Morning Briefing: Mets Will Have 5 Top 100 Prospects in Major League Camp

Good morning, Mets fans!

New York Mets major league camp is going to be loaded with top prospects later this month. The Mets announced on Thursday that they’ve invited Jett Williams, Drew Gilbert, Christian Scott, Kevin Parada, Dominic Hamel, Mike Vasil, and four other non-40-man roster players to big league camp. Top 100 prospect Luisangel Acuña will be in camp as well because he’s on the 40-man roster. Ronny Mauricio will be there as well, though he’s recovering from knee surgery. That gives the Mets five (Williams, Gilbert, Acuña, Scott, Mauricio) top 100 prospects in camp–according to ESPN’s latest rankings.

Now, onto the morning briefing!

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