We did the projected
Mets Roster, projected
Syracuse roster and projected Binghamton
roster. We now move on to the
projected roster for the St. Lucie Mets.
I think St. Lucie this year will be the home to a number of
great prospects that excelled last year in Columbia, Kingsport, Brooklyn, and
the GCL. This will make for a very
interesting and exciting team.
Going to start with the Catching squad and Francisco
Alvarez.
Francisco
Alvarez is one of the Mets top catching prospects. Last year, as an 18 year old, playing for the
Gulf Coast and Kingsport Mets, he had 157 At-Bats in 42 games, 7 HR, 26 RBI,
.312 BA/ .407 OBP/ .510 SLG. He split
time at DH but out
of the 42 games, he caught in 27 (229 innings) catching 9 out of 31 base
stealing attempts (29%), 4 errors, 15 pass balls, .983 fielding percentage.
He will definitely be at either St. Lucie or Columbia this season. I have him in St. Lucie as a push. Mack
had Francisco Alvarez as his #1 prospect. Tom
had him at #2.
Also getting time at catcher in St. Lucie I have Jose
Mena who played real well last year in Brooklyn, 31 Games, .299/.352/.433,
2HRs, 13 RBIs, 20% CS%; and Hayden
Senger, 90 Games for Columbia (a typically tough place to hit) in 2019, 304
at bats, .230/.324/.345, 4 HR, 36 RBIs, 37.9% CS%.
Other possible catchers: Mitch
Ghelfi; Natanael
Ramos; Dan
Rizzie; Nick
Meyer.
More good prospects in the infield headed by
Ronny
Mauricio, SS: Last year as an 18 year old in Columbia, 116 games,
470 at bats, 4 HR, 37 RBIs, .268/.307/.374.
Many have him as their #1 Mets prospect, Tom
had him #1. Mack
had him #2. Baseball
Savant rates him with a plus arm, plus hit and power, plus field, average speed. Players usually go from Columbia to St. Lucie
and I think that will be the case with Ronny.
Who knows he could end the season in Binghamton.
Mark
Vientos, 3B: In
111 games, 416 at-bats for Columbia, Mark slashed .255 /.300 OBP/.411 SLG, 12
HR, 62 RBI, 27 Doubles. His
best year was at Kingsport in 2018 where in 60 games he hit 11 HR, 52 RBIs,
.287 BA/.389 OBP/ .489 SLG. Many prospects gurus also rate him very high. Mack
had him as his #11 Prospect. Tom
had him at #7. He is rated with plus power, plus arm, but with a
career .908 fielding percentage at 3 seasons at 3B, he needs to improve on his
glove work.
If they do move him off 3B, I think they may use Jose
Peroza at 3B. Splitting time between
the GCL Mets and the Brooklyn Cyclones, Jose slashed .263/.330/.514, 10 HR, 42
RBIs, 49 games, 175 at bats. He has a
lot of power and drives in runs. He has
been getting better in the field as well.
.931 Fielding Pct. in 2017, .971 last year.
At 2B, I am placing Brooklyn SS Wilmer
Reyes. Wilmer proved last
year that he can also play 2B and 3B, and
I want his bat in the lineup. Last year Wilmer
hit: .333/.350/.441 - .791 OPS; 5 HR; 33 RBI; 12 steals; 61 games;
229 at bats; 74 Hits; 32 Runs; 8 2B; 3 3B; 12 SB; Plus, if Mauricio is moved to
Binghamton or to another position, Wilmer is there to step into SS.
1B, Chase
Chambers, .246/.311/.335; 5 HR, 41 RBIs, 106 Games, 382 at
bats.
Behind them I have Shervyen
Newton, 2B/SS, highly ranked prospect trying to come back from a
.209/.283/.333 season in Columbia last year, 109 games, 382 at bats.
Another possible infielder, 1B Anderson
Bohorquez, .220/.264/.299, 41 games split in Kingsport, GCL, and St. Lucie.
In the outfield I have three prime 2019 draft pics.
Zach
Ashford, LF, 6 Round 2019 Draft, 58 games split between GCL, St. Lucie, and
Brooklyn, 205 at bats, .254/.357/.390 slash.
