Baseball America recently ranked the New York Mets top-10 prospects for the 2018 season. Along with that ranking, they also posted their annual list of tools among all players in the Mets minor league system. Here they are…
Best Hitter for Average: Andres Gimenez
Best Power Hitter: Peter Alonso
Best Strike-Zone Discipline: Desmond Lindsay
Fastest Baserunner: Champ Stuart
Best Athlete: Desmond Lindsay
Best Fastball: Tyler Bashlor
Best Curveball: Chris Flexen
Best Slider: Thomas Szapucki
Best Changeup: Adonis Uceta
Best Control: Jordan Humphreys
Best Defensive Catcher: Ali Sanchez
Best Defensive Infielder: Luis Guillorme
Best Infield Arm: Andres Gimenez
Best Defensive Outfielder: Desmond Lindsay
Best Outfield Arm: Wagner Lagrange
It’s nice to see Lindsay mentioned a few times and maybe it’s a prelude to a breakout season in 2018. Alonso is a name that we’ll be hearing more and more of in the future as his stock continues to rise in prospects lists after a solid showing at the plate across two levels last season in St. Lucie and Binghamton where he posted a .578 slugging and .915 OPS. Luis Guillorme continues to dazzle defensively and we could see him work his way into a bench role at the very least for the Mets at some point next season.
