Pete Crow-Armstrong/Photo by Perfect Game
For the second straight year, the Mets were able to infuse a weak farm system with high upside talent through the draft. They got outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong in the first round, a consensus Top 25 talent in the 2020 draft. First round talent in the second round with right-handed pitcher J.T. Ginn, and tremendous upside when they used the No. 69 pick (comp for Phillies signing Zack Wheeler) on prep outfielder Isaiah Greene.
Let’s take a look where those three picks land in my Top 30 Mets prospects:
- Ronny Mauricio – SS
- Andres Gimenez – SS
- Francisco Alvarez – C
- Matthew Allan – RHP
- Mark Vientos – 3B
- Brett Baty – 3B
- Pete Crow-Armstrong – OF
- David Peterson – LHP
- J.T. Ginn – RHP
- Thomas Szapucki – LHP
- Kevin Smith – LHP
- Franklyn Kilome – RHP
- Shervyen Newton– INF
- Josh Wolf – RHP
- Jordan Humphreys – RHP
- Junior Santos – RHP
- Isaiah Greene – OF
- Freddy Valdez – OF
- Alexander Ramirez – OF
- Jaylen Palmer – INF
- Carlos Cortes – 2B
- Dedniel Nunez – RHP
- Adrian Hernandez – OF
- Jose Butto – RHP
- Robert Dominguez- RHP
- Ali Sanchez – C
- Daison Acosta – RHP
- Endy Rodriguez – UT
- Ryley Gilliam – RHP
- Michel Otanez – RHP
It was a tough list to put together given that five of these guys have never played pro baseball yet and three of them only played a small amount after being drafted in 2019. Of course, it’s even tougher given that most of them will not play at all in 2020. Given that consideration, I tended to lean towards younger players when I had two or more on the same level.
All in all, four of the top 10 players on my list were drafted in the last two years. It’s a system that is moving back towards being middle of the road following a drop after trades of Jarred Kelenic, Simeon Woods-Richardson, Anthony Kay, and Justin Dunn.
