Francisco Alvarez/Photo by Ed Delany, MMO

Minor League Opening Day is here with all four of the Mets full season teams in action. The Syracuse Mets will kick off the minor league season (and their affiliation with the Mets) at 2:05 p.m. ET.

Jacob Resnick went over the key storylines for this season and John Sheridan highlighted the Opening Day starters.

Now let’s take a look at where the Mets Top 25 prospects will start the 2019 season (our rankings):

  1. Andres Gimenez, SS – Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies
  2. Pete Alonso, 1B – You’ve been watching him hurt baseballs in the majors
  3. Ronny Mauricio, SS – Class-A Columbia Fireflies
  4. Mark Vientos, 3B – Class-A Columbia Fireflies
  5. David Peterson, LHP – Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies
  6. Anthony Kay, LHP – Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies
  7. Simeon Woods-Richardson, RHP – Class-A Columbia Fireflies
  8. Thomas Szapucki, LHP – Class-A Columbia Fireflies
  9. Shervyen Newton, INF – Class-A Columbia Fireflies
  10. Franklyn Kilome, RHP – Injured List (out for 2019)
  11. Desmond Lindsay, OF – Advanced-A St. Lucie Mets
  12. Adrian Hernandez, OF – Extended Spring (likely GCL or Kingsport)
  13. Will Toffey, 3B – Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies
  14. Francicso Alvarez, C – Extended Spring (likely Kingsport)
  15. Tony Dibrell, RHP – Advanced-A St. Lucie Mets
  16. Christian James, RHP – Class-A Columbia Fireflies
  17. Jordan Humphreys, RHP – Injured List (out until likely June)
  18. Gavin Cecchini, 2B – Injured List (quad injury)
  19. Junior Santos, RHP – Extended Spring (Likely Kingsport)
  20. Walker Lockett, RHP – Injured List (Elbow Soreness)
  21. Freddy Valdez, OF – Likely DSL
  22. Luis Carpio, SS/2B – Advanced-A St. Lucie Mets
  23. Eric Hanhold, RHP – Triple-A Syracuse Mets
  24. Ali Sanchez, C – Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies
  25. Carlos Cortes, 2B/OF – Advanced-A St. Lucie Mets

If you want to see immense raw talent, get yourself to Columbia, South Carolina to see the Columbia Fireflies. They will have five of the Mets top 10 prospects. They will also feature an extremely athletic outfield of Ranfy Adon, Anthony Dirocie, Wagner Lagrange, and Jose Medina.

The Rumble Ponies look to be the second best team to watch with the Mets no. 1 prospect and their top top two pitching prospects. Their bullpen will also feature a few interesting arms that we saw this spring in Matt Blackham, Steve Villines, and Ryder Ryan.

St. Lucie Mets have four players in the top 25 with Lindsay headlining that list. They will also feature six draft picks from the 2018 including Opening Day starter Kevin Smith and likely closer Ryley Gilliam.

Finally, the first ever Syracuse Mets roster is certainly void of prospects though they are loaded with veterans like Carlos Gomez, Rajai Davis, Gregor Blanco, Hector Santiago, Danny Espinosa, and Adeiny Hechavarria. Of course, they will also have the draw of Tim Tebow.