MACK - POSITION ANALYSIS - SP (#4 of 5)

 

Position Analysis – SP

 

Here comes your next five…

 

David Hurtado -                                         

6-1    165    LHSP    IFA signed 1-15-2023    Cuban

2025: FCL/St. Lucie:  5-2, 1.75, 1.04 53.2-IP, 52-K, 16-BB

                                24.2% K-rate     7.5% BB-rate

Very impressive season last year. I can’t wait to see what he does in Brooklyn in 2026.

 

Jose Chirinos –

6-3    170    RHSP    Venezuelan

2025:    56-1-IP, 3.20, 1.24, 4.8-BB/9, 8.2-K/0

Chirinos didn’t burn up the books last year, but he also didn’t stink up the joint. He’s earned a promotion to A+ Brooklyn in the spring.     

 

Calvin Zeigler –

6-0    205    23/yrs old

Rd. 2  2021 Draft – TNXL Academy (FL)

Highly regarded prospect… FB ticks to 98. Huge swing-and-miss 12-6 curve.

2023 – surgery for bone spurs in pitching elbow

While rehabbing, tore his quad

2024 – TJS – torn ulnar collateral ligament (it hurts writing this condition, no less having it)  2-G, 0-0, 6-IP, 13-K, 0.3

2025 – crickets

Jeez, this guy could pitch, but he just can’t stay healthy. He and Matt Allan oughta get a room. I have no idea what his status is. The Mets brass that know say nothing. For the hell of it, I’m adding the aging ex-prosect to Brooklyn.

 

Truman Pauley –

RHP    6-2    200    turns 22 next month   

12^th round 2025, Harvard University

Pitched in only three games last season, all starts:

0-0.     2.08, 0.92, 4.1-IP, 3-K, 4-BB

Not the worst start, but he’ll stay in Florida when others go north.      

 

Ethan Lanthier –

RHP    6-5    230    12^th rd, 2024, University of Kansas

Reliever that was converted to a starter for the St. Lucy Jucies:

          5-ST, 0-2, 4.61, 1.53, 13.2-IP, 13-K, 10-BB

Lots of BLUE in that stat line and that’s not a good thing.

He will go back to Lucy to give it the college try.

RVH - 2025 Was the Year the Mets Stopped Lying to Themselves

 

It will be tempting, years from now, to explain away the Mets’ 2025 season with a familiar shorthand: injuries, bad luck, timing. That explanation will feel satisfying because it is clean, impersonal, and absolving. It will also be incomplete.

2025 wasn’t just a season where things went wrong. It was the season where assumptions the organization had lived with for years finally collapsed under real pressure. And in that collapse, something rare happened. The Mets stopped lying to themselves.

Going into the season, the logic felt sound. Veteran starters provided baseline stability. Trade-deadline capital served as a secondary backstop. Elite prospects waited in reserve as a final layer of insurance. It wasn’t reckless. It was conventional. It was also fragile in a way that only becomes obvious once everything fails at the same time.

That’s what 2025 exposed. Not a lack of effort or ambition, but correlation risk. When veteran arms break together, when “depth” depends on the same aging profiles, when prospects are treated as emergency glass rather than integrated solutions, the safety net isn’t layered at all. It’s stacked. And stacks fall hard.

Injuries didn’t cause the Mets’ problems last year. They revealed them. They showed how quickly a roster built on delayed youth and borrowed certainty can run out of viable options. By midseason, the organization wasn’t choosing between good alternatives. It was reacting to shrinking ones.

This is where many franchises compound the damage. They rationalize. They blame variance. They promise better health next year and quietly return to the same structural habits. What made 2025 different is that the Mets didn’t fully do that.

Instead, there was a pause. An internal reckoning. Not loudly, not performatively, but meaningfully. The organization acknowledged that the model itself had failed under stress. That relying on veteran stability while slow-playing internal options created fragility, not security. That development delayed is not development preserved, it’s development deferred until it’s forced.

