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According to Baseball America, the New York Mets are expected to sign 16-year-old Dominican Republic outfielder Stanly Consuegra. Much in the same vein as current Mets Gold Glover Juan Lagares, Consuegra is a shortstop who has been converted to center field where his raw athletic talents will better translate.
Consuegra stands in a 6’2″ and is 170 pounds. The long lanky player has a lot of room to develop physically, and he is considered to be in the upper echelon of the 2017 international free agent class. Consuegra has many high-end tools with Baseball America opining:
“He’s a solid-average runner and his best tool is his outstanding arm, which already shows glimpses of being a 70 tool. A righthanded hitter, Consuegra shows good bat-to-ball skills against live pitching and isn’t a home run threat right now but makes loud, quality contact.”
Here is some video of him working out at shortstop from JDB Baseball:
It is not known at this time what Consuegra will command in terms of a signing bonus.
It should be noted other players previously linked to the Mets, Ronny Mauricio and Adrian Hernandez, will likely command signing bonuses of at least $1 million. The Mets bonus pool this year has been set at $4.75 million. Mauricio is ranked 10th by MLB Pipeline in their Top 30 IFA prospects and Hernandez is 18th.
This guys swing reminds me of Alfonso Soriano, similar profile and build as well. Smart decision moving him to the OF day 1
I like that offensive/swing comparison with the bonus of a strong arm.
Nice to see the OF being addressed.
Good there addressing the OF but it’s 6 to 7 years away but he diea look good.
Be nice if my 6′-2″ sixteen year old came home with an inked $1 mil deal.
Of course their 6-10 years away but by consistently scoring a top 5, 10, 20 talent or two you keep your roster fresh.
Between Ahmed Rosario, Kenny Hernandez, Andres Gimenez, Jose Garcia, Ricardo Cespedes, Gregory Guerrero who knows what might happen. Good stuff for the Mets no doubt.