Jake
Mangum, CF/RF, 4th round, 2019 Draft. How did he do last year in
Brooklyn? In
53 games, 182 at-bats, 29 runs, 5 doubles, 3 triples, 18 RBIs, .247 BA/ .337
OBP/ .297 SLG. He also led a
team that stole a lot of bases with 17 stolen bases and came through in the
clutch, in 33 at bats with 2 outs and a runner in scoring position, Jake
excelled hitting .364.
Scott
Ota, RF, 2019 10th round draft pick. Scott
Ota produced an
.875 OPS at Kingsport last year.273/.355/.519; 183 At Bats, 50 hits, 14
doubles, 5 triples, 7 HRs, 26 RBIs, 21 walks, 38 Ks
Desmond
Lindsay, CF, still a top rated Mets prospect. Desmond was limited to 15 games and 51
at-bats last year, .196/.305/.294.
Other possible outfielder: Matt
Winaker .199/.299/.291.
Now on the mound:
First I have Jordan
Humphreys coming back to be the Ace, at least to start, but he could easily
be in Binghamton. Jordan is coming back
from Tommy John surgery and was limited to 2 starts. In the Arizona Fall League, he pitched to a
0.77 ERA in 11.2 innings, 4 games and was the only Met pitcher named to the
Arizona Fall League All Star team. I project in St. Lucie, building up his arm
strength. Lifetime 13-7, 2.60, 169
innings pitched, 1.03 WHIP.
Adam Oller,
the Mets took Adam in the minor league portion of the 2019 Rule 5 draft from
the Giants. Released last winter by the
Pirates, Adam started 2019 pitching for the Windy City Thunderbolts in the
Independent Frontier league and went 2-1 in 27
innings with a 0.67 ERA to go along with 45 strikeouts and 2 walks. The
Giants then signed him who sent him to Augusta in the South Atlantic
League. There he made 17 starts for a 5-6 record, 4.02 ERA, 87.1
innings, 93 Ks, 26 walks, 1.37 WHIP. This
included a July 10th start against the Mets’ Columbia Fireflies team where Adam
went 5 shutout innings with 8 strikeouts.
Garrison
Bryant, ace of the 2019 Championship Brooklyn Cyclones, 5-1, 2.39 ERA, 75
K’s in 75.1 innings, and a .84 WHIP.
Another Brooklyn Starter, the pride of West Islip, Frank
Valentino racked up 63 K’s in 58 innings while pitching to a 2-4 record and
a 3.41 ERA, 1.12 WHIP.
Daison
Acosta who pitched in both Columbia and Brooklyn, 2-4, 3.06 ERA, 70.2
innings; 74 Ks; 1.29 WHIP.
Jose
Butto, 4-10 for Columbia last year, 27 games, 25 starts, 112 innings, 109 Ks,
1.17 WHIP.
In the Bullpen I have two very good pitchers returning to continue
to work as I had the Syracuse and Binghamton bullpens full.
Briam
Campusano, 1-1, 3.23 ERA, 24 Games, 39 innings, 34 Ks, 1.05 WHIP between
Columbia and St. Lucie.
Andrew
Mitchell, the 6’1” lefty in 2019 went 3-0, 2.16 ERA, 34 games, 49.1
innings, 63 Ks, 1.11 WHIP.
Jared
Biddy who was lights out for Brooklyn, Kingsport, and Columbia, 4-0, 0.86
ERA, 18 games, 31.1 innings, 35 Ks, 0.86 WHIP.
Andrew
Edwards, the lefty that closed out the Brooklyn championship, 3-2, 3.30
ERA, 16 games, 30 innings, 35 Ks, 1.23 WHIP.
Darwin
Ramos, 4-2 2.20 ERA, 42 games, 65.1 innings, 61 Ks, 1.29 WHIP.
Austin
McGeorge, 0-4, 2.93 ERA, 16 games, 43 innings, 40 Ks, 1.44 WHIP.
Other possible pitchers include: Trey
Cobb, Dedniel
Nunez, Ezequiel
Zabaleta, Kyle
Wilson, Joe
Cavallaro, Carlos
Hernandez, Conner
O'Neil, Alec
Kisena, Jaison
Vilera, Joshua
Walker.
That's one prediction for the St. Lucie 2020 Roster. What's yours?
