“WOW! I SEE AN OVERLOOKED SUPER SLUGGER!”
What would you call a Mets prospect who, in June, July, and August (thru Sunday 8/23) did this?
59 games, producing a Soto-like 48 walks, 10 HRs, 40 RBIs, 53 runs, .282/.435/.490.
Just 53 Ks in those 59 games, which these days is commendable.
And no AA promotion adjustment needed.
Hitting a strong .274/.436/.524 in his first 28 games in AA.
Look at those superb OBPs!
I’d call Collins “darned good”. Perhaps “Top 10 Mets Good”.
Remember, too, that he started the season in deadly-to-lefty-hitters Cyclones Park. With that entire Brooklyn team hitting around ,185 through May 31. Corey hit better, but it must have felt like hitting in a mortuary.
So his 2026 stats likely understate his offensive prowess.
Corey Collins, Mets’ 2024 draft 6th rounder, listed at a bruising 6’3”, 236.
Lefty bat, he hits lefties and righties equally adeptly in 2026, and has just 5 errors in 59 games at 1B, and 1 in left field.
To my great surprise, the Mets’ site still has the completely unraveled Ryan Clifford at #14, and Joe DeMayo has him at #15.
But the far-superior performing Corey Collins? Not in either Top 30 list.
Shocking to my logic brain.
I do not have an updated Top 30 of my own at this point, but I have no issue giving Corey Collins the Ryan Clifford mid-teens slot.
Ryan has slipped to around #50 right now.
Corey Collins, 2028 Mets starting first baseman? Uhh, yeah. It seems he could be as good or better than Lucas Duda (remember the Dude?) was, although time will tell.
Duda was the #5 Mets prospect in a much weaker 2011 Top 30 Mets Prospect list. Collins won’t get to #5 in this Top 30 list anytime soon…so much more prospect talent than in 2011, which had lots of lousy ones, but also a few very good ones in Harvey, Wilmer, and Jeurys.
Our current First Basement is fine with me - solid fielder and a clutch RBI man. OK - not the power hitter we want starting at 1st - but not like we have anyone ready to pick up Pete's bat.
ReplyDeleteCollins has looked good so far in AA. Hope he continues his progress.
ReplyDeleteI just watched Collins’ 6 HRs since he got promoted to AA. Every one of the six was a BOMB. I’d say the average appeared to be about 430 feet. Maybe longer. He is a confident dude.
ReplyDeleteI agree, he looks like he should be a Top 30 prospect based on his current performance. But the evaluators are probably looking at his 2025 numbers, 270 PA, 4 HR, .168/.341/.269 for an OPS of .610. Those numbers drag down any potential Top 30 rating.
ReplyDeleteBut he wouldn't be the first really good hitter to come up through the system unrecognized. I remember watching Daniel Murphy and Jeff McNeil progress through the minors without a Top 30 spot, knowing that both deserved more recognition.
These lists are compiled in order to keep the writers employed. Hence, they need to be closer to what everyone else has so they don’t look foolish and if the prospect misses, they can say that everyone else missed on them too. It seems like Keith Law is the only one that has the balls to be different.
ReplyDeleteCollins has to do it in AAA because he doesn’t have the pedigree. Then, everyone else will notice too.