Las Vegas 51s second baseman, Wilmer Flores, takes the number six slot of the latest edition of Baseball America’s Prospect Hot Sheet. How did he land among the week’s best performers? Well, a .400/.419/.767 line certainly won’t hurt. Add in two home runs, five doubles, nine RBIs, and four runs scored, and there’s plenty of more reasons.

Here’s the “scoop” on Flores off the BA report:

Talk about linear progression—Flores’ OPS has climbed from .715 in April to .873 in May to .950 in June to 1.200 through 11 games this month. He placed an exclamation point on his recent performance with a 4-for-5, two-homer, one-double game yesterday versus Tucson. Flores has very quietly climbed to the top of the PCL heap in three categories—doubles (33), extra-base hits (49) and RBIs (74)—and while he’s had considerably more success in Las Vegas, he still has a .288/.333/.440 batting line in road games. Not bad for a 21-year-old second baseman in Triple-A.

If we don’t see Flores, Travis d’Arnaud, or Cesar Puello before rosters expand on September 1st, it will certainly be an exciting time for Mets fans to watch some of the bats in the New York pipeline mature to the majors. We’ve said it here a few times, but it’s worth repeating: Flores’ bat is ready for the majors, but his lack of a true position is delaying his landfall in Flushing. I wonder if Wilmer will remain a Met heading into 2014 or if he’ll be included in an offseason trade.

Noah Syndergaard wasn’t far behind Flores on the Hot Sheet, coming in at number nine. In two starts (one abbreviated in preparation of his MLB Futures Game appearance), he went 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA in nine innings pitched. He allowed three unearned runs and one walk, while striking out 10. Here’s the scoop on Team USA’s likely starter for Sunday’s game at Citi Field:

Syndergaard threw just two innings on Thursday, not because of ineffectiveness or injury but because he’s probably going to start Sunday’s Futures Game at Citi Field. He was plenty good in his full-share start last Saturday, working seven innings and allowing three runs while striking out seven and walking one. Syndergaard has responded positively to his promotion to Double-A, notching 26 strikeouts, four walks and 18 hits allowed in 20 innings, pushing his career K-BB ratio to 3.9.

As it will be a treat for fans to see Flores, Puello, and d’Arnaud in the bigs this September, it will also be a treat to watch Syndergaard and Rafael Montero start against one another in the Futures Game on Sunday at Citi Field. The Mets have seen their organizational strength of pitching continue to get deeper with numerous impressive first half performances, and Syndergaard is a big reason why that’s been happening.