You could see it in how younger players were discussed, not as theoretical futures but as necessary present-day contributors. You could hear it in how leadership spoke less about patching holes and more about readiness, integration, and feedback loops. This wasn’t spin. It was an admission that the old insurance logic didn’t hold.

For years, Mets fans have watched cycles repeat: splashy spending, short-term optimism, midseason scrambling, and eventual disappointment when the margin vanished. 2025 hurt precisely because it stripped away the illusion that one more layer, one more signing, one more contingency would fix that cycle.

The real progress of last season didn’t show up in the standings. It showed up in honesty. In recognizing that sustainable winning can’t be built on delayed trust in your own system. In understanding that protecting prospects by never using them is a different kind of risk. In accepting that stability isn’t about age or reputation, it’s about adaptability.

None of this guarantees success in 2026. Structural clarity is not the same as structural execution. But clarity matters. You can’t correct what you refuse to name.

2025 was painful because it forced the Mets to confront truths they could previously work around. That the old model was brittle. That depth wasn’t real depth. That insurance that fails together isn’t insurance at all.

But that pain also mattered. Because once an organization stops lying to itself, it creates the conditions for real change. Not louder promises. Not bigger bets. Smarter ones.

The season will be remembered as a failure on the field. It may ultimately be remembered as something more important. The year the Mets finally chose truth over comfort.

And that, quietly, might be the most important win they’ve had in a long time.

Reese Kaplan -- What David Stearns Can Still Do for the Roster

One of the things people admired about David Stearns during his tenure in Milwaukee was his apparent ability to manage his payroll budget by finding hidden gems and avoiding long term commitments which traded roster security for the financial burden of being stuck paying for someone who in years 5, 6 or later may not perform at the same level he did in years 1 through 4.

Upon coming to New York where the stage and budget were far larger people were not really sure what to expect. Some of his early moves were head scratchers like the one year deal for career mediocre hitter Harrison Bader and end of his career DH J.D. Martinez, but others worked out well in the short term like Sean Manaea and Luis Severino. 

As the club moved into 2025 after a short run in October in 2024 they ad,ded the big fish in Juan Soto for a per-year salary north of $50 million and a term of fifteen years.  All of the sudden the issue about lengthy contracts was out the window, though to be fair Soto was still young enough and good enough that it was understandable.

After jettisoning the core roster of Pete Alonso, Jeff McNeil, Brandon Nimmo and Edwin Diaz, it seemed as if Stearns was finally pushing aside what he’d inherited that did not work last year and was beginning to put his stamp on his own people moving forward.

Somewhere lost in his roster construction and deconstruction are the myriad of transactions that did not work out as anticipated. Whether it is small fish like Paul Blackburn, larger deals like Ryne Stanek, huge pay to Sean Manaea’s return, new Baders in Jose Siri and Cedric Mullins, and the last gasp failed relief pitchers, his thinking hasn’t always worked as anticipated.

Now with the major reconstruction underway we keep hearing familiar refrains about short term deals, modest investments and finding hidden value.  Gone from these narrative tidbits is accountability for what has not worked and with so much left undone it’s difficult to evaluate if the additions of players like Marcus Semien and Jorge Polanco are patchwork options or part of a truly cogent strategy.

The issue with improving the starting rotation is running smack into that conundrum of pay rate and long term commitment.  Most often we hear about Framber Valdez being the top of the free agent heap given his career solid numbers and good health, but at age 33 for the upcoming season a commitment of 5 or more years seems to run counter to everything said and done with the exception of Juan Soto.

The other avenue heard again and again are trades for possible top end starters from other clubs who have just a year or two of payroll obligation, but obtaining the likes of a Freddy Peralta, Nick Pivetta or others of that ilk would not only require acceptance by the teams controlling those players and it would take a hefty payment in player resources from the unused major league roster and/or top level prospects from the suddenly appealing minors inventory of appealing names.  While it is certainly good to have future hitters and pitchers that other clubs find desirable in trade talks, that’s a well you can only visit just so many times without rendering your lower level rosters bereft of young top talents.

