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2020 Mets Prospect Rankings

nymr83 Feb 24 2020 06:16 AM

Keith Law, now spreading his egotism over at The Athletic, has 2 Mets in his Top 50. Matt Allan is also at #92 and Brett Baty at #95. Just don't look up at who #8 is. [This is behind a Paywall] [url]https://theathletic.com/1627163/2020/02/24/keith-laws-top-100-prospects-for-2020/ 17. Ronny Mauricio, SS, New York Mets Mauricio signed with the Mets in 2017 for $2.1 million, then the largest bonus the team had ever given a player in the international free-agent market, and made his full-season debut less than two years later at age 18. He was the youngest regular in the Sally League last year — the only qualifying position player in the league born in 2001 — and held his own against older competition, finishing above the league median in batting average and contact rate, although he also had a ground ball rate of nearly 53 percent. Mauricio is a very athletic shortstop who's already above-average at the position, while at the plate, he has lightning in his hands, and has power that he hasn't gotten to yet because he's still so young and because he's putting the ball on the ground too often. I don't think it's entirely in his swing, but he will need to try to get underneath the ball more consistently to get to his 25-plus HR ceiling. A shortstop with this kind of bat speed who can already make contact against pitchers two to four years his senior has huge potential, and could easily be a top 5 prospect in a year with a solid showing in High A. 48. Francisco Alvarez, C, New York Mets Alvarez signed with the Mets in 2018 for $2.7 million, breaking Ronny Mauricio's franchise record, and debuted at age 17 in the Gulf Coast League, where he went 12-for-26 with 4 doubles and 2 homers in 7 games … so the Mets promoted him. Few 17-year-olds play anywhere in short-season ball outside of the complex leagues, aside from the occasional mid-August promotion. Alvarez was the only 17-year-old to get a plate appearance in the Appy League in 2019, yet he still hit .282/.377/.443 with a walk rate over 11 percent and strikeout rate of just 22 percent, both better than the league median. He has a great swing, arguably the best in the Mets' system, with very strong hands; he makes a deliberate, quick move back, and then his hands explode forward, with a hard swing that already produces hard contact. He's a catcher, average overall, best at blocking of all the catching skills. A player who can stay back there and has this kind of average/OBP/power potential has enormous, MVP type upside. He'll play this whole year at 18, probably in Low A, and we'll get an even better measure of just how advanced he is.

MFS62 Feb 24 2020 06:52 AM Re: 2020 Mets Prospect Rankings

Baseball America Mets top 10 1 Ronny Mauricio SS 2 Francisco Alvarez C 3 Brett Baty 3B 4 Matt Allan RHP 5 Andres Gimenez SS 6 Mark Vientos 3B 7 Thomas Szapucki LHP 8 Josh Wolf RHP 9 Kevin Smith LHP 10 David Peterson LHP Baseball Prospectus Mets top 10 1 Ronny Mauricio, SS 2 Francisco Alvarez, C 3 Andres Gimenez, SS 4 Matthew Allan, RHP 5 Brett Baty, 3B 6 Mark Vientos, 3B 7 Josh Wolf, RHP 8 David Peterson, LHP 9 Junior Santos, RHP 10 Thomas Szapucki, LHP Later

MFS62 Mar 06 2020 07:20 AM Re: 2020 Mets Prospect Rankings

MLB.com gives the top 30. Same names, slightly different order. Mauricio Alvarez Gimenez Baty Allan Vientos Szapucki Wolf Smith Peterson the rest are here: https://www.mlb.com/prospects/2020/mets/ Later

Edgy MD Mar 06 2020 07:35 AM Re: 2020 Mets Prospect Rankings

Second baseman kind of get screwed over in prospect analysis, don't they? The Mets have this key young player at shortstop in Rosario, and then three of the top ten prospects also shortstops, with the expectation that if they approach the big leagues where a shortstop is entrenched, somebody will have to transition to second or third or centerfield. A guy who is already profiling at second base at 20, though, doesn't really get respect. Seemingly, the mindset is that, if they were any good, they'd be a shortstop.