Steve Sica - Mets Top Prospect Midseason Update

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We've reached the halfway point of the MLB season, and the Mets are 17 games under .500, the furthest under that mark they've been since 1995. While they're easily the most disappointing team in the first half of the season in MLB, and maybe in Mets history, let's check in on their top-five prospects.

1. RHP Jonah Tong:

It's been an up-and-down season for Tong and nothing like last season, when he was the best Met pitching prospect and one of the best in the game. In 2026, Tong struggled in Syracuse, putting up a 6.00 ERA in 66 innings pitched. His short time in the Majors, though, has shown improvement from his first stint last September. In ten innings with the Mets, he's posted a 3.60 ERA, although control remains an issue as he's given up seven walks to just seven strikeouts. 

I'd imagine we'll be seeing a lot more of Tong after the trade deadline. What would be encouraging to see would be if he can continue to put up serviceable big league numbers while pitching in a virtually zero pressure environment, as the last-place Mets will just be running out the clock in the second half of an awful season.

2. 1B Ryan Clifford:

Still the best power bat in the Met system, he's been notoriously streaky this year with Triple-A Syracuse. He leads the team with 16 home runs, but his offensive numbers have taken a dive from last year. He's batting just .196 in 86 games, which would be typical of his player profile, except his OPS is an abysmal .678, and he has 129 strikeouts to 38 walks.

Clifford didn't quite pan out like the Mets hoped he would when they traded for him in their 2023 fire sale. A similar sale will be happening again in a few weeks, but despite his shortcomings, like Tong, Clifford will likely find his way to Queens in the post-deadline wreckage. It'll be interesting to see if he can continue to hit for power and at least show that he could be a valuable piece off the bench down the line.

3. 3B Jacob Reimer:

No prospect had a bigger turnaround season for the Mets in 2025 than Jacob Reimer. He batted .282 with 125 hits, 32 doubles, 17 home runs, 77 RBIs, and had an OPS of .870 across High-A and Double-A.

Unfortunately, no Met prospect has had a bigger falloff than Reimer in 2026. He's been on the IL since mid-June, but wasn't putting up stellar numbers before that. In 50 games with Double-A Binghamton, he batted just .212 with a .723 OPS. He did retain some of the power he found last year, collecting 14 doubles and seven home runs, but 2026, much like the rest of the Met organization, will be a year Reimer would like to forget.

4. RHP Jack Wenninger:

In 2025, Jack Wenninger was seen by many as the Mets' second-best pitcher in Double-A behind Jonah Tong. The two made a dynamic duo at the top of the Binghamton rotation that would eventually lead to the Rumble Ponies claiming their first Eastern League title in 11 years. Wenninger put up an ERA of 2.92 in 135 innings pitched while striking out 147. 

2026, though, hasn't seen him repeat that success. He was promoted to Triple-A Syracuse to start the season, and the results have been mixed. At times, he's shown flashes of brilliance, holding opponents to a .221 batting average, but other times he reveals some cracks in his armor, allowing 44 walks in 79 innings pitched.

He started out strong in April with a 1.61 ERA, but got lit up in June to the tune of a 5.87 ERA. He's simmered down in July, pitching to a 1.54 ERA in his last two starts this month. 

Wenninger, I'd argue, is the Mets' best-looking, highly ranked prospect of the season so far, and it's more than likely we'll see him in Queens sometime in September.

5. SS Mitch Voit:

The MLB Draft was this past weekend, which means it's been exactly one year since the Mets drafted Mitch Voit with their first-round pick, 38th overall.

2026 has been a tale of two seasons for Voit. He got off to a slow start with High-A Brooklyn, batting just .224 in April and .214 in May. When the weather started getting hotter in June, so did Voit's offensive numbers. 

He batted .305 with an OPS of .901 last month. He clubbed three home runs, drove in 13 runs, and stole 12 bases while being caught just once. As the summer progresses, the 21-year-old is starting to look more comfortable in High-A.

The Mets would sure like to see Voit progress even further this year and next year. Outside of Carson Benge, the team has struck out with its first-round selections in the 2020's. Here's hoping that Benge and Voit can begin to turn that trend around.