Q and A: - Mets Prospects vs. Divisional Rivals

Tony asked:



Mack, long time reader. As best as I can determine, you think the Mets have less than ten top prospects right now. Am I wrong and isn’t this low for an organization consisting of 200+ minor leaguers?


Mack:


Hey Tony:


Actually, there are nine Mets minor league teams with 25+ players each. That’s 225 + whoever is on the DL and still in Extended Camp.


Yes, I don’t currently have a long list of A+ to B Mets prospects. They are:


A – RHP Matt Harvey


A- - RHP Jeurys Familia, RHP Jenrry Mejia


B – SS Wilmer Flores, 2B Reese Havens, 3B Aderlin Rodriguez, OF Cesar Puello, SS Ruben Tejada


That’s eight players. Is this a good list?


Well, first, let’s look at Baseball America’s top 10 Mets prospects for 2007:


1. Mike Pelfrey, rhp 2. Fernando Martinez, of 3. Carlos Gomez, of 4. Philip Humber, rhp 5. Deolis Guerra, rhp 6. Kevin Mulvey, rhp 7. Jon Niese, lhp 8. Mike Carp, 1b 9. Joe Smith, rhp 10. Alay Soler, rhp


Six have made it to the majors.


Now, let’s look at the same year (2007) for the four NL East divisional rivals:


Atlanta: 1. Jarrod Saltalamacchia, c 2. Elvis Andrus, ss 3. Matt Harrison, lhp 4. Brandon Jones, of 5. Van Pope, 3b 6. Eric Campbell, 3b 7. Scott Thorman, 1b/of 8. Jo-Jo Reyes, lhp 9. Joey Devine, rhp 10. Yunel Escobar, inf


7 have made it to the majors.


Philadelphia: 1. Carlos Carrasco, rhp 2. Kyle Drabek, rhp 3. Adrian Cardenas, ss/2b 4. Edgar Garcia, rhp 5. Scott Mathieson, rhp 6. Josh Outman, lhp 7. Michael Bourn, of 8. J.A. Happ, lhp 9. Matt Maloney, lhp 10. Greg Golson, of


Six have made it to the majors.


Washington: 1. Chris Marrero, of/1b 2. Ross Detwiler, lhp 3. Collin Balester, rhp 4. Michael Burgess, of 5. Jack McGeary, lhp 6. Josh Smoker, lhp 7. Jordan Zimmerman, rhp 8. Glenn Gibson, lhp 9. Justin Maxwell, of 10. Colton Willems, rhp


Four have made it to the majors.


Florida: 1. Chris Volstad, rhp 2. Brett Sinkbeil, rhp 3. Gaby Hernandez, rhp 4. Sean West, lhp 5. Gaby Sanchez, 1b/c 6. Taylor Tankersley, lhp 7. Aaron Thompson, lhp 8. Ryan Tucker, rhp 9. Chris Coghlan, 3b/2b 10. Kris Harvey, of


Six have made it to the majors.


Lastly, what does BA say are the top 1o Mets prospects in 2011?


1. Jenrry Mejia, rhp 2. Wilmer Flores, ss 3. Cesar Puello, of 4. Matt Harvey, rhp 5. Kirk Nieuwenhuis, of 6. Reese Havens, 2b 7. Lucas Duda, of/1b 8. Fernando Martinez, of 9. Aderlin Rodriguez, 3b 10. Brad Holt, rhp


Three of them have already made it to the majors.