On June 1, the Dominican Summer League begins. With it, dozens of Mets prospects will make their professional baseball debuts.
As always, it’s important to remember that predicting who will play well in the Dominican Summer League is almost impossible. Even the signing bonuses that players receive don’t tell much. For example, the close-to-consensus new No. 1 prospect in baseball is Jesús Made of the Milwaukee Brewers. Made signed for $950,000—not a small sum—but it was tied for just the 42nd-largest in the 2024 IFA class. Jose Perdomo, who received the largest sum in the class from the Atlanta Braves, has a career OPS of .533.
These are teenagers. Most will begin their careers at the same age as high school juniors and seniors. The process is deeply flawed, not to mention predatory and in need of serious reform. Until reform happens, though, this is just how things are. And, until games actually begin, all we have to go off of is what they signed for.
So, with that said, here’s a quick look at the Mets’ top two signees from this past class, and what to expect from them both.
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Wandy Asigen
After famously flipping from the New York Yankees to the Mets towards the end of the 2026 IFA signing period, Wandy Asigen signed with the team from Queens for $3.9 million. He is one of the most exciting prospects in the entire system.
A six-foot lefty, Asigen has serious power potential thanks to his double-plus bat speed. Where he’ll land in terms of a contact hitter is still up in the air, but this is the type of profile where if he hits, he has the potential to be a top 10 prospect in all of baseball.
A shortstop, the word is he has a real chance to stick there. If he doesn’t, he should be more than capable of handling third base or second base. He will get plenty of opportunity to stick at short, though.
Asigen is 16 years old and won’t turn 17 until August. He’ll play the entire 2026 DSL season at 16. He’s been dealing with a hamstring injury, and might not make Opening Day, Baseball America said, but whenever he does suit up, he is the clear No. 1 name to watch.
Cleiner Ramirez
Asigen received the largest bonus in the Mets’ class, but Cleiner Ramirez still signed for seven digits. It was the first time the Mets inked multiple players to signing bonuses over $1 million since 2023 after spending most of their bonus pool on one signee for the previous few years. In order to accommodate this, in fact, the Mets traded Franklin Gómez to the Cleveland Guardians for $1.5M in bonus pool space.
Ramirez, a 5-foot-9 righty, isn’t the flashiest player who will be on the field this season, but he does a lot of things well. His approach is solid, he can hit the ball hard, he runs well, and he offers a lot of versatility. He’s listed as an outfielder, but is expected to play the infield as well. Also, just aesthetically, his swing is top-notch.
To put it in the simplest terms, Ramirez just looks like a ballplayer. There’s some underrated pop in that bat for someone his size, and it’s hard to find a clear flaw in his game, even if there’s not necessarily something standout either.
It will be interesting to see where the Mets play him defensively this season, and until Asigen is healthy, he’s the Mets’ DSL headliner.
