Mack – FWIW – 2020 Minor Roster Update

There still seems to be some major holes in the Mets minor league rosters that need to be filled before the 2020 season starts.

The starters are actually too filled. I have six penciled in on my Syracuse roster (Harol Gonzalez, David Peterson, Franklyn Kilome, WalkerLockett, Corey Oswalt, Stephen Gonsalves) while Binghamton is spilling over with seven (Thomas Szapucki, Tylor Megill, Kevin Smith, Austin McGeorge, Tommy Wilson, Joe Shaw, Tony Dibrell). And this might be conservative. Szapucki and Peterson could easily start off at the AAA level.

Relief wise, both Syracuse (Ryley Gilliam, Matt Blackham, Stephen Villines, Stephen Nogosek, Adonis Uceta) and Binghamton (Yeizo Campos, Darwin Ramos, Andrew Mitchell, Ezequiel Zabaleta) are stacked with talent. There are plenty of fill in candidates at both level. My favorites here are Gilliam and Mitchell.

Catcher wise, my guess is Ali Sanchez will start in Syracuse while Patrick Mazeika will back him up when he isn’t playing first. Frankly, they need another backup there. My guess is Austin Bossart. Binghamton will have Mitch Gelfi and Dan Rizzie. They probably need a third there, but Nick Meyer is just not ready for the leap.

First base is fluid. Mazeika will get many of the reps in Syracuse, but he will also share the catching duties with Sanchez. I really hope the Mets sign someone like Travis Taijeron to split first with Patrick and also act as the fifth outfielder… ‘Blue’ prospect JeremyVasquez will play Binghamton. He hit .277 in Florida last year, hitting five home runs.

Regarding second base, I have Luis Carpio in Syracuse and Carlos Cortes in Binghamton. Cortes clouted 11 homers in Florida last season and we need to keep an eye on this emerging sign of power. What I don’t have is subs for each team so someone has to either be signed here or moved from another position.

Our shortage of second baseman candidates might be found at short. I have Andres Gimenez and Max Moroff playing Syracuse and Manny Rodriguez, Cody Bohanek, and Hansel Romeno in Binghamton. Talent wise, I expect Gimenez and Romeno toto be our starters here.

On third… there is plenty to work with in Syracuse. Michael Paez and Will Toffey will fight it out for the starting role. David Thompson has become a AAAA player and either will hang on there as well or return to Binghamton as backup to Blake Tiberi.  There doesn’t seem to be anyone here that will theaten to rise to Queens in the next two years. In the horizon… Mark Vientos and Brett Baty.

Regarding outfield… I have only five in Syracuse right now. QuinnBrodey,  Ryan Cordell, Tim Tebow, Jarrett Parker, and BraxtonLee. I have to say that I was hoping for more out of Brodey (AA: .251, 5-HR). Still, he will rise to Syracuse… I have Binghamton filled… the aging prospect Wagner Lagrange, Jacob Zanon, Alfredo Escalera Maldonado, Desmond Lindsay, and Matt Winaker.