The one name we have not heard much associated with the Mets in their quest to improve their rotation is Japanese starting pitcher Tatsuya Imai.  While not heralded at quite the same level as some of the others who migrated across the Pacific, his numbers are indeed impressive.   

Over the past several seasons he’s pitched with high velocity to a sub 3.00 ERA.  He is not eye popping with all of his numbers (including subpar control), but striking out about 1 per inning and pitched with good run prevention.  Rumor has it the initial deal sought is $16 million per year over four years.  That’s in the Kodai Senga price range for someone who finished 2025 at age 27.  This addition to the roster wouldn’t require the sacrifice of any minor league prospects nor would it provide a crippling long term blow to the payroll. 

Food for thought. 

Tom Brennan: For the Mets, Is Kelenic Worth Acquiring?

(pictured: a young Jarred Kelenic) 

Mack thought so, in an article this AM.

I noted the following…what do you readers think about the following:

I read this about Kelenic: Kelenic has a nice walk rate to work with, sitting between 7.1-9.9% over his career, and he has a cannon of an arm in the outfield while providing league average defense.

Why not get him for the Mets? He’s a project. 

One key…in his career, he has swung at just 32.4% of first pitches, a low, Vientos-like rate. It doesn’t work for Kelenic.. In a whopping 56% of his PAs, his ABs end on 2 strikes, where he hits a horrific .136/.210/.229. 

Seems that much more aggression on strike one can fix him.

Also:

Kelenic swings at 32% of first pitches. Bichette swings at 42% of first pitches. Since Kelenic is a lesser hitter than Bichette, he should swing at MORE first pitches than Bichette, not far less. So…I would target Kelenic to increase his first pitch swing rate by 40%, raising the rate from 32% to 45%. 

What have you got to lose?

Steve Sica- The Top Five Met Moments of 2025

David Peterson finishes off his complete game shutout on June 11th

2025 ultimately ended in disappointment for the Mets. As we get ready to ring in 2026, let's end this year on some positivity. Here's a look back and the top-five Met moments from 2025.

5. Mets walk off sweep of the Phillies

In mid-April, the Mets had their first meeting with the Phillies since their thrilling NLDS win a year earlier. The Mets would pick up right where they left off with a dominant sweep of their division rivals.

They topped off the sweep in dramatic fashion. Coming back from a run down in the tenth inning. Pete Alonso tied the game with an RBI double, and then Starling Marte walked it off with an RBI single to bring Alonso home.

At the time, the Mets were riding high early in the season, as the win improved their record to 18-7 and had already built a five-game lead over their division rivals.

4. David Peterson Complete Game Shutout vs. Nats

Little did we know that this would be the high point of the Mets’ season, both in vibes and record. 

The Mets were back home after a successful west coast trip that saw them go 5-2 and came into this game at 19 games over .500. David Peterson had been the biggest and most pleasant first half surprise going into this start against last place Washington. 

The offense backed Peterson up right away with a run in the first and a two home run game from Brandon Nimmo. The story tonight, though, belonged to Peterson. 

He dominated from jump, keeping his pitch count low and keeping the Nats offense handcuffed all game long. In the eighth, Peterson got into some trouble. Luis García Jr. hit a one-out double off him, and the next batter, Jacob Young, would smack a single into center field. Garcia Jr. was heading home, but Tyrone Taylor, who had just entered the game as a defensive replacement, gunned him down at home with a perfect throw.

Peterson would stay in the game as the crowd gave him a standing ovation as he headed to the mound for the ninth. He set down the Nats in order, giving the Mets their only complete game shutout of the season. A 106 pitch masterpiece and the gem of what wound up being an All-Star season from David Peterson.

3. Francisco Lindor walk-off home run

April was a month of dramatic wins for the Mets. Just a few days before their walk-off sweep of Philly, the Mets welcomed in the St. Louis Cardinals to town. Friday night, Citi Field was packed, and the two teams engaged in a back-and-forth battle. Mark Vientos would tie the game with a solo shot in the sixth. Luis Torrens gave the Mets the lead in the eighth. In the ninth, Brendan Donovan would tie the game for St. Louis as the two teams headed into the bottom of the ninth tied at four.

