(MiLB.com)
Baseball America released their top 56 shortstop prospects in all of baseball and the Mets had six on the list, the most of any major league team. The top five on the list are Corey Seager, J.P. Crawford, Orlando Arcia, Trea Turner, and Dansby Swanson.
The number is parenthesis is where they ranked on the top 56 shortstops.
The first Mets shortstop on the list is the toolsy Amed Rosario (#15) who Baseball America ranked as the number 58 prospect overall in baseball.
Second on the list from the Mets is Gavin Cecchini (#26), he was unranked in BA’s Top 100 but was #87 on MLB Pipeline’s and #89 according to Keith Law.
Luis Carpio (#34), who surprised many by being #3 on Baseball Prospectus Top 10 Mets prospect list, comes in as the third shortstop for the Mets at number 34.
Matt Reynolds (#45) seems destined for a utility role in 2016 but was number 45 on the list done by Baseball America after a disappointing season for Las Vegas.
The fifth guy on list from the Mets is 2015 South Atlantic League MVP Luis Guillorme (#47) who we ranked as our #16 prospect.
The sixth and final Mets shortstop on the list is Andres Gimenez (#50) who was signed on July 2nd for a $1.2 million signing bonus. You can read more about the talented 17-year old from Venezuela here where we ranked him as the Mets #28 prospect.
The Mets also have shortstop prospects Milton Ramos (who some including myself have rated higher than Reynolds) and Gregory Guerrero that aren’t mentioned on this list and would probably be in the next 25 players if the list was expanded.
Having six of the top 50 prospects at any position is quite impressive and even more so in one of the most important positions on the field. The Mets have struggled since the departure of Jose Reyes to find a long-term answer at shortstop, very soon that will no longer be a problem.
Baseball America previously ranked Dominic Smith as their fifth best first base prospect.
Very confusing article. When you are talking about multiple lists, its a good idea to break each of them out and not lead with one list and suddenly veer widely across a pantheon of other lists. What list is Carpio on? Are five shortstops ranked ahead of Rosario on BA’s list? And there are no other Met shortstops on their list? Which list is the “Gold Standard?”
I didn’t find it confusing, in writing about this list (BA top SS prospects) he referenced previously published lists. In doing so, demonstrated the varied opinions of “experts” on specific players.
There are 14 SS currently ranked ahead of Rosario by BA, who was the only SS ranked in their top 100 from the Mets.
Gold Standard? – BA has the longest track record, though all of the major publications rely on third party observations and notes. You will generally find more in depth knowledge of the system among the team fan boards. Though when reading them there is a bias, or in the case of a certain new writer at BP, in an effort to remain objective, a bias that is generally down on a majority of prospects.
A good source of info is Scouting the Sally, written with first hand observations, and solicited info from respected bloggers.
Agreed it did jump a bit. The information is great, but read a little odd jumping from lists.
Sorry I just cleared up some of the issues including the rankings I forgot.