Mets Prospect Stock Watch: #16 - #20

Before the season even began, 2013 was always going to be able the development of our top prospects in the minors and setting up for future seasons. With that in mind lets take a look at our Mack's Mets Pre-Season Top 25 Rankings and see how our guys are doing.

We did #21 through #25 on Saturday.

(Stats as of 5/31/2013)

#20- OF Cory Vaughn

Binghamton (AA)
.287 AVG, .371 OBP, .433 SLG, 5 HR, 29 RBI, 8 SB, 18 BB, 43 K, 2 Errors, 3 Assists

Stock- Up a decent amount

Vaughn started the season in a bit of a funk but found his swing in late April and hasn't looked back since. His performance is very encouraging especially for an organization that seemed so light on minor league OF bats. However, our enthusiasm is still curbed by his 24% K rate which is a norm for him. That being said if he can get that down to even 20% with his 10%+ BB rate, we may have ourselves something. Vaughn is not Rule 5 eligible this year so there's no need to rush him. Expect him to spend the full year in Binghamton.   

#19- RHP Rainy Lara 

Savannah (A)/Port St. Lucie (A+) 
9 Starts, 4-2 Record, 1.38 ERA, 0.835 WHIP, 6.6 H/9, 0.9 BB/9, 8.4 K/9

Stock- Sky-rocketing!!!

Lara has been flat out dominate so far this season for Savannah and has rightfully earned his recent promotion to Port St. Lucie. Lara added some build over the off-season and has added a tick or two to his fastball which, when combined with his already excellent change-up, was just way too much for the SAL. This puts Lara in an excellent position to get plenty of innings in A+ ball and be set up for Binghamton next year if his performance continues.

#18- OF Vicente Lupo

Extended Spring Training 
Stock- Not Applicable

The Venezuelan OF is stateside but is slated for a Rookie Ball team so no baseball for him till late mid-June. He may fall down this list though just because of the good performances from guys behind him.

#17- RHP Gabriel Ynoa

Savannah (A)
9 starts, 6-2 Record, 3.19 ERA, 1.006 WHIP, 7.5 H/9, 1.5 BB/9, 8.4 K/9

Stock- Up

While he has been overshadowed by Lara's dominating performances, Ynoa's deserves some praise as well. He's pretty much Lara's twin with a good fastball coupled with an advanced change-up for his age, but Ynoa may have a higher ceiling due to his fastball hitting 93-94 on the gun despite being less than 160lbs! He has a ton of projection left and its great to see good results continuing from Brooklyn.

#16- 3B/1B Aderlin Rodriguez

Port St. Lucie (A+)
.267 AVG, .293 OBP, .470 SLG, 9 HR, 38 RBI, 1 SB, 6 BB, 36 K, 10 Errors, .913 FLD%

Stock- Holding

The organization's main power hitting prospect is performing well in Port St. Lucie for the type of player he is. He hitting for power and driving runs in as a clean up type hitter should. However, despite starting to get some time at 1B, he continues to be awful in the field at 3B, committing 10 errors already, and has a BB rate of just 2.8%!! This type of hitter just doesn't fit in the "Sandy Plan." On the flip side, his K rate is dropping as a result of his higher batting average. If he can learn to play 1B at a suitable average fielding level and continue to hit for massive power while keeping these avg and K rate levels then he still has a chance.