It wouldn’t stay that way for long as Francisco Lindor led off the ninth with a walk-off home run over the Coca-Cola corner to give the Mets a 5-4 win, and his first walk-off home run in a Mets uniform.

2. Nolan McLean Dominates the Phillies and the Mets Sweep Again at Citi

The Mets took home field advantage seriously whenever the Phillies came into Citi Field. They went a perfect 6-0 against Philly. Nolan McLean, who had lit the league on fire since making his debut a couple weeks prior, was otherworldly in this game. He held one of the best offenses in the National League to no runs, just four hits and struck out six in eight innings of work.

The Mets would wrap up the game with a 6-0 win, and McLean had put the league on notice. Not since the days of Matt Harvey had there been this much excitement around a young, homegrown pitcher. While 2025 ended in disappointment, this game could go down as the night Nolan McLean asserted himself as a potential ace for the Mets in years to come.

1. Pete Alonso Breaks the Mets Home Run Record

On August 12th, the Mets had their best moment of the year, and one of their most significant ones in franchise history, as Pete Alonso broke Darryl Strawberry's long-standing all-time Mets' home run record.

It felt inevitable as the summer went on, but watching Alonso break the record at Citi Field was still a significant payoff.

While the Polar Bear might've migrated south to Baltimore this winter, it's worth noting the importance of this moment, and highlights how much of a great Met Alonso was during his seven-year tenure in orange and blue.

Mack's Mets - Hot Thread

We are in the “Hot Stove” season, where every conversation centers around the latest news in MLB trades and free agent acquisitions.  

Often we will include a feature where our writers discuss what is happening, but this year we want more involvement from the readers.

We have combined two traditional features, “Hot Stove” and “Open Thread”  into this year’s “Hot Thread” which will run every Tuesday at 6:00am EST.

Considering the recent market activity and knowing your team’s needs, what would your next move be?  Hope we have sparked your interest! Tell us in the comments below.

Last week’s transactions:

Miami Marlins signed RH reliever Pete Fairbanks. 1 year, $13M. 

Baltimore signed RH reliever Zach Eflin. 1 year, $10M.

White Sox signed LH reliever Sean Newcomb. 1 year, $4.5M

Cubs signed RH reliever Jacob Webb. 1 year, 1.5M with second year team option for $2.5M.

Last week’s rumors:

Mark Vientos has been linked to trade rumors on numerous sites.

The Mets have met with RHP Framber Valdez.

The Mets could try to trade for more international bonus pool space before the next signing period opens.

Who is left out there? 

Big name position players like Bellinger, Bregman, Bichette, Realmuto, and Eugenio Suarez are still out there.

Old Mets favorites like Tomas Nido, Wilmer Flores, Starling Marte, and Michael Conforto are available. 

Full MLB list here. 

This week’s questions:

1.  The relief pitcher market seems to have heated up recently.  What is next for the Mets? With Fairbanks getting $13M, is it too pricey to get another middle inning guy?  

2.  Jarred Kelenic is an available free agent.  Should the Mets try to get the once-coveted prospect back on a lowball offer after he failed last year in Atlanta 

3. It's not just the failure of David Stearns to sign a big name. It seems to be every GM's failure.  Do you think this is a classic group agent stall?

 

 

 

Tom Brennan - Why Starters Don’t Go Late Into Games, and So Many Arms Blow Up

 

CATCHERS WATCH A LOT MORE HOME RUNS SAIL OFF INTO THE SUNSET THESE DAYS

Many theories are postulated about why starters don’t go later into games in current Major league baseball versus what starters did in decades gone by. Many theories are also postulated about why pictures arms blow up with an alarming regularity whereas back in the old days, they didn’t.

I think it’s simple, and some data will support it A simple comparison of 2025 and 1975.

In 2025, with 30 teams, the 15th highest team, the Boston Red Sox, had 186 home runs. 

