, RHP
Garcia is a loose-armed, low-release righty reliever with a 93-96 mph fastball and an above-average slider. He has fairly typical center reduction stuff with worse management than is typical for a gentle position. Severino’s inclusion on prospect lists has now spanned 12 years. He was a notable Yankees prospect way back to 2015, ultimately signed a minor league take care of the White Sox, and final pitched in affiliated ball in 2022. After that, Severino pitched in numerous Indy and winter leagues earlier than he confirmed as much as this previous offseason’s LIDOM with greater velo and signed a deal not lengthy after their season started. He brings mid-90s gasoline and a mean slider to the desk, however he struggles with management.
Carrillo pitched at Faulkner College in Alabama after which was signed out of the Northwoods League by the Rangers in 2019. He was launched not lengthy after that and spent 2020-2024 pitching in Mexico, Venezuela, and the Frontier League earlier than he signed a minor league take care of the Mets in 2025. Now 28, he received a cup of espresso final yr and is within the upper-level depth combine once more to start out 2026. He throws a ton of upper-80s sliders and can sit 97, however he struggles with command sufficient to relegate him to this a part of the checklist. Girton is an efficient watch. He wears his coronary heart on his sleeve, and his supply has each classical (exaggerated begin, Tiant-esque coil) and fashionable (drop-and-drive, lengthy stride, plus extension) components; it’s not stunning that he’s a bit scattered. He runs his fastball into the higher 90s with angle-aided carry, which provides him an opportunity to work in center reduction if he can discover a mean slider. Tilly was a seventh-round decide final yr. He touches the mid-90s and may spin the ball. You may squint and see a path to common stuff and management, however it could require refinement throughout the board.
Too Few Strikes for Predominant
Hunter Hodges, RHP
Juan Arnaud, RHP
Brett Banks, RHP
Nicolas Carreno, LHP
John Valle, RHP
Wilson Lopez, RHP
Cristofer Gomez, RHP
This group has notable stuff however struggles with walks, usually six batters per 9 or extra. Hodges is an undrafted free agent out of TCU who pitches off a nasty cutter and flashes plus breaking stuff, however he walked seven per 9 in A-ball final yr. Arnaud sits 96 with sink and can contact 99. He lastly threw sufficient strikes to go away Low-A in 2025 after which instantly started strolling seven per 9 once more. 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 essentially weaponize it. He had the bottom 2025 stroll price of this group at 12.3%. Carreno came to visit from Pittsburgh in a commerce for Josh Walker; he sits 97. Valle, who signed out of highschool for $150,000 in 2023, scattered 94-97 mph fastballs within the FCL. Lopez is a 23-year-old A-ball reliever sitting 96. Gomez, 22, is a 6-foot-4 righty who’ll contact 96 with flat angle. He labored a number of innings out of the St. Lucie bullpen.
System Overview
This can be a slightly sturdy farm system because of its barely above-average variety of High 100 and 40+ FV or higher prospects, however an enormous portion of its high quality is tied up in Nolan McLean, who we think about the very best pitching prospect in baseball by a great margin. It’s exceptional that the Mets’ system is that this good contemplating they both traded or graduated 9, depend ’em, 9 40+ FV or higher prospects because the final checklist cycle. From Anthony Nunez to Brandon Sproat and Jett Williams, Blade Tidwell to Wellington Aracena, New York has dealt away principally half a farm system’s price of 40+ FV or higher prospects throughout simply the final a number of months.
Since David Stearns’ arrival, the Mets have asserted themselves as being among the many finest improvement orgs, particularly in terms of pitching. The velocity with which lots of their pitchers enhance (and the magnitude of these enhancements) is astounding. It’s not simply high-profile, early draft picks, however all types of older dudes, small college guys, and misfits who’ve been made higher not lengthy after coming aboard. The Mets have tapped into one thing on the dev facet that’s paying actual developmental dividends, and the remainder of their division needs to be frightened of that.
As a result of the Mets spend cash and are prone to be a contending workforce for the foreseeable future, their skill to draft goes to be hindered by the pick-sliding penalties that outcome from having a excessive payroll. The best way they appeared to regulate to this in 2025 was to unfold their bonus pool out a bit extra, inking a pair excessive schoolers for bonuses within the $400,000-900,000 vary. That is much like the technique Milwaukee makes use of. When you’ve good participant improvement, a go-wide method that features a number of highschool gamers makes a whole lot of sense. Will the Mets search to do one thing comparable within the worldwide market? Once you’re paying Elian Peña and Wandy Asigen like they’ve, it wouldn’t appear so. However the Peña deal was in place earlier than Stearns’ arrival, and the Asigen scenario (and the Mets having the cash to pay him as a result of one in every of their commits failed his age/identification examine) was probably an remoted prevalence. Ultimately, we’d count on the Mets to pay a couple of gamers within the $1 million-ish space slightly than give one man $4 million (once more in line with what goes on in Milwaukee), nevertheless it could be a few years earlier than we see that technique applied.
This method will probably be among the many backside 10 in baseball a yr from now as most of the prime guys graduate and the Mets once more pursue huge leaguers through commerce. Steve Cohen’s monetary may ought to assist them beef up this group, because the workforce will be capable of tackle payroll if it means getting a greater prospect again in return. Very similar to the Dodgers did with Andrew Friedman, Cohen has taken the architect of a profitable small market operation and is fueling these processes with seemingly bottomless monetary assets. Although the vibe of final yr’s disappointing workforce was one in every of frustration, it seems like a everlasting ascent to contender standing is on the horizon.