Here they are, all gathered together in one place. MMN presents to you our 2014 Top 25 Mets Prospects. We love the job that our minor league staff/analysts did in producing our Top 25 this year. Let’s give them a nice round of applause.
The following rankings did not include Zack Wheeler, Travis d’Arnaud, Wilmer Flores, or Jeurys Familia, as our Top 25 list includes just the top prospects that are heading into the 2014 season and have not had any major league experience.
Looking back at last year’s rankings, Noah Syndergaard replaces Zack Wheeler at the top spot in 2014, while Rafael Montero rose two spots to No. 2, Kevin Plawecki climbs from No. 19 to No. 4, and Brandon Nimmo jumps up from No. 11 to No. 5.
Prospects who fell out of the top ten from last year include Michael Fulmer (#19), and Luis Mateo (#22), and Domingo Tapia (#23).
On the flip side, Cesar Puello climbed from No. 22 to No. 7, Gavin Cecchini rose from No. 11 to No. 8, and first round pick Dominic Smith came in at No. 3, highly touted shortstop Amed Rosario was placed at No. 6, left handed pitcher and New York native Steven Matz is in our No. 9 spot, and Top Prospect Dilson Herrera joins in at No. 10, and all four make their debut in the Top 10.
We hope you enjoyed our presentation this year, and we look forward to watching all these promising players deliver an exciting season in 2014. Let’s Go Mets!
Feel free to click on any player photo to view their analysis and outlook for the 2014 season.
1. Noah Syndergaard, RHP
2. Rafael Montero, RHP 
3. Dominic Smith, 1B
4. Kevin Plawecki, C
5. Brandon Nimmo, OF
6. Amed Rosario, SS
7. Cesar Puello, OF
8.Gavin Cecchini, SS
9. Steven Matz, LHP
10. Dilson Herrera, 2B/SS
11. Jacob deGrom, RHP
12. Gabriel Ynoa, RHP
13. Matthew Bowman 
14. Rainy Lara, RHP
15. Luis Cessa, RHP
16. Cory Vaughn, OF
17. Robert Whalen
18. Dustin Lawley, UTIL 
19. Michael Fulmer, RHP
20. Juan Centeno, C
21. Cory Mazzoni, RHP
22. Luis Mateo, RHP
23. Domingo Tapia, RHP
24. Jeff Walters, RP
25. Jack Leathersich, LHP
(Photo Credits: Howard Simmons/NY Daily News, Anthony Causi/NY Post, The Star Ledger, Getty Images, Baseball America, Chris Fleming, Jeff Roberson/AP and Milb.com)
Opinion:
Vaughn is done, he shouldn’t be in the top 20. Fulmer and Tapia are too low. How did Fulmer drop from the top 10 to #19 because of an injury, and Tapia’s arm isn’t worth top 15? Last year Tapia was #8. Give the guy a break, he’s a prospect.
Tapia is going to have a great year and surprise a lot of people with the come back he makes . I was just reading that someone in the Mets organization noticed from video on him from the last two years that last year he dropped ihs arm slot a little leading to the wildness and inconsistency he experienced . If this kid can harness that raw ability he could be special .
I agree on Vaughn completely. As for Fulmer, I think a bit of a drop was in order. And it’s not necessarily just because he got injured. Perhaps he dropped too low, I believe I had him higher on my personal list, but being inactive can allow others to jump over you.