In 1975 with 24 teams, the 12th highest team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, had 118 home runs.

In 2025, the team with the most homers had 274 dingers, while the team with the least homers had 118, but the 29th team had 148. In fact, The 26th highest home run team in 2025 had more home runs than the number one team in 1975.

In 1975, the team with the most homers add 153 home runs, while the team with the least, the California Angels, had just 53.

In 2025, only three major league pitchers had two complete games, and a few dozen had one complete game. No one managed to rack up three complete games.

In 1975, Catfish Hunter had 30 complete games, and the next 19 highest pitchers had between 15 and 25 complete games. And 113 pitchers on the 24 teams in 1975 had two or more complete games…Compared to the mere three pitchers who did it twice for their teams in 2025.

An incredibly drastic difference.

What has changed as far as pitchers facing hitters these days is concerned?

The pitchers these days throw drastically harder on average than the pitchers in 1975, in large part to try to strike out hitters with infinitely more hitting power than the average hitter displayed in 1975. 

The hitters also, in this day and age, get to face many blazing fast relief specialists later in games, rather than the scenario in 1975 where a starting pitcher may have hit the hundred pitch mark after seven innings, and despite some fatigue was allowed to complete games. 

If you brought all of those pitchers forward from 1975 to 2025, those pitchers and that 1975 lower velocity pitching pattern allowing guys to complete so many games, the 2025 teams would probably be hitting somewhere between 50 and 100 more home runs, because they would be facing slower-throwing, more fatigued, pitchers. A tiring starter back in 1975 in the eighth and ninth ending would perhaps have been more vulnerable and given up more fly balls to the warning track. Nowadays, the same balls would be 50 to 100‘ over the fence.

Hurlers, realizing that, are left to try to throw the ball through the wall, velocity wise, or break of the sharpest sliders they could possibly throw at the highest velocity they can throw them, to avoid being taken deep. 

Similar to an automobile, if the car’s engine red line is 6500 RPMs, and you’re driving it at 5000 RPMs, the engine will be fine. If however, you’re driving the engine at 7500 RPMs, you’ll get away with that for a while, but after a while, the engine will blow. 

Same principle with the hurlers in today’s game - they no longer by and large throw like the guys in 1975 in terms of velocity and severity of sliders, because quite simply, they wouldn’t be in the major leagues if they throw like that. 

Tom Seaver allowed a sparse 11 HRs in 280 innings in 1975, or just one every 26 innings. That home run rate would’ve most likely at least doubled in 2025, and he would’ve had to adjust just like any other pitcher.

Unless it was pitching batting practice, because if they pitched now like they did a 1975, it would look like batting practice.

The huge money in today’s game is also a factor.  Pitchers will try to strike out the world in order to put up gaudy power statistics, and hopefully for them, they will have signed a multimillion dollar contract at such time as their arms blow up, and they’ll then need 18 months to heal. If they return post-injury as free agents, and they can pitch well again, they’ll just get huge money until the arm blows up again. 

The game is changed forever, unless baseball decides to move the fences back 30 feet in every park. If that were to occur, we might just see a lot more complete games and a lot fewer home runs, closer to the meager home run totals of 1975.

Tom Brennan - Tremendous Catching Talent in Mets Minors

 

Catcher Kevin Parada (pictured above) was the 11th overall pick in 2022. 

He is, at best, 5th in the Mets' current catching power rankings.

Ranked higher?

Yovanny Rodriguez looks like a future MLB catching starter.

Chris Suero has intriguing - even star level - tools, if he can rein in his strikeout rate.

Daiverson Gutierrez has shown good points and areas for improvement, but he is young and will likely be much improved in 2026.

Cesar Acosta is a very young DSL guy who Fan Graphs ranks as the Mets number 24 prospect - a lefty bat.

One guy who has done very well is Julio Zayas, who had a solid year in the FCL at age 19.  Very strong offensive stats so far as a DSL/FCL pro.

