Baseball Prospectus released their Organizational Rankings today, and the Mets came in 8th overall. That gives the Mets their second top ten ranking after Keith Law ranked them 6th earlier this month.
Here’s some of what BP had to say about the Mets system:
“Solid blend of pitching and positional talent, ranging from high-risk/high-reward types at the lower levels to safer high-floor prospects nearing the major-league level.”
“The Mets will likely graduate four of the top five prospects in their system, but the helium from low-level talents like Rosario, Molina, and Meisner could keep the system holding strong in the top 10 in the game, despite the graduations.”
It’s great to see the Mets farm system get the respect it deserves. Two top ten rankings is nothing to sneeze at, especially from an organization that was near the bottom just a few years ago. It’s also great to see depth. The system is filled with intriguing prospects from the upper levels down to the lowest levels. A great deal of the credit has to go to Sandy and his staff as well. Although they inherited some of these guys, they’ve also done a great job of adding talent around them via international free agents, the draft, and through trades.
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The depth up & down all levels is a key factor here. Especially that it’s a lot of high upside depth at the lower levels.
The goal of this front office has been to build a team that can sustain winning for a long time. The deep farm system is one part of the plan that seems to be working. Of course, the bigger part is building a winning major league team and that remains a work in progress…