Steve Sica- Analyzing Pipeline's New Met Top Prospect List

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MLB Pipeline has released its pre-season top-30 prospect lists for all 30 MLB teams. 

The Mets find themselves with four top-100 overall prospects, but let's take a closer look at the Mets' top-30 list as a whole. 

I'll skip the praises for the top-five prospects being Carson Benge, Nolan McLean, Jonah Tong, A.J. Ewing, and Ryan Clifford. The first four are in the top-100 MLB list. These prospects deserve all the attention and hype they get; however, I'd like to scroll down the list further and take a deeper dive.

New Arrivals:

A handful of Met prospects make their first appearance on the top-30 list. The most notable is 16-year-old and fresh International signee, Wandy Asigen. The shortstop out of the Dominican Republic is just the latest in big Met signings from the Caribbean. They made an equally big of a splash last year in Elian Peña (more on him later). Asigen comes into 2026 ranked as the Mets' number 12 prospect. Pipeline gives him a 60 in power, 60 in speed, and a 50 in hitting. His overall number is 45, which is typical for his age and level. 

He will likely spend most of, if not all of 2026, in the Dominican Summer League. So we won't see him play ball until June. Also, want to feel really old? When the Mets played their last game at Shea Stadium in September of 2008, Asigen was still 11 months from being born.

A couple of 2025 draft picks make their top-30 debut as pitchers Cam Tilly and Nathan Hall come in at number 28 and 29. Both pitchers were drafted out of college, so expect to see them remain in St. Lucie to play Low-A ball.

Tilly and Hall also feature four-pitch arsenals and will look to become just the latest in the crop of pitching talent in the Met farm system. 

Rising up the Ranks:

Jacob Reimer just missed the top-five cut, but many other publications have him in the Mets' top-five, and some even consider him a top-100 prospect. Pipeline has him ranked at number six. Still a massive jump for the 22-year-old third baseman who began 2025 as the Mets 23rd ranked prospect. In 2025, he proved himself and then some, batting .282 with an OPS of .870 as he split his time between High-A and Double-A. He also displayed some power, launching 17 home runs and driving in 77 runs. 

He is currently on the Mets Major League roster in Spring Training, but we can expect to see him likely start 2026 in Double-A, with a promotion coming before summer.

In March of 2025, Jack Wenninger was a largely unknown Met prospect as Pipeline barely had him on their list at number 29. This year, he's arguably the Mets' best pitching prospect once McLean and Tong graduate from the prospect rankings. Like Reimer, a sensational 2025 season saw him rocket all the way up to number seven in this year's rankings. 

Wenninger spent all of 2025 with Double-A Binghamton, where he pitched to the tune of a 12-6 record with an ERA of 2.92 and collected 147 strikeouts. Second on the team lead behind Jonah Tong. He's been putting together an impressive Spring Training campaign in 2026. In three appearances, he has an ERA of 2.70, along with 10 strikeouts and an opponent batting average of .240.

Other Prospects Worth Noting:

The Mets' first round pick in 2025, Michigan product Mitch Voit, finds himself as the eighth-ranked prospect in the Met system for 2026. A nice blend of power and speed, Voit stole 20 bases in his brief 22-game stint with St. Lucie last season. The 21-year-old middle infielder might find himself with High-A Brooklyn at the start of the season, or at least make his way up to Coney Island long before the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest in July.

The Mets' second-round pick in 2024, Jonathan Santucci, used a solid campaign with Double-A Binghamton last year to rank as the Mets' number ten prospect in 2026. Santucci went 4-0 in ten starts with an ERA of 2.52, 63 strikeouts, just 18 walks, and a WHIP of 1.02 to help the Rumble Ponies win their first Eastern League title in a decade. I'm excited to see his progress this season and expect his name to be mentioned along with Wenninger as the Mets' next wave of top pitching prospects.

Elian Peña, the Mets' top International signee in 2025, comes in at number nine. The 18-year-old is coming off one of the best DSL seasons in recent Met history. In 55 games, the then 17-year-old batted .292, smashed nine home runs, drove in 33 runs, stole 21 bases, only struck out 36 times, had 36 walks, and put up an otherworldly .949 OPS. 

He was so impressive and lapped the field in the Dominican that there are serious talks of having him start the 2026 season stateside in the Florida Complex League. Could we see him go even further in joined the St. Lucie Mets by the summer? Stay tuned.

Rounding out the riches of prospects is Nick Morabito, who ranks at number 13. One of the best contact hitters in the Mets system behind A.J. Ewing. He's currently playing for Team Italy in the WBC, but he batted .273 in his first Double-A season with Binghamton. He ripped 27 doubles, drove in 59 runs, and had a team-leading 49 stolen bases. I'd hope to see him get a few reps in with the WBC against some of the World's best talent, as he continues to rise up the ranks with his contact hitting and speed.