With the Mets already having Francisco Alvarez as an emerging star catcher, and Luis Torrens his 2026 back up, we will know by September how well these prospects are advancing.  It should be exciting to watch.

Of course, Kevin Parada was formerly a Mets top 10 prospect, so these prospect catchers need to keep developing to stay ranked or, better yet, rise in the rankings.

ANGRY MIKE: “BABY METS” VERSUS THE “NEXT WAVE”: STATS ANALYSIS

ANGRY MIKE 

With so much buzz focused on the Mets next wave of hitting prospects, let’s take a look at how the next wave’s MiLB statistics stack up with the previous group of top hitting prospects that are currently on the MLB roster. There are some striking similarities between the current “Baby Mets” and the current top-ranked prospects.

Francisco Alvarez, Jett Williams, and Carson Benge stand out for putting up elite production in their professional debuts. Williams and Alvarez both produced elite numbers despite quickly entering the upper levels of the minor leagues by their 21st birthdays. 

Jacob Reimer, Ronny Mauricio, and A.J. Ewing standout for starting their professional careers off with respectable numbers, and then quickly elevating their prospect profile by producing elite numbers despite reaching AA by their 21st Birthdays. 

We’ve provided plenty of analysis on all of these players, here is a quick breakdown of how they’ve each performed in the minors leagues for you to draw your conclusions on who the Mets should be most excited about currently in the MLB roster and who might be next to make their MLB debuts in Queens. 

