On SB Nation, John Sickels announced his top 20 prospects in the New York Mets farm system. As you will see below, Sickels gives the majority of these prospects a C+ grade. To that end, Sickels joins other minor league analysts in his not being bullish on the Mets farm system:
#1 SS Andres Gimenez
Grade: B/B+
MMN Rank: 1
#2 LHP David Peterson
Grade: B/B+
MMN Rank: 2
#3 1B Peter Alonso
Grade B-/B
MMN Rank: 3
#4 3B Mark Vientos
Grade: B-
MMN Rank: 4
#5 SS/2B Luis Guillorme
Grade: B-
MMN Rank: 10
#6 LHP Thomas Szapucki
Grade: B-/C+
MMN Rank: 5
#7 RHP Chris Flexen
Grade: B-/C+
MMN Rank: 7
#8 RHP Marcos Molina
Grade: B-/C+
MMN Rank: 15
#9 OF Desmond Lindsay
Grade: C+/B-
MMN Rank: 8
#10 C Tomas Nido
Grade: C+
MMN Rank: 9
#11 RHP Corey Oswalt
Grade: C+
MMN Rank: 12
#12 3B David Thompson
Grade: C+
MMN Rank: 20
#13 RHP Jamie Callahan
Grade: C+
MMN Rank: 30
#14 RHP Tyler Bashlor
Grade: C+
MMN Rank: 14
#15 RHP Gerson Bautista
Grade: C+
MMN Rank: 16
#16 SS Ronny Mauricio
Grade: C+
MMN Rank: 11
#17 1B/3B Jhoan Urena
Grade: C+
MMN Rank: 32
#18 LHP Anthony Kay
Grade: C+
MMN Rank: 13
#19 RHP Jordan Humphreys
Grade: C+
MMN Rank: 18
#20 RHP Justin Dunn
Grade: C+
MMN Rank: 6
Comparing to the two lists, the main thing that stands out is the disparity between the Dunn rankings. Certainly, this can be attributed to Dunn’s poor season with Sickels noting his very disappointing season in his write-up. There was also one key blurb mentioned by Sickels in his write-up on Dunn, “QUESTION MARK: disparity between stats and scouting.” To that end, MMN certainly agrees as both see Dunn as a talented pitcher who needs to put it all together.
Overall, we look forward to all of the Mets minor league prospects trying to put it all together in their pursuit of making the Major Leagues.