Yesterday, Baseball Prospectus released their Top 50 Midseason prospects with Amed Rosario coming in at number 15, the highest ranking he has ever received from any outlet. Today he receives more high praise, this time from Baseball America who ranks him as the 18th best prospect in all of baseball. Joining him on the list is Binghamton Mets first baseman Dominic Smith at number 76.
After two more hits last night, Rosario is hitting .424/.462/.610 in his first 16 games for the Binghamton Mets. Coming into the season the young shortstop was ranked at #58 prospect according to Baseball America.
Smith, 21, jumps up only three spots from his #79 preseason ranking by Baseball America despite already setting a career high with ten home runs in his first 307 Double-A at bats. Overall, he is hitting .277/.340/.436 with 17 doubles, one triple, 38 runs scored and 59 RBIs. His 59 runs batted in are the fourth best in the league and 20 off the career high he set last year for the St. Lucie Mets. Here you can read about my first hand report on Smith’s power potential.
It was also announced yesterday that Rosario has been added to the 2016 Futures Game roster in San Diego where he will join Smith and Dilson Herrera. The game is on July 10th at 7:00 PM ET and can be seen on MLB Network.