F. ALVAREZ -> Full-Season MILB STATS: 

Year 1 -> Low-A -> 17 years old -> 21% K-Rate | 178 PA

| .312 BA | .407 OBP | .917 OPS | 7 HR | 10 2B | 0 3B | 1 SB | 26 RBI | 

| 32 Runs | 21 BB |

Year 2 -> LOW-A | HIGH-A -> 19 years old -> 23% K-Rate | 382 PA

| .272 BA | .388 OBP | .942 OPS | 24 HR | 18 2B | 1 3B | 8 SB | 70 RBI |

| 67 Runs | 26 BB |

Year 3 -> AA | AAA -> 20 years old -> 24% K-Rate | 481 PA 

| .260 BA | .374 OBP | .885 OPS | 27 HR | 22 2B | 0 3B | 0 SB | 78 RBI | 

| 74 Runs BB | 70 BB |

J. WILLIAMS -> Full-Season MILB STATS: 

Year 1 -> Low-A |  HI-A -> 19 years old -> 23% K-Rate | 514 PA

| .263 BA | .425 OBP | .876 OPS | 13 HR | 22 2B | 8 3B | 45 SB | 55 RBI | 

| 81 Runs | 104 BB |

Year 2 -> AA | AAA -> 21 years old -> 23% K-Rate | 562 PA

| .261 BA | .363 OBP | .828 OPS | 17 HR | 34 2B | 7 3B | 34 SB | 52 RBI |

| 91 Runs | 76 BB | 

C. BENGE -> Full-Season MILB STATS: 

Year 1 -> HI-A | AA -> 22 years old -> 18% K-Rate | 509 PA

| .281 BA | .385 OBP | .857 OPS | 15 HR | 25 2B | 7 3B | 22 SB | 49 RBI | 

| 87 Runs | 68 BB | 

R. MAURICIO -> Full-Season MILB STATS: 

Year 1 -> Low-A -> 18 years old -> 21% K-Rate | 493 PA

| .268 BA | .307 OBP | .664 OPS | 4 HR | 20 2B | 5 3B | 6 SB | 37 RBI | 

| 62 Runs | 23 BB | 

Year 2 -> HIGH-A -> 20 years old -> 25% K-Rate | 449 PA

| .248 BA | .296 OBP | .745 OPS | 20 HR | 15 2B | 5 3B | 11 SB | 64 RBI | 

| 58 Runs | 26 BB | 

Year 3 -> AA -> 21 years old -> 24% K-Rate | 533 PA 

| .259 BA | .296 OBP | .768 OPS | 26 HR | 26 2B | 2 3B | 20 SB | 89 RBI | 

| 71 Runs | 24 BB | 

Year 4 -> AAA -> 22 years old -> 19% K-Rate | 525 PA

| .292 BA | .346 OBP | .852 OPS | 23 HR | 30 2B | 3 3B | 24 SB | 71 RBI | 

| 76 Runs | 35 BB |

J. REIMER -> Full-Season MILB STATS: 

Year 1 -> Low-A |  HI-A -> 19 years old -> 21% K-Rate | 398 PA

| .265 BA | .399 OBP | .774 OPS | 8 HR | 13 2B | 0 3B | 3 SB | 49 RBI | 

| 63 Runs | 62 BB |

Year 2 -> HI-A | AA -> 21 years old -> 22% K-Rate | 502 PA

| .282 BA | .379 OBP | .870 OPS | 17 HR | 32 2B | 5 3B | 15 SB | 77 RBI | 

| 91 Runs | 58 BB | 

A.J. EWING -> Full-Season MILB STATS: 

Year 1 -> Low-A |  HI-A -> 20 years old -> 29% K-Rate | 376 PA

| .233 BA | .361 OBP | .751 OPS | 10 HR | 13 2B | 3 3B | 13 SB | 49 RBI | 

| 59 Runs | 63 BB |

Year 2 -> Low-A | HI-A | AA -> 21 years old -> 19% K-Rate | 553 PA

| .261 BA | .363 OBP | .828 OPS | 17 HR | 34 2B | 7 3B | 34 SB | 52 RBI | 

| 91 Runs | 76 BB |

M. VIENTOS -> Full-Season MILB STATS: 

Year 1 -> Low-A -> 17 years old -> 22% K-Rate | 206 PA

| .262 BA | .318 OBP | .716 OPS | 4 HR | 14 2B | 26 RBI | 23 Runs | 

| 15 BB | 

Year 2 -> LOW-A -> 18 years old -> 17% K-Rate | 260 PA

| .287 BA | .389 OBP | .878 OPS | 11 HR | 12 2B | 52 RBI | 32 Runs | 

| 37 BB | 

Year 3 -> AA | AAA -> 20 years old -> 29% K-Rate | 343 PA 

| .281 BA | .346 OBP | .933 OPS | 25 HR | 18 2B | 63 RBI | 52 Runs | 

| 33 BB | 

Year 4 -> AAA -> 21 years old -> 29% K-Rate | 422 PA 

| .280 BA | .358 OBP | .877 OPS | 24 HR | 16 2B | 1 3B | 72 RBI | 

| 66 Runs |  44 BB |

B. BATY -> Full-Season MILB STATS: 

Year 1 -> Low-A -> 19 years old -> 29% K-Rate | 223 PA

| .234 BA | .368 OBP | .820 OPS | 7 HR | 16 2B | 2 3B | 33 RBI | 

| 37 Runs | 35 BB | 

Year 2 -> HIGH-A | AA -> 20 years old -> 26% K-Rate | 378 PA

| .292 BA | .382 OBP | .855 OPS | 12 HR | 22 2B | 1 3B | 6 SB | 56 RBI | 

| 43 Runs | 46 BB |

Year 3 -> AA -> 21 years old -> 24% K-Rate | 533 PA 

| .259 BA | .296 OBP | .768 OPS | 26 HR | 26 2B | 2 3B | 20 SB | 89 RBI | 

| 71 Runs | 24 BB |

Year 4 -> AA | AAA -> 22 years old -> 25% K-Rate | 411 PA

| .315 BA | .410 OBP | .943 OPS | 19 HR | 22 2B | 0 3B | 2 SB | 60 RBI | 

| 76 Runs | 49 BB |

The Mets plan is simple, build a roster around Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto. The hard part will be deciding which of these young, talented players they believe offer the most upside and have the highest chance of reaching their true potential. It’s a great problem to have, that can quickly turn into a nightmare the wrong decisions are made and the players who are traded away perform better than the ones who remained with the team.

Hopefully they all become studs, so